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Welfare Weekly Newsletter 24 February 2019
24 February 2019 — Welfare Weekly Severely disabled woman left ‘feeling suicidal’ over battle for disability benefits Read more Continue reading
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The Begum question – White Helmets, Libya and the Manchester Bombing
TruePublica Editor: There is a breathtaking arrogance of our political elite and it is demonstrated no better than its dealing with the Shamima Begum question – should she be stripped of her UK citizenship. Continue reading
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US psychological warfare techniques being used to overthrow British democracy
There have always been lobbyists and PR people involved in politics. We have always had think tanks that have leaned in a certain direction and provided research and speakers partial to their side of the debate. So what are the special concerns that cause us to claim that our system is developing in such a… Continue reading
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Anti-semitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party By Jonathan Cook
The announcement by seven MPs from the UK Labour Party on Monday that they were breaking away and creating a new parliamentary faction marked the biggest internal upheaval in a British political party in nearly 40 years, when the SDP split from Labour. Continue reading
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Joan Ryan, MP who fabricated anti-Semitism, quits Labour By Asa Winstanley
Lawmaker Joan Ryan quit Labour on Tuesday, citing party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed “demonization and delegitimization” of Israel. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 18 February 2019 (04/19)
18 February 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/feb/email-18-feb.pdf Please DONATE to support our work STATEWATCH ANALYSIS EU: New criminal records database for non-EU nationals is “disproportionate and discriminatory”. Continue reading
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Seven Blairite MPs resign from UK Labour Party By Robert Stevens and Laura Tiernan
The split heralds a fundamental realignment in politics that has been long in the making. In their political declaration all seven—dyed in the wool representatives of the Blairite pro-European Union remain faction of the ruling elite—declared their opposition to the “hard left” policies of party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit and again utilised confected claims… Continue reading
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Britain: Bye bye Blairites! Now show the rest the door By Adam Booth
Seven right-wing MPs have split away from the Labour Party, much to the relief of grassroots members. But many of their treacherous ilk have been left behind. They must be replaced at the first opportunity. Continue reading
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DWP tells GPs not to support benefit claimants with sick notes By Sue Jones
Yesterday on Twitter, I posted one of my previous posts –Jobcentre tells GP to stop issuing sick notes to patient assessed as ‘fit for work’ and he died–in which I discuss a letter addressed to a GP regarding a seriously ill patient. Continue reading
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Britain’s Dire Economic Situation is of Little Concern for Theresa May By Grete Mautner
British residents are facing longest decline in living standards in modern history. As it’s been pointed out by the Resolution Foundation, their real incomes will not return to the peak pre-2008 level in the foreseeable future. Even the most optimistic evaluation of the economic situation in England shows that its GDP may start growing again… Continue reading
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A phenomenal anti-war movement?
As per the Daily Mail, “Blair dismissed London anti-war march as ‘millions of liberal-minded people taking to the streets to defend the most illiberal regime on earth’”. One million people expressed their voice and were cavalierly ignored. Continue reading
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New study reveals more details on deadly flammable cladding used on Grenfell Tower By Alice Summers
Flammable cladding similar to the material which had covered Grenfell Tower is still being widely used across the UK. The combustible cladding used on Grenfell was a significant factor in allowing the rapid spread of a small fire and creating toxic smoke with deadly consequences on June 14, 2017. Continue reading
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Twitter and the smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A research note on the “Integrity Initiative”
The UK government-financed Integrity Initiative, managed by the Institute for Statecraft, is ostensibly a “counter disinformation” programme to challenge Russian information operations. However, it has been revealed that the Integrity Initiative twitter handle and some individuals associated with this programme have also been tweeting messages attacking Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. This takes on special meaning… Continue reading
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UK mass surveillance challenge will go to Europe’s highest human rights court
In September 2018 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the UK’s mass interception programmes breached the European Convention on Human Rights. The landmark judgment in September marked the Court’s first ruling on UK mass surveillance programmes revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Continue reading
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Yes of course Israel is interfering in British politics By Asa Winstanley
The “Act.IL” organization, which is coordinated and backed by Israel’s so-called Ministry of Strategic Affairs, had used a troll army to spread false information about Jeremy Corbyn – the leader of the UK’s official opposition party. Continue reading
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UK: Anti-Semitism witch-hunt provokes backlash in Labour Party By Robert Stevens
The latest crude frame-up of Labour Party members as anti-Semites has provoked a furious backlash in Liverpool. But the refusal to oppose the Blairite liars has opened the way for members of the Wavertree Constituency Labour Party to be victimised for the “crime” of moving a no confidence motion against their MP, Luciana Berger, who… Continue reading
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A Progressive ‘Artifice’ of Democratic Impotence: The ‘World’ Finally ‘Gets It’ By Alastair Crooke
Antonio Gramsci described an interregnum as a time “when the old is dying and the new cannot be born… in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms pertain.” In such periods, the new is perceived as mad, bad and dangerous to contemplate. Continue reading
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Latest FoI release from MoD shows extent of UK air and drone war in Syria by Chris Cole
The rise in UK air and drone strikes in Syria since September 2018 has been laid bare in the MoD’s latest responses to a Drone Wars UK FoI request. The number of British strikes in Syria per month rose to its highest ever amount (75) in December 2018. Continue reading
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