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France is ready to discuss a ‘Breturn’ if and when Andy Burnham takes over at No10, one minister revealed. A French minister has flung open the doors for Britain to return to the EU – in the face of the wishes of 17,410,742 British voters. Claiming Brexit has “failed”, Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Foreign Minister …
Tomorrow marks ten years since the Brexit vote. And the funny thing is that both sides can point to the same numbers and claim victory. Brexit absolutely changed immigration. The UK ended free movement with the European Union. Hundreds of thousands fewer EU workers are in Britain than many economists expected before Brexit. That part …
by Martin Armstrong UK Defence Secretary John Healey suddenly resigned because the government cannot find the money to fund military commitments. In his resignation letter, he openly accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Treasury of refusing to commit the resources needed to defend the country at a time of rising geopolitical tensions. When a defence …
by Martin Armstrong Britain is now discovering you cannot dismantle your industrial and energy base, wage war on domestic production, impose endless climate regulations, and still expect to maintain a functioning economy. Reality eventually arrives no matter how many politicians attempt to legislate against it. The UK is quietly loosening oil and gas restrictions because …
US President Donald Trump said Britain was giving “serious thought” to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East, but made clear he did not believe Washington needed British help in the war with Iran. “The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending …
via peterplanner The World’s Most Chaotic Price Tag: Britain’s Inflation Meets a Middle East Meltdown Just when British households were hoping for a quiet year of “only mildly painful” grocery bills, the universe said no. Food prices are edging upward again, with Kantar reporting a renewed rise in grocery inflation after months of decline, and …
A very revealing moment in Parliament today. The Home Secretary told me that the rape gang scandal ‘was’ one of the darkest moments in our history. No, Shabana. It still is. It is happening now. Today. All over Britain. The country needs to understand that. — Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) February 9, 2026 Nobody gives …
The US and UK are reducing the number of personnel at the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, as US President Donald Trump considers whether to take action against Iran over its crackdown on anti-government protests. Officials have told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, that the partial American withdrawal was a “precautionary measure”. The BBC understands …
The 2024 voting patterns of young women tell a very different story. Nearly one in four (23 per cent) of 18- to 24-year-old women voted for the Green Party at the last general election, compared to just 6.7 per cent of the general population (12 per cent of young men voted for the Greens). Greens …
Graham’s “does not apply” line is mostly political theater. Legally, the ICC can’t touch the U.S. or Israel, but France, Germany, and the UK signed up, so the Court still applies there, whether he likes it or not. h/t Rev El. Haitian
Six hospitals declare critical incidents amid H3N2 surge. Public told to avoid hospitals unless it’s a true emergency. What happens when flu surges and hospitals have no room for patients? Hospitals in Calderdale and Huddersfield have issued a warning as their services are extremely busy. The Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has asked visitors …
You can tell something is changing when the language stops sounding like diplomacy and starts sounding like a warning shot. Moscow is not whispering. They are pointing straight at Britain and talking about things our generation has never lived through. And the people inside NATO can feel it because their tone has shifted into something …
‘This is it, the day we all dreaded, a milestone in Britain’s descent into collectivism of the most repugnant kind. We have just witnessed a monstrous Budget delivered by the worst Chancellor in living memory, an obscene mix of untruths and delusion, a farrago of bile, envy and nastiness that will vandalise our economy and …
BREAKING UK ERUPTION: Massive protests have now surrounded multiple migrant hotels across Britain — with over 115,000 demonstrators taking to the streets as national outrage explodes LIVE. This is one of the biggest public pressure flashpoints the UK has seen in years — and the reaction from local communities, MPs, commentators and media outlets is …
Two military sites earmarked as asylum seeker accommodation Hundreds of asylum seekers could be housed in two military sites in Inverness and East Sussex as the government seeks to end the use of hotels. Discussions are under way over the use of the sites to accommodate 900 men, as first reported in the Times. There …
You can smell the anger across the UK tonight. Decent people have had enough… — John James (@JohnJamesNI) October 28, 2025 There will be civil war. https://t.co/PRUt7ePicg — Gad Saad (@GadSaad) October 29, 2025 Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when. https://t.co/SpmcPkziZr — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2025
$11.5B of emergency liquidity support from the BOJ 🇯🇵while the financial system was asking for $30B 🙊 £3.8B (~$5B) of help from BOE 🇬🇧 Indexed Long Term Repo Open Market Operations $7.753B from the Federal Reserve 🇺🇸 $24B+ to keep the financial system afloat. pic.twitter.com/D2sJsxwRzS — WhatCanIMakeToday (@WhatCanIMT) October 28, 2025 $7.753B from Federal Reserve …
Swiss voters have narrowly approved a plan to introduce voluntary electronic identity cards. With all votes counted, 50.4% of those who voted said yes to the proposal, while 49.6% rejected it. The closeness of the ballot is a surprise. Opinion polls had suggested up to 60% backed digital IDs, which also had the approval of …
by Martin Armstrong Business flees when it feels it is unwanted, and the Labour Party has created an environment that repels capital. A wave of pharmaceutical companies are pulling out of the United Kingdom due to a climate that has become “uninvestable.” AstraZeneca has become one of the latest companies to pull back on investments …
When police are told to hunt speech instead of crime, the rule of law collapses. Every hour spent policing tweets leaves violent offenders free to terrorize neighborhoods. Fear of speaking becomes greater than fear of breaking the law, and the balance of power shifts to criminals and censors alike. Instead of arresting the violent criminals, …
The walls are closing in. Britain in 2025 isn’t a democracy. It’s a proving ground. A government that arrests comedians, forces digital ID cards, and bans teenagers from energy drinks isn’t experimenting with policy. It’s experimenting with obedience. “Sir Keir Starmer told the Cabinet he would be ‘exploring options’ around the concept [of digital ID …
France’s economy is a rotting husk, and its leaders are complicit. Debt at 113% of GDP, a 5.5% deficit, bond yields topping Greece’s, it’s a fiscal bloodbath. Britain’s 101% debt-to-GDP is ugly, but France’s 57% state spending is a gluttonous beast eating its own entrails. Politicians shuffle numbers while markets lay bare their incompetence. It …
Britain: West Drayton residents out in force today 💪💪🏴🏴 pic.twitter.com/OdU81AVKjN — Matthardybladerunner (@Matthardy_BR) August 30, 2025 Australia: https://twitter.com/_/status/1961996338750714086 Japan: WOW! Today, Japanese citizens organized anti-immigration protests. Here’s a video from tonight’s march in Midosuji in Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/TUBWZIEtUK — I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) August 31, 2025 A message from Poland. pic.twitter.com/tugJJfrngJ …
The firewall didn’t just weaken. It detonated. The center in Europe has lost its grip and the populist right-wing is surging. “For the first time, populist or far-right parties are leading the polls in the U.K., France and Germany.” Political Wire “Surge in immigration and weak economic growth spark voter backlash in France, the U.K. …
Bernadette Spofforth lay in jail on a blue gym mattress in a daze, finding it difficult to move, even breathe. “I just closed down. But the other half of my brain went into Jack Reacher mode,” she said, referring to the fictional action hero. “Every single detail was in this very vivid, bright, sharp focus.” …
85 cities in Britain where local authorities were complicit in the rape of children … https://t.co/20tp9VFFAv — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2025 I would like to help fund legal actions against corrupt officials who aided and abetted the rape of Britain, per the official government inquiry. Please reply below for consideration. https://t.co/20tp9VFFAv — Elon …
https://twitter.com/_Irate_American/status/1960045925671272913 Musk: “Why Are They Allowing the Rape of Europe?” Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk highlighted skyrocketing sexual assaults unfolding in the EU, following outrage over the stabbing death of a 17-year-old Dutch girl by a migrant who had been arrested for rape just days earlier. Responding to a chart illustrating how rape figures have surged …
Incredibly disturbing new details out of the UK reveal that not only were countless little girls raped by migrant grooming gangs, but when they went for help, many were raped again by the police. Take one guess who was staffing the police departments. So in the UK: -Authorities… — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 31, 2025 …
THE GREAT BRITISH EXODUS The recent capital gains tax increase in the UK was expected to bring additional tax revenue. Instead, high-net-worth individuals and families are leaving the country leading to an 18% fall in net capital gains tax revenue. A £2.7b loss. Welcome to the Laffer curve, suckers. THE GREAT BRITISH EXODUS The recent …
Tory MP Danny Kruger delivered a passionate speech in the House of Commons calling for a “Christian restoration” in the UK, yet only a handful of MPs turned up.