Richard Ings
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Bribery, corruption and the boys from Brazil
WHEN Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known affectionately as ‘Lula’, recently woke up as President of Brazil for the third time in 20years, he could doubtless hardly believe his luck (though ‘luck’ really had little to do with it). A man sentenced to 12 years in jail in 2018 for corruption but released after 18 months, and closely associated with Cuba, left-wing guerillas and, indeed, communist… → Read More
The French Civil War – workers against skivers
FROM the outside, it might very well seem that France is in turmoil, once more erupting into mass strikes and demonstrations, dividing against itself and preparing to fall, while its President Emmanuel Macron, like the Emperor Nero, slowly reaches for his violin. Having recently trodden on French soil for the first time since the Covid era began, I can confirm that this impression is pretty much… → Read More
France strikes a blow against the masked dictators
France strikes a blow against the masked dictators → Read More
Macron’s France closer than ever to collapse
THE final result of this weekend’s French elections saw President Emmanuel Macron losing control of the French Parliament, his centrists winning just 245 seats, well short of the 289 required for an absolute majority. But the most striking result was Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party increasing their seats from eight in 2017 to 89 – a historic high. ‘A danger, given all the challenges we… → Read More
Why the French are fed up with voting
ANY TCW reader looking at the results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday might reasonably ask himself ‘What the hell’s going on there?’ Cher lecteur, I am of a piece with you. Not so much confused by the quirky way they run the elections, but because, just six weeks after Marine Le Pen scored over 40 per cent of the popular vote, here is her party with a mere 19… → Read More
Macron wins, the people lose
ON Sunday Emmanuel Macron, having lost over two million voters since he was elected in 2017, and with his closest rival Marine Le Pen having gained three million over the same period, did what polling had predicted (and perhaps assisted in) and was returned to the position of one of the most powerful positions in the ‘democratic’ world, that of French President. From his victory podium beneath… → Read More
Has Le Pen paved the way for more Macron?
Has Le Pen paved the way for more Macron? → Read More
France, where the voters are both the problem and the solution
France, where the voters are both the problem and the solution → Read More
‘Anything but Macron’ say desperate French voters
FOR those who thought the French presidential election might be a tired re-run of the 2017 one, with the predictable outcome of a Macron victory: like the pre-election polls, how wrong could they have been? The earthquake that Sunday’s first round has provoked has already destroyed the equivalent of the UK’s Conservative Party, who tanked with less than 5 per cent of the national vote, meaning… → Read More
French turn their backs on the ballot box
AS France opens its polling booths for the first round of the presidential election process today (when the 12 candidates will be whittled down to the two most popular for a run-off in a fortnight) the question on the corporate media commentariat’s lips is not so much ‘who will win?’ but ‘who will vote?’ Abstention and so called ‘white voting’ (putting a blank slip, or an empty envelope, into… → Read More
Paramedics join us on the march for freedom
A MOOD of quiet determination to hold the line against anticipated UK government winter restrictions dominated the monthly march for medical freedom in central London on Saturday. Several thousand took to the streets of the capital, at a time when England basks in relative freedom compared with many countries, including its neighbours Wales and Scotland. Realistic and resilient, the protesters… → Read More
Can Reform UK live up to its own billing?
Can Reform UK live up to its own billing? → Read More
Saturday’s vaccine protest – what the MSM won’t tell you
Saturday’s vaccine protest – what the MSM won’t tell you → Read More
The Tories – the party of family breakdown
I HAVE not seen my parents for 18 months. That’s not normal. Until March 2020, I visited every few months, which seemed to suit all parties. So something big has changed. Speaking with my stepfather (80 next year) a few days ago, he told me his plans to go on a cruise were on hold while ‘he sees what happens with Covid’. In his typically blunt way – to the point, but not without affection – he… → Read More
The Tories – the party of family breakdown
I HAVE not seen my parents for 18 months. That’s not normal. Until March 2020, I visited every few months, which seemed to suit all parties. So something big has changed. Speaking with my stepfather (80 next year) a few days ago, he told me his plans to go on a cruise were on hold while ‘he sees what happens with Covid’. In his typically blunt way – to the point, but not without affection – he… → Read More
France’s vaccine civil war
IN A survey published at the weekend by the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, an astonishing 43 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement ‘France is becoming a dictatorship’, and half thought that ‘the measures being taken by the government [introducing vaccine passports and mandating vaccinations] are dangerous’. In fact, to most of the paper’s questions regarding the degree to… → Read More
Vive la Vaccination Revolution!
Vive la Vaccination Revolution! → Read More
Farewell, Liberté
ON Monday, French president Emmanuel Macron crossed a Rubicon that weeks of public discussion and speculation had pre-empted. He ordered compulsory anti-Covid vaccination for all workers caring for others, and an expansion of the digitised access system (the ‘health pass’) to allow only the vaccinated, or those who have a negative PCR test, to gain entry not just to bars, restaurants, theatres… → Read More
Is France heading for civil war?
Is France heading for civil war? → Read More
Is France heading for civil war?
Is France heading for civil war? → Read More