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Farmers Take Over London: Tractors Roll in Protest Against Tax Changes

Hundreds of farmers rallied in central London on Wednesday, voicing their opposition to Labour’s planned changes to inheritance tax, which threaten the survival of family farms. A convoy of tractors, many adorned with Union flags and placards reading “No farmers, no food” and “Save British Farming,” filled the streets around Parliament Square in a loud and defiant demonstration.

The protest, organised by Kent Fairness for Farmers and Save British Farming, highlighted widespread discontent with the policy, which imposes a 20% inheritance tax on agricultural assets valued over £1 million starting in 2026. Farmers claim the tax burdens an industry already struggling with slim margins and rising costs.

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Emperor Naruhito to Attend Royal Funeral

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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will travel to London from Sept. 17 to 20 to attend the state funeral for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, their first overseas trip since Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno announced at a news conference on Sept. 14 that the Cabinet will grant official approval on Sept. 16 for the couple’s visit to London. Elizabeth’s funeral is scheduled to be held in Westminster Abbey at 11 a.m. on Sept. 19.

While it is unusual for the emperor to attend the funeral of a member of a foreign royal family, the government took into account the traditional close ties between the imperial family and the British royal family.

The late queen, the world’s longest-reigning monarch who died on Sept. 8 at age 96 after 70 years on the throne, had interactions with not only Naruhito but also his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and his grandfather, Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989), posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

“Although the plan was shelved by the outbreak of the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the queen herself had invited the emperor and empress to visit Britain,” Matsuno said of the major reason behind the latest decision.

He added that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other Japanese government officials will not attend the funeral.

According to Imperial Household Agency officials, Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko attended the state funeral in 1993 for Belgian King Baudouin, the only other time an emperor has attended a state funeral for a foreign head of state or royal family member.

 

 

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by Osumashi••0•Posted inBritain, Japan, Politics, Royals

Six million Brits could face power cuts this winter with Government planning electricity rationing

Ministers have reportedly been warned of potential power cuts to as many as six million households this winter, with the Government drawing up plans for rationed electricity if supply issues deteriorate.

According to The Times, Government modelling of a “reasonable” worst-case scenario predicts major gas shortages in winter if Russia cuts off more supplies to the EU.

The paper writes limits could be imposed on industrial use of gas, including on gas-fired power stations, causing electricity shortages.

As a result, six million homes could see their electricity rationed, primarily during morning and evening peaks, in curbs that may last more than a month.

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Fireworks and flares have “dangerously” been set off outside Parliament as anti-vaxxers clash with riot police

Anarchists are there too, this is Guy Fawkes Day.

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US general tells British special forces: Stop rescuing people in Kabul, you’re making us look bad

Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue has told his British Army counterpart, a high-ranking field-grade officer of the British army’s 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, that British operations were embarrassing the United States military in the absence of similar U.S. military operations, according to multiple military sources. I understand that the British officer firmly rejected the request.

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Why Tory ‘fish have feelings’ bill could backfire: New law will spark rows over halal meat and open floodgates to campaigners who want to ban hunting and shooting

The Animal Sentience Bill in last week’s Queen’s Speech established an Animal Sentience Commission to ensure that all government departments ensure that their future measures and policies do not have ‘an adverse effect on animal welfare as sentient beings’.

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Green Enforcer: MI6 Spying on Nations to Ensure They Abide by Climate Change Pledges, Chief Admits

The head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Richard Moore, indicated that the agency’s “green spying” could target large industrial nations, claiming that alleged man-made climate change is “foremost international foreign policy item for this country and for the planet”.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inBritain, Climate Change, Global Warming Hoax, Green-Scam, spying

London Mayoral Candidates Urged to Include ‘Black Manifesto’ in Platforms

In an open letter to candidates noting that “the whole world was rocked by the Black Lives Matter movement” in 2020, with society “forced society to hold a mirror up to itself and confront its deep rooted issues with systemic racism and unconscious bias”, the All Black Coalition (ABC) said that candidates vying for the position of London mayor — currently held by Labour’s Sadiq Khan, whose first term was extended by election delays following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic — should implement policies from a “Black Community (UK) Manifesto”.

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The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool

For the last two years police and internet companies across the UK have been quietly building and testing surveillance technology that could log and store the web browsing of every single person in the country.

The tests, which are being run by two unnamed internet service providers, the Home Office and the National Crime Agency, are being conducted under controversial surveillance laws introduced at the end of 2016. If successful, data collection systems could be rolled out nationally, creating one of the most powerful and controversial surveillance tools used by any democratic nation.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inBritain, Internet, police state, Privacy Concerns, Surveillance