Politics

  • Macron only encourages culture shock politics

    The President of France is known for having an appeal to younger voters that keeps him in political office for the longterm.

    However, his recent move is to tackle youth culture (as it is) and it will not draw him many plaudits from the same such camp.

    The prohibition of young people joining in on social media activity is seen as draconian by those that will feel its effects.

    It’s not believed that criticising gaming will help him either, sending his support into a spiral due to the confusion of pop culture that occurs in politics.

    If his intentions are valid remains to be seen, because it’s not clear why anyone else cares.

    The reactionary pursuit of ‘points’ against America is a primitive form of lawmaking, and it doesn’t fit modern approaches being developed in private.

  • Exclusive: “Palestine Action” leader

    In an exclusive for Conservative News Site, a “Palestine Action” leader alleged of significant criminal harassment and causing associated harms has now been spotted in Reading, Berkshire.

    A suspect
    A suspect in radical political activity with criminal activity and its associated harmful effects.

    He’s believed to have deep psychological issues that have resulted in staggered developmental side effects. He’s not believed to be in total control of his whole body, but is still functional.

    The truth

    To an increasing extent the UK public have asked for answers to the existence of “Palestine Action” as a result of its harmful effects that have been seen nationwide.

    Albeit some legal action has begun to be taken, the toleration of such an entity that has no perceivable political principle at its core has become a mystery in the politics of the modern era.

  • China is over & the PM’s job is only getting harder

    The job of being a positive force for the economy as a Labour government is not yet over.

    It may be that it has struck out confidently on a number of issues, but people are feeling the strain of having to manage a large global economy on an impoverished intellectual budget.

    The ideas need to be free-flowing for there to be real uplift and for people’s dreams to become a reality in our time.

    Starmer speaks to his delegation (Credit: Keir Starmer/Substack)

    The Prime Minister’s jaunt in China may have been enjoyable but we at home need to see the fruits of all this sort of activity that happens all across the world.

    The reputation of the UK is built on success and the dividends are the bread and butter of how life works and is lived here.

    If he is to be as good a leader as many think he can be in his own party, there need to be many more efforts – big and small – to boost our fortunes overall.

  • Caught: Radical agitator

    In an exclusive for Conservative News Site, a radical agitator alleged of raising support and finance for radical activity across the globe has now been spotted.

    A suspect
    A suspect in radical activity worldwide who’s accused of disrupting key events and promoting activity that leads to economic losses.

    He’s believed to be scoping out activity in the UK. It’s part of a long-held plan to refinance a push for more disturbance and radical activity against political centres.

  • Hitler was wrong about everything

    Hitler is most often talked about as an orator but unfortunately he held people’s attention because most of what he had to say was hateful. He met the moment in a time when people wanted to be aggressive to achieve and to be successful.

    The focus of such aggression is usually tipped over onto a vulnerable group in any type of country or society. In Germany, led by Hitler, this happened to be the Jewish community. They became the sole focus of his attention and he raised the issue in a very public way.

    We have examples of his speeches because of recorded history and we are able to note the reasons why this is true. It’s usually the case that antisemites blame Jewish people for everything that is rational and intelligent. This includes universities, successful businesses and political enterprise.

    “I speak now especially to those who are young. The old party’s offer you speeches. They will train you to talk; to debate; to participate in their endless Parliamentary games. They offer you a seat at a table where nothing is ever decided.”

    In fact, they become so paranoid that they usually only notice the activity of Jewish people and they extrapolate this onto all of society. This becomes a fulcrum of physical agitation and at its worst it produces a leadership that challenges the state of things. This is what happened in Germany and it became Nazi Germany.

    Today in the UK, it’s unlikely that such an overwhelming force of animosity will be able to take over our population entirely. However, bitterness, anger, and resentment is still able to spread in an unlimited way in our time. This requires our support to fight and not a position in any context or form.

    For us, education is the strongest way to correct our fellow citizen. It’s because it produces attitudes in us that are more enlightened. It means that we behave properly. It means that we act decently. It means that we know better than other people. In our own way, this produces better outcomes than they.

    

  • Reform UK is a mainstream party for UK people

    Reform UK as an entity has surged in its popularity. It has become a contender in UK politics. However, it’s not an inevitability.

    The start was rocky considering many of its key figures have faced relentless abuse. It’s not an easy gig, politics, but it didn’t need to be that hard. However, it has come through strongly.

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    Source: OpenAI ChatGPT.

    The trouble is that a bad argument is a tight one – and it’s an easy one to repeat. This becomes the bugbear of many as they seek a hearing for what they have to say, no matter the initial reaction.

    Yet, the repetitive slander is the refrain that seeks defeat in the moment, and every time. This is what Reformers have faced.

    The definitions of wayward words aside, the party has got to show that it has got the balls to win. This takes as much virtue – and valour – as any other politician here has had to show in their time.

  • Spain accepts a UN-sized challenge

    The State in Europe most likely to produce the more virulent sort of activist has apparently now “welcomed” the relocation of about 100 positions in the United Nations Development Program from the UN’s headquarters in New York City to Madrid, in a sign that the international body is looking for a more integrated approach to its controversial work and sees Spain as a potential partner in this.

    The timing is perhaps calculated more internally than in recognition of external circumstances, and the planning must have involved more in consideration than the political climate on the streets, but it cannot be ignored that placing one of its more prominent works programs in such a country invites criticism of its level of adherence to radical aims. It’s a question of how much a move will stabilise a frequently divisive operational direction.

  • Russia’s PR handling is an exercise in whispers

    The Russian weaponisation of media statements is another practicality in the State’s way of guiding and controlling events. The usual method is employed across the territory to maintain a united message as order around the world is torn apart in its nationalistic imagination.

    An example of an “X” post that is now indicative of Russia’s position as a hostile neighbour in a region that it wants to dominate.

    The President starts it off by calling the leader of Ukraine a “Nazi” and this catcall is repeated by officials at high and low levels, but it’s only the start of their effort to demonise their enemy. Underneath each start point given to them from the Kremlin’s cheat sheet are their own additions based on their antipathy.

    This is the cascading nature of hostility in Europe’s only closed State, a standoff ‘partner’ in human affairs that doesn’t engage properly and only politely refuses at certain times. It’s a combative stance that has caused trouble repeatedly and still pertains to be the problem. This is the type of fight that Ukraine has on its mind as it struggles now to survive.

  • Jenrick shows his best in Newark

    Robert Jenrick was welcomed into the Reform UK fold early this evening with an event that specially marked his defection and signified the initiation of a forward drive for the party hoping to achieve more than triumph in the polls.

    His declaration of support for Nigel Farage solidified a long held ambition for Clacton’s famous MP. He’s tried many times before to enter Parliament, but his success in 2024 was only the beginning of seeking to fulfil his real dreams.

    Robert Jenrick MP (Newark/Reform UK) shows his rhetorical skills for Nigel Farage MP (Clacton/Reform UK).

    Farage has told many like Jenrick of his pip for power as something that drives him as an Englishman, and he says it’s grounded in values that he’s felt and picked up on across the country during his prolonged career on the political stage.

    Jenrick is of a similar hue and glistens with vision in his own eyes, and so the two are bedfellows. The progress of his beliefs in the party may be at odds at times with those that are less progressive, but he has the same spirit as the party membership has as well.

  • President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria is a lone voice

    The attempt to rebuild Syria is a national hope that may take a long time to realise. It’s not an easy place to rebuild, and it’s difficult to make reasonable contact with most people, as its previous leader knew. The unity and continuity of business activity needed for its survival and credibility in the Middle East is hard to come by in these circumstances.

    Credit: @AH_AlSharaa/X.

    Yet, President Ahmed al-Sharaa is making his efforts known to the world that he intends to try to do it himself. The success of it is now a likelihood that’s built on his respect for such realities in the region. He too has to navigate the complex dealings of peoples that are never really settled. He also has to make contributions in a state of affairs that is fast moving, and doesn’t look back to find out the losers.

    His messages in public are conciliatory in tone but they have underlying principles in mind. These are peacemaking initiatives in a Syrian way of thinking. The launch of a new currency looks like a signal of intent but it’s not founded on printing it for friends and foes alike. The outstretched hand of Ahmed al-Sharaa is also a clenched fist if they fight him, which is well known because of his diplomacy.

  • The Prime Minister has to think about everything

    The job of a Prime Minister is a salaried role with high expectations for performance. The management involved is complex and involves an organisation of significant size. The daily duties range from cyber threats to the nitty gritty detail of documents produced by his own staff. This is a daily range of activity that is definitely not for the unqualified.

    It also takes a whole approach to the role that enables people to understand what it is. This is called transparency and it defines a lot of what people want to see right now from their top executives. The PM’s primary role is to balance functions across tasks, and this means involving people appropriately.

    We all have to work at the same level of ability and this management bubble is entirely the Prime Minister’s own. His performance is rated on it, and his approval rating rises or slips based on a public perception of how he’s doing it. It may vary in terms of opinion, but there are objective facts to it, too.

  • Thatcher knew about reality

    The truest test of character for a leader is a grip on reality. This is tried in politics by their recollection of what’s important by the questioning of those that believe it matters most to their very own lives.

    At least, this is what Margaret Thatcher – the former Conservative Prime Minister and first female in the position – said about the duty as she spoke about her time in Number 10 to me over a brief lunch.

    It’s not that I admired her at first, but I was able to put together what she said with what I had seen to gather that she was a real Conservative, a true libertarian at heart.

    It didn’t just matter if some said it, she felt it was also necessary to reason it through, too, and this point, I considered, had helped her to deepen her understanding of all that she needed to know.

    Her gift was for getting to know people well, or at least getting into their company to find them out and start it off.

    She had principles – or rules – in mind that helped her to do it. “There is nothing to be gained by being familiar,” she said, “everything is lost in that way, always.” She retained a moderate approach to doing this always.

    The practice helped build up a knowledge base of what it is people wanted. It stopped her assuming it and led her into the “realm of knowing,” as she put it. It’s how most of her assumptions were road tested before going to print.

  • Figures Of Change: Giorgia Meloni

    As the first female politician of an Italian party to make it to being Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni holds a title that already stands her in good stead. However, it’s only her ‘platform’ for a further review of Italian politics and the way it’s done. This is what she was known for plotting long before her election in October 2022, also being called a “globetrotter” for her obsessive attention to the detail of the political systems of other nations.

    Her ideas are said to be more important to her than her ideals, two separate things that are called ‘pursuits’ by some in high politics. These circles see leaders by their real efforts and eventual, overall endeavours, counting and clocking up the time spent in making sure they work out, and are true.

    Therefore, Meloni is somewhere up there in terms of how she does things, understanding that’s is meaningful time spent with others and in deep thought that counts. Her active participation in a political system is also a guarantee of the future of her contributions, because this is how most people want it done.

  • Nigel Farage is a game changer

    Nigel Farage MP (Clacton/Reform UK) is a classic example of marksmanship in UK politics. He’s said to not be understood but polling suggests he’s understood by most people. The model of fitting paper thin accusations against the relevant days events allows for an ongoing, long-running narrative of decline. It’s not true, however, that Farage does this in our political system at all.

    He’s known as a sociable, affable chap amongst many different types of people. It’s hard not to be. There are many “decent” people in politics, as he usually says to me, and it never dims in his spirit. He’s always been a welcoming part of the Westminster folk, even if his prior platforms were European-based. He’s not been accused of racism by any of our major, leading institutions. It’s tattle that follows him otherwise.

  • Like most States, North Korea is still trying

    In some sense the embattled state of North Korea is still trying to flex its muscles as it pursues the same policy of might over right. It doesn’t want to engage South Korea in much meaningful dialogue and so it looks to itself and the future for inspiration.

    This is how States are doing it right now. They’re managing their own affairs much better than handling the matters that occur elsewhere.

    It’s not cowardice at who’s in the world but a closer focus on each persons place in it. If new strength leads to new prowess, the old times of direct conflict may return.

    North Korea, meanwhile, is seeking to lead itself into a new place. It’s not necessarily built on weaponry alone, and even though there’s a lot to those rumours, there’s more to be fathomed elsewhere.

    It’s believed the State now allows citizens a level of personal responsibility beyond its former limited remit.

    This means, mainly, education is improving and at a rate in consideration of access to literature and freedoms we associate with a free mind.

    However, it’s a North Korean’s new duty to think about it rather than just admire its beauty or its art. It’s an intellectual revolution over a technical revolution, if we’re to think in those terms.

    This doesn’t change the state of affairs internationally, but it helps us to understand what’s going on meanwhile, and maybe apprehend reactions a lot better.