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Apparently You Aren’t Allowed to Mock Krauts Anymore

Apparently You Aren’t Allowed to Mock Krauts Anymore

The cancel culture continues with the BBC withdrawing the famous ‘Don’t Mention the War’ episode of Fawlty Towers from streaming. An episode of Fawlty Towers from which the N-word and other offensive terms had previously been cut has been taken down from the BBC’s Netflix-style streaming service UKTV.

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The Antifa-ISIS Connection

The Antifa-ISIS Connection

Well, we can’t say we weren’t warned. The most obvious thing about the wave of riots sweeping America for the past few days is just how organised they are. This is no more a “spontaneous uprising” than the Reichstag fire was a random act of terror. Which is

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Postcard from Canada: 9 June

Postcard from Canada: 9 June

Geoffrey The Prime Minister of The United Kingdom tested positive for the China Virus. The Prime Minister of Canada did too. The Prime Minister of The United Kingdom went into isolation, and then into the hospital, and is now out and working. The Prime Minister of Canada went into isolation

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Sweden Did Not Say Their Approach to COVID-19 Was Wrong

Sweden Did Not Say Their Approach to COVID-19 Was Wrong

Dave Pellowe davepellowe.com Lockdown apologists have been crowing about Swedes “admitting their approach was wrong on COVID-19”. The only problem is, as usual, they’re not basing their conclusions on real evidence. Reports from The Guardian and New York Times, two former newspapers (each as biased as epidemiological modelling

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Postcard from Canada: 30 May

Postcard from Canada: 30 May

Geoffrey It’s not a great time to be a conservative in Canada. Or even a Conservative (a federal conservative anyway, conservative parties hold power in seven of the ten provinces). But federally we’re outgunned. After the 2019 federal election, the scandal-plagued, incompetent, leftist Liberal government of Prime Minister

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Surrender Your Civil Rights? There’s an App for That

Doug Firby troymedia.com Veteran political commentator Doug Firby is president of Troy Media Digital Solutions and publisher of Troy Media. Sometimes they’re right if you think about something like pooling our tax dollars to build roads we can all use or building a health-care system accessible to all.

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Ardern, the Forgotten Fifth Beatle

Ardern, the Forgotten Fifth Beatle

The Ardern government’s stance on Huawei and 5G is increasingly causing New Zealand to stand alone as a weak point in the critical Five Eyes security alliance. Where the division over Huawei will leave the Five Eyes alliance is anybody’s guess as one notable rift has already occurred.

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Will Justin Trudeau Stand up to China?

Will Justin Trudeau Stand up to China?

As reported in The BFD, Britain’s decision to bar Huawei from its 5G network currently leaves New Zealand standing alone as the only member of the Five Eyes alliance to allow the Chinese company to access its 5G network. The only member of the alliance to make up its

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Huawei Ball Is in Ardern’s Court Now

Huawei Ball Is in Ardern’s Court Now

The pressure will be on the Ardern government to once more reverse its policy on allowing Huawei to access its 5G network, following a stunning reversal from the UK. Britain had previously allowed the Chinese-owned telco, accused of conducting espionage for the Chinese Communist Party, to participate in building its

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Instead of Cosying Up to the CCP, National Should Be Telling Them to Get Stuffed
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Instead of Cosying Up to the CCP, National Should Be Telling Them to Get Stuffed

As China starts threatening other nations it is becoming increasingly apparent that we are going to have to pick sides. Australia has been directly threatened by the Chinese Government: The Chinese government has warned Australia to “distance” itself from the United States amid growing tensions between the two countries, saying

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How Dictatorships Buy Off the Elites

How Dictatorships Buy Off the Elites

For four years now, we’ve had to endure the media elite’s incessant shrieking that President Donald Trump is “literally Hitler”. This is a failure of both English language usage and historical awareness. By definition, Trump cannot be literally Hitler – only Hitler was or ever will be literally Hitler.

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The Unicorn Prince and the Dragon

The Unicorn Prince and the Dragon

As I remarked when I interviewed Australian student Drew Pavlou recently, how institutions and nations respond to China is often an acid test of principle. Leaders who bang on endlessly about climate change happily sign an agreement that allows far and away the world’s largest CO2 emitter to keep

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Beijing’s Bully-Boys in HK Parliament

Beijing’s Bully-Boys in HK Parliament

With the world obsessed by the Xi Plague, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has faded from the headlines. But that doesn’t mean that Hong Kong’s struggle against the Beijing jackboot has gone away. In fact, under cover of a distracted world, China has been stamping even harder

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