News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Biden's sudden exit and the canonisation of his hopeless VP is a dismal chapter in American politics – one that will further erode trust in the democratic process, says Tony Morrison.
'Populists' like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage are a "threat to democracy", chant the mainstream media. In fact, they are just reminding our politicians what they are supposed to be doing, says Prof James Alexander.
Britain's new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, is on record calling Donald Trump "a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser" and has refused to apologise. This is clearly going to be a problem, says Peter Harris.
Will Trump ever admit he was wrong to back lockdown in March 2020 – a decision that doomed America to years of crisis and sank his re-election hopes that year? Jeffrey Tucker is hopeful that truth will finally prevail.
The Guardian has published a 'fact check' of Donald Trump's claims about inflation and immigration. Just one problem, says David Craig: the 'fact check' gets its facts wrong. Who will guard us against the Guardian?
President Biden delayed stepping down in part because he doubted Kamala Harris was up to the challenge of an election battle with Donald Trump, sources have said.
Joe Biden has withdrawn from the 2024 Presidential race against Donald Trump – and has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
The past week has seen cancel culture come to the Right, as conservatives pick off those responsible for off-colour Trump assassination jokes and social media posts. But cancel culture is always wrong, says Andrew Doyle.
Amid the most dramatic week in U.S. politics for years, the petty British media appear to have nothing better to do than play gotcha with Nigel Farage. What a pathetic spectacle, says Laurie Wastell.
Donald Trump has vowed to axe Government support for electric cars and other green schemes from "day one" if he regains control of the White House.
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