Following the European Union鈥檚 agreement to grant Boris Johnson鈥檚 government until next January to exit the EU, the House of Commons voted to hold a snap election on December 12. At the time of writing the election bill has yet to pass the House of Lords, but looks a certainty.
Britain
Renowned British film director Ken Loach has signed the call to Boycott Turkish Government Sponsored Academic and Cultural Institutions.
In 2011, retired British lawyer Rupert Grey and his wife Jan set off on a driving tour of India 鈥 in a 1936 Rolls Royce that he had inherited from his father.聽Filmmaker Oliver McGarvey tagged along for the six-month journey across mountains, deserts, through civil war zones and bureaucratic snafus.
Blinded by the Light is a coming-of-age film set in 1980s Britain during the era of Margaret Thatcher. It revolves around the trials and tribulations of 16-year-old Pakistani teenager Javed as he struggles to deal with his domineering and traditional Pakistani family, racism and Thatcher's聽neoliberal assaults.
As Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists in London ramped up their latest with a 10th consecutive on October 16, author Naomi Klein pushed back against criticism of the climate protesters and said the climate crisis itself is what is truly disruptive.
Politics in Britain is in turmoil. An early election will most likely happen as soon as December, or at the latest within a few months 鈥 the second early election since 2017.
This election will pit the Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour Party against various parties representing the interests of the 1%, including the governing Conservative party (Tories), the Liberal Democrats and the recently-formed, far right, Brexit Party.
鈥淎t the moment we鈥檙e looking at a people lacking the control that allows them to function as a society 鈥 water, the freedom to travel, the basic right to safety,鈥 Martin Sundram, delegate for the Artists鈥 Union of England (AUE) at the annual congress of the British trade union movement.
The news that a solid gold toilet has been stolen from Winston Churchill's former home of Blenheim Palace seems symptomatic of the present British condition. The British ruling class are not merely having their bathroom fittings taken but they seem assailed by chaos on every side, writes Derek Wall.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of London on August 31 to oppose British Prime Minister Boris Johnson鈥檚 plan to prorogue parliament and force through his Brexit agenda. More national mobilisations have been planned for September 7鈥8.
Three activists from climate change direct action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) have been convicted after being arrested at protests earlier this year.
They are the first activists to stand trial as a group from charges related to April鈥檚 ten-day International Rebellion occupation.
Patrick Thelwell, Peter Scott and Samuel Elmore were charged with offences including obstructing a highway and obstructing police.
With only a few hours鈥 notice, thousands of people filled London鈥檚 Parliament Square on August 28 to protest against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson鈥檚 plan to shut down parliament for several weeks ahead of the Brexit deadline on October 31.
The shutdown is aimed at undermining attempts by MPs to prevent a No-Deal Brexit, or attempts to move a motion of no confidence in Johnson鈥檚 leadership.
Chanting 鈥淵ou shut down the parliament, we shut down the streets鈥, more than 10,000 protesters blocked main thoroughfares around parliament for several hours.
Though Boris Johnson was swept to power with apparent ease in the leadership election, deep divisions in parliament and the British public at large mean that delivering his three promises 鈥渄eliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn鈥 will be a great challenge, writes John Lawrence.
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