Leicestershire Police have removed a social media post that suggested calling a transgender person by their previous name was a crime after the British home secretary intervened. To raise awareness for National Hate Crime Week, Leicestershire Police put out a post on Saturday on its Twitter account about a fictional transgender person called “Jane.” “I…
Home Secretary Warns UK Police Force Over Confusing ‘Hate Crime’ Messaging
UK House Prices Reach New High in October Despite Economic Turmoil
House prices in the UK hit a new record high in October despite the continuing uncertainties in interest rates following financial turmoil triggered by the government’s mini-budget. Britain’s housing market had already been showing signs of cooling after a more than 20 percent surge in prices since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as the…
UK Police Launch Investigation After Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate
October 17, 2022
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British police launched an investigation on Monday after a pro-democracy Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten on Sunday. The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound…
Financial Turmoil in Western Markets
October 17, 2022
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Commentary If you follow the markets, you have probably heard about the recent financial carnage in Great Britain and the forecasted doom in the United States. While the United Kingdom is a smaller country than the United States, generally speaking the United Kingdom has one of the most profound financial systems in the developed world….
UK Reverses Tax Cuts, Scales Back Energy Help to Calm Markets
October 17, 2022
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Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has reversed the tax cuts promised by his predecessor and scaled back support for household energy bills in an attempt to restore financial stability following weeks of market turmoil. Hunt was brought in only last Friday to boost the UK government’s fiscal credibility after former Chancellor Kwasi…
Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate in Manchester
October 17, 2022
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A Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten by seven or eight people on Sunday. The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound. Bob was one of around…
Met Police Chief Pledges to Root out ‘Corrupting Behaviours’ and Sack Hundreds
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has promised to root out “corrupting behaviours” which he said had gone “unchallenged,” following an independent review by Baroness Louise Casey, a former Victims’ Commissioner. In her interim report, which was published on Monday, Casey said: “We heard many examples of unacceptable behaviour going unchecked for…
Hong Kong Protesters Beaten up by CCP Staff in UK When Protesting Xi Jinping’s Re-election
October 17, 2022
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At British Standard Time (BST) 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, about 60 Hongkongers held a peaceful rally outside the Chinese Consulate at 71 Denison Road, Manchester, England. A number of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) consulate staff wearing protective equipment suddenly rushed out of the Consulate to snatch the large-scale cartoon used at the rally, they…
UK Conservative MPs Warned Against Trying to Oust Truss as Prime Minister
Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has warned his Conservative colleagues against trying to oust Prime Minister Liz Truss from office. Truss became prime minister on Sept. 5. But her position has been weakened after her “mini-budget,” which included £45 billion of unfunded tax cuts, spooked the financial markets, causing the pound to…
UK Announces Plans to Crack Down on Climate Protests
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,…
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