UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on disruptive protests by climate activists, whom she described as “thugs and vandals” trying to hold the public “to ransom.” Climate activists from groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil, and Insulate Britain have staged various protests and demonstrations in recent months,…
UK Climate Activists Arrested After Throwing Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
October 14, 2022
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Two UK climate activists have been arrested after throwing tinned soup at one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings in the National Gallery in London. The activists, who are supporters of the Just Stop Oil organisation, threw two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the 1888 work Sunflowers shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday,…
UK Cabinet Ministers Urge Conservative MPs to Rally Behind Prime Minister Liz Truss
Four Cabinet members have penned newspaper articles urging Conservative MPs to end infighting and back Prime Minister Liz Truss. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Nadhim Zahawi, Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt, and Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena warned colleagues on Sunday that the Tory party would risk ending up in opposition if…
Climate Activists Block Roads in London in Protest Against New Energy Projects
October 7, 2022
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Climate activists have blocked roads in central London for a seventh day as they protest against the UK government’s decision to expand oil and gas development to alleviate the energy crisis. The Just Stop Oil organisation, a spin-off from Extinction Rebellion, said on Friday that 22 of its supporters were arrested by Metropolitan Police after…
UK Police Chiefs Pledge Officers Will Attend All Home Burglaries
Police chiefs in England and Wales have promised that their officers will attend all residential thefts, following the UK government’s call for a shift of focus from “symbolic gestures” to “commonsense policing.” The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said on Oct. 5 that chief constables will work to ensure the approach is implemented “as soon…
Braverman Tells UK Police to ‘Stick to Catching the Bad Guys,’ Not ‘Pandering to Identity Politics’
The police should go back to “commonsense policing” instead of policing pronouns on Twitter or non-crime hate incidents, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said on Tuesday. In her first major speech as home secretary, Braverman told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham that public servants are distracted from “doing their real job” when the “poison [of…
UK’s Braverman Pledges ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Stop Illegal Immigration
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Tuesday vowed to do “whatever it takes” to stop illegal immigration across the English Channel. In her first major speech as home secretary, Braverman told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham that she wants to “cut [the] overall numbers” of immigration, adding the UK shouldn’t be “relying wholly on low…
Police Must Focus on Fighting Criminals, Not ‘Symbolic Gestures’: UK Home Secretary
The police should focus on fighting real crimes rather than making “symbolic gestures,” the UK’s new home secretary has told police chiefs. In an open letter dated Sept. 23, Suella Braverman said she was “dismayed by the perceived deterioration of public confidence in the police” and said that “culture and standards in the police have…
UK Minister Scraps Civil Service Diversity Training ‘Riddled With Left-Wing Views’
UK Attorney General Suella Braverman said she has scrapped the diversity training programme in her department, as it is “riddled with left-wing views.” Writing in the Daily Mail, Braverman compared the “diversity, equality, and inclusion” (DEI) sector to the “witch-finders of the Middle Ages.” She said she was “horrified” to discover that hundreds of government…
‘Time to Complete Brexit,’ Attorney General Says After ECHR Grounded UK Deportation Flight to Rwanda
Attorney General Suella Braverman on Saturday said she has “significant reservations” about the UK’s relationship with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). She said it’s “time to complete Brexit and let the British people decide who can and cannot stay in our country.” Her comment came after the European court effectively grounded a British flight deporting…
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