After being forced from office by a party revolt, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson may now leave the political stage altogether, the Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing sources. According to the outlet, Johnson is now thinking about whether to remain in the House of Commons, like his predecessor Theresa …
Read More »How Star Wars dumbs down real-world politics for the masses
Is Star Wars political? If you asked fans of the original movies, they might give you an interesting answer – but if you ask the official Star Wars Twitter account, it most certainly is. It’s got “WARS” in the name, after all. The Star Wars official Twitter account has absolutely …
Read More »The price of politics: What will happen if the West really abandons Russian gas?
On April 2, Lithuania became the first EU country to declare that it was completely abandoning Russian gas. The announcement was made amidst Moscow’s ongoing military assault in Ukraine and came after the Kremlin announced a new payment procedure for countries deemed “unfriendly.” Under the new rules, importers from the …
Read More »How museums get co-opted into politics through charities
A leading arts charity recently reported on the £747,947 ($1,015,042) it made in donations in the UK during December 2021. The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation donates significant sums to museums and galleries, mostly outside the capital, to stage cultural and heritage exhibitions. However, almost all of the supported projects appear to …
Read More »Djokovic Australian detention saga ‘all about politics’ – father to RT
The victory for Novak Djokovic in a Melbourne court proves his right to be in Australia, the tennis star’s father Srdjan told RT as he reacted to the decision to free the world number one from detention. Djokovic was finally ordered to be released on Monday after a Melbourne Federal …
Read More »Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz quits politics
Sebastian Kurz is currently serving as the chairman and parliamentary leader of the Austrian People’s Party. On October 9, he announced his decision to vacate the chancellor’s office amid an ongoing corruption investigation, marking the end of his second term in power, which started in January 2020 after the conservative …
Read More »France refuses to be held ‘hostage’ to British politics
The remarks were delivered by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Sunday, following a meeting with his Belgian, German and Dutch counterparts in the northern French city of Calais. “Britain left Europe, but not the world. We need to work seriously on these questions… without being held hostage by domestic British …
Read More »‘Sputnik V works the best’: Hungarian FM talks vaccine politics with RT
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved vaccines by Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Janssen, yet Russia’s Sputnik V is still awaiting the agency’s nod despite getting approval in over 70 countries worldwide. For Hungarians vaccinated with Sputnik V, that means they’re frozen out of the EU’s bloc-wide Digital Covid Certificate …
Read More »‘Trans goons, bedwetters and snowflakes’: New book destroys identity politics
There’s an undeniable groundswell building against the crazed identity-obsessed woke mob, but if there’s to be any significant pushback, then there will need to be more people prepared to surge over the trenches like British journalist and social provocateur Julie Burchill. In her new book, ‘Welcome to the Woke Trials: …
Read More »How blatant lying became par for the course in politics
French philosopher Joseph de Maistre said it first, but Thomas Jefferson and more recently Barack Obama agreed with the aphorism enough to repeat that “in a democracy people get the politicians they deserve.” Lord help us. Think climate change, the coronavirus pandemic, or immigration are problems? Well, look at the calibre of leader …
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