News Round-Up
24 April 2024
Rishi Sunak called for a change in global refugee laws in Rome last week. Or did he, asks Alp Mehmet – the message was not repeated in any official communications and there is a notable lack of concrete action.
Western Governments are stuck in a bind of their own making with the unworkable Refugee Convention preventing effective control of their borders – a prime example of a luxury belief, says Dr. Prakash Shah.
The BBC has been criticised by Conservatives for describing a political festival hosted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and attended by Rishi Sunak as a "far-Right rally".
"I don't want to get into that": the Covid Inquiry's Hugo Keith KC shocks observers by shutting down Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when he points out that lockdowns did more harm than good.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast – recorded live at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square – the talking points are Nigel Farage reaching the jungle final, Robert Jenrick quitting and Alex Jones's return to Twitter.
The Government’s Climate Minister has been flown thousands of miles back from the COP28 environment conference in Dubai to vote for the Rwanda bill and will then be flown back again, it has emerged.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted he wanted non-essential shops to open before schools in the first lockdown and it's emerged he pushed for schools to be closed before shops in the second lockdown.
It increasingly appears that the Covid Inquiry, set up by the Blob, staffed and run by the Blob, sees its job as blaming the politicians and excusing the Blob, says Matt Ridley in the Telegraph.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces 'a nightmare before Christmas', with a looming rebellion over illegal immigration and a potential leadership challenge on the horizon.
Suella Braverman, sacked by Rishi Sunak last month, gave her resignation speech in Parliament today, in which she said Sunak has one last chance to pass a Bill that will actually stop the boats. Read her speech in full.
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