As outgoing Kier Starmer prepares to depart amid cratering approval ratings and deep public disillusionment, his 'Pride' reception remarks this week reveal a leader more focused on cultural signalling than addressing Britain's pressing crises.
Starmer took to the stage at a Downing Street Pride reception to defend his government's LGBTQ+ record, even as scepticism grows within parts of that broad community and his wider popularity sits at dismal lows.
Starmer struck a defiant tone, insisting his administration would continue championing these issues. "I want to be clear that all lesbians, all gay, all bi and trans people - that this government will defend your rights," he declared. "We have to stand against the politics of division."
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Meanwhile In The UK, You Simply Will Not Believe This..
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
A convicted predator who helped destroy the lives of vulnerable girls as young as 13 is days away from freedom in Britain, while Pakistan refuses to take him and archaic rules shield him from removal.
Shabir Ahmed's case lays bare how legal technicalities, political cowardice, and a refusal to enforce borders have turned the country into a revolving door for the most dangerous offenders.
Ahmed, now 73, arrived in the UK long before 1973 as a Commonwealth citizen. He was convicted in 2012 at Liverpool Crown Court on multiple counts of rape, aiding and abetting rape, sexual assault, and trafficking for sexual exploitation. He treated at least one victim as property, abusing her on an almost weekly basis. Part of a gang of nine men operating out of takeaways in the Heywood area of Rochdale, Ahmed and his associates targeted working-class girls from broken backgrounds.
He received lengthy sentences that later expanded. His British citizenship was stripped. Yet, ludicrously, he cannot be deported. The barrier is a provision in the Immigration Act 1971 that exempts Commonwealth citizens who arrived before 1973 and have long residence from removal.
On release, expected imminently, Ahmed faces lifelong sex offender registration, exclusion zones around Rochdale, bans on contacting any child, strict curfews, and electronic tagging. Breaches mean immediate return to prison. Taxpayers will foot the bill for round-the-clock monitoring and staffed accommodation.
Criminal Lawyer Marcus Johnstone, who has handled grooming gang cases for nearly two decades, pointed out that outdated laws combined with excessive human rights legislation have made Britain the destination of choice for international sex criminals. The gangs are sophisticated. The system that should remove them is not.
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The World Is Becoming Increasingly Divided By Fertility
The world is becoming increasingly divided by fertility.
One group of countries now has too few births to naturally replace its population, while another continues to see population growth driven by higher fertility rates. This demographic divide has major implications for aging populations, labor markets, immigration, and future economic growth.
This map, via Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins, shows which countries are above and below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman, using projections for 2025 from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 Revision.
While the regional patterns are striking, several countries buck the trend.
Chart with data does not copy go to source.
(Mexico population in 1950 was 28 million. Today it is 133 million and there
are 36 million Mexican-Americans in the US.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/world-becoming-increasingly-divided-fertility
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Police Flee During Riots In The Hague After Morocco Knocks Netherlands Out Of World Cup
Once again, ethnic Moroccans living in the Netherlands go on the rampage...
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/police-flee-during-riots-hague-after-morocco-knocks-netherlands-out-world-cup
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Inflation Ruins the Fourth of July – LOOK at These Prices
Cookout for 10 people now costs 73.82 dollars according to Farm Bureau survey.
Price up 2.90 dollars or 4 percent from last year.
Ground beef pork chops chicken and some sides drove the increase.
Per person cost reaches 7.38 dollars the highest ever in the survey.
.https://citizenwatchreport.com/inflation-ruins-the-fourth-of-july-look-at-these-prices/#more-226347
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