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Posted by: John Phoenix Far-right protest against asylum seeker hotels in the UK, 2025. X/ @AngloLancs927  en  British prime minister pledges to speed up closures amid protests, lawsuits, and far-right rallies. On Monday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wants to close all asylum seeker hotels in the United Kingdom “as soon as possible,” following lawsuits and protests in recent weeks over the migration system. RELATED: Over 100 Migrants Dead in Mauritania Shipwreck “I understand why people want the hotels closed. I want them closed too. I will work with my team to shut them down as quickly as possible,” Starmer told BBC Radio 5 Live. Starmer said the only way to “empty” the hotels is to do it “in an orderly, systematic way, working thr...

Posted by: John Phoenix Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the World Economic Forum in 2008. (Photo: World Economic Forum/Wikimedia Commons) In the first decade of this century, amidst the flames of the “War on Terror” which had engulfed Afghanistan and Iraq, the late president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, made a private visit to London to meet Ken Livingstone, the mayor. Two days earlier British Prime Minister Tony Blair had lectured and rebuked Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales on the need to use the resources of his oil rich country “responsibly.” Responsibility is the act of being responsible and the Oxford English Dictionary defines “responsible” as “having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone.”[1] On the other hand, what B...

Posted by: John Phoenix On April 10, 2025, The British proletariat lost another fighter for its cause, Anne Scargill passed away at the age of 83. Although her maiden name was Harper, which she had reverted to in 1998, to most who knew her she was still Scargill even after she and ex-National Union of Mineworkers, president, Arthur Scargill, had split up. Anne was pretty well-known around Barnsley, but she sprang to national (and international) prominence in the 1984-85 miners’ strike. Anne and a group of like-minded women launched a campaign to save the mining industry. This idea spread rapidly in spite of a few objections from miners who didn’t really want their wives and girlfriends on picket lines etc. (these objections became very muted after the NUM Executive Committee ga...

Posted by: John Phoenix Gary Lineker is a man synonymous with English football. Having played at the very highest level, he began his career before the advent of the Premier League with Leicester City in the old First Division. His footballing journey saw him rise to become a star striker and captain of the national team and even ply his talents at the dizzying heights of club football with Spanish giants Barcelona, finally retiring in 1994 after a spell in Japanese football. Even with such a distinguished playing career, Lineker has become a household name as a sports pundit, having hosted Match of the Day for over 25 years, taking over from another iconic presenter, Des Lynam, whom older fans will recall better. It’s a testament to Lineker’s ability as a broadcas...

Posted by: John Phoenix ‘Land of Hope and Glory’? https://rumble.com/embed/v6ug5je/?pub=8du09 Video Link This video is available on Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee, Telegram, and X. Several things happened in Britain this month that caught my eye. Straight-A student Courtney Wright, age 12, was sent home from the Bilton School in Warwickshire for wearing a Union Jack dress to school on Culture Celebration Day. Veils, head coverings, and Kinte cloth were OK, but not the British flag. Students honoring the Welsh dragon or flag of England were also sent home. This month, the King of England, one of whose titles is “Defender of the Faith,” inaugurated the King Charles III Wing of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Here he is, grinning at r...