As you watch a policewoman talk to a group of environmental protesters blocking the M25, Britain’s busiest motorway, you might draw the conclusion that she was addressing a group of naughty 11-year-olds out on a camping trip. Thanks to the anti-social behaviour of one group, Insulate Britain, thousands of motorists …
Read More »British health officials say school ‘Covid teams’ can vaccinate 12-15yos WITHOUT parental consent, so long as child agrees
Unveiled on Wednesday, the new guidance from the UK’s Health Security Agency lays out rules and recommendations for a school-based vaccine drive for children aged 12 to 15-years-old, which will see ‘School Age Immunisation Service’ (SAIS) teams go school-to-school to provide on-site vaccinations. It comes soon after the jabs were …
Read More »300 British troops offered hearing loss tests after £5.5bn Ajax tank trials halted over noise complaints
In a written statement to Parliament on Monday, Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin said that the Ajax tank programme, already beset by failures, had engendered adverse health effects among the troops trialing the hardware. Quin said that while 121 personnel had previously been identified as requiring urgent hearing assessments, …
Read More »Afghans who worked with British govt will get PERMANENT residence in UK, but hundreds still left behind
Dubbed ‘Operation Warm Welcome,’ the British government unveiled on Wednesday what it called a “significant cross-government effort,” saying Afghans arriving in the UK will receive the “vital support” needed to rebuild their lives. All Afghans who “worked closely with the British military and UK Government in Afghanistan” would, immediately upon …
Read More »UK rubbishes claims Kabul airport gate was kept open to allow British evacuation to continue before deadly suicide bombing
Speaking to British broadcasters, the BBC and Sky News, on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK evacuation effort had taken mitigating action prior to the terrorist attack on Thursday. He stated that the UK had warned people to stay away from Kabul airport amid credible intelligence of …
Read More »Final UK military flight departs Kabul airport as British campaign in Afghanistan ends
Operation Pitting has now come to an end, with British military forces evacuating more than 15,000 British nationals and Afghan allies, including over 2000 children. Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the end of Britain’s 20-year campaign in Afghanistan in a statement released through Twitter. “I want to thank everyone involved …
Read More »UK government owes British people an explanation after Afghanistan disaster, Jeremy Corbyn tells RT
The protesters who joined a rally organized by ‘Stop The War’ coalition demanded the government recognize the war in Afghanistan as a catastrophe that should not be repeated. “Britain, after all, was responsible for the training of the Afghan army; Britain set up an officers training corps of the Afghan …
Read More »British student ‘Lord Miles’ films himself being safely evacuated from Kabul after ‘insane’ Taliban holiday in Kabul (VIDEO)
“The happy ending: landed in Dubai thanks to the brilliant people at the British Army. All safe!” Routledge wrote in a Facebook post, showing him inside a military aircraft and wearing a flak jacket. The 24-year-old British student has spent the past days gaining a hefty social media following, especially …
Read More »Lord Miles of Afghanistan: British student gets STUCK in Taliban-controlled Kabul, live-feeds his adventure in ‘weird country’
When Miles Routledge touched down in Afghanistan on Friday, he made a 4chan post joking that the country seemed “safer than London.” The 22-year-old Loughborough University student posted pictures of the dirt-cheap food on offer, and described pleasant interactions with locals – albeit to the sound of what he said …
Read More »Modern India at 75: Looking back at its history, British colonization & imperialism, and independence
For 2,000 years, India was among the richest and most advanced civilizations in the world. Ancient Indian philosophers were contemplating the meaning of life when their counterparts in Europe were emerging from forests. Indian goods and ideas were coveted all across the globe. From the decimal numeral and positional system …
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