News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
According to J Sorel, the British Army is increasingly being treated like a tool for enforcing international law, rather than an instrument of the British people.
The EU has set out plans to raise £101bn via a windfall tax on renewable energy suppliers and bring in a "demand reduction" law to address the growing crisis.
If fears of NATO expansion don’t sound like a solid principle for Russia to stand on, then don’t worry, Russia has other ones – a myriad of factitious grievances tailored to the prejudices of any given audience.
The US has said it will force Russia into 'default', but this is more like a confiscation of investors' assets than a true default and will backfire as investors in China and elsewhere will not be affected.
In a bombshell editorial, the New York Times criticises US officials for "bellicose statements" that "do not bring negotiations any closer", and suggests that Ukraine will have to make “painful territorial decisions".
Why didn't the US back Zelensky? The New York Times wrote earlier this year that his government could be overthrown by far-right groups if he “agrees to a peace deal that in their minds gives too much to Moscow”.
The story of the war in Ukraine is not just one of Russian bellicosity and irredentism, but also the hubris of the West at the end of the Cold War. We thought history had ended, but history had other ideas.
An article from a Russian state news agency has painted an alarming picture of wiping Ukraine off the map and "re-educating" its "Nazi" population – and it appears many Russians agree.
An ongoing legal battle over whether the U.S. military can mandate Covid vaccines has left the navy with a warship it says it can’t deploy because it is commanded by an officer it cannot fire.
According to a new poll, those vaccinated against Covid are also much more likely to support initiating war between Russia and the United States. What's the link?
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