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Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in Europe
Several sources, situated in different countries are signalling to us that Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in several EU member states. Continue reading
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NHS: Hackers paradise as gov’t centralised health database announced
Here is another public disaster in the making. A disaster because a new NHS patient record system won’t work after billions of desperately needed taxpayer cash is poured down the drain again. A disaster because patient records will be stolen in the same quantities as they are in the USA even if it does work.… Continue reading
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Brexit: London assumes its new colonial policy
The British Government has chosen its post Brexit strategy. On 30 December 2018, the Defence Minister, Gavin Williamson gave an interview to the Sunday Telegraph, in which he denounced what has been the policy since 1956. Continue reading
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What The Chair of Health and Social Care Select Committees Wrote about Brexit and the NHS
Sarah Wollaston is the MP for the Totnes Constituency and Chair of Health and Social Care Select & Liaison Committees. Paul Williams is a GP and the MP for Stockton South and a member of the Health Select Committee. They wrote an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal about Brexit in and the NHS… Continue reading
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Twitter and the Smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A Research Note on the “Integrity Initiative” By Mark Curtis
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. [i] This takes on special… Continue reading
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The West Is in Disarray, and It Will Only Get Worse By Federico Pieraccini
We are witnessing the withdrawal from Syria of the American military contingent, protests in France, the prospect of a British hard Brexit, the political decline of Angela Merkel in Germany, Netanyahu in crisis, and Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia suddenly becoming an international pariah. The contemporary crisis of leadership in Europe, the United States… Continue reading
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UK: Investigation into Grenfell fire will “take years, not months,” police say
London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick reiterated that it will be years before the “criminal investigation” into the Grenfell Tower fire is concluded. Continue reading
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UK: New ‘secure school’ as part of wave of new children’s prisons
The Government has announced its plans to create a new ‘Secure School’ that will lock up children aged 12-17 as part of a bigger programme to construct more purpose-built secure schools in the coming years ahead. Continue reading
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Labour and anti-Semitism in 2018: The truth behind the relentless smear campaign against Corbyn By Jonathan Cook
Bombarded by disinformation campaigns, many British Jews are being misled into seeing Corbyn as a threat rather than as the best hope of innoculating Britain against the resurgence of right-wing anti-Semitism menace Continue reading
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Labour’s London mayor Sadiq Khan plans to demolish 8,000 council homes By Charles Hixson
Residents in working class housing estates are organising in opposition to the Labour Party mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s proposed social cleansing “regeneration” schemes. Continue reading
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Yet another murder that wasn’t: The Perepilichny case and the anti-Russia campaign By Clara Weiss
The past few days have seen the unravelling of one of the many alleged “murders” that Russian president Vladimir Putin has been accused of by the media and the intelligence agencies: after an investigation into the November 2012 death of the multi-millionaire Alexander Perepilichny, the coroner found that he “more likely than not” died of… Continue reading
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A tale of two cities: Grenfell Tower and the “ultra-luxury” lives of the super-rich By Robert Stevens
Quam bonum in Unum habitare —“What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity” The above is the motto of the Conservative-run Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council (RBKC) in London. We suggest it be changed, as RBKC is carrying out its social cleansing agenda to such an extent that a more… Continue reading
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Inspections and pollution tests drop as Environment Agency sheds thousands of staff
The EA has shed the equivalent of more than 2,500 full-time jobs (20% of its workforce) since 2013. In a statement, Minister for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) George Eustice said nearly 1,000 EA staff – all of which were in corporate services such as finance, HR and IT – have… Continue reading
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Demands surge for Britain to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange By James Cogan
Demands are intensifying for WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange to be immediately allowed to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he sought political asylum on June 19, 2012. Continue reading
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UK: Half of Royal College of Nursing leadership re-elected after being forced out By Ajanta Silva
Six of the 12 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leadership Council forced to step down from their positions in September have been re-elected. Continue reading
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British Government Covert Anti-Russian Propaganda and the Skripal Case By Craig Murray
It is worth starting by noting that a high percentage of the Integrity Initiative archive has been authenticated. The scheme has been admitted by the FCO and defended as legitimate government activity. Individual items like the minutes of the meeting with David Leask are authenticated. Not one of the documents has so far been disproven,… Continue reading
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Doctors leaders call on government to halt NHS migrant charges By Joanna Dobbin
The Royal College of Physicians have today joined with other Royal Colleges to call on the government to suspend upfront charging of overseas visitors within the NHS, calling them a “concerning barrier to care”. Continue reading
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UK government announces draconian Brexit immigration policy and deployment of troops By Robert Stevens
The day after the government announced it was putting 3,500 troops on standby, amid business organisations saying they were “watching in horror” at the implications of a no-deal Brexit, proceedings in Parliament Wednesday descended into farce. Continue reading
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Enabling RAF chaplains to provide guidance to drone pilots
The Times and the Commercial Drone Professional reported recently that the Church of England has announced a programme helping RAF chaplains to offer pastoral care and support to drone pilots. They will spend a year studying for a master’s degree in ethics at Cardiff University so they can provide guidance to drone pilots in the… Continue reading
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Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK’s Scandalous Information War
Recent hacked documents have revealed an international network of politicians, journalists, academics, researchers and military officers, all engaged in highly deceptive covert propaganda campaigns funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), NATO, Facebook and hardline national security institutions. Continue reading
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