News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Keir Starmer says he will never withdraw from the ECHR because there is "no need" and Rishi Sunak did not disagree, despite it being the reason he failed to stop the boats. Nigel Farage says it's time to ask the people.
'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.
Labour is divided over electoral reform, with its leaders happy with First Past the Post, which gave them a landslide on a 34% vote share, but activists wanting PR. Prof James Alexander looks at the issues.
Labour previously endorsed Gordon Brown's plan to renew Britain's constitution with a strongly Left-wing flavour. David McGrogan has had a look and is stunned by the sheer incompetence on display.
Keir Starmer's 'loveless landslide' and 'meh-jority' is slammed as the most distorted election result ever as just 20% of eligible voters cast a ballot for the party that now controls 64% of Parliament.
The Swiss Parliament has rejected a 'landmark' climate ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that claimed the country's climate policies breached its citizens' rights by being insufficiently severe.
Is a U.K. court about to declare that civil servants must obey 'international law' over the clear will of Parliament? That's a very real prospect as a key hearing takes place this week, says Dr David McGrogan.
Nigel Farage has declared he will stand to be a Reform MP as he takes over as Reform leader from Richard Tice. A former Tory Cabinet Minister says it's "bad news for the Conservatives".
Dr Roger Watson explores the weird and wonderful world of rejected petitions to Parliament, from serious issues like healthcare to letting "Belinda the cat back in Tesco".
Sir John Redwood – the veteran MP who headed Margaret Thatcher's policy unit in the 1980s and has opposed Net Zero and lockdown policies – has announced that he will stand down at the General Election.
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