The Fourth of July is the celebration of the founding of the nation back in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence from Britain was approved. The day is marked by fireworks, parades, picnics, and parties across the country, and it is meant to bring people together. Independence Day, however, is …
Read More »‘True African icon’: Zambian founding father Kenneth Kaunda, independence hero who helped lead fight against HIV/AIDS, dies at 97
The former president’s son, Kambarage Kaunda, confirmed his passing on Thursday. “I’m sad to inform, we’ve lost Mzee (elder),” the younger Kaunda said on his father’s Facebook page. “Let’s pray for him.” Zambia’s current president, Edgar Lungu, praised the founding father as a “true African icon” and said he had …
Read More »Goodbye ‘Freedom’ and ‘Independence’? US Navy plans to retire underpowered ships over objections from Congress
USS Independence (LCS-2) will be decommissioned on July 31, while the Freedom (LCS-1) will join the reserve fleet at the end of September, Navy spokeswoman Commander Nicole Schwegman confirmed to the US Naval Institute (USNI) on Monday. The follow-on ships in both classes, Fort Worth and Coronado, are likewise supposed to …
Read More »George Galloway: Here’s why there WON’T be a second referendum on Scottish independence anytime soon
Despite the best efforts of the BBC, which has forgotten what the first B in its name stands for, the separatist Scottish Nationalist Party has failed for the second election in a row to win a majority in the Scottish Parliament. The BBC, which over Brexit and the Union has …
Read More »Fresh from victory, Nicola Sturgeon says she’ll ‘lead Scotland to independence’
“I hope to lead Scotland to independence,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, adding that it would be “absurd and completely outrageous” for the Conservative government in London to go to court to block an independence referendum – a likely outcome if the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood passes …
Read More »‘I’m not proposing a referendum right now’ says Sturgeon in independence U-turn as elections loom
“I don’t believe we should propose a referendum right at this moment,” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Radio 4 on Friday morning, adding that the country’s current problems had to be tackled first. In what may be seen as a U-turn for the Scottish leader, Sturgeon said she …
Read More »George Galloway: Both pro- and anti-independence leaders in Scotland are now RT hosts. Sturgeon may want to get out of the way
A Scottish political opera isn’t over until the fat laddie sings, and yesterday burly big beast Alex Salmond took the roof off.The aggrieved former First Minister of Scotland took aim at his predecessor. Like a great white shark he just won’t let go. Just when Nicola Sturgeon thought it was …
Read More »Nicola Sturgeon, and Scottish independence, forges on. The Salmond case is not the Watergate her enemies hoped for
It’s not every day that a sitting leader of a government gets grilled live on TV for their citizens to watch. Even worse, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon did it over eight hours in front of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints. Despite the grand title, it …
Read More »Catalan independence supporters increase majority in local parliament, plan to form government
The three pro-independence parties have increased their majority by four seats. They now hold 74 of the 135 of the seats in the Catalan parliament, which is more than enough to form a government. The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Together for Catalonia (JxCat), and the Popular Unity Candidacy, which …
Read More »Boris Johnson can’t stop Scottish independence with a vaccine
By the time the clock strikes midnight in London on Wednesday, the United Kingdom will very likely have passed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus. If not midnight on Wednesday, that ominous figure will be passed on Thursday. The timing of the event might be debatable. What’s not …
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