Why is Labour rejecting a national grooming gangs inquiry?

Is it any wonder this went on so long?

Last week, I wrote that Labour, during half a year in office, has launched a staggering 67 reviews and consultations, as well as “a new quango every week since coming to power”.

But it seems there is such a thing as an inquiry too far. Yesterday, it was reported that Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips had formally rejected repeated requests for a Home Office-led inquiry into Oldham’s historic rape gangs scandal, following a request by the local council. X owner Elon Musk then called for Phillips to be jailed as a result.

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

Solar and wind power make electricity more expensive

As a new year dawns and winter takes hold, it’s worth considering the cost of energy. After a meeting in Italy last spring, the G7 countries (including Canada) pledged to triple renewable energy sources (e.g. wind, solar) globally to ensure an “affordable” energy future. But while direct costs for wind and solar are dropping, they remain expensive due in part to the backup energy sources required when renewables are not available.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

Trans police can hold multiple warrant cards for different genders

Police forces are allowing transgender officers to carry multiple warrant cards for their different gender identities, it has emerged.

At least 11 forces in England and Wales and Police Scotland use the policy, freedom of information responses revealed. Some trans officers receive two warrant cards, or more if they are gender fluid.

Two thirds of UK police forces also allow male officers and civilian staff who identify as women to use women’s showers, toilets and changing rooms, according to the responses.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

The federal Liberal party faces only high risk choices in 2025

The New Year promises to be a painful one for Canadian Liberals. As Isaiah Berlin, the renowned political analyst put it, sometimes in politics there are only two choices — the unpleasant and the unacceptable. Arguably, this is the most unpleasant nightmare the Liberal party has faced in a century.

Yes, Paul Martin’s hapless government bequeathed two incompetent leaders and third place in the political basement. Yes, Pierre Trudeau rescued the party from a likely electoral debacle only by a last minute agreement to come out of retirement.

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

Largest ever stockpile of explosives found in garage of #nolivesmatter farmer

The FBI has announced the seizure of the biggest stockpile of explosives in its history, which were found in a farmer’s garage alongside an extremist icon on a backpack.

Agents found more than 150 homemade bombs while searching the Virginia home of 36-year-old Brad Spafford after being tipped off by a neighbour that he was hoarding weapons and ammunition.

Authorities said six of the bombs were found in a backpack that had a patch labelled “#nolivesmatter”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Liberals could buy time as government to pick new leader if Trudeau steps aside

Amid recurring calls from elected MPs and the Canadian electorate for the prime minister to step aside, Justin Trudeau is not telegraphing any future moves.

“We will see what he does,” Lori Turnbull, a professor in the faculty of management at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said of Trudeau, the man who has been prime minister since 2015.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he prorogues around the time of the U.S. inauguration (Jan. 20) and uses the instability of the Trump presidency as a reason why, look, we all have to hunker down and we all have to be Team Canada and we don’t have time for that BS that we have to find a new leader,” Turnbull said.

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

Why Trump won’t end the war in Ukraine

Russia has the upper hand

The imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House has dramatically reframed the discussion about the Ukraine war. After years of insisting on a Ukrainian military victory at any cost, the Western political and media establishment appears to be begrudgingly acknowledging that this war can only end either through negotiations or Ukraine’s collapse under the strain of depleted manpower and resources. Given that the likelihood of the latter scenario is becoming increasingly apparent — in spite of the final aid package announced by the outgoing Biden administration on Monday — it’s not surprising that even the usually hawkish New York Times recently concluded that “it’s time to plan for the postwar phase”.

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

Smith now Canada’s de facto prime minister – gives reason for attending Trump inauguration

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has emerged as Canada’s de facto prime minister over the last several weeks — and is now giving her reason for attending U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration.

Justin Trudeau, who’s been on the receiving end of Trump’s ridicule on social media, won’t be attending the inauguration.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAlberta, President Trump

New Orleans terror attack: why car rammings are tactic of choice

It was 2016 and the Islamic State jihadist group was on the rise, seizing vast swathes of the Middle East. Not content with its territorial gains, it wanted to sow terror across the western world.

The best way to do this, its leaders believed, was to radicalise as many followers in the West as they could, while suggesting methods of attack that did not demand much in the way of skill, training or financing.

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

ABBOTT: Lessons for a Conservative government

The current turmoil inside the Trudeau government makes a future Conservative win even more likely.

Naturally enough, shrewd politician that he is, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will be taking nothing for granted and will be trying to win every possible vote. Still, after almost a decade of Liberal rule, culminating in a housing crisis, a cost-of-living crunch and a crime wave, a smart opposition would be thinking almost as much about how to govern well as about how to win the coming election.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

How Milei’s chainsaw economics proved his Left-wing critics wrong

Maga has taken on a new meaning at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.

It’s been more than a year since Javier Milei moved into Argentina’s presidential palace, sweeping to power in a landslide victory. The man who looks like Wolverine and thinks like a libertarian has also garnered the attention of the new leader of the free world.

Milei was the first world leader to shake Donald Trump’s hand when the Republican candidate enjoyed his own landslide win back in November.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inArgentina

Canada must secure its undersea lifelines

In an era where global security threats are evolving in unexpected ways, a chilling new frontier has emerged: the battle beneath the waves.

Undersea communication cables—the hidden arteries that carry more than 95 per cent of the world’s data—have become prime targets in geopolitical competition. These cables underpin everything from financial transactions to government communications and military operations, making them critical to modern society’s function. But, as recent attacks have demonstrated, they are alarmingly vulnerable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada