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Stories of the week 14 July

 

Politics

The big stories this week in Politics are all around the Conservative Leadership race.

Boris Johnson was accused by the Press of being a spineless coward as he refused to support UK Ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch and threw him under a bus.  Despite Brexiteers accusing Remainers of making the UK a vassal state of the EU, the Press say that Johnson has done exactly the same thing with Brexit making the UK a vassal state of the US.  ‘Ordered by Trump, sacked by Johnson’ and ‘Trump said jump, Johnson said how high.  MPs from all sides, including a host of Tory MPs condemned Johnson for his lack of leadership.

It also seems that Conservative Party members are completely out of step with the rest of the country. Johnson has a huge lead over Jeremy Hunt with Party members according to Polls. However, Hunt is far more popular with the rest of the country with voters saying Johnson is an ‘irresponsible, self-serving buffoon’. But the real bad news for Conservatives is that the majority of voters polled say that neither Johnson nor Hunt would make a good Prime Minister.

MPs passed an historic and long overdue vote this week when they voted to bring the same level of human rights to Northern Ireland as enjoyed by the rest of the UK. MPs voted to allow abortion and same sex marriage in a landmark step.

Very bad news for the Brexit Party this week. Polls show that the party’s popularity is in sharp decline. Perhaps that may be something to do with outbursts such as these when a Brexit Party MEP said that the Royal Navy should attack EU fishing boats. A national embarrassment.

 

 

Brexit

There was more dreadful news on the potential fallout from a No Deal Brexit this week. BMW is moving engine manufacturing; Ireland say that the Northern Irish backstop debate is being badly and irresponsibly handled by both Hunt and Johnson; the UK faces decades of decline and Brexit will signal the end of the Union.  Project Fear was the usual unbelievable Leaver reply. Even the Head of the World Trade Organisation stated that Johnson is not grasping the truth of what post-Brexit trade looks like.  Trouble ahead.

 

 

Environment

This week saw massive shock waves on the environmental front as big hitters and big events hit the headlines. David Attenborough likened the fight against the climate emergency to the fight against slavery and warned of civil unrest in the face of our climate crisis. Prince Charles even warned that we have 18 months to save the planet. The UN revealed that we have one major climate event every week and a report found that city dwellers have billions of toxic are particles lodged in their hearts.

 

 

World

Violent protests continue in Hong Kong. Carrie Lam has said the extradition bill is dead but it’s not withdrawn as Joshua Wong, leader of the protest groups, states that the British police commander should face the consequences and pay the price for police action.

 

Technology

It seems it’s worth taking a gamble on Artificial Intelligence.  A robot beat top poker players in a major breakthrough for AI.

 

 

Stories of the week 9th June

 

Politics

The state visit of Donald Trump took place this week against the usual background of hypocrisy, fake news, demonstrations and controversy.  But according to the President himself, ‘the Queen had never enjoyed herself so much’ as she did during his visit.  Whilst Conservative Party Leadership hopefuls queued up to meet Trump along with Trump’s ‘good friend’ Nigel Farage, other politicians including Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan who came in for a barrage of tweets from the US leader, joined protestors to condemn the visit..

Fears for the influx of chlorinated chicken and other horrendous imports from the US as part of any post-Brexit trade deal were heightened this week. Both Trump and the US UK ambassador made statements on how the NHS was up for grabs in terms of any future trade negotiations. The uproar was immense and the subject was dropped. For now.

The Brexit Party was in the news this week for two big stories.  Much to the ire of Brexiter press, the Brexit Party lost the Peterborough election and the chance of getting the first Brexit Party MP into Westminster. Labour won the election with the Brexit Party coming second and the Conservatives a humiliating third.

Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage refused to appear before a European commission investigating why he had not declared almost half a million pounds given to him by long-time supporter Arron Banks, himself under investigation for electoral crimes.

 

 

Brexit

In more disastrous Brexit news, Ford announced this week that it was closing its Welsh engine plant with a loss of 1700 jobs.  Adding to the concerns, Ford also said that a No-Deal Brexit would put a further 6,000 jobs on the line.

With UK economic data weakening all the time because of Brexit, growing sections of the Press asked have we learnt nothing from D-Day and the forces that are keeping Europe united are stronger than those trying to tear it apart. A message Brexiters just want to ignore.

 

 

Environment

In a shocking and chilling report this week, Humanity could end by 2050 from ecological collapse, disease pandemics, lethal heatwaves and even the threat of nuclear war. The case for more Extinction Rebellion on a global scale could not be stronger.

But there has been some climate good news this week. The Greta effect is making children push their parents to be greener. Theresa May has promised zero emissions in the UK by 2050 as public concern over environmental issues reaches a record high, although this can be rolled back by future PMs. The Danes rejected populism in their elections to focus on the climate emergency.

 

 

 

Stories of the week 26 May

 

Brexit

#Deniedmyvote. After the illegality surrounding the original referendum, the UK was plunged into more illegal electioneering in the EU elections. Almost 2 million EU citizens with full rights to live in the UK were denied a vote breaking several Articles of the Treaty, UK expats in Europe were also denied a vote. The EU is considering launching an investigation on the potentially unsafe result.

In more dark news for British politics. Nigel Farage is being investigated by by the EU on failing to declare £450,000 of cash and benefits bestowed on the Brexit Party Leader by Arron Banks. Banks himself of course is guilty of illegal election activity at the Referendum.

The Brexit Party itself is to be investigated by the Electoral Commission over fake membership claims after someone joined the Party as Vladimir Putin.

 

Politics

 

As we head towards the end of May, it happened in front of very eyes. Theresa May gave up on her doomed deal this week and along with it she also gave up on being Prime Minister. Lacking any real support for her deal and the with the Conservative Party splintering into factions, May announced her resignation.

This sparked an immediate race for the top job with many Conservative MPs putting themselves forward as the leader to guide us through Brexit. In fact there seems to be nearly as many contenders as there are Tory MPs.  All with as much chance as May had of succeeding.

In yet more news connecting UK politics with illegality and immortality, the trial of Boris Johnson continues. Johnson is a favourite to win the Conservative Party leadership contest but he’s also on trial for lying and misleading the public. Welcome, future Prime Minister.

 

Austerity

The United Nations tore into Conservative-led austerity. Branding it an ‘ideological project causing pain and misery’ and likening it to turning modern Britain into Victorian workhouses. The shame continues. These policies have condemned a whole generation to short, brutish lives with little opportunity to fulfil potential for the young. The Conservatives have deliberately made millions suffer and this is sending thousands of children into poverty.

 

Environment

Thousands of young people and school children went on climate strike around the world this week in more global Extinction Rebellion.  This was a call-to-action as ice is found to be melting even more rapidly than previously thought.  In some good news, Labour has pledged to put Climate Emergency on the school curriculum.

 

 

Stories of the week 19 May

 

Brexit

As the pressure mounts on Theresa May and the days are counting down until departure, she is determined to bring her deal back for another Commons vote one last time. There seems even less chance of it passing this time unless some miraculous additional offer or change of approach materialises. If the vote, as expected, fails one more time then many pundits suggest there will only be two choices left, Revoke or No Deal.

Meanwhile, a Remain tactical voting site remainvoter.com launches to show Remain voters which Remain party to vote for in their area to make sure their vote really counts. Angela Merkel this week encouraged the EU to unite and stand up against the tyranny of Russia, China and the US.

This week Nigel Farage showed his true leadership credentials by fleeing the scene of a Road traffic Accident. Police asked McDonalds to stop selling milkshakes during a Farage rally in Edinburgh. It was also revealed that Arron Banks had given Farage £450,000 and MPs are considering investigating a Brexit party fake members scam and dark money pouring into the party.  Meanwhile the trial of Boris Johnson for misleading the public over the referendum continues.  Another reminder of the illegal Leave campaign during the referendum.

 

Politics

Labour announced this week that is was going to renationalise the National Grid as part of its green new deal to cut both emissions and utility bills.

Divisions in the Conservative party continue to plague the country. Reportedly, a tearful Theresa May had to agree to a schedule for her departure. The leadership race is on with all the usual suspects and even some new contenders putting themselves forward for the title.

 

Austerity

It was revealed this week that 1 in 4 northerners are paid less than the minimum wage as yet more appalling stories of teachers feeding school children emerged.  Some Press reported that child poverty has become the new ‘normal’ with an estimated 500,000 more children trapped in poverty since 2010.

 

Middle East

The relationship between the US and Iran is delicately balanced on a knife-edge this week. Supposedly encouraged by Bolton, Donald Trump has upped the war of words with Iran and has sent more ships and troops into the area. Iran has told its militias throughout the region to prepare for a proxy war.

 

Environment

The whole world faced yet another wake-up call this week with the news that more than 20 million babies are born underweight each year. This is a clear indication of health problems to come and a measurement of how healthy our environment actually is.

The plastic crisis continues with more than 414 million pieces of plastic waste found on remote Indian Ocean islands.

 

 

Stories of the week

 

 

Brexit

Reports this week claimed that dozens of millionaires, many of whom supported the referendum, are leaving the UK because of Brexit.  Rats and sinking ships come to mind. Speaking of which, a crowdfunded campaign to launch a prosecution against Boris Johnson for lying about the £350m per week payments to the NHS on the side of the bus? Remember that bus?  It looks like it’s coming back for Boris.

Cross-Party talks appear to be coming to an end with no compromise or agreement in sight. This puts the potential for a second referendum or people’s vote right back on the table which is the option becoming increasingly favoured by the public.

 

 

Politics

Threats and abuse of MPs is reaching record and unacceptable levels in a clear indication of what Brexit has dome to public order and public decency in the UK.

As polls show the Brexit Party going ahead of the Conservatives in the forthcoming European elections, party leader Nigel Farage decided to stick to his Leaver values and left the site of a road traffic accident. Nothing like showing your true leadership credentials by ‘legging it’ from an accident scene before the police arrive.

 

 

Society

In shocking news for the UK, a Dutch court has refused extradition of an accused drug dealer to the UK because of the inhuman conditions in UK prisons. The cuts to funding and privatisation conditions have become intolerable and now UK prisons are considered unsafe and inhumane.

 

 

Environment

Almost every country in the world apart from the US has signed up and agreed to reduce plastic pollution. Scientists are looking at ways to reflect sunlight away from earth to reduce heat. Labour are also considering de-listing major polluting organisations from the FTSE 100 as part of their New Green Deal as toxic air pollution in the UK doubles the threat of lung disease and is currently affecting nearly 3m children.

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Science

This week saw a major and historic breakthrough in the fight against the growing threat of antibiotic resistant superbugs and the lack of any real investment in the next generation of antibiotic drugs. In a world first, a teenage girl in the UK was the first person to have a deadly superbug infection successfully treated with a genetically modified virus treatment. An amazing breakthrough offering hope to humanity.

 

 

Stories of the week 28 April

 

Brexit

Cross-party talks continued this week surrounded by a mutual blame game. Jeremy Corbyn accused the Government of not budging an inch on their red-lines and no sight of compromise in sight. Theresa May, on the other hand, accused Labour of simply trying to destroy the Conservatives. Something they seem to be doing well enough by themselves.

 

 

Politics

The big news this week was a serious leak in the Cabinet. Details of a secret meeting regarding the giant Chinese telecoms company Huawei’s role in the roll-out of 5G. Security forces were investigating how the leak took place. Ministers were accused first then they blamed civil servants.

Nigel Farage is back. The Brexit Party is set to benefit at the European Elections at the cost of the Conservatives. Some local Conservative activists are refusing to even canvass in the upcoming euro elections. The Brexit Party have nothing but constructive plans for being a real thorn in the side of the European Parliament. It’s a real Hua-dunnit, one headline read.

Donald Trump is due to make a UK state visit to commemorate the 75^th anniversary of D-Day.  The police bill for his three day visit is expected to be more than £18m. It is likely the President will address US troops rather than angry MPs who still want him banned from Parliament. The Press are divided broadly along the same split as Brexit. Nothing surprising there.

 

 

World

 

ISIS claimed responsibility for carrying out bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. In the atrocities, nearly 300 men, women and children were killed.

 

 

Austerity

In extremely disturbing news, food parcels from the food bank network reached a new record high in the last year. In even more proof of the cruelty and failure of Universal Credit, 1.7 food parcels were distributed over the past 12 months.

 

 

Environment

Humans are putting almost 1 million species into risk of extinction as a new report states that far from being reduced, de-forestation is on the increase.

Greta Thunberg addressed UK politicians and condemned the UK’s policy on fossil fuels. Extinction Rebellion continued their protests to save ourselves from ourselves and a new Banksy was revealed. A little girl holding the Extinction Rebellion logo.