News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
France has been so distracted by keeping out the "far Right" that it failed to see it was letting in a far Left that poses a real threat to the French economy and the survival of the eurozone, says Matthew Lynn.
Le Pen's National Rally won the popular vote in the French election with 37% – higher than the 34% that gave Keir Starmer his UK landslide. But the party came third thanks to being shunned by the Right-wing Republicans.
Le Pen scored a huge victory in the first round of France's elections, but her opponents are hoping to keep out her party by teaming up with antisemites, Islamists, antifa and terror apologists, says Robert Kogon.
Nigel Farage has not come to Scotland during the General Election campaign because it is too “dangerous” after he was attacked by far Left activists the last time he visited, Richard Tice has said.
Labour's Left is accusing Sir Keir of a "purge" after another party candidate was barred from standing in the General Election, this time for liking a series of posts on X that downplayed accusations of antisemitism.
Reporting on the attempted assassination of Robert Fico, the unspoken media subtext was that, as an anti-EU firebrand and supposedly 'far-Right', the Slovakian PM somehow had it coming.
Jerry Seinfeld has blamed the "extreme Left" and "PC c*nts" for killing comedy on television, claiming networks were too worried "about offending other people".
Protests, cancel culture and perpetual rage – Western activism mirrors Maoist ideas, revealing ties to China's Cultural Revolution. Are we headed for a dystopian, surveilled, woke technocracy?
Civilisation in France is unravelling amid widespread violence, the influence of radical Left-wingers dreaming of a new revolution and the spread of conspiracy theories, President Macron has said.
When will the Left learn that not everyone who disagrees with them is a Nazi? Calling your opponents ‘fascists’ is not just crass, it’s stupendously lazy and boring.
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