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Professor David Miller fired after Israel lobby smear campaign
The University of Bristol has fired Professor David Miller, a leading UK critic of Israel and its lobby. After a years-long campaign of smears by that same lobby, the university said on Friday that, “Professor David Miller is no longer employed by the University of Bristol.” Continue reading
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Statewatch News 1 October 2021 (Issue 15/21)
1 October 2021 — Statewatch News Also available as a PDF) Welcome back to the first edition of Statewatch News since the summer break! We are bringing you a bumper issue and will be back publishing every fortnight as of today. —————————————- Continue reading
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Guidance for responding (in 2 minutes!) to the Government’s new consultation on Covid passports
This week, the Government released another consultation into Covid passports – this time, on how a mandatory Covid passport scheme should work. This comes despite the Government’s claims that they are not going to impose Covid IDs and they are merely a ‘Plan B’ reserve policy. Continue reading
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UK: Putting money before life
UK government’s response to public consultation on gene editing is scientifically indefensible and a slap in the face for democracy The UK government has released its response to the public consultation on its plans to deregulate gene editing – but only AFTER all the morning news broadcasts hyping the potential of the technology. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Matt Hancock’s messages
For months, Government has been refusing to hand over evidence in our challenge concerning Abingdon Health, the testing company awarded £85 million worth of contracts without competition. Yesterday we took Government to Court to fight for this evidence – and we had a good day. Continue reading
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Spectacular defeat for Israel lobby at Labour Party conference
In a spectacular defeat for the Israel lobby, delegates to Britain’s Labour Party conference overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Monday condemning the “ongoing Nakba in Palestine.” Continue reading
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Shaping future support: The health and disability Green Paper
Every clinical lead in the UK demanded that the WCA should be abolished, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the British Medical Association, and the British Psychological Society, who all identified the WCA as being unfit for purpose. Continue reading
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CIA & White House Sketched Plans to Kidnap or Kill Julian Assange!
Julian Assange is trending again, and this time it’s because a major media outlet has exposed the CIA’s shocking ideas for how to silence him. Continue reading
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UK Medicine Regulator confirms there have been four times as many deaths due to the Covid-19 Vaccines in 8 months than deaths due to all other Vaccines combined in 20 years
The UK Medicine Regulator has responded to a Freedom of Information request demanding to know how many deaths have occurred in the past 20 years due to all vaccines, and their response has revealed that there have been four times as many deaths in just eight months due to the Covid-19 injections. Continue reading
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BBC submarine drama is the anti-Russian propaganda machine in action
The scene: a British nuclear submarine. A detective has been sent to investigate the death of a sailor. When she asks the Naval Commander why there needs to be so much secrecy, as Britain is not at war, he responds ‘That is an illusion. We have always been at war’. Continue reading
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Big Brother Watch hosts Civil Liberties in a Crisis: the left case against Covid IDs event during Labour Party Conference
Covid passes are the nightmare that many on the left feared Blair’s ID cards would become – domestic permits loaded with sensitive personal data, throwing the door open to discrimination. That is the starting point for Johnson’s Covid IDs – not the dystopian destination. Continue reading
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IRR: What is happening to equalities in the UK?
What is happening to equalities in the UK? After a former employee of the statutory body, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, accused the EHRC of ‘colluding in the denial of institutional racism’, IRR News reminds readers of a series of its pieces which over the past year have warned how this government appears set on disappearing… Continue reading
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UK: Why is Owen Jones defending a Nazi collaborator?
Guardian columnist Owen Jones markets himself as a leading leftist voice. His profile on Twitter, where he has more than one million followers, emphasizes his “anti-fascist” credentials. Why, then, did he just publish a defense of a Nazi collaborator? An Israeli judge once ruled that Zionist leader Rezső Kasztner was Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann’s “catspaw,”… Continue reading
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Clear Away the AUKUS Hype: The US and Australia Signed a Nuclear Arms Deal
The AUKUS despite being coined a security partnership, is a nuclear arms deal aimed at increasing pressure against China and should be cause for concern Continue reading
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Draconian new legislation set to shut down protest at Scottish Parliament ahead of COP26
Campaigners have condemned controversial new legislation designed to shut down protests outside the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh, warning new police powers will have a “chilling effect” on the right to protest. The timing of this new legislation – just months before COP26 arrives in Scotland – is significant. Continue reading
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The Fallout From The AUKUS Deal
The AUKUS deal allowed Australia to cancel an order for diesel driven submarines from France by taking up a U.S. and British offer to eventually acquire nuclear driven submarines. Continue reading
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Almost a Quarter of COVID Patients in England Are Being Treated For Something Else
Almost a quarter of people in hospitals in England who are being counted as ‘COVID patients’ are actually being treated for other illnesses, according to a new report. Continue reading
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Ruckus over AUKUS isn’t an edifying sight
The diplomatic fallout from the new security agreement between the Australia, United Kingdom and the United States [AUKUS] is just about beginning. The debris will take time to clean up. Might there be some lasting damage? Continue reading
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Aukus Pact: An Alliance against China that Excludes Europe
Exactly one month after the fall of Kabul and the disgraceful withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the United States has come into the world limelight with the Aukus Pact, an alliance that takes the initials of the names of the three signatory countries (Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom), with which it… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 