Author: Blazingcatfur

Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity, leaving the Church in a dilemma

Gareth Talbot does not necessarily believe in God, but he’s started going to church.

He felt compelled to do so after taking part in one of Tommy Robinson’s rallies in September.

“I never thought I had to choose before, but now I’m feeling like Christianity could be replaced, so that’s why I feel the church needs support,” the 36-year-old from Bradford says.

Gareth talks about the church in England being under “threat”, as he sees it, mainly from Islam. He says his concern is about the extreme elements of Islam, not the religion as a whole.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Freeland to remain Zelensky Bagman while running Rhodes Trust into the ditch, PMO says

Chrystia Freeland will remain Canada’s special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine when she starts a new job at the prestigious Rhodes Trust, says the Prime Minister’s Office.

Ms. Freeland, who left Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet in September to become Ukraine envoy, has been appointed the chief executive officer of the Oxford-based organization that administers one of the world’s oldest and most celebrated international scholarships.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Police ‘used fake claims’ to ban Maccabi fans from Aston Villa game

A British police force used false intelligence to secure a ban on Israeli fans attending an away game in Birmingham this month, according to Dutch law enforcement.

West Midlands police concluded it was “high risk” for Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters to go to a Europa League game at Aston Villa on November 6, leading the local authority to recommend they be banned.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Cringe No More: Carney Calls Halt To Trudeau’s Feminist Foreign Policy

Prime Minister Mark Carney, backing away from a key international priority of his Liberal predecessors, says his government does not have a feminist foreign policy.

Cabinet ministers under former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced in 2017 that their government had a feminist foreign policy, and they continued to refer to the policy for years after.

Their support deepened further in 2020 when the government promised to draft a full document to define the policy.

But despite years of backroom discussions by federal officials, no document was ever published. And now Mr. Carney is distancing himself from the concept.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump: Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’

Donald Trump said Ukraine has “zero gratitude” for his efforts to end the war after splits emerged over his latest peace plan.

The US president also took aim at Europe for continuing to buy Russian oil in a post on Truth Social.

“I inherited a war that should have never happened, a war that is a loser for everyone, especially the millions of people that have so needlessly died,” Mr Trump said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

US accidentally invades Mexico

Mexican marines react to US border incursion

The US accidentally invaded Mexico after confusing it with Texas.

A group of Pentagon contractors installed signs on a beach in north-east Mexico on Monday declaring it a “restricted area” that was under the control of the US department of defence.

They apparently believed they were in Texas but had accidentally travelled 12 miles south of the border to Playa Bagdad, not realising their mistake until they were intercepted by the Mexican navy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMexico, USA, WTF?

How much does the royal family really cost the British public?

In 1760, the British monarchy was effectively bankrupt. Up to that year, when George III inherited the throne, the monarch had been responsible for meeting the increasing costs of a wide range of public services, including the army and the civil service.

So a deal was reached whereby responsibility for most of these matters was transferred to parliament and, to fund these services, the revenues from royal landholdings in what is now known as the Crown Estate were surrendered to parliament, so in effect to the public.

Henceforth, a civil list would provide an annual income to the monarch from the public purse to enable royal duties to be carried out. In 1760, this was set at the generous level of £800,000 a year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Why Quebec’s proposed constitution has legal experts, civil rights groups sounding the alarm

Quebec Premier François Legault took many by surprise when, last month, his government introduced a proposed constitution for the province aiming to reflect its “distinct national character.”

The constitution, he said, would protect the common values of the province, including the French language, secularism, the right to an abortion and equality between men and women.

But in the weeks since, the legislation has been the subject of growing consternation among legal experts and civil liberties groups, who warn it would centralize power, weaken judicial oversight and infringe on individual freedoms.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Quebec, WTF?