This is proved most noticeably with the religious or national symbols, which arouse a great adhesion or a great rejection. I was invited to participate in the Dark Mofo festival in Tasmania, Australia. Australia is a nation whose native population suffered, and continue to suffer, from British colonialism. Tasmania and …
Read More »Masks and distancing could be required for several more YEARS, British public health expert says
New cases of Covid-19 in the UK have dropped tenfold since early January, and more than 27 million Britons – over half the adult population – have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Compared to rising cases on the continent and an EU average vaccination rate of around …
Read More »‘The unblinking eye’: Boris Johnson confirms British citizens are 24/7 targets of government military & intelligence cyber ops
The UK government’s long-awaited ‘Integrated Review’ has finally been released. Officially billed as “a comprehensive articulation” of London’s “national security and international policy,” it intends to “[shape] the open international order of the future.” An audacious ambition indeed, and the Review’s pledges are certainly bold – among other things, Whitehall …
Read More »British plan to treat misogyny as hate crime is a travesty of justice… and will do NOTHING to make women more secure
Have you noticed that we live in an age where a variety of different campaigns are constantly calling for the invention of a new hate crime? Groups as disparate as vegans and fat people are demanding to be protected through the enactment of new hate crime legislation. In the wake …
Read More »‘Quite a dangerous place’: British minister warns Northern Irish stability could be threatened amid unionist anger at Brexit deal
“If the unionist community feel that the Protocol is breaching the Good Friday agreement and moving away from the spirit of it, then we’re in quite a dangerous place in terms of stability of not just the executive but the north-south institutions,” Lewis told reporters. Earlier, the LCC – an …
Read More »‘No good reason’ they are employed? London Mayor Khan owes apology to white British men working in STEM field
The American economist and defender of free markets, Milton Friedman, once quipped that a “government’s solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.” That would adequately sum up Khan’s stated objective of reducing the number of white men employed in science and technology – if it weren’t …
Read More »Elon Musk’s plans for life on Mars a ‘dangerous delusion’, British chief astronomer says
The pair made their buzzkilling remarks at the World Government Summit panel in Dubai this past week. “The only reason for humans to go to space would be for adventure. To live on Mars is not going to be easy. Mars has a hostile environment,” Lord Rees said, pulling no …
Read More »British authorities seem hell-bent on turning UK into Gilead – as their ban on vigil for murdered Sarah Everard proves
Surely we need to heal division and come together in times like these, so why aren’t we? It’s sadly taken a horrendous event to knock Harry, Meghan and the rest of the Buckingham Palace gang down the news cycle. Londoners have been stunned to hear a missing woman’s body has …
Read More »UK advises British nationals to leave Myanmar due to post-coup unrest
In a Friday update of its travel guidelines for Myanmar, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said that Britons should “leave the country by commercial means, unless there is an urgent need to stay.” It cited the rising threat of violence amid the military crackdown on mass protests against …
Read More »More contagious British Covid-19 variant has ‘significantly higher mortality rate’ than other strains, says UK study
A study published on Wednesday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) says that the B117 variant, often referred to as the ‘British’ or ‘Kent’ strain, is 30-100 percent more deadly than other Covid-19 variants in circulation. “Coupled with its ability to spread rapidly, this makes B117 a threat that should …
Read More »