News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
The Armed Forces are not ready to fight a war, the Defence Secretary has claimed, while a military source told the Telegraph, "We can fight" but we "might be left dangerously obsolete".
Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that Ukraine would seek nuclear weapons unless it is given NATO membership as it needs a strong deterrent against Russia.
French authorities have arrested Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of Telegram, the world's seventh-largest messaging app, over claims that its lack of moderation has enabled criminal activity.
David Lammy has been widely ridiculed for suggesting soldiers show their support for Ukraine by "playing an instrument, singing, chanting, clapping, stomping your feet or honking your car horn". How about more weapons?
Reliance on liquefied natural gas, combined with escalating geopolitical tensions, means that energy costs are unlikely to return to pre-Ukraine war levels any time soon.
Britain’s nuclear submarine engineers use software that was designed in Russia and Belarus, in contravention of Ministry of Defence rules.
158 academics have signed a letter calling for NATO to admit Ukraine. But they don't address the crucial question of when Ukraine should be admitted: now, or once the war is over. Neither option is straightforward.
Nigel Farage was one of the few British politicians to stand up for our right to self-determination and helped us to break free of an overbearing European power. Why can’t he see the Ukrainians are in the same position?
The West "provoked" the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nigel Farage has said. The expansion of NATO and the European Union gave Putin "an excuse" to go to war.
Newly released documents reveal the Greens engaging in outright fraud to deceive ministers and push the nuclear phase-out in Germany.
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