Following a rollercoaster general election in which voters called the prime minister Theresa May's bluff and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's approach proved an unexpected success: five ways democracy may have benefitted
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In the aftermath of the British election the British political class and the British mainstream media commentariat are in shock, and are still struggling to come to terms with an election outcome which just a few weeks ago none of them were predicting and which all of them were denying could happen right up to polling day.
Two of our writers – myself and Adam Garrie – however live in Britain, and because we are not blinded by the globalist prejudices and conventional thinking that blinds the British media and political class, we were able to see what was coming.
With around 60% of the results declared in the British election it is becoming clear that the exit poll is roughly correct, and it is becoming increasingly unlikely that the Conservative Party will be able to form a majority government in the British Parliament.
By contrast it is now also clear that the opposition Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn has increased significantly both its share of the vote and its representation in the British Parliament.
And, if there was any doubt, Theresa May herself confirmed it in recent days. Forget about ‘Brexit’ – this election has much more at stake than that. If anyone is thinking of not voting at all – please think again. All of the pieces have been carefully moved into place over several years – and […]
21st Century Wire says…
Western foreign policy has got to change.
After the consecutive terror attacks in both London and Manchester, foreign policy blowback is finally coming onto the agenda for the British public.
As the nation heads to the polls for the 2017 general election, Iris Schönherr of the New Citizenship Project asks: could we co-create the country we would like to see? How can we all participate in a world we want to live in?
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This week we cover new UK police state measures, General Election strategies, postal ballot vote rigging, the ‘city state’ agenda, Channel 4 covering up an embarrassing ‘Jihadi’ documentary while inciting a religious reaction on their website this week. We also cover the establishment using Stephen Fry’s to nudge state efforts to regulate the internet, Putin in St. Petersberg, and much more…
As UK voters prepare to take to the polls in the 2017 general election, we profile 5 initiatives that aim to make votes count for more
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Theresa May tables more draconian measures and calls for internet controls on speech in the wake of this weekend’s London Bridge Attack, Saudi Arabia throws Qatar under the bus, 800 days of the war against Yemen, UK Police State and more.
UK Column co-anchors Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson, joined by 21WIRE’s Patrick Henningsen and AFP’s Mark Anderson with today’s news round-up.
To be clear from the outset, what is said in this post is NOT to make an argument that the June 3rd terror attack in London was a ‘hoax’ or totally fabricated psy-op (as some others are suggesting). That isn’t what I’m arguing here. Rather, I’m asking the question of whether this attack was – […]
