The second and third Covid lockdowns were the biggest ever mistake made by a British Government in peacetime, Nigel Farage has said. The Telegraph has the story.

The Reform U.K. leader was speaking to 1,000 people at the Rainton Arena which is in the constituency of Houghton and Sunderland South, currently represented by Labour's Bridget Phillipson.

Mr. Farage told the rally:

"The Tories say we're in economic trouble because of the pandemic. But hang on, you didn't need to lock us down for a second and a third time.

"You didn't need to take away our freedoms in a way that weren't even done during World War Two and all of it with Labour support.

"I actually believe the long-term economic and psychological damage from lockdowns two and three perhaps represents the biggest mistake any British government, supported by the opposition, has ever made in peacetime."

He went on to say he treated the second and third lockdowns with "contempt".

It's about time someone in this election drew attention to the proverbial pachyderm behind many of the country's current woes, from NHS waiting lists to the mountainous debt, record tax levels and sky-high welfare bill stemming in part from a degraded work ethic.

It's no secret that the vast majority of the so-called elites are advocates of climate alarmism and are taken in by the Green New Scam.

Whether this preference is based on ignorance of the science, ideological zeal, a willful desire to hurt American growth or simple greed because of their investments in Green New Scam infrastructure varies case-by-case.

The typical upper-income supporter of the climate cult including academics, media figures and celebrities is probably ignorant of the fact that there is no evidence that CO2 emissions cause climate change and that the real causes are solar cycles, volcanoes, ocean currents and atmospheric moisture not caused by humans.

Climate Alarmists Have It Backward

The historical record actually demonstrates that warming periods produce higher CO2 levels — not the other way around. CO2 doesn't cause warming. It's caused by natural warming. In other words, climate alarmists have causation completely backward.

Climate alarmism is based almost entirely on computer models, which depend on the inputs the modelers themselves build into them. A model is only as good as the inputs and assumptions programmed into it.

Virtually every one of these models has overestimated warming, sometimes by orders of magnitude, because it's based on faulty assumptions that overestimate the impact of CO2 on climate.

In other words, it's junk science. But they keep relying on these models because their political agenda requires it.

Well, here in the UK we have a new Trilaterist....er, sorry, I meant Labour government, led by the charismatic Keir Starmer.

Likened to a dish rag, and not without good reason, Keir Starmer now commands the government with a whopping 170+ seat majority after nearly 80% of the British electorate didn't vote for either him or the Labour party.

This all makes sense because people imagine that representative democracy has something to do with democracy, which it doesn't. Still, who cares!

Government is a shit idea anyway so if we are going to be ruled by anyone, why not the man who went out of his way not to prosecute Britain's worst ever paedophile, necrophiliac pimp and was still listed as a "former" member of the Trilateral Commission in 2022 with their little explanatory note: "former members in public service."

He's not an active member of the Trilateral Commission. Honest, he's not!

Why should we care you may ask? Well, the Trilateral Commission that Keir serves...sorry, there I go again, "served," is just a Rockefeller owned — my mistake — aligned globalist think tank that promotes ideas like the "pursuit of the European unification" and brings together a global public-private partnership of policymakers, business leaders, media moguls and selected academics who have taken it upon themselves to decide what the "solutions to some of the world's toughest problems" are.

Sure, you voted to leave the EU but now you've elected to rejoin it. OK, so you didn't vote to have policy decisions forced upon you by some remote oligarch think tank either, but that's just too bad. If you voted in the UK general election, this is what you voted for so you don't have any right to complain.

Of course, the largest single group of voters didn't elect any government at all. With 60% general election turnout — with a turnout below 50% in 59 constituencies — Labour's paltry 34% of the vote was resoundingly trounced by the 40% of the UK electorate who couldn't be arsed to vote for anyone. The most popular choice in the UK is no government.

Whether it was apathy, the wet and absolutely bloody freezing July weather — global warming eh? — or just the terminally depressing prospect of having to partake in the state's quinquennial anointment ceremony, who knows? And frankly, who gives a damn?

The government was threatening us with violence if we didn't do as we were told yesterday — a threat it can certainly back up by the way — and the government is still threatening us with the same today. Yesterday the government was blue, today it is red, what's the difference apart from a wallpaper change? It's still the same government.

Globalist thinks tanks like the Trilateral Commission were controlling government policy yesterday and they still are today. Your "vote" meant absolutely jack-shit.

Still, It's nice to imagine you have some sort of democratic oversight, I guess. That is, of course, if controlling other people matters to you.

So what have we got at the end of the day?

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) won the first round of legislative elections on Sunday, leaving incumbent president Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance lagging in third behind the left, projections by polling groups said.

The projections gave the RN 34% of the vote, compared to 29.1% for the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, and just 22% for Macron's centrist camp.

Many French voters are frustrated about inflation and other economic concerns, as well as Macron's leadership, seen as arrogant and out-of-touch with their lives. The National Rally party has tapped that discontent, notably via online platforms such as TikTok.

People registering to vote are no longer required to have been a resident of Washington for 30 days and the requirement has already been removed from voter registration forms.

Washington's Secretary of State (SOS) has removed a residency requirement for registering to vote enshrined in the state's Constitution, according to a new report. The Center Square reported that the agency rulemaking occurred when Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and Washington's Attorney General Bob Ferguson agreed to a consent decree to settle a 2023 lawsuit arguing that the constitutional provision violated federal law due to a 2018 state law.

Currently, according to the state's Constitution, to register to vote, a person must be a resident of Washington for 30 days "immediately preceding the election at which they offer to vote."

China plans to cap the annual salaries of financial workers at around 3 million yuan (US$412,460), as the government doubles down on its campaign to eradicate extravagance and hedonism from the industry and narrow the wealth gap amid a persistent downturn in economic growth, according to people familiar with the matter.

The limit will be applied to all state-backed brokerages, mutual fund firms and banks, except financial institutions backed by private investors, the sources said, adding that the information is not meant to be made public.

The measure will be applied retroactively, meaning those who earned more than 3 million yuan over the past few years will probably have to return the excess money to their companies, the sources said.

Wisconsin's Supreme Court on Friday ruled to reinstate the use of most ballot drop boxes in the state. The 4-3 ruling from the court overturns a previous decision it made that banned the use of most of these boxes. This comes around four months before the 2024 election.

"Our decision today does not force or require that any municipal clerks use drop boxes," the justices wrote, according to NBC News. "It merely acknowledges...that clerks may lawfully utilize secure drop boxes in an exercise of their statutorily-conferred discretion."

In the 2020 election, the Wisconsin Elections Commission approved funding for the expanded use of drop boxes for ballots due to the pandemic. Following a case brought forth by conservative groups, the state Supreme Court ruled in July 2022 that drop boxes could only be located at offices of election clerks, and that only the state Legislature, not the elections commission, had the power to enact laws on drop boxes.

We've extracted the main points from the Kansas City Attorney General's legal report on the case against Pfizer that we first mentioned in 'Due Process' — all quotes are taken verbatim.

This is a lengthy post, and we'd recommend having an anger management strategy to hand while reading. If you are making a comment, use the numbering to highlight which points you are referring to, and do let us know if we've missed anything.

1. Pfizer misled the public.

- In May 2021, Pfizer advertised to Kansans on Facebook about its "life-saving vaccines" and its "cures". Upon information and belief, Pfizer intended for Kansans to think of its COVID-19 vaccine when it discussed "life-saving vaccines" and "cures". Pfizer ran three different ads between May 4th 2021 and June 1st 2021 that received 165,000 to 190,000 impressions.

- Pfizer received emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in individuals 16 years of age and older on December 11th 2020.

- Pfizer received FDA approval on August 23rd 2021. From 2021 to 2023, Pfizer received emergency use authorisations in children from six months to 15 years of age.

An explosion at a defense weapons plant in Arkansas injured at least two people Wednesday and left another missing, the facility's operators said.

The explosion happened at the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems' plant in Camden, about 86 miles (138 kilometers) south of Little Rock, a company spokesperson said. The company initially called it an "incident involving pyrotechnics" but later confirmed it was an explosion.

Berkley Whaley with General Dynamics said in a statement:

"At this time, we are working with first responders and can confirm the incident resulted in at least two injuries and one missing individual. We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they conduct their investigation."

Whaley also confirmed that production was paused at the building where the explosion occurred. The company did not provide details on the extent of the injuries. The state Department of Emergency Management said it was monitoring and stood ready to assist but did not provide additional details.

In a video posted on X, Mike Howell, Executive Director of the Heritage Oversight Project, has urged Americans to "declare independence from foreigners deciding our elections."

The video, which was produced in collaboration with Muckraker.com, presents evidence suggesting that illegal aliens are being registered to vote in the United States.

"The evidence you are about to see relates to illegal aliens being registered to vote. This is a problem national in scale. The United States of America is for Americans, and our elections only should be decided by them."

The video centers around an apartment complex located at 220 Branch View in Charlotte, North Carolina. According to Muckraker.com, the complex is primarily occupied by non-citizens.

In an effort to investigate potential voting irregularities, representatives from Muckraker visited the complex and asked residents two simple questions: "Are you registered to vote?" and "Are you a citizen?"

The results were shocking. Out of the 41 people surveyed, four confirmed that they were non-citizens who were registered to vote. This represents nearly 10% of those interviewed.