Brutality
New official statistics have revealed that 25% – one in four – pregnancies in England and Wales were ended in abortion in 2019. The further rise in the number of unborn babies killed by abortion has been described as “deeply shocking” by pro-life activists. The figures, released by the Office of National Statistics, showed that […]
Just 4 months after their departure from the EU, Brexit Britain has managed to land trade deals collectively worth over €1 trillion euros across 67 countries worldwide, plus the EU, as reported by Liz Truss MP, UK International Trade Secretary. “We have already secured nearly £900 billion in trade in covering 66 countries plus the […]
Almost a quarter of deaths registered as Covid deaths in Britain are where the person has not died from the disease, the Telegraph has reported. The paper says that “the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 23 per cent of coronavirus deaths registered are now people who have died “with” the […]
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield OBE, has issued a series of reports showing how the children’s residential social care system is “broken” and is failing many of the most vulnerable children. She warns that children are being “dumped” in “rat-infested care homes”, that thousands of young people are being failed by the State, […]
Distressing scenes have been shared of a retired nurse being arrested while handcuffed as she tried to remove her 97-year-old mother from a care home ahead of another tightening of Covid-19 regulations in Britain. Ylenia Angeli, 73, who is a retired nurse, was handcuffed and detained after the nursing home called the police when she took her mother, […]
We already knew or should have known that we have the worst form of government ‘except for all the alternatives that have ever been tried’, as Winston Churchill put it. Sometimes it works better than other times. Sometimes, it is not the concept itself that is found wanting but the manner of its application. But […]
A former Minister of State for Prisons in Britain has said that while he served in government there were “situations of male prisoners self-identifying as females then raping staff in prison”. Former Tory MP, Rory Stewart, made the shocking claim in an interview with GQ magazine. The issue of trans prisoners who are biologically male but […]
People over 60 are more affected by the coronavirus and most deaths have been of people over 70. With this background, a new study on perceptions of the elderly in the UK makes interesting reading. Attitudes to ageing are overwhelmingly negative, according to a new study by the Centre for Ageing Better, with older people subject to […]
Britain and France declare war on China; It is the second major war in the Opium Wars, fought over issues relating to the exportation of opium to China, and resulted in a second defeat for the Qing dynasty. The First Opium War began in 1839 and was fought over illegal opium trade, financial reparations and […]