The British Labour Party, having lost four elections in 11 years, appears to be in a period of deep self-reflection and, in my opinion, it’s long overdue. It needs to reassess its priorities, and what and who it stands for; in short, why it exists. Its problems are set out …
Read More »America’s domestic political turmoil is making world unstable & fueling conflicts with its main adversaries – Iran, China & Russia
The Afghanistan Papers, published by the Washington Post in 2019, revealed that the US has for many years been aware that it cannot win the war in Afghanistan, yet it has been reluctant to accept defeat and withdraw. US policy has been defined in indecisiveness, as neither victory or defeat …
Read More »Black teen fatally shot by police after lunging at 2 people with knife, Columbus PD bodycam footage shows (DISTURBING VIDEO)
At a press conference on Tuesday evening, Interim Columbus Police Chief Michael Woods played back around two minutes of footage from the encounter. The video begins in the middle of a physical confrontation between several people. Amid the scuffle, an officer who has not been identified is heard telling others …
Read More »‘Justice served’: Boxing legend Mike Tyson celebrates after Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murder over the death of George Floyd
Chauvin could face decades in jail after being was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter for kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest in Minneapolis last May. New US president Joe Biden and his deputy, Kamala Harris, were among the high-profile figures to publicly applaud …
Read More »Germany’s CDU/CSU loses majority support after Laschet named chancellor pick, as Greens become TOP party for first time – poll
The Union of Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavaria-based Christian Social Union (CSU) – the leading force in German politics for more than a decade under Chancellor Angela Merkel – have seemingly fallen out of favor with voters after the CDU chose Merkel’s latest successor at the helm of the …
Read More »Protesters in NYC demand full police abolition, harass diners after jury finds Chauvin guilty for Floyd murder (VIDEOS)
Protesters gathered outside the Barclays Center area in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, hours after Chauvin was found guilty on three counts linked to the death of suspect George Floyd in custody last May, who perished after spending more than nine minutes on the ground pinned under the former officer’s knee. …
Read More »Nonsense and Insensibility: Trying to rewrite Jane Austen for ‘links’ to slavery shows the idiocy of woke historical revisionism
What good does it do anyway, all this picking away at the past? ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author Jane Austen and her characters often drank tea and plopped sugar into their cups. They also wore cotton. All products linked to the slave trade. Yup, that’s true. So what? Ah, but her …
Read More »Biden endorses Democrat proposal to make Washington, DC the 51st US state
In a “statement of policy” released on Tuesday, the White House endorsed House Resolution 51, also known as the Washington, DC Admission Act. “For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, DC have been deprived of full representation in the US Congress. This taxation without representation and …
Read More »Publisher refuses to dump Mike Pence deal after protests from woke employees – despite recently canceling two OTHER books
After saying his publishing house has “experienced outrage from both sides of the political divide,” Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp wrote that the most “extreme decision” a publisher can make today is to actually publish something, rather than “cancel” it under pressure. “We come to work each day to …
Read More »The European Super League was unfathomable to anyone with common sense – could it be the ultimate exercise in calling our bluffs?
Even by the ruthless standards of football and business, 48 hours has to go down as a rapid turnaround for a masterplan to be discarded. Fans are now celebrating after Manchester City confirmed that they would be the first club to withdraw from the European Super League (ESL), with Liverpool, …
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