Theresa May
Britain’s Wizard of Oz moment as PM Theresa May ducks TV debate
Back in December, when I first began writing about how Theresa May was not the strong and decisive Prime Minister the British establishment was making her out to be, I was alone in saying it. The British general election has turned my solitary view into a consensus.
Who’s funding Britain’s terrorists? ‘Sensitive’ Home Office report may never be published
RT | May 31, 2017 An investigation commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron into the revenue streams behind jihadist groups operating in Britain may never be published, the Home Office has admitted. The inquiry is thought to focus on British ally Saudi Arabia, which has repeatedly been highlighted by European leaders as a funding […]
Libya’s Link to Manchester’s Tragedy
Whenever a horrific terror attack hits the West, the media/political etiquette rejects any linkage between the atrocity and the West’s wars in the Arab world, a blackout now applying to the Manchester bombing, notes John Pilger. By John Pilger The…Read more →
THE COLUMN: Post-Manchester, May’s War on the Internet, ISIS in Philippines, Macron’s Red Line
A powerful program, covering Theresa May’s war on the internet, post-Manchester political revelations, President Duterte takes on ISIS in the Philippines, Macron’s ‘Ligne rouge sur’ in Bilderberg and more.
UK Column anchor Mike Robinson is joined by guest co-host Patrick Henningsen and Vanessa Beeley from 21st Century Wire to discuss these and other issues on this edition of the UK Column News. WATCH:
Can the Impossible Happen in Britain?
Photo by Garry Knight | CC BY 2.0 By Kenneth Surin | CounterPunch | May 30, 2017 To state the obvious: two weeks can be a long time in western electoral politics. The Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn has been gaining steadily in the opinion polls, despite a massive media campaign to undermine him, extending […]
Leak: Despite Brexit, UK Actively Lobbying To Weaken EU Climate Goals
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with Donald Tusk, President of the EU Council on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London. (AP/Frank Augstein)
On the very day Theresa May triggered Article 50, her government quietly issued another bold statement to Brussels.
Documents obtained by Energydesk reveal UK government attempts to significantly weaken draft EU climate and energy rules, even as Brexit is underway.
NATO Joins Anti-ISIS Campaign, But It’s Russia In The Crosshairs
Donald Trump, right, speaks to British Prime Minister Theresa May during a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, May 25, 2017. (AP/Matt Dunham)
Britain’s next Prime Minister could likely be Jeremy Corbyn
Brexit which in many ways put British politics on the international map for the first time since the 1960s, was not supposed to happen. The establishment of all the major parties, the business sector, academia, the mainstream media, the arts and science community (which still hold some influence in Britain) were all opposed to it.
Likewise, the polling data was so set against Brexit that on the night of the vote, a sober Nigel Farage all but conceded defeat. Several hours and several drinks later he emerged to give a victory speech.
Theresa May’s Frankenstein
The Manchester bomber, Salman Abedi, and his father traveled to Libya in 2011 to fight against the Gaddafi government with the approval of the British security establishment. British Prime Minister Theresa May was at that time Interior Minister with direct responsibility for MI5 and the rest of the UK’s internal security apparatus. Abedi’s father, who has since been arrested along with a younger son in connection with the attack, was one of a large group of Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) members who had been allowed to settle in the UK.