UK: Govt to Probe Far Left Infiltration of BLM and Climate Change Groups
7 Feb 2021
The British government is appointing an independent adviser on political violence and disruption to probe the infiltration of groups like Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion by far-left extremists.
The investigation has been entrusted to the Lord Walney, John Woodcock, a former Labour MP who now sits in the House of Lords as an unaffiliated peer.
“We must be vigilant against a similar blind spot in Britain to the prospect of progressive extremism – that is, unacceptable disruption or even violence carried out in the name of progressive causes to which the political establishment and large majority of the population have great sympathy, like climate change and racial injustice,” said the parliamentarian, who will also be examining far-right activity, in comments to the
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Comment Anger is both a proper response and an inadequate one. Rage is essential but on its own its disempowering A NEW report by scientists tells us that a “cacophony of human noise is hurting all marine life”. This major new assessment concludes that the “ocean soundscape is being drowned out by human activity” with a massively detrimental impact on all sea creatures. The review, published in the journal Science, analysed more than 500 studies that assessed the effects of noise on sea life. About 90% of the studies found significant harm to marine mammals, such as whales, seals and dolphins, and 80% found impacts on fish and invertebrates. Male toadfish can’t attract a female and the honks that cod use to coordinate spawning can’t be heard over the din. Professor Steve Simpson at the University of Somewhere said noise pollution was like an “acoustic fog” in the ocean. He should take a look at my timeline.
ANGELA MERKEL is under mounting pressure to break away from the EU amid growing fury in Germany at Brussels and Ursula von der Leyen s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage is among more than 50,000 people who have signed an online DUP petition aimed at forcing a parliamentary debate on the Northern Ireland Protocol.