News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
We have a situation where there are two major Right-leaning parties and they refuse to work together. Unfortunately, this is a recipe for disaster in the first-past-the-post electoral system.
Boris Johnson has warned the Conservatives not to merge with Reform U.K. as he laid out his vision for how they can revive their electoral fortunes.
The Tories are going down and many on the Left and Right are rejoicing. But Labour will be worse and this election must not be just about destruction, says Dr Hugh Willbourn: we should vote for what we believe in.
We should vote Conservative to keep out the Trots and their permanent revolution, says Peter Hitchens. No no no, that just ratifies the Uniparty, says Matt Goodwin. Professor James Alexander ponders the dilemma.
The Reform activist filmed by Channel 4 being racist has turned out to be an actor who is well-spoken but specialises in "rough voices" – though the activist and Channel 4 have denied he was a plant.
Why is it the sections of the Labour and Conservative manifestos dealing with the NHS are almost identical? Because both parties know elected politicians have long since had control of the NHS taken away from them.
Why did the BBC and ITV decide to smear Reform – on the same day! – with a baseless story about 'bots' boosting their support on social media, asks Ben Pile. It's the latest example of dissenters being smeared by the MSM.
Reform leader Nigel Farage has launched his party's General Election manifesto with pledges to freeze "non-essential" immigration, leave the ECHR and scrap Net Zero.
It's been dubbed the immigration election, but it seems the Tories and Labour haven't heard. Neither party seems serious about tackling this major source of public anger, says Migration Watch's Alp Mehmet.
One reason to vote Reform is not because you think they have a chance of winning more than one seat. Rather, the more votes they get on July 4th, the stronger the case for a Right-wing Tory to succeed Rishi Sunak.
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