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Angela Rayner's Orwellian Council: Is Free Speech Going Up in Smoke?

ower Blockers! If you’ve been keeping an eye on the political scene, you’ve probably heard the buzz about Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner‘s latest plan to create a “council on Islamophobia.” Now, this isn’t just any committee; this 16-member group is tasked with drawing up an official definition of Islamophobia, and it’s already sparking quite the debate on freedom of speech. First off,…

Angela Rayner's Orwellian Council: Is Free Speech Going Up in Smoke?

[ianchisnall]

 A call for schools in Brighton and Hove to comply!

 A call for schools in Brighton and Hove to comply!

A week ago last Friday in the House of Commons a written question was answered by Robin Walker who is the Minister of State for Education. To be clear he did not respond specifically to the reference for Brighton and Hove Schools although he did make a broad statement. The strange element of this was that it came as a question from Julian Lewis who is the MP for New Forest East and his also the…

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Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have lied

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have lied

As Boris stated back a week last Monday in his response to the Sue Gray report “this Leader of the Opposition, a former Director of Public Prosecutions—although he spent most of his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile” and later on in the same week Michael Gove was asked whether the prime minister had anything to apologise for, Mr Gove said: “No”. Both of them…

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Julian Lewis and the Russian Report

Julian Lewis and the Russian Report

This was first posted on Facebook on 17th July 2020, with support from my Ko-Fi network.

I am on the Conservative Party’s mailing list to supporters. I’ve been on this list for years, as I find it occasionally useful to know what the Tories are telling their supporters.

Today, the news is that the party is asking its supporters to donate to support the re-election of a Conservative MP who was…

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Even in Tory heartlands, Boris Johnson was merely the lesser of two evils | Dominic Grieve

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Dominic Grieve with a cow.

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Tory plan to water down Human Rights Act to protect ex-soldiers would turn UK into pariah, experts warn

Move could end in Britain leaving the European Convention on Human Rights altogether, prime minister told

Conservative plans to water down the Human Rights Act – to prevent prosecutions of soldiers accused of murders in Northern Ireland – will make the UK a pariah, the party has been warned.

The move could also lead to Britain leaving the European Convention on Human Rights altogether, at huge…

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Writing About Brexit: John Bercow Announces Resignation Date

Writing About Brexit: John Bercow Announces Resignation Date

This was first posted on Facebook on 10th September 2019, with support from my Ko-Fi network.

I have to leave for work in approximately 10 minutes, and I stayed up til Black Rod arrived.

(Which was at twenty past one.)

John Bercow announced he’d be resigning either on the spot if Boris Johnson won his early-election vote, or on 31st October if he didn’t. This was followed by MPs of all parties,…

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