The center-right Conservatives took power during the depths of the global financial crisis and have won two more elections since then. But those 14 years have been filled with challenges and controversies, making the Tories, as they are commonly known, easy targets for critics on the left and right.

Labour, which leans to the left, faces its own challenges in shaking off a reputation for irresponsible spending and proving that it has a plan to govern.

Both parties are being ripped apart by the conflict in the Middle East, with the Tories facing charges of Islamophobia and Labour struggling to distance itself from antisemitism that festered under former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/uk-britain-election-sunak-starmer-conservatives-labour-0daef4ea348f58adcb889874692fa0d9

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The Rwanda bill, which is accompanied by a treaty with the African country, forms a key part of Sunak’s pledge to stop people illegally reaching the south coast of England in small boats.

The government quickly introduced the legislation in an attempt to side step international human rights obligations after the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that proposals to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, further stalling the Prime Minister’s hope of enacting the policy ahead of the general election, which must be called before the end of next year.

The Bill, which seeks to declare Rwanda is a safe country, has opened up severe dividing lines in the Conservative party, with those on the right wing of the party keen to shut off all routes to asylum seekers to challenge deportation to Rwanda, while Tory moderates are less keen on disapply elements of the Human Rights Act in order to achieve that.

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Source: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/rishi-sunak-rwanda-bill-tory-divide-2024-amendments

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Rishi Sunak vowed to sign an upgraded deal with Rwanda after his promise to “stop the boats” was plunged into fresh jeopardy by the Supreme Court ruling his flagship asylum policy is unlawful.

The Prime Minister was resisting pressure from some Conservatives to quit the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) but hinted he could change UK laws “if necessary” and may reconsider “international relationships”.

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Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rwanda-suella-braverman-prime-minister-supreme-court-james-cleverly-b2447715.html

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Rishi Sunak is now the Prime Minister of England.  He sounds like a Brit, but apparently he’s a practicing Hindu.  He’s married to the daughter of an Indian billionaire, and is reportedly richer than England’s King.  While seemingly a nice guy, he’s bought in to the claptrap coming from Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum.  He’s no conservative.  The WEF is busy saving the planet, campaigning for woke nonsense, just what the UK needs. (Sarc)

It’s not unusual to search for good news.  But of late, it’s depressing.  You come across so much bad news.  Pretty much everything is depressing, until this morning we found out that Elon Musk is letting about seventy five percent of twitter executives go.  Maybe there’s a need for narrative control at some other company.  The tech executives should have no problem finding a job at some other concern who’s determined to control what we hear and think.  Or maybe not.  

Who knows?  Maybe we’ll get free speech back in the public square, on television and in print.  These social media companies have tried to form a monopoly with the help of Uncle Sam, and they’re not on our side.  On many issues it is virtually illegal to speak the truth.  It ought to be illegal to show a tranny’s legs.

Have you ever noticed, the mainstream acts like “everybody” is on board with its LBTQ+ nonsense, but who are these people whose feelings we must protect at all times?  Why don’t they show them?  Where are the foremost individuals?  Bruce doesn’t count.  But I guarantee you don’t want to see his legs either.  Who are those that are pushing the ideology that a person’s core identity is fluid?  Maybe success in women’s sports will result in newfound self respect.  Don’t look at the photos.

Current news has drag queens acting out at libraries.  Those dudes are painted, wigged and who knows?  Obviously it’s a cartoonish ruse, but what do the little children know?  They probably still believe in Santa Clause and the chimney.  It’ll be hard to convince them that rabbits don’t lay eggs in the garden or anywhere else.  No rabbit in history has ever laid an egg, but don’t confuse the children! 

Not so long ago it was comedic.  Some Like it Hot?  That was a long time ago, and nobody was demanding we treat Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon like “real women.”  No amount of makeup, false eyelashes or padding can make a man into a female, like you needed me to tell you.  Where are the activists?  Some guys have made a career out of making people laugh at the gag,  But suddenly it’s serious?  Nonsense!  Even the Kardashian girls are confused.  You have to feel sorry for those fathered by him.  “Our dad turned into a woman.”  Can you imagine?

Not to get into the political fray, but is nuclear war in the offing?  We keep hearing somewhat casual discussion of what will happen if Vladimir Putin unleashes a “dirty bomb” on Ukraine.  We’ve got representatives running their mouths about retaliation they can’t discuss. That’s reassuring.  

They’re war-gaming World War over Ukraine?  Who’s in charge?  That’s open to debate, no matter how angry the pretender gets.  At least he can still get mad.  But that’s not what is called for at the moment.

All of us are trying (sometimes in vain) to protect our emotions as the leaders of the nation move to dismantle every blessing God bequeathed.  Suddenly the inventions that allowed the creation of modern society are “destroying the planet.”  These unGodly do-gooders just have to wipe out our way of life, for our own good.  It gets a little tiresome, and TVs from coast to coast are being verbally  abused.  

Everybody has to pretend to believe the claptrap the mainstream is feeding us, but WE don’t.  If there’s any good news on the horizon, it might be that the instigators of this nonsense are about to be in the unemployment line, along with twitter executives.  

Meanwhile, we aren’t changing.  We’re on board with the faith once delivered, and no amount of baby talk is going to change that.  We know what we believe and why.  We don’t have to resort to any kind of force, we worship God, the Creator.  These goofballs who are saving the planet, going green or whatever better wise up before it’s too late.    Mark

P. S.  Please remember Mr. Terry Gooch of Springfield, Missouri.  

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