Tag: UK

Critics Call Oxford 100-Day City Centre Car Limit a ‘Climate Lockdown by Default’

A trial to stop most drivers in Oxford from using busy city routes at peak times has been approved by the county council. On Nov. 29 Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet voted in favour of traffic filters, which are strict rules on how often motorists can drive and where they can go in the town centre….


Starmer Says UK Is ‘Broken Model’ as Labour Unveils Replacement for House of Lords

The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, has described Britain as a “broken model” and said the country was “crying out for a new approach.” Speaking in Leeds at the launch of a report (pdf) by Labour’s Commission on the UK’s future, headed by ex-premier Gordon Brown, Starmer said the country needed…


Braverman Promises to Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Stop Flow of Illegal Immigrants

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has promised to do “whatever it takes” to stop the endless flow of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel and landing in Kent, where they claim asylum or seek protection under modern slavery laws. In a foreword to a report (pdf) by the Centre for Policy Studies think tank she said…


Albanians Should Be Barred From Claiming Asylum in UK: Minister

Albanians should be barred from claiming asylum in the UK as they are coming from a “demonstrably safe” country, the UK’s immigration minister has said. The government is under intense pressure from Conservative MPs to get to grips with the issue of human traffickers using small boats to ferry illegal immigrants across the English Channel…


Reliance on Cheap Chinese Goods a ‘Trade-Off of Human Lives’: Former UK Conservative Leader

The UK’s reliance on cheap goods from the “brutal, dictatorial” Chinese regime to help avoid a recession is a “trade-off of human lives,” former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said. Appearing on the Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme on Sky News, the senior MP was asked if the UK should seek to…


UK’s Reliance on Cheap Chinese Goods a ‘Trade-Off of Human Lives’: Former Conservative Leader

The UK’s reliance on cheap goods from the “brutal, dictatorial” Chinese regime to help avoid a recession is a “trade-off of human lives,” former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said. Appearing on the Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme on Sky News, the senior MP was asked if the UK should seek to…


PREMIERING 12/6 at 7:30PM ET: Dr. Tess Lawrie: COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Inflammation in ‘Every Organ and Tissue of the Body’

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “There’s a loophole that they’ve slipped through in the regulatory process, because most drugs require pharmacokinetic studies … And that has not been done with the COVID-19 vaccines,” says Dr. Tess Lawrie, co-founder of the World Council for Health. Pharmacokinetics is the study…


Wealthy Russian Businessman Held by UK Officers Investigating Oligarchs

A wealthy Russian businessman has been arrested at his multi-million-pound London home by officers investigating potential criminal activity by oligarchs. The 58-year-old man, who has not been named, was held by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday on suspicion of offences including money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office, and conspiracy to commit…


UK Ambassador’s Condolences on Death of Former CCP Leader Met With Mixed Reactions

The British ambassador’s message of condolences following the death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, which made references to the late Queen Elizabeth II and the meeting of the two, was met with mixed reactions. One China expert said it’s “absurd and distasteful” that comparisons were made between the Queen and “a brutal dictator,” while another said…


Concerns Government Is Backtracking Over University Free Speech Bill

Cancel culture and free speech experts worry that a government Bill designed to protect speakers at universities has been watered down. The government has been accused of making concessions to universities over a new law it had drawn up to enable academics and students to take institutions to court for breaching free speech violations. The…