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Disgraced convicted fraudster Tower Hamlets mayor defends mosque decision to ban women and girls over the age of 12 from taking part in charity fun-run The mayor of Tower Hamlets has defended a mosque's decision to ban women from a charity run - as an investigation began into potential breaches of equality laws. East London Mosque barred any females over 12 from taking part in yesterday's 5km event, which was billed as 'inclusive' and 'family friendly' despite the gender bar. The prizes were presented by Lutfur Rahman, who was kicked out as leader of Tower Hamlets Council for electoral fraud in 2015 before being re-elected in 2022. Taking to Facebook last night, he hailed the event as 'truly inspiring'. 'It was a pleasure to attend the prize-giving ceremony at the 12th Muslim Charity Run in Victoria Park, London, organised by the East London Mosque,' he wrote. 'Over 1,600 runners of all ages and abilities participated, raising funds for 40 different charities - a truly inspiring community effort!' The post quickly attracted criticism in light of the 'sexist' participation rules. Asked at the event what he thought about women being excluded, the disgraced politician - who leads his own party, Aspire - was defiant. Snip The Equality and Human Rights Commission has now vowed to assess the case. A spokeswoman said last night: 'We consider each [complaint] carefully and take action where appropriate.' The fundraiser was held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets. Bordering on trendy Hackney, the area is often frequented by the capital's hipsters and artists. But the move comes amid growing concerns about the rise of 'sharia values' taking precedence over British laws and traditions. Outraged campaigners said banning some women was 'plainly unlawful' and 'regressively sexist' – and accused the organisers of being more 'conservative' than Saudi Arabia. The Women's Policy Centre said: 'This is appalling. The exclusion of women and girls from a charity fun run is further evidence of why we must be talking about #TheShariaQuestion.' Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE, the chief executive of the Muslim Women's Network UK, said the East London Mosque, which is behind the event, was 'likely' in breach of the Equality Act. And Kellie-Jay Keen, founder of feminist group Party Of Women, said: 'Banning women and girls over the age of 12 from a public charity event is plainly unlawful… and reinforces regressive sexist attitudes towards women's place in public life. 'No charity should be allowed to operate under a different set of rules because of religion or culture. Equality before the law must apply to everyone.' The annual event, originally named Run 4 Your Mosque, has been held in Victoria Park since 2012 without drawing any public criticism of its anti-women policy. But the MoS is aware of one woman, who goes by the name 'Farahyd89' on social media, who has repeatedly attempted to raise the issue with organisers. She wrote on Instagram: 'Why aren't women allowed to join?' and in another post she said: 'Why are you not allowing women to even walk? Your grandmothers and mothers with prams also not welcome?' On its website, the event claims to be an 'inclusive' family day out that allows 'men, boys of all ages and girls under 12' to take part. When pressed by the MoS if that meant teens and older women could not run, the East London Mosque organisers confirmed that they are banned. Despite that, mosque leaders insisted that their policy was not in contravention of the Equality Act, which makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the grounds of their sex. However, they failed to explain why some girls could take part in the event – those under 12 years old – and not others. The revelations will compound fears that there is a growing tide of sharia values in Britain – a concern raised by President Donald Trump at the UN last month. The US President said London wants 'to go to sharia law' under its 'terrible' mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan. Mr Khan – who responded to Mr Trump by calling him 'Islamophobic' and 'racist' – last night did not respond to a request to comment on whether Muslim Charity Run's rules were acceptable. Sharia values vary across the globe. However, concerns have been raised about more hardline attitudes towards women and girls that have seen them limited in their access to education and sports. Yesterday, Ms Keen said: 'The East London Mosque Trust reports annual revenues exceeding £5million, including £10,000 from the Government, and claims to spend much of this on education, training, social welfare and community cohesion. 'It raises serious questions about how much of their charitable activity may also breach the Equality Act. 'It is clear that this organisation does not understand, or chooses to ignore, its legal responsibilities to women and girls.' Last night, an East London Mosque spokesman said: 'The suggestion that our event breaches the Equality Act is entirely incorrect. 'Single-gender sporting events are lawful under Section 195 and Schedule 23 of the Act, and are common across the UK, including the Women's Run Series, Nike Women's 10K, and gender-segregated swimming sessions at Orthodox Jewish facilities like Manchester Jewish Community Centre. 'The Muslim Charity Run operates under the same legal framework as these established events.' The Daily Mail, when contacting the mosque on Sunday afternoon, was told there was 'nobody here to comment'. Link - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15186775/Disgraced-convicted-fraudster-Tower-Hamlets-mayor-defends-mosque-decision-ban-women-girls-age-12-taking-charity-fun-run.html

Swedish deputy PM says the country must ban the burqa 'while we can' and condemns 'failed integration' The deputy prime minister of Sweden has called for a burqa ban 'while we can' as she hit out at the country's 'failed integration'. Ebba Busch, leader of the Christian Democrats, said the Scandinavian country should prohibit woman from wearing burqas and niqabs in public, claiming it is an 'oppression' that is not welcome. Snip Ms Busch, who also serves as the country's Minister for Energy and Minister for Business and Industry, said she believes the veils are incompatible with Swedish society and are an 'expression of a strict interpretation of Islam practiced in totalitarian states such as Iran and Afghanistan'. Link - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15186915/Swedish-deputy-PM-says-country-ban-burqa-condemns-failed-integration.html

Ok. In the Koran the verses say - “Say to the believing man that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them; and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.”(Holy Qur’an 24:30) “And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands…” (Holy Qur’an 24:31) Islamic Law has been created by the Koran and the Hadith's - the sayings of Mohammed. Unfortunately all the sayings in the Hadith cannot be completely established as true, also, as religious folks love to do, they 're-negotiate' the text or rather they 'interpret' it. An example - it was revealed on a documentary that they are teaching in London Mosques that the punishment for Homosexuality is death followed by stoning. The verse they refer to say's - To him that transgresses, make him low. So the interpretation is, a gay person is a transgressor, if you take him to the the top of a mountain, or building, and throw him off - it makes him 'low' Because first you take him up high, then throw him off thus making him low. This verse says nothing about homosexuality nor does it say how to make someone low. So this is their interpretation and justification for throwing gays off rooftops. The veiling verse clearly state that the intention is modesty and hence private parts and boobs should be covered. Through the addition of certain Hadiths and their new radical 'interpretation' certain 'Islamacist's' have ruled that the Burka, Hijab or Niquab is the correct interpretation. This interpretation and other hardline, radical interpretations of the Koran and Hadiths are being rejected. Several Arab countries have kicked out the Muslim Brotherhood and their strict interpretation of Islam. We see in Iran women not wearing the veil in protest of it, that doesn't usually end well with the Morality Police. I'm no expert but as I understand it, in a bid to maintain instability in the Middle East, for America to keep their Oil dominance, the CIA introduced, funded and pushed Islamic teachers who had taken a hard line against Western influence in the region. It was back then called 'Wahhabism' and it pushed the hardline, radical interpretation with strict Sharia Laws that degraded the women to possessions really, I would say second class but that doesn't go way far enough, and called for war with the Infidel, the unbelievers and the Jews. According to them, we are into end times, the arrival of the Madi is imminent and the war between Islam and the world is also hence imminent. Much like in the Bible with Paul writing the Epistles and calling for Celibacy, and the Book of Revelations written to the Jews in that time, Paul and other Christians believed they were in End Times, so the call for celibacy was just about that generation not having children because the kingdom would soon appear. Unfortunately later Christians really misinterpreted that teaching and believe Priests should be celibate, because obviously if all Christians were celibate, there would be no Christians. So they 're-negotiated' the text into a doctrine which they claim to have scriptural validity. They also still hold the Second Coming to be a future event and of course the Evangelicals and Jehovah Witnesses incorrectly interpreted a Biblical verse to create the Rapture and many Christians have taken it as gospel and still believe it despite all the failed predictions. Islam has been doing the same for last 60-80 years. We now have an extremely conservative, hard-line religion which for generations has been taught to widening number of Muslims. In the documentary 'Undercover Mosque' Dispatches C4, we see the English born Muslim's questioning these teachings and interpretations, we the English Muslim's being scolded a bit when they admit they work in a Hospital without covering their arms. First and foremost women should be 'Homemakers' and homemakers only but if they are going to work among the infidels they at least should be fully covered, including arms. If its not compatible, give up work and be a homemaker because that's the rightful place of a woman in Islam. I have seen a video of an Interview with the Ayatollah of Iran and the news presenter says in response to what the Ayatollah says is disbelief, he says 'that can't be right, surely not, that's not Islamic' and the Ayatollah responds 'I am Islam, what I say is the correct interpretation' they are arguing amongst themselves as to this interpretation and to any western Muslim hearing these teachings, it seems they can't quite believe it. The video of national dresses of the Arab world vividly shows you - how the women want to dress and how they are forced to dress by hardline Muslim men, interpreting Hadith's and implementing new interpretations into Sharia and they are doing it from despair really, of foreign influence in Middle East and its being framed as 'End Times' and the great struggle or Jihad that is prophesized in the Koran. Any Muslim women you see dressing like that is married to a Muslim man who accepts this radical version of Islam. This is an article from a Sufi site. Sufi's are the Mystic arm of Islam, largely sidelined as Islam rejects mystical experience. Verses about Hijab in the Holy Qur’an Regardless of the history and origin, veil was institutionalized through shari’a, the religious laws of Islam. The hijab was associated with two of the Qur’an’s verses, and imposed upon all Muslim females. Those verses are the following :24:30, 31, and 33:59. Link - http://islamicsufism.org/the-reality-of-hijab/verses-about-hijab-in-the-holy-quran/

Israel dismisses Britain's claims to have played a 'key role' in Donald Trump's Gaza peace deal as Starmer heads to Middle East for 'signing ceremony' Israel dismissed the UK's claims to have been involved in the Gaza peace plan today as Keir Starmer heads to the Middle East for a 'signing ceremony'. The PM is set to pay 'particular tribute' to Donald Trump at a summit in Egypt to mark the agreement starting to be implemented. In a round of interviews this morning, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted the UK had played a 'key role behind the scenes' in achieving the deal. But Benjamin Netanyahu's deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel hit back by condemning the decision last month to recognise a Palestinian state. She said the move - made even though there is no functional government or borders - had actually made a deal harder. The idea was also ridiculed by shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel, who accused Sir Keir of seeking a 'photo opportunity'. Downing Street said the gathering tomorrow will mark a turning point for the Middle East after the two-year war. Source - Daily Mail I'm sick of the spin. She was repeatedly asked 'what specifically' the government had done. She couldn't answer. Starmer was asked about VAT rise in the upcoming budget, he repeatedly spoke about investment and reducing costs but would not answer. It is normal now for a politician to not answer, by pretending they don't understand the question or by reeling off a load of irrelevant facts or by claiming the government has always supported it and claim to have been instrumental in the change they didn't want. Starmer introduced Digital ID and then apparently ministers came forward to say, this would be good for schools, another said good for accessing services, another said money. So now Starmer says there should be a national debate about expanding its scope. No public debate about introducing it in the first place. Starmer always says 'because decent fair minded people agree with us' or 'the British people are done with Brexit' or 'the polls show decent people agree with us' But he never shows us the sources. He says it, so its true. Its like when Trump appeared in Scotland and said 'all the experts agree windfarms look ugly' When pressed who the experts were. He replied 'I'm considered an expert' So in fact its just him saying it. Sadiq Khan repeatedly refused to answer a question about grooming gangs by claiming, 9 times, he didn't understand the question. Well get the hell out of office then because its obviously beyond his capability. Starmer is justifying Digital ID because he was voted in on a strong mandate to fix immigration. Digital ID was never mentioned. He said it was to stop immigration but now its for money, schools, health., renting and God knows what else. Because decent fair minded, non far right racist thugs agree with him. If we don't, we're not decent or fair minded and are probably racist.

Yeah he wants it bad. I don't think he should get it for this. Not sure the 'Peace Plan' is in the interests of the Palestinians. Ceasefire is good, removal of Hamas is good. But Western capitalists rebuilding, no. We've seen where that goes with Clinton's in Haiti for instance. Thank f*ck Blair won't be involved.

Shadow Foreign Secretary, Priti Patel says the prime minister has not contributed to the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza who are set to be returned on Monday. “Keir Starmer’s been a national embarrassment and disgrace on this issue.”

Mayor calls for government to pause new visa rules 10 October 2025 The mayor of London has called on the government to reconsider its immigration rules, which the TSSA transport union said could leave up to 300 Transport for London (TfL) staff at risk of removal. In July, changes to visa policies were announced, including increased salary thresholds for visa sponsorship, and removal of some transport roles from the "skilled worker" list. Sir Sadiq Khan told the London Assembly on 9 October that the changes had "left TfL staff in limbo", according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. He said the deputy mayor for transport, Seb Dance, had written to the migration minister to call for the measures to be paused and for TfL staff to be protected immediately. The Home Office said it would respond to the letter in due course. They have previously said the government's immigration white paper, which includes these measures, will "restore order" to immigration and "end dependence on lower-skilled international recruitment". 'Moving the goalposts' Asked about the issue by the Green Party's London Assembly leader Caroline Russell at Mayor's Question Time, Sir Sadiq accused the government of "moving the goalposts". He added that TfL staff were "unclear about whether they can stay in the UK and continue the important work they do for us", and that the rules would "inhibit TfL's ability to carry out its functions". After the meeting, Ms Russell told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she had heard from TfL workers who struggled to sleep at night due to the uncertainty. "One worker, expecting her first child, should be filled with joy, but instead she's terrified she'll be forced to leave the country before her baby is even born," she said. "They've spent thousands of pounds to be here, worked hard to gain qualifications, invested everything and now they're being told they have no place here. It's a complete betrayal of the promise they were given." The new rules, which took effect on 22 July, raised the salary threshold for visa sponsorship to £41,700 a year for new applicants. TfL currently pays a starting salary of £31,000 for graduates, with trainee station staff believed to earn between £35,300 and £41,800. Link - https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20v5z315l5o.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=17601895365585&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc20v5z315l5o So.. Is this an example of Labour importing foreign workers they pay less but give extra benefits to? Like when oil company wanted to bring in Italian Oil Rig workers cos they work for less. Is this an example of the government giving away British jobs, yet tell the British people they are lazy for not taking the jobs that are left? How many other core industries are staffed by foreign workers? Will they have Digital ID? It seems to me you don't qualify for Digital ID unless you have the right to work. These workers will have a temporary right to work, otherwise they wouldn't be worried, so will they continue to work in TFL while they await the permanent right to work, and hence are then issued with a Digital ID? So they will work without Digital ID while waiting? It just gets worse everyday.

Cooper defends prospect of digital ID for children as young as 13 Nina Lloyd and George Thompson, PA Political Staff Fri 10 October 2025 at 1:22 pm BST Yvette Cooper has defended the prospect of digital ID for children as young as 13 amid warnings of “state overreach,” saying many teenagers already use similar forms of identification. The Foreign Secretary insisted the “standardised” system was “the right way forward” as she sought to reassure the public following a wave of opposition to the scope of the proposals. Link - https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/cooper-defends-prospect-digital-id-083440432.html Cos it would stop all the children working illegally and deter child migrants from coming because they also wouldn't be able to work illegally.

A simple summary from AI Sharia law and the burqa Foundation in the Quran: The legal requirement for modest dress, known as hijab, stems from verses in the Quran that command both men and women to be modest. Women's command: A specific verse instructs believing women to "draw their veils over their bosoms" and not to display their beauty except for what ordinarily appears. Interpretation: While the verses are clear about modest dress, they do not explicitly mandate the burqa or face veiling. The burqa is a specific, often more conservative, interpretation of the Quranic command, and different schools of Islamic law have different interpretations regarding the extent of covering, particularly for the face and hands. And Alaykum Salam and thank you so much for your question. It is surprising to many people that there is no requirement (or encouragement) in Islamic law to wear the niqab or burka. There are a few verses in the Holy Qur’an that are most important in the discussion of modesty and clothing requirements. I will discuss three of the verses below, and also try and answer some of your questions inshallah. snip For example, wearing a hijab in Egypt or a dupatta in Pakistan is a sign of modesty, and fits the clothing style of each country. In Europe or America, wearing a loose long shirt or tunic and loose pants or long skirt is a sign of modesty and fits the clothing style of the area. The best thing is to dress modestly in a way that blends in with the style of the place where you live, that looks clean and neat and attractive and pleasant, and that does not attract too much attention. snip As we can see, the Qur’an does not command women to cover their faces. The law does not wish to create hardship where there is no need for hardship, and covering the face is a hardship. A hadith in Sahih Bukhari, narrated by Bibi Ayesha (ra), reports the Prophet (saws) as saying: Why do people impose conditions which are not in Allah’s book? Whoever imposes conditions that are not in Allah’s Laws, then that condition is invalid even if he imposes one hundred such conditions, for Allah’s conditions (as stated in the Qur’an) are truth and more valid. Link - https://eshaykh.com/womens-issues/burqa-and-niqab/ I could put a ton of evidence in front of you, but I don't think you'll accept it.

I'd just like to point out here, that what i posted below has never been part of the mainstream or official narrative. I'm posting info that oposes the official narrative. If I was following the official narratives I would be calling the war a genocide and I would be calling for a Palestinian state. But I'm not. So your assertion doesn't hold up.

Trump’s Gaza deal is the ultimate humiliation for the West’s woke Left Starmer rewarded Hamas terrorism, but the US president’s robustness is bringing peace to the Middle East This Gaza ceasefire deal is a prodigious diplomatic achievement for Donald Trump. It is a win for Israel, which gets much more and has been forced to concede less than any of its critics thought possible. The surviving October 7 hostages are set to be released on Monday or Tuesday. If the next phases of Trump’s deal work out even in part, the art of Western diplomacy will have been revitalised, courtesy of Trump. But the happy news is an awkward development for Leftist anti-Zionism, which finds itself on the wrong side of history. The Greta-loving, keffiyeh-wearing activists who denounce Israel as evil and defend Islamist terrorism in the same breath have never looked more out of touch. The deal and release of the hostages is also an embarrassment for Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and all of those who stated their unconditional, premature recognition of a Palestinian state, a move which exposed them as posturers out of their depth, only made the real negotiations more difficult and demonstrated the geopolitical irrelevance of the fading European powers, including Britain. The return of the hostages is a reminder of this war’s origins. Hamas started this conflict when it committed the war crime of invading Israel, massacring civilians and taking others hostage. Their return is a vindication of Israel’s zero-tolerance attitude to terrorism, a stance that Western countries like to pay lip service to but are squeamish about in practice. Terrorism must never be allowed to triumph. Trump’s ability to secure the release of the remaining Israeli hostages and broker a comprehensive ceasefire deal between two existential enemies is an achievement that cannot be denied even by his enemies. It proves the power of the president’s trademark “wrecking ball”, which treats diplomacy as a series of high-stakes commercial transactions. Trump’s ability to co-opt the support of many Arab and Muslim nations left Hamas with little option. The president unilaterally declaring victory after Hamas submitted a response to his 20-point peace plan riddled with conditionalities and caveats was a stroke of genius. It is hard to understate what a personally instrumental role Trump has played in getting a deal, which would have likely eluded a more conventional American leader. His chances of securing the Nobel Peace Prize are now much higher, if not this year then next. If his peace deal is successful then it would mark a decisive shift from the conventions of multilateralism and soft persuasion towards transactional brinkmanship, and real Politik. Contrast this with the approach of Macron and Starmer. They simply rewarded terrorism. Trump’s robustness looks set to achieve peace. There are big unresolved issues that could scupper hopes of lasting peace. While Israel will not sign a final deal unless Hamas disarms, the latter has managed to delay an agreement on this until the second phase of talks. It may in the end refuse to play ball. Still, none of this should take away from the scale of the breakthrough.This ought to be a humbling moment for “anti-Zionist” Leftists – proponents of the omnicause – who have been opportunistically drawn to the tragic war. The Israel-Palestine conflict is to progressives what Vietnam was for the hippies – a convenient rack on which to hang their dizzying panoply of causes and hang-ups. Still there is something particularly vacuous about today’s generation of activists. In this era when political views tend to be more an expression of identity than an articulation of a coherent position or principled belief, logic has become irrelevant. It’s how you end up with such absurdities as Queers for Palestine. Palestine has become a fashionable cause, with coffee-shop socialists lovingly pairing their keffiyeh scarves with their Vivienne Westwood Greenpeace T-shirts. The Palestine flag has come to serve the same function as a Birkin handbag or a Grind coffee cup – asserting one’s bourgeois status and affiliation to a tribe. In the era of “fast slacktivism”, causes, like clothes, are disposable. First, in wake of the financial crash, it was the bankers and “the evil corporations”. Then when dreaming of a unifying socialist world vision “beyond neoliberalism” became too intellectually taxing the hard Left moved onto portending the climate apocalypse. Then they immersed themselves in the whirling carnival of minority causes, showing “solidarity” with BLM and railing against “systemic racism”. After they tired of listening to slavery podcasts and sharing viral TikTok videos of “racist Karens” they moved onto slapping gender neutral stickers on women’s bathrooms and tweeting bile at JK Rowling. It is hard to see what activists have achieved, apart from fuelling anti-Semitism in Britain and the West. Weekend marches have become hotbeds for anti-Jewish hatred, with people making genocidal “from the river to the sea” chants and spreading conspiracy theories. The boundary between legitimate scrutiny of the Israeli leadership and open hostility towards Jewish people has collapsed. The aggression and simple-minded worldview of radical pro-Palestinians has proved self-defeating. The fact that Hamas is genocidal does not absolve Israel of all criticism. As the late Israeli novelist Amos Oz pointed out, what distinguishes the 77-year Israel-Palestine conflict – and makes it so difficult to resolve – is not that it’s a battle between right and wrong, but rather right and right: an ancient, deep and tragic Jewish right and an ancient, deep and tragic Palestinian right. But radical Leftists have fomented such a confrontational – and brain-dead – atmosphere in the public square that it is impossible to have a balanced discussion. At last, we can dare to hope that a wretched two-year war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives could be coming to a close. The Middle East deserves peace and the families of the hostages deserve an end to their ordeal. Let’s hope radical-Left opportunists will soon have to find another cause. Telegraph

Natural gas in the Gaza Strip Reserves of natural gas were found offshore the Gaza Strip in the year 2000, within the framework of licensing to British Gas by the Palestinian National Authority.[1] The discovered gas field, Gaza Marine, though mediocre in size, had been considered at the time as one of the possible drives to boost Palestinian economy and promote regional cooperation. From Wiki. Not true. The Oil reserves were actually found in the 80's.

Putting this here because in the video he mentions Gaza has Gas and Oil reserves. They were discovered decades ago. Kennedy family tried to broker a peace deal with it. Political tide turned, the deal nor the reserves ever came to light. I've told the story how I know about it before.

At the Labour conference speech, Starmer said - 'To those that want to deport illegal immigrants, we will fight you' I've seen the clip, can't find it on YouTube. So that's a turn around isn't it, he was going to smash the boats and we thought address the immigrant problem, get the benefits bill down. Now it's, 'we're not deporting a single one and if you try we will fight you'

Talk about mission creep.

Digital ID cards could be rolled out to access your 'OWN MONEY' says Keir Starmer in extraordinary admission Keir Starmer admitted that digital ID could be rolled out to access your "own money" as he responded to a question from GB News Political Correspondent Katherine Forster. Speaking during a press conference in India, Sir Keir highlighted the benefits of the system, citing the example of Estonia, where digital ID has been widely adopted. “I want to be very clear,” he said. “Digital ID has been transformational in other countries. It allows people to access their own money and make payments far more easily than currently possible.” Sir Keir defended plans for tighter digital ID measures to stop people “working illegally” in the UK. “We have to do something about that,” he said. “We can’t shirk it. The vast majority of people want it gripped.” He added: "We need to make the case for these benefits clearly. There should be a national debate about it. And I think the more people understand the advantages, the more they will see how it can make their lives easier and as has happened in other countries, they will want to adopt it." Katherine also grilled the Prime Minister on his popularity, asking him if he has the "reverse Midas touch" with the British people. GB News

Starmer’s digital ID cards will not stop the boats, says Calais chief Xavier Bertrand hits out at ‘hypocrites on the other side of the Channel’ Sir Keir Starmer’s digital ID card plan “will not resolve” illegal Channel crossings, the head of the Calais region has claimed. Xavier Bertrand, the president of the Hauts-de-France region, also said the “one in, one out” migrant swap scheme agreed between the UK and France risked exacerbating the small boats crisis by creating both illegal and legal ways to make the crossing. Sir Keir announced plans for mandatory digital IDs last month. Everyone in Britain will be given a code that will prove their identity by the summer of 2029. The cards will initially be used only to prove a person’s right to work in the UK. On Wednesday night the plan was expanded so it could be used to access tax records. Mr Bertrand, of the Right-wing Republicans party, said: “The British tell us, ‘we’re going to change things, we’re going to tighten the regulations’. I’ve been hearing that for 10 years. They say, ‘but tomorrow, we’re going to ask for ID cards.’ Well, it’s going to take a century just to get that in place. And in the meantime, it doesn’t solve our problem. And what’s happening? Nothing. Because they’re hypocrites on the other side of the Channel. They have cheap labour that they exploit.” Asked to elaborate by The Telegraph, an aide of Mr Bertrand said: “The ID system won’t be in place until 2029 at the earliest – and what do we do in the meantime?” Pierre-Henri Demont, a former MP for Calais and current deputy secretary general of Mr Bertrand’s party, was less critical of the ID scheme, but he said the jury was out on whether the plan would make the UK less attractive to illegal immigrants. In one way, it’s good news, but we need to see how long it takes to roll out and whether it conforms to the British constitution,” he said. “But it all depends on what they’re going to do with it, because it’s not enough to have an identity card, whether digital or otherwise. The issue is whether checks are carried out and sanctions are taken against those who do not have a valid residence permit in the United Kingdom, and that, for example, an employer cannot employ someone who does not have one.” The ID card proposals have been opposed by both the Tories and Reform UK, as well as civil liberties groups. An online petition that has called the national ID system “a step towards mass surveillance and digital control” has gained 2.8 million signatures – prompting a response from the Government. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said: “We will introduce a digital ID within this Parliament to help tackle illegal migration, make accessing government services easier, and enable wider efficiencies. We will consult on details soon.” Mr Bertrand reiterated a previous call to suspend France’s current borders scheme with the UK, in which British Border Force officials conduct passport checks on French soil and vice versa. The UK has already paid €760m (£659m) to France to secure its border based on the 2018 Sandhurst Treaty, and has pledged to finalise a new three-year funding cycle between 2026 and 2029. A new doctrine for law enforcement at sea to prevent crossings is also set to be deployed soon. We should tell the Border Force, ‘This week, stay at home, we don’t want to see you and we’re going to let everyone through’,” said Mr Bertrand. Then you’ll see what happens: the English will get scared, and in two days they’ll sit down at the table with proposals to change things. Right now, we’re practically forced to beg them to give us part of the cheque they owe us simply because we’re guarding the border for them. That’s enough.” Let the migrants through. My proposal isn’t very clever. But it’s the only one that can change things.” He said France was indifferent to the fact that “people are dying every week” in the English Channel, adding: “Very clearly, we know who is primarily responsible: the smugglers, the criminals who exploit these networks. The second party responsible is the British. Because there wouldn’t be these deaths, there wouldn’t be hundreds of people trying to cross every week, if they didn’t have jobs in Britain.” Mr Bertrand said he held Britain, along with people-smugglers, responsible for deaths in the Channel because of the UK’s “hypocrisy” over its stance on the black market economy. He said: “The British say, ‘now we’re going to set up a legal immigration channel. That means we’re going to accept them legally and then send them back to France’.” The conservative official, who may run to be the French president in 2027, told the regional newspaper Nord Littoral: “Of course, it can’t work. We’ll just end up having two channels, one illegal and one legal.” Sir Keir and Emmanuel Macron, the French president, agreed to the one in, one out pilot scheme in July. Under it, Britain deports undocumented people arriving in small boats to France in return for accepting an equal number of migrants with legitimate asylum claims and family connections in the UK. Telegraph

Labour accused of developing a surveillance state as it pushes 'sinister' digital ID cards for children as young as 13 Children as young as 13 could be forced to have digital ID cards under ‘sinister’ plans to expand the role of the state in people’s lives. A petition against digital ID signed by almost three million people has been dismissed by ministers who vowed to press ahead with imposing them before the election. In a formal response, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said the government would introduce ID cards for everyone aged 16 and over by the time of the next election. And, in a significant extension of the scheme, the department said ministers will now consult on bringing in so-called 'Brit Cards' for children as young as 13. The response also suggests that the scheme will expand far beyond the original proposal to tackle illegal working – with ID cards potentially needed to access a wide range of public services. It states that digital ID will eventually become people’s ‘boarding pass to government’. Silkie Carlo, director of civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, said digital ID was ‘fast becoming a digital permit required to live our everyday lives’. She added: ‘Starmer has sold his Orwellian digital ID scheme to the public on the lie that it will only be used to stop illegal working but now the truth, buried in the small print, is becoming clear. ‘We now know that digital IDs could be the backbone of a surveillance state and used for everything from tax and pensions to banking and education. The prospects of enrolling even children into this sprawling biometric system is sinister, unjustified and prompts the chilling question of just what he thinks the ID will be used for in the future. 'No one voted for this and millions of people who have signed the petition against it are simply being ignored.’ Conservative MP Greg Smith warned that the scale of the government’s plans had ‘sinister implications for the future’. ‘Digital ID opens up a Pandora’s Box for big state, intrusive government,’ he said. ‘This raises big questions about what they might be used for in the future. Why on earth are they suggesting children need them? Could they be told to produce them to go to school? ‘We risk ending up with a situation where the law-abiding majority face more state interference in their lives while the illegal migrants who this is supposedly aimed at carry on ignoring the rules as they do at the moment.’ Sir Keir Starmer defended the plan, saying the government could not ‘shirk’ from tackling illegal immigration. Speaking at a press conference in Mumbai, the Prime Minister said: ‘On digital ID, let me be really clear – we have made a commitment to do whatever we can to stop people arriving illegally in the UK. One of the issues is the ability people have to work in our economy illegally. We have to do something about that – we can’t shirk that. We had a strong manifesto commitment to deal with it. ‘The vast majority of people in the UK wants it gripped and we need to therefore take the measures necessary to grip it.’ Keir said digital ID would also trigger ‘great benefits’ for the public in speeding up access to public services. A public petition stating ‘Do not introduce digital ID cards’ has now been signed by more than 2.8 million people and will be built on similar technology and be your boarding pass to government.’ However, the response insists that failure to have a digital ID card will not be a criminal offence and that the police will not be able to demand people produce one. Source - Daily Mail

Trump has moved mountains with the sheer force of his gargantuan personality. How puny and ridiculous Starmer now looks Well, now we know the difference between serious statecraft and token virtue-signalling. Donald Trump has provided a clear demonstration of leadership and hard power, using his mighty office and more importantly the sheer force of his gargantuan personality to move mountains and secure the release of Hamas’s hostages, which will hopefully end the Gaza war. Keir Starmer and his fellow political pygmies - French president Emmanuel Macron, Canadian PM Mark Carney, along with the Spanish and Australian prime ministers Pedro Sanchez and Anthony Albanese – have had nothing to offer but performative gestures over the ‘recognition’ of a non-existent ‘Palestinian state.’ Trump’s critics call him a bully, venal and a megalomaniac. But we too often ignore what is good about him. That solipsism, together with street smarts and shamelessness, give him a unique ability to smash through seemingly unbreachable obstacles to upend the status quo. In the Middle East, this has proved priceless. Polite, received opinion has insisted for decades that the Israel-Palestine conflict was unsolvable. But to Trump, that is only a spur to success. We saw that in his first term when he negotiated the unprecedented Abraham Accords, through which Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan established diplomatic relations with Israel. While the deals were sidelined by the October 7 terrorist atrocity which plunged the Middle East into crisis, if this works, will truly cap it all. Imagine if Joe Biden or Kamala Harris were still in office. Hamas felt emboldened every time Biden castigated Israel’s military strategy, particularly when the doddery premier called Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to enter the southern city of Rafah a ‘red line’. The Israeli PM ignored him - and subsequently the operation proved hugely effective in driving out Hamas. Trump has taken a very different approach, backing Israel to the hilt, understanding that Hamas had to realise it could not win if peace was to be secured. That, combined with the equally important decision to turn the screw on Qatar to rein in the terrorists of Hamas, has brought us to the imminent release of the remaining hostages. And what a contrast, and potentially an end to this hideous conflict with our own prime minister. Sir Keir Starmer’s main contribution since taking office last July has been to treat Israel – our long-standing ally in the fight against Islamic terror – as some sort of recalcitrant enemy. Cowed by a surging block of sectarian Muslim voters, Starmer has blocked certain arms exports to Israel, backed the International Criminal Court’s bizarre arrest warrant for Netanyahu, restored funding to UNWRA, the UN agency that employed some of the October 7 terrorists, and most recently rewarded Hamas for its despiciable massacre by recognising a Palestinian state. How puny and ridiculous Starmer – and British statecraft – now look. While he rewarded Hamas, Trump, has secured near-universal support from Arab and Muslim states for a comprehensive plan to bring the war to an end and, if the next stages of his plan can be delivered, rebuild Gaza. Link - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-15177251/Trump-moved-mountains-sheer-force-gargantuan-personality-puny-ridiculous-Starmer-looks.html

Have you seen this video of national dresses before and after the introduction od radical Islam that has taken hold over the last 80 years? Tell me these women aren't and don't feel oppressed. If they don't, why have we got Afghan asylum seekers in the UK saying they want to bring their mothers over because she doesn't like wearing the veil or burka?

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