Category: Politics
Jan 08 2019
200 MPs meet Mrs May to oppose No Deal
A group of over 200 MPs opposed to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal are to meet the Prime Minister today. Sky news reports: ‘The politicians are from the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, SNP and Plaid Cymru parties and the letter was written by Meriden MP Caroline Spelman (Conservative) and Birmingham …
Dec 12 2018
Mrs May faces no-confidence vote
STOP PRESS 10pm: Theresa May has won the confidence vote by 200 votes to 117. But 160 MPs (118 ministers and 42 PPS’s) are on the payroll vote. So 117 out of the remaining 160 backbenchers have no confidence in Mrs May. Mrs May survives for a year, but she felt she had to promise …
Apr 05 2018
Porton Down can’t say poison from Russia
The Government’s defence research laboratory have not established whatever poisoned Sergei and Yulia Skripal was made in Russia. Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), said the poison had been identified as a military-grade novichok nerve agent. He said it could probably be deployed only by a nation state. …
Mar 13 2018
Skripal: Nerve Gas and Evidence
MPs and the mainstream media were queuing up last night to blame Russia for the Skripal Nerve Gas incident. This morning’s headline in the Metro was ‘From Russia … with hate.’ Theresa May shot off a letter to the Russian Ambassador demanding an explanation. The BBC reports: ‘The UK has given Russia a midnight …
Feb 22 2018
Hamish de Bretton Gordon and Doctors Under Fire – FO Sock-Puppets
BBC television news ran a piece bemoaning the bombardment of the rebel-held East Ghouta area of Damascus on Tuesday morning 20/02/2018. They interviewed Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, supposedly representing ‘Doctors Under Fire’. What he said could have been scripted by the UK’s Foreign Office. Watch our Video Here. (All links in this story open automatically in …
Feb 01 2018
Ofsted targets ‘fundamentalists’
According to the BBC, England’s chief inspector of schools is targetting what she calls ‘fundamentalists’ and ‘religious extremists’. Amanda Spielman, head of Ofsted, says some community leaders see schools as vehicles to ‘indoctrinate impressionable minds’. They use schools to narrow children’s horizons and ‘pervert education’, she says. Some schools even promote ‘extremist ideology’. She is …
Jan 31 2018
Army puts diversity above effectiveness
The MOD have enlisted a supposed Russian threat in their bid for more money. But are the armed forces now more keen on ‘diversity’ than effectiveness? What are they for in today’s world? And could they make cuts in their inflated levels of top brass? Nick Carter: Russia Threat First out of blocks was General …
Jan 11 2018
Tim Farron: sodomy is sinful
Tim Farron has said he regrets saying he did not believe homosexual sex was a sin during last year’s general election. During the six-week long campaign, he was asked repeatedly about his religious beliefs and, specifically, about whether he believed gay sex was a sin. After initially appearing not to answer the question directly, he …
Dec 18 2017
What kind of Brexit?
There is everything to pray for as her majesty’s ministers meet today and tomorrow to discuss what kind of Brexit they will propose to the European Union as negotiations move onto the UK’s trading relationship with the EU. The BBC’s Norman Smith says some ministers, ‘like Chancellor Philip Hammond and Home Secretary Amber Rudd’ want …
Aug 04 2017
Pray for Tuesday’s elections in Kenya
On Tuesday 8th August, the people of Kenya go to the polls. Voters will elect the President and Deputy, Members of Parliament (Senate and National Assembly) and devolved government members. That’s county governors and ward representatives. Kenya shaken by violence in 2007 Ten years ago (2007), an outbreak of tribal violence followed the presidential elections. …
Jul 27 2017
BBC unwatchable on Gay Jubilee
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the legalisation of sodomy. Consequently, the BBC will be unwatchable and unlistenable for a week at least. Especially today, all BBC channels will be awash with ‘Gay Britania’. It is exactly fifty years since the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act 1967. BBC reflecting the Establishment One can argue …
Jul 10 2017
They’re all backing London Gay Pride
Businesses and politicians fell over each other to support the London Gay Pride parade at the weekend. The BBC reported: ‘With almost 50 official partners, ranging from airlines to mobile networks, and a list of over 60 supporters, companies are signing up to try to stamp out prejudice.’ Well, no, they are not trying to ‘stamp …
Jun 09 2017
Hung Parliament as Theresa drops the ball
After all the sound and fury, we have a hung parliament following yesterday’s General Election. You can check the results on the BBC website here. It looks very like the Conservatives will govern with the support of Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party. The figures add up. With one seat to declare, the Tories have 318 seats and …
Apr 08 2017
Christian Voice Press Release: astonished at Boris pull-out
Christian Voice Press Release – 16:00 hrs 8th April 2017 Christian Voice has expressed astonishment at the decision of Boris Johnson to cancel a meeting with his Russian opposite number Sergey Lavrov. Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today: ‘I am saddened and astonished that Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned meeting with …
