Since the 2019 election this European Parliament has had to deal with various challenges, from Brexit and Covid-19 to the war in Ukraine and scandals such as Qatargate. At the same time it has managed to legislate on key issues such as climate change, AI and migration. In this episode we look back at the … Read more
Yes, that’s right. The caterers. At least, that’s what one of the organizers told me, hinting that they had to resort to a last-minute change of plan to feed ravenous attendees. Food eventually did make it into the venue — smuggled, some whispered — but maybe it should have stayed outside. Lunch on both days … Read more
MCC Brussels, a Hungarian government-backed think tank and part organizer of the event, said a search is now on for an alternative venue. Frank Furedi, executive director of MCC Brussels, denounced the decision by the venue to cancel the event. “What has happened in these last few days represents nothing less than a crisis for … Read more
Farage’s political future has been a long-running question in Westminster after he set up the populist Reform U.K. party in 2021 — before promptly leaving frontline politics for a lucrative career as a broadcaster and commentator. But he has since hinted at a comeback several times, while Reform’s lesser-known leader Richard Tice regularly faces questions … Read more
Reform U.K., the right-wing populist party set up by Nigel Farage, would score 8.5 percent and win seven seats, with the Liberal Democrats getting 22 seats, according to the survey. In Wales and Scotland, the Conservatives would see a complete wipeout, winning no seats, according to the report. The analysis gives the Scottish National Party … Read more
“It’s Easter, and let’s enjoy it,” Farage, reaching a crescendo, continued. “I have not yet decided whether to go to church on Sunday morning to get a Marxist lecture from my Church of England vicar, but I have decided to stuff myself with chocolate, even if it spoils lunch — and upsets all the right … Read more
The prince — residing in California since he and his wife Meghan’s exit from the royal family and move to the U.S. — admitted in his 2023 memoir “Spare” to using drugs and psychedelics including cocaine, marijuana and magic mushrooms “We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied … Read more
“Which might mean … not staying in America?” interviewer Nigel Farage asked, to which a seemingly coy Trump answered: “Oh I don’t know. You’ll have to tell me. You just have to tell me.” Prince Harry’s visa status has been at the center of a legal row since an American conservative think tank, the Heritage … Read more
A spokesperson for Corbyn, who led Labour from 2015 to 2020, alleged that Farage had “accused Jeremy Corbyn of subscribing to an antisemitic conspiracy theory” in a segment on GB news last Wednesday. Contacted for comment, Farage declined to give a statement. GB News declined to comment. Formerly the leader of the Brexit Party, Farage … Read more
Indeed, Anderson — elected in 2019 after defecting from Labour — may be tapping into wider Tory sentiment. An Opinium poll of Conservative Party members released Wednesday by the advocacy group Hope not Hate found that more than half (58 percent) believe Islam is a “threat to the British way of life.” A further 40 … Read more
