News Round-Up
15 April 2025
by Toby Young
Revealed: Why UK Electricity Costs So Much
15 April 2025
by Sallust
Boris Johnson believes the West should be given a “climate change pass” to help wean the EU off Russian gas supplies as he faces mounting pressure over the Government’s 2050 Net Zero target.
The West’s response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine seems to have been slapped together on the fly amidst a storm of social media outrage. And it could have a number of serious unintended consequences.
Ex-head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove has called on Boris Johnson to immediate lift the moratorium on fracking and help Europe become less dependent on Russian gas.
Those who dismiss the "NATO argument" claim we must uphold the principle of national sovereignty. But the West doesn't uphold this principle itself. So why didn't we accept reality, and follow Mearsheimer's proposal?
Being sceptical of the mainstream narrative on Ukraine in no way implies that you support Putin. It’s about acknowledging geopolitical realities, and minimising the risk of catastrophic outcomes like nuclear war.
Russia’s hand is clearly detectable in the anti-fracking campaigns of the last decade, aiming to maintain Europe’s dependence on imported Russian gas.
This morning the Ukrainian navy announced that the Snake Island border guards said to have been killed after telling a Russian warship to "go f*** yourself" are in fact alive and being held prisoner by the Russians.
The people who've been red-pilled by the response of their governments and the MSM to the pandemic think those same discredited authorities are crying wolf about Vladimir Putin. But they're wrong. Putin really is a wolf.
Conservative MPs have called for fracking to be resumed with "the vigour of a national war effort" as the invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe's dependence on Russian gas.
The Russian oblast of Sverdlovsk is considering whether to ban the unvaccinated from purchasing alcohol to try and stop the spread of Covid.
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