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Top stories of the week 13 October

 

 

Brexit

A big Brexit news week this week. Boris Johnson has been all over the place. After the European Union dismantled his plan point-by-point but a last minute meeting has potentially thrown the whole situation on the head. In what is being called 48 hours of tunnel talks, negotiations are re-opening. Next week and the week after will be more important as all things now secret are revealed.  High among them is that Northern Ireland will be the price to pay for Brexit.

Earlier in the week Boris Johnson was called a traitor.

 

Politics

More bad news for Boris Johnson this week as the stories about his relationship with a pole-dancer refuse to go away. As the Daily Mail so aptly put it – Boris Johnson’s ‘technology advisor’ Jennifer Arcuri ‘loudly and proudly boasted of “Boris bruises” on her thighs after romp with him’, her friend from the time Milo Yiannopoulos claims

 

Society

The threat of Right Wing Terrorism remains at Red alert in the UK. This week the Press found that ‘a reckless Tory party is resorting to pantomime authoritarianism’ while the ‘Far right poses as protectors of women to target Muslims, official extremism report finds’.

 

Middle East

Donald Trump withdrew US forces from Syria leaving the Kurds at the mercy of Turkey. As soon as Tump issued the orders, Turkish troops and armoured vehicles began massing on the border with Syria. Hours after the last US forces left Turkey launched airstrikes killing civilians including women and children. The Kurds believe they have been betrayed and the consequences of what Trump hs done will lead to the return of ISIS

 

Environment

This week saw the launch of more Extinction Rebellion civil unrest around the world. Fake blood was sprayed on to the bull statue in New York and in London fake blood was sprayed onto the Treasury. This began a week of climate action including taking London City Airport in the same style as the King Kong protestors. The police have clamped down hard on the climate activists making more than 1300 protests in the first week of protests alone.

Boris Johnson was in the news yet again for saying the Extinction Rebellion were crusties and that Margaret Thatcher was greener that Greta Thunberg. Is that so, Mr Johnson.

Stories of the week 20 January 2019

 

Brexit

Brexit entered Big Bang territory this week.

Jeremy Corbyn called the conservatives a ‘Zombie Government’ and Theresa May a ‘Zombie Prime Minister’ as he launched an official vote of No Confidence. May stayed in power but without authority and without a Brexit deal after her planned deal was crushed contemptuously by Parliament.  Despite May calling for cross-party talks, she is unwilling to drop any of her red lines which makes it a purely futile exercise and adds to the ‘zombie’ narrative. Unthinking, Unmoved, Unwilling to compromise and, of course, Undead.

In typical Conservative MAYhem, all Brexit solutions are on the table – second referendum, No-Deal, No Brexit, and, least likely, an agreed UK deal.  Europe watched in horror at the Westminster mess and prepared for No Deal.  The SNP prepared for Indy2RF2 and the DUP moved towards full customs union to get around the Brexit backstop despite Arlene Foster ridiculously claiming Ireland never had a hard border.  The majority of Press and pundits agreed that Article 50 would need to be delayed.

More fall out from Brexit was announced this week with jobs to go at Phillips, Hitachi pulling out of a £15bn deal and the UK’s prized Financial Services sector has shrunk by 16% already.

 

 

World

As another caravan sets out for the US border, it was revealed that many more thousands of children and babies were separated from their parents by the US authorities than was initially claimed by the Government.

‘Big Don’ buys ‘Big Ron’ for state banquet was one of the more surprising stories this week. As the US Government shutdown continues, Trump purchased 300 McDonald’s meals to serve at a State banquet as White House catering staff are on shutdown.

 

 

Society

At long last many women would say but there were calls this week to make misogyny a hate crime after more stories emerged about the treatment many women have to suffer at the hands of men.

 

 

Middle East

After Trump had threatened Turkey with economic ruin if they attacked the Kurds, the deal almost turned full circle with the Kurds worried about a buffer zone Trump and Turkey had decided to create.

 

 

Environment

Scientists have come up with a plant-focused diet that would cut meat consumption and help to save both humans and the planet in the face of climate change.

Time is running out to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ when it was announced this week that 60% of coffee plants face extinction.

 

 

Technology

The largest ever cache of hacked personal data and passwords was dumped on the internet this week.

 

 

Science

This week’s stories had our favourite headline – GIANT LEAF FOR MANKIND – after a plant germinated on the moon in China’s dark side of the moon adventure.