July 2020. Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. All three were standing trial for murder, but the jury found them guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Driver Henry Long, 19, who dragged Pc Andrew Harper to his death, was found not guilty at the Old Bailey of murder,… Continue reading Jul 2020. Three Acquitted of the Murder of PC Harper
Month: August 2020
Jul 2020. Boris Johnson on the Coronavirus
July 2020. Boris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the “first few weeks and months” of the UK outbreak. The PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg there were “very open questions” about whether the lockdown had started too late. Mr Johnson also spoke of “lessons to be learned” and said… Continue reading Jul 2020. Boris Johnson on the Coronavirus
Political Islam Part 28
The Mulhouse visit is not the first time Mr Macron, an economic and social liberal who was swept to power in 2017 as a new politician of “neither left nor right”, has hardened his stance on social matters to court the conservative vote. In September, he outlined tougher immigration policies and said it was time… Continue reading Political Islam Part 28
Jul 2020. Coronavirus in Cuba
July 2020. The mayor of one of Italy’s biggest cities was effusive in her praise for the Cuban medics who spent three months in the country helping fight coronavirus. “It is not the victory over the virus we are celebrating,” Chiara Appendino told the assembled dignitaries. “It is the victory of the values represented by… Continue reading Jul 2020. Coronavirus in Cuba
Jul 2020. The Lebanon Crisis
July 2020. An unprecedented economic crisis in Lebanon has pushed tens of thousands people into poverty and triggered the largest anti-government protests the country has seen in more than a decade. Even before the coronavirus pandemic at the start of this year, Lebanon seemed to be headed for a crash. Its public debt-to-gross domestic product… Continue reading Jul 2020. The Lebanon Crisis
Jul 2020. PM Boris Johnson One Year in Job
July 2020. Boris Johnson today celebrates one year as the UK’s Prime Minister after taking over from Theresa May in the midst of a fierce Brexit storm. Twelve months on, has he lived up to your expectations? Mr Johnson is celebrating his first anniversary as the nation’s leader at Chequers. His first year in office… Continue reading Jul 2020. PM Boris Johnson One Year in Job
Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 16
As well as dispatching elite troops to the region, the President of Greece, Mitsotákis’ centre-right government also decided to extend the existing 12.5km razor-wire border fence, equipped with sonar systems and thermal sensors, by another 40km, officials said. New sections will be placed in areas believed to be “vulnerable” to passage along the Evros river… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 16
Jul 2020. Brexit Trade Deal
July 2020. The UK and EU have said they still remain some way off reaching a post-Brexit trade agreement, following the latest negotiations in London. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said a deal looked “at this point unlikely” given the UK position on fishing rights and post-Brexit competition rules. His UK counterpart David Frost said… Continue reading Jul 2020. Brexit Trade Deal
Jul 2020. Russian Historian Sentenced
July 2020. A Russian historian who has spent much of his life unearthing Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s crimes has been jailed in a controversial sexual abuse case. Yury Dmitriyev was sentenced to three and a half years for abusing his fostered daughter. He denies the accusations and his colleagues say he was framed in a… Continue reading Jul 2020. Russian Historian Sentenced
Western Culture under Attack Part 4
When the founder of Ramsay Health Care passed away in 2014 and bequeathed more than three billion dollars so that Western civilisation could be studies in Australian Universities, who would have guessed that the money would lie idle because those same halls of academia would see such studies as a threat. The vice-chancellor of the… Continue reading Western Culture under Attack Part 4