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Johnson to suspend UK parliament to push through Brexit in a major assault on democratic rule By Chris Marsden
Known as proroguing, the move followed a visit by three Privy Council members, led by arch Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg. It means that parliament will stop meeting no earlier than Monday September 9 and no later than Thursday September 12, until Monday October 14. This is designed to cut the ground from beneath most MPs seeking… Continue reading
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Bojo’s Parliamentary Coup News Links 28 August 2019
28 August 2019 • 20:35 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back We shouldn’t be surprised. These are other times Boris Johnson has shown he doesn’t give a s**t about democracy Is This a Coup? Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Deprivation of Justice and Double Standards in Belmarsh Prison
Alfred de Zayas, former UN Rapporteur, has described the actions of the British authorities in pursuit of Assange as “… contrary to the rule of law and contrary to the spirit of the law.” What we see on the surface is an illusion of British justice, masking a political agenda behind it. Continue reading
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Clinical psychologist Lissa Johnson: They are trying to break Assange “physically and psychologically” By Oscar Grenfell
Australian clinical psychologist Lissa Johnson has been an outspoken defender of Julian Assange, writing extensively on the grave implications of his persecution for democratic rights and freedom of speech. Continue reading
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How UK food standards are already falling to accommodate American trade deal
Analysis now shows that as a direct result of government cuts to the agencies responsible for the food chain in Britain, there is already a dramatic decline in standards. This decline is associated not with standards but with enforcement but the result in meat products, for instance, is a 50% increase of reported cases of… Continue reading
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UK: Johnson considers suspending parliament to enforce no-deal Brexit By Robert Stevens
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering every possible means to prevent a challenge to Brexit, up to and including the proroguing of parliament. Continue reading
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The Liberal Order Began by Embracing Russia, Now They Want Revenge By Phil Butler
A former adviser to Russia’s government, Angus Roxburgh became famous for covering the fall of communism in eastern Europe. At a point, the former BBC Russian Service scriptwriter worked for the pan-European public relations firm GPlus, as part of a PR advisory team for the Kremlin. Since 2009 Roxburgh turned on the Kremlin. Now, like… Continue reading
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Gangster Capitalism
By Robert Woodward – TruePublica: There are some standout failures of the privatisation model in Britain that was sold to the public as some sort panacea to all the failings of state-owned assets. Since 2010, more state-owned assets have been sold since the 1930s – where £1trillion of national wealth has been handed over to… Continue reading
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Right-Wing Think Tank IEA: A year of assaults on public health initiatives
By TruePublica: The Institute for Economic Affairs is renowned for being the most powerful and influential think tank in Britain. Modelled around a right-wing American opaque so-called ‘institute’ it is littered with dodgy donors and surrounded by accusations of dark money interests. Its assaults on public health initiatives, given its real motivations, should be a… Continue reading
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Labour’s poor excuses for revoking Asa Winstanley’s press pass By Ali Abunimah
Britain’s opposition Labour Party is offering excuses for its arbitrary revocation of the press pass approved for The Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley to cover its upcoming annual conference. Continue reading
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DWP’s £51m contract stops Citizens Advice speaking out against Universal Credit
New evidence shows that a £51m contract between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Citizens Advice (CA) contains a gagging clause. As Universal Credit rolls out across the UK, this agreement means the UK’s leading advisory charity now can’t speak out or take “any actions” which might harm the DWP’s reputation. Continue reading
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UK government prepares for social unrest following no-deal Brexit By Robert Stevens
Johnson has pledged to take the UK out of the European Union on October 31, with or without a trade and customs deal with the EU. The flare-up of tensions ahead of his trip shows that no deal is increasingly likely. Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, and Irish Premier Leo Varadkar rejected… Continue reading
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BREXIT – or Not? Masters of Manipulating Public Opinion By Peter Koenig
BREXIT deadline is 31 October 2019. On 23 June 2016, the British people voted 52% against 48% to leave the European Union. In England alone, the margin was somewhat higher, 53.4% for leaving the EU, against 46.6% for staying. In the meantime we know, that this result was influenced by Cambridge Analytica, the same as… Continue reading
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No Deal Chaos: The Brexit Cliff Face And Operation Yellowhammer By Binoy Kampmark
Britain’s Boris Johnson is driving his country to the cliff face, along the way mouthing and spouting all manner of populist reassurances. Still fresh in the job, he declared that UK preparations for a no-deal Brexit on October 31, when Britain would leave the European Union, would receive a boost – a “turbocharge”, no less. … Continue reading
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Brexit: More you have not been told about Operation Yellowhammer
By TruePublica: The so-called leak of Operation Yellowhammer, the British government’s no-deal planning dossier, that was in fact leaked over a year ago but no-one believed it – is now an eye-opener – now that they do. It determines that the current Conservative government will lead Britain, as it warns into a “far, far more… Continue reading
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Blairites and Zionists escalate witch-hunt of Labour MP Chris Williamson By Robert Stevens
The filthy witch-hunt of suspended Labour Party MP Chris Williamson by the Blairite right-wing and Zionist forces is being escalated with basic democratic rights under threat. Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s father warns WikiLeaks’ publisher’s health is “declining rapidly” in Belmarsh Prison By Oscar Grenfell
In an interview on August 16 with 3CR, a Melbourne community radio station, Julian Assange’s father John Shipton stated that the WikiLeaks founder’s health is continuing to deteriorate in Britain’s maximum-security Belmarsh Prison. Continue reading
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Labour Party revokes Electronic Intifada press pass
Last month, the Labour Party approved a press pass for The Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley to cover its annual conference next month. But last week the UK opposition party’s press team claimed in an email to Winstanley that “Your application has not been approved.” Continue reading
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FCO Speeds Up Planning to Move UK Embassy to Jerusalem
Following US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s talks with Boris Johnson and his ministers in London last week, FCO officials have been asked to speed up contingency planning for the UK to move its Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, with an eye to an “early announcement” post Brexit. Continue reading
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Iran’s Dangerous Deterrence Policy: Trading Tankers and Another Partial Withdrawal from the JCPOA By Elijah J. Magnier
The UK acknowledged its first defeat by Iran when it released the Iranian super tanker “Grace 1” captured by 30 Royal Navy commandos in the first week of July in response to a US request, as the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell revealed. In response, Iran will release the British-flagged tanker “Stena Impero”, captured by… Continue reading
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