UK
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Is Johnson really going to ‘rein in’ NHS privatisation? Don’t you believe it!
The Guardian reported last week that Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock plan to “rein in” NHS privatisation in a new NHS Bill to be published next month. NHS England (NHSE) has released a document detailing “22 key changes it believes will be included” in such a bill, and the Guardian tells us their proposals are “likely”… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Prison Updates
There have been no noticeable changes to Julian Assange’s prison conditions or treatment since his bail sentence ended on 22 September and his imprisonment on remand for the United States’ extradition request began the following day. He remains in effective solitary confinement within healthcare, spending 21-23 hours in his cell every day and with “controlled… Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 30 September 2019
30 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Britain’s Political Crisis: Problems and Possibilities for the Left https://www.globalresearch.ca/britain-political-crisis-problems-possibilities-left/5690615 Accusations that Disaster Capitalists Are Piling the Pressure on Johnson to Pursue No-deal Brexit https://www.globalresearch.ca/accusations-disaster-capitalists-pressure-johnson-pursue-no-deal-brexit/5690605 Continue reading
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EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier
30 September 2019 — Middle East Eye Head of editorial for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an ‘information warfare’ unit which has worked on ‘behavioural change’ projects in the region The head of the British Army has described the 77th Brigade’s talents as including “social media, production design, and Arabic poetry” (British… Continue reading
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Accusations that disaster capitalists are piling the pressure on Johnson to pursue no-deal Brexit
30 September 2019 — True Publica By TruePublica Editor: “For the first time in 35 years, I am not packing my bag to travel to the Tory party conference tomorrow. The party I joined as a student and first campaigned for in the 1979 general election is suffering a convulsion that makes it — for… Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 29 September 2019
29 September2019 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back No 10 denies Boris Johnson ‘thigh squeeze’ claim PM ‘model of restraint’ amid Parliament language row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49868344 Johnson can promise the world, but Corbyn nails why we ‘can’t… Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s lawyers were placed under surveillance. But that’s not the whole story
A private security company organised 24/7 surveillance of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his stay at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. This included confidential meetings between Assange and members of his legal team. The surveillance was provided directly to the CIA. These revelations could possibly jeopardise the viability of the US extradition case. Continue reading
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Boris Johnson plans to spend billions to help the rich get richer
A new report from an independent think tank, has found that Boris Johnson’s “desire to radically overhaul” the tax system will cost us billions of pounds every year. And it will only benefit the very richest people. It also seems confirmed that Johnson hurtling the UK towards a no-deal Brexit is down to pressure from… Continue reading
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The mounting human cost of the Thomas Cook collapse By Richard Tyler
The international scale of the crisis, with devastating economic and social implications, has rapidly become clear. The collapse means that the firm’s entire 22,000-strong global workforce have lost their jobs. Some 9,000 of these are employed in the UK, with 6,000 already laid off. The firm was headquartered in Manchester, with 3,000 previously employed in… Continue reading
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Spanish security firm spied on Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy for US intelligence By Kevin Reed
A Spanish defense and security contractor hired to protect the Ecuadorian Embassy in London spied on Julian Assange on behalf of US intelligence while the WikiLeaks’ founder and editor was living there. Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 27-28 September 2019
28 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back UK’s Johnson Plays Court Jester for Trump to Wreck Iran Deal https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/28/uks-johnson-plays-court-jester-for-trump-to-wreck-iran-deal/ Boris Johnson no-confidence vote ‘next week’, says SNP MP Stewart Hosie https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49863544 Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 27 September 2019
27 September 2019 • 19:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: UK ‘planning concrete proposals’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49847577 The far right is pushing for riots over Brexit. And media outrage is nowhere to be seen. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/5p1d3rqmUoQ/ Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 26 September 2019
26 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Britain: political crisis deepens as Supreme Court intervenes http://www.marxist.com/britain-political-crisis-deepens-as-supreme-court-intervenes.htm Odds cut on Boris Johnson being shortest serving PM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/qugs91lT_lU/ Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 25 September 2019
25 September 2019 • 23:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Corbyn cuts through the Brexit chaos and media noise during BBC interview Britain: political crisis deepens as Supreme Court intervenes http://www.marxist.com/britain-political-crisis-deepens-as-supreme-court-intervenes.htm Continue reading
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Johnson Enters Neo-Con Heaven By Craig Murray
There has been remarkably little media commentary on the effect of the UK leaving the EU Common Foreign Policy, even though this is a major aim of Johnson, Gove and the Tory Brexiteers. The media appear not to have noticed the existence of the Common Foreign Policy. We saw perhaps the first public glimpse of… Continue reading
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UK Supreme Court rules Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament illegal
British politics entered uncharted waters yesterday as the Supreme Court—the UK’s highest judicial body—declared illegal Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authoritarian prorogation of parliament. Far from resolving the crisis over Brexit, the ruling has set in motion what one political commentator described as a “constitutional earthquake.” Continue reading
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The Supreme Court, Proroguing & Dangerous Precedents Remainers celebrating the ruling need to consider the greater implications of a judiciary that enforces policy, not law
The Supreme Court has ruled against Boris Johnson’s proroguing of Parliament. Because of course they did, because they were always going to. Continue reading
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They’re Murdering My Son – Julian Assange’s Father Tells of Pain and Anguish By Finian Cunningham
Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, gave an interview to Strategic Culture Foundation over the weekend. After arriving from his home country of Australia, Shipton is visiting several European states, including Russia, to bring public attention to the persecution of Julian Assange by British authorities over his role as a publisher and author. Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 24 September 2019
24 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Boris Johnson is dead in the water after Supreme Court rules he acted unlawfully http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/mY6aT9kEHjw/ Today’s links 24 September 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/09/todays-links_24.html Continue reading
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Prorogation: Judicial Blowback
The Tory government, under both May and Johnson, has made plain its contempt for the rule of law repeatedly, and not only over the prorogation of parliament. In the last few days we have seen the Tories admit to illegal sales of arms to Saudi Arabia, in direct breach of a ruling by the Court… Continue reading
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