Tag: UK

Cancelled Councillor to Take Legal Action Over Anti-Pride Twitter Post

A Conservative Christian councillor is launching legal action after he was removed from several positions and had his life “dismantled” for writing on Twitter, “Pride is not a virtue but a Sin.” King Lawal, 31, who has been a councillor at North Northamptonshire Unitary Council for two years, claims he was cancelled by seven organisations,…


Sunak Announces Clamp Down on ‘Rip-Off’ University Degrees

The number of students that can be accepted onto “poor quality” university degrees will be capped, Rishi Sunak has announced. The move is intended to protect students and taxpayers against “rip-off degree courses” that have high drop-out rates, don’t lead to good jobs, and leave young people with poor pay and high debts, the government…


Marxist-Left Winning the Battle of Emotion, Ideas: Former Australian PM

The Marxist-left is winning the battle of ideas and emotion at a great economic cost to Western countries, says former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. In a warning to centre-right political leaders around the world, Mr. Abbott said neo-Marxists were successfully prosecuting the climate change agenda and “culture wars” which includes current debates over gender…


Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Transfer of Nuclear Submarines to Australia

The U.S. Foreign Relations Senate Committee has triggered the start of the process of attaining U.S. Congressional approval for the United States to temporarily give Australia two nuclear-powered submarines, alongside other measures to deepen further defense sharing with members of the pro-liberty AUKUS defence alliance. In a bipartisan move on July 13, the committee authorized…


Investigation Into Former Conservative Tory MP David Warburton Closed

The investigation into former Conservative Tory MP David Warburton has been closed, a spokesperson for the House of Commons said on Sunday. Warburton resigned as an MP last month following accusations of sexual harassment and cocaine use. He admitted to drug-taking but denies any sexual misconduct. He had been sitting in the House of Commons…


CCP Is Committing Genocide Against Falun Gong, Human Rights Lawyer Says

The Chinese regime’s treatment of Falun Gong practitioners is another genocide, a human rights lawyer said of Beijing’s ongoing war against the spiritual discipline that has lasted for 24 years. David Matas, a human rights lawyer and Nobel Prize nominee, said Falun Gong adherents have been the target of a protracted “cold genocide” that’s harder…


Starmer Refuses to Commit to More Public Spending Amid Union Pressure

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to commit to further public spending under a Labour government amid growing calls from unions for him to back more of their policy priorities. Appearing on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, the Labour leader reaffirmed his defence of the party’s focus on economic responsibility. He said: “What I…


UK Signs Treaty to Join Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc CPTPP

The UK has formally signed the treaty to join a vast free trade area spanning the Indo-Pacific region, in a move the government says will be a “big boost for British businesses.” Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch signed the accession protocol to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Auckland, New…


Cruise Line Issues Apology After Whales Slaughtered in Front of Passengers

A British cruise line apologized to its passengers after one of its ships docked at a port in the Faroe Islands during a pilot whale hunt. Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, is situated in the North Atlantic, between Scotland, Iceland, and Norway. Ambassador Cruise Lines confirmed on July 9 that its ship, Ambition,…


Ben Wallace to Leave Government in Next Cabinet Reshuffle

Ben Wallace has confirmed that he will resign as defence secretary in the next Cabinet reshuffle. The Conservative MP will also stand down in the next general election, but doesn’t plan to trigger a by-election by resigning “prematurely,” he told The Times of London. “I’m not standing next time,” Mr. Wallace said. “I went into…