Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has threatened to “respond accordingly” if Britain goes ahead with supplying tank ammunition containing depleted uranium to the Ukrainian armed forces. Following talks in Moscow with China’s leader Xi Jinping, Putin raised concerns about the ammunition Britain was supplying to the government in Kyiv, along with a squadron of Challenger 2…
Putin’s Threat Over Depleted Uranium Is ‘Latest Twist in Propaganda War’: Expert
Vegetable Shortages Drive Unexpected Rise in UK Inflation
Inflation in the UK rose unexpectedly last month as vegetable shortages pushed food prices to their highest rate in more than 45 years, official figures show. According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 10.4 percent in the 12 months to February 2023, up…
UK Police: Suspect Arrested After Man Set Alight Near Mosque
LONDON—Detectives in England are investigating an attack in which a man was set on fire as he walked home from a mosque, police said Tuesday. A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The West Midlands Police force said the victim was walking home in the central city of Birmingham on Monday when…
The Coercive Control Con Job
Commentary Talk about a meltdown. The explosive reaction from Liberal troops seeking votes for New South Wales (NSW) Attorney General Mark Speakman at the voting centre in his local electorate was not unexpected. The cause of their wrath was a group of women, from Mothers of Sons, who were entertaining queueing voters with their spoof…
BBC Urges Staff to Delete TikTok from Corporate Phones
March 21, 2023
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The BBC has urged its staff to delete TikTok from their corporate phones over privacy and security concerns about the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. The BBC is the first British media organization to issue this kind of guidance regarding TikTok—and just the second in the world after Denmark’s public service broadcaster did the same earlier this…
Met Police Chief Apologies After Damning Report but Denies Force Is Institutionally Racist, Misogynist, or Homophobic
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologised for letting Londoners down on Tuesday after a damning review said there’s “institutional racism, misogyny, and homophobia” in the police force. But the police chief rejected the word “institutional,” saying it has become politicised and ambiguous in recent years. The review into the Met’s standards of behaviour and internal culture, released…
Security Minister Refuses to Confirm Government Action on Iran Revolutionary Guards
March 21, 2023
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Britain’s security minister has refused to definitively state whether a branch of Iran’s armed forces will be proscribed after increasing concerns over the regime’s activity in the UK. Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Tom Tugendhat declined to directly answer questions from several MPs on whether the UK will make the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
Tory Councillor Suspended for Saying She Doesn’t Want ‘Pride Sex’ or ‘Heterosexual’ Flags on High Street
A Tory councillor who said she didn’t want “Pride sex flags” along her local high street and that “sex is for the bedroom and private life” has been suspended by the Conservative party. On Saturday, Angela Kilmartin, an 81-year-old Conservative councillor in Essex, southeast England, was told by the Witham Conservative Association that she had…
Energy Support Schemes Drive UK Government Borrowing to February Record
March 21, 2023
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The cost of the UK government’s energy support scheme caused public sector borrowing to soar to a record £16.7 billion last month, official figures show. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), public sector net borrowing in February was £16.7 billion, £9.7 billion more than the same month a year ago and the highest…
Boris Johnson’s Partygate Defence Dossier Says He Did Not ‘Intentionally Mislead’ Parliament
A dossier presented by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the House of Commons Committee of Privileges includes an acceptance that he misled MPs when he said there had been no parties at 10 Downing Street in breach of COVID-19 rules. He goes on to say he made the denials “in good faith” based on…
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