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Ten years, and Brexit for Northern Ireland hasn’t happened. It’s time for a hard line
Ten years ago, the people of the United Kingdom, circa 17.5 million citizens, voted to leave the European Union. Today, the will of the people still has not been delivered. Northern Ireland, a sovereign and integral part of the Union has been left behind, trapped in the orbit of the EU, remaining subject to an ever-evolving corpus of EU law intruding on almost every aspect of citizens' lives.
Keir Starmer is causing trouble over the Troubles
The government should stop caving in over Northern Ireland legacy issues Sir Keir Starmer has just visited Belfast to speak to community and political leaders. He is now in Cork for a two-day “UK-Ireland Summit” with the Dublin government. This is a key part of the “reset” with Ireland of which the Prime Minister is inordinately proud. It replaces the Conservative government’s frosty relationship as it, uniquely, legislated on legacy without Dublin’s agreement much to their annoyance.
Labour will unleash lawfare on our veterans. Do not believe its claims otherwise
A British soldier stands guard in Falls Road, Belfast as a building burns, 1969 - Mirrorpix/Getty Images This week Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, tried to explain why the Government is choosing to gut the Conservatives’ 2023 Legacy Act, which will remove immunity protections for Northern Ireland veterans.
The mad year-by-year smoking ban cannot apply in NI. But the Government isn’t listening
The Windsor Framework is an affront to British democracy. It has shackled Northern Ireland to the EU’s single market, casting my homeland further away from our supposed United Kingdom. The EU knew this when it designed the Windsor Framework and the Conservative government convinced themselves that it would only be temporary. Yet ironically, it is this framework that should in theory prevent the UK Government’s ill-advised generational smoking ban from wreaking havoc on the island of Ireland.
Labour must engage the alternative media, not oppress it
Lisa Nandy threatening to regulate GB News was symptomatic of a failure to appeal to voters The Labour Party is in electoral doldrums. Opinion polls show Reform consistently at least 10 per cent ahead, and Labour is on course to lose power in Wales next May, where it has won every national election for over a century. Campaigns and PR experts are going to be searching for a way to turn the party’s prospects around. My advice to the Labour Party is simple — embrace GB News.
Britain’s smoking ban will inflict havoc on Ireland
As Westminster and Dublin compete with performative new tobacco bans, smokers on the island of Ireland will be forced to dodge between jurisdictions and shifting laws just to buy a pack of cigarettes. Starting in February 2028, adults under the age of 21 in the Republic of Ireland will be barred from buying tobacco at home but will still be able to nip across the border to stock up in Northern Ireland.
The Windsor Framework must fall so that Brexit can live
The EU (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill can restore the integrity of the United Kingdom The EU (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill will address the great unresolved issue of Brexit and in-so-doing it will not only help the people of Northern Ireland but the people of the United Kingdom as a whole.
The shameful legacy of Tony Blair’s Hunting Act
Most laws enacted nearly 20 years ago become uncontroversial with the passage of time. The Hunting Act, though, is not one of them. As hunts gather today for their traditional Boxing Day meet, the latest chapter in this ongoing story involves fresh claims about Labour and past ‘cash for commitments’. Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app Spectator podcasts and newsletters Full access to spectator.co.uk Or
Ireland’s Covid amnesia
The establishment refuses to say a word about the past few years of madness. Topics Covid-19 Politics From about two weeks into Ireland’s Covid lockdowns, sceptics like me felt as if they were wading through some form of surreal dream. It was as if a collective madness had taken hold. Lockdowns may have been strict all over the world. But nowhere were they enforced as long and as zealously as in Ireland, or with as little public opposition. The world got a sense of this early on.
The use and abuse of the Emmett Till tragedy
Topics Culture Identity Politics Politics USA The US in the 1950s was not a time of conformity and stasis, as the stereotype suggests. It was a time of great change and anxiety, especially in the South, where the struggle against racial segregation was coming to a head. This moment is brought to painful life in Chinonye Chukwu’s new film, Till, which focusses on the murder of 14-year-old black boy Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955, and his mother Mamie Till’s struggle for justice.
The slippery slope to trans toddlers
Letting 16-year-olds legally change sex is a dangerously naive idea. Topics Identity Politics Politics UK This week, the UK government made the ground-breaking decision to block Nicola Sturgeon’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which had been passed in the Scottish parliament last year. One of the most dangerous and controversial aspects of the Scottish legislation was that it would enable children as young as 16 to obtain a gender-recognition certificate and thus legally change sex.
Sunak has already given up on Northern Ireland
The government is preparing to capitulate to the EU’s demand to carve up the UK. Topics Brexit Politics UK Last week, Belfast was graced by the visits of UK foreign secretary James Cleverly, leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer and Irish foreign minister Micheál Martin. All were there to meet local party leaders and to persuade the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to restore devolved government in Stormont.
Is Leo Varadkar finally seeing sense on the protocol?
The system the EU has imposed on Northern Ireland is intolerable – and everyone knows it. Topics Brexit Politics UK There has been a notable change of tone on the Northern Ireland Protocol from Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in recent days. On Tuesday, he acknowledged that Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements are ‘too strict’. Plainly, this isn’t a full admission of past wrongdoing.
The Northern Ireland Protocol is none of Biden's business
Topics Brexit Politics USA There was much speculation that the Northern Ireland Protocol would be a major part of the talks held this week between UK prime minister Liz Truss and US president Joe Biden at the UN assembly. As it turned out, it seems the protocol played only a very minor part. Truss rightly believes that the US, while an important ally in supporting Ukraine, has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the UK.
Price caps won’t solve the energy crisis
The prices of gas and electricity are soaring. So much so that earlier this week UK energy regulator Ofgem proposed a big change to its consumer price cap. From October, the cap on household energy bills will change once every quarter, instead of twice a year. Ofgem claims that the change means consumers will be able to benefit from falling prices sooner.
We’re all snowflakes now
Here are three recent pieces of news. See if you can spot a unifying theme. On Tuesday, it was reported in The Times that a girl had been ‘driven out of school after disputing trans views’. The female pupil in question was hounded for questioning a visiting politician’s assertions about transphobia. After asserting the reality of biological sex, the girl was surrounded by up to 60 other girls, who ‘shouted, screamed and spat at her’. She has consequently left the school to study at home.
Spare us Prince Harry’s woke holidays
Topics Identity Politics UK World The jet-setting Prince Harry has a lot to say about how other people should live. So it is no surprise that his woke gaze has now turned to tourism – ‘sustainable’ tourism, naturally. Travalyst is a new venture led by the Duke of Sussex, in partnership with big travel firms like Booking.com, Expedia, Google, Skyscanner, Trip.com, Tripadvisor and Visa.
Stop sneering at Wagatha Christie
Who else is gripped by the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial? The latest Sally Rooney TV adaptation is unwatchable and Love Island doesn’t start until next month, so many of us have instead turned to the Royal Courts of Justice for entertainment. Wagatha Christie is the nickname given to Coleen Rooney, wife of former footballer Wayne Rooney. Back in 2019, Coleen infamously accused fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy (wife of Jamie) of leaking stories about the Rooneys to the Sun.
Idrissa Gueye and the tyranny of compelled speech
Similarly, Newcastle United is apparently ‘committed’ to Stonewall’s ‘rainbow laces’ campaign, even though it is part-owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. In Saudi Arabia, homosexuality is punishable by death. Scratch beneath the surface and there is usually very little virtue behind the virtue-signalling. The only sensible course of action here is to leave Gueye alone. No good can ever come from forcing people to express views they don’t believe.
No, wokeness is not in retreat
Being fully in favour of any kind of pushback against millennial authoritarianism, I was pleased to read the note Netflix sent to its touchy employees. The streaming giant has told its staff that if they cannot handle the idea of working on shows that offend them, then they should seek employment elsewhere. ‘[You] may need to work on titles you perceive to be harmful’, says Netflix. And if you can’t do that, then ‘Netflix may not be the best place for you’. Ouch.
The National Woke Service
The NHS has clearly lost its way. It takes ages to see a doctor, operations are regularly cancelled and NHS leaders continually complain about underfunding. And yet despite the severe problems the NHS faces, the NHS Leadership Academy is offering NHS leaders the opportunity to take an online course on microaggressions, at a cost of £1,100 per participant. This is absurd. Training NHS leaders to embrace the dogma of microaggressions is a total waste of time and money.
Jamie Oliver can BOGOF
Twee middle-class protesters will be back on the streets of London later this week. You know the type. Think of those battalions of Earlsfield mums who marched for a second Brexit referendum. Or that unholy alliance of public schoolgirls and pensioners who regularly cry out for the global economy to be reined in to ease their fears over carbon emissions. Now they have a new cause and a not-so-new champion. They’ll be joining celebrity chef Jamie Oliver for a protest in London on Friday.
The slump of the century
Another day, another grim economic milestone. Today the UK’s consumer price index (CPI) reached nine per cent, its highest figure in the index’s history, pointing to the highest rate of inflation in 40 years. And we have not even reached the worst yet. The Bank of England is expecting double-digit inflation just around the corner. This follows the biggest energy shock since the 1970s OPEC oil crisis. The average household energy bill soared by more than 50 per cent in April.
Could black African Brits be about to go Tory?
In the recent UK local elections, Labour appeared to do well in London, taking control of Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet from the Tories. But appearances can be deceptive. There is good reason to think that Labour is actually losing ground among ethnic-minority Londoners – especially the traditionally minded and upwardly mobile minority groups who could once be relied on to support it.
Why the middle-class left loves Jack Monroe
Is anyone else a little tired of the Jack Monroe aesthetic? I guess we could call it poverty chic. That well-lit, photogenic, Guardian-approved vision of life in the hard lane. All gingham shirts, hipster headscarves, sparse but beautifully decorated kitchens. ‘Working class but definitely not gammon!’ every photo of Ms Monroe screams. And then there’s the books. Tin Can Cook, Cooking on a Bootstrap. I’m just waiting for Brunch on Benefits.
Does Stonewall think I’m the wrong kind of gay?
Stonewall, the UK’s largest LGBT group, is one of the most influential organisations in Britain. It works across the public sector and the private sector, shaping policy in the workplace, schools and every institution imaginable. But it is not without its critics. Prominent among them is Simon Fanshawe, one of Stonewall’s founders. Fanshawe is also an award-winning comedian and the author of The Power of Difference.
Jeremy Hunt is not the answer to the Tories' woes
Congratulations are due to Jeremy Hunt for setting a new personal best when it comes to the issuing of implausible claims. It was way back in May 2012 when Hunt admitted to the Leveson Inquiry that he had hid from journalists, possibly behind a tree, shortly after he had been appointed secretary of state for culture, media and sport in 2010. But he denied that this was to avoid being seen going to a drinks party to meet Rupert Murdoch’s son, James.
Trans dogma has taken over our schools
A baroness gave a talk to sixth-form students at a private girls’ school a few weeks ago. Afterwards, one girl was surrounded by a large group of her fellow pupils. They shouted, screamed, swore and spat at her. She escaped, but then collapsed, unable to breathe properly. The word ‘bullying’ is thrown around lightly nowadays. Children see themselves as victims of bullying if they feel left out. Bosses who put staff under pressure to meet deadlines stand accused of bullying.
The desperation of Sturgeon’s US jaunt
What a holiday Nicola Sturgeon is having. During her trip to the US this week, the Scottish first minister has been seen hanging out at a Washington, DC think tank. She’s been snapped alongside Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives. She’s even been able to indulge her favourite pastime of pontificating self-righteously. And what a feat of pontification it was. In a keynote speech delivered to the Brookings Institution, she managed to pack in as many broadsheet pieties as possible.
The protocol is an affront to the people of Northern Ireland
The EU, on the other hand, is not even prepared to allow her counterpart, Maroš Šefčovič, a wider negotiating mandate over the protocol. Many of us warned over the past year that the EU, supported by the Irish government, would not behave reasonably. The EU continues to exaggerate the necessity of the protocol for protecting its Single Market, even though just a tiny amount of Northern Ireland-bound trade from Great Britain would ever be likely to pass over the border into the Republic of Ireland.
The Belfast / Good Friday Agreement has been emasculated by the Northern Ireland Protocol — brexit-watch.org
By Kate Hoey – 3 minute read BACK IN 1998 I campaigned for a Yes vote in the referendum on the Belfast Agreement. It wasn’t an easy decision as, like many people in Northern Ireland, I detested the early release of prisoners and the failure of the IRA to give up weapons. Ultimately the basis of my support, on balance was set out succinctly by Lord Trimble who said the following in 1998: “Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom has been secured.
A tale of two Keirs
I had never met Sir Keir Starmer before his arrival in the Commons, and it was only in the last four of my thirty years in Parliament that he was the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. During the short time we both sat on the Labour benches, we did not have a proper conversation.
Vaccine passports are the thin end of the wedge
Vaccine passports are wrong. They are wrong in themselves. They are wrong in conception. They are wrong in terms of cost. Nobody in the UK should be forced to carry one in order to do anything that they were legally allowed to do only 18 months ago. It is that simple. If people would like to carry some digital evidence, proving that they have either had Covid or that they have had the vaccination, then they should be free to do so.
Australia vs the tech giants
Can Australia take on the most powerful and wealthy global companies in the world? The Pacific nation is currently squaring up to the Californian tech giants, demanding that they, finally, pay journalists for their work which they display, aggregate and host. The outcome could define the future of the Bucks Free Press and the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald – as well as the entire global newspaper industry, upon which Western democracy relies.
Brexit reflections from Kate Hoey
Here is the latest in our series reflecting on the Brexit process with regular BrexitCentral authors and others who have played an important role in our journey out of the European Union. Here are the answers to our questions from Kate Hoey, who was Labour MP for Vauxhall between 1989 and 2019 and a stalwart of the Labour Leave campaign. BC: When did you first come to the view that the UK would be better off out of the EU?
Brexit reflections from Owen Paterson
Here is the latest in our series reflecting on the Brexit process with regular BrexitCentral authors and others who have played an important role in our journey out of the European Union. Here are the answers to our questions from Owen Paterson, the eurosceptic former Cabinet minister who has sat in the House of Commons since 1997 . BC: When did you first come to the view that the UK would be better off out of the EU?
How to humanise Westminster
The new Speaker must set a new tone Kate Hoey, MP After 30 years in Parliament it is a wrench to be standing down. Sadly, I leave with the House of Commons devalued as an elected chamber and with the image of politicians in general never lower. I have served under four Speakers, of whom Bercow was most definitely the worst.
As a headstrong activist, I was a dangerous thing
The last few years of politics have tested loyalties and fractured tribes; for many, it’s tempting to disengage altogether. We have asked contributors to remind us of why politics matters, by reflecting on their formative years. This series of political awakenings shows how family, feelings and unlikely accidents can shape a lifetime of politics… I’m sure there must once have been a law passed which prohibited the citizens of Barking and Dagenham from voting anything other than Labour.
Labour's Brexit shambles - UnHerd
Corbyn in crisis. Credit: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/AFP/Getty Images Flyover country Labour’s Brexit shambles The Party's laughable strategy is alienating all its voters Any political party that aspires to run the country must be able to demonstrate to voters that it is fit and competent to hold high office. And when the outcome of a general election is, for right or wrong, likely to centre on a single definitive issue, it is vital that the party’s stance on that issue is credible and coherent.
The betrayal of Paul Embery
Back in March, on the day we were supposed to Leave the European Union, there was a rally at Westminster. Emotions ran high. People had travelled to London from all corners of the UK to tell Parliamentarians how angry they felt about the extension to the departure date. The cross-party platform featured speakers across a wide political spectrum and it had one aim: to call for the referendum result to be respected.
Theresa May should stop worrying about Northern Ireland
Dear Prime Minister, We understand the future of Northern Ireland weighed heavily in your decision to agree an Irish backstop in the draft Withdrawal Agreement and remains a factor in your continuing support for the backstop, albeit now on a temporary basis. Your concerns are said to include maintaining a peace widely seen as fragile, sustaining the union and protecting jobs. We fully agree, of course, that peace is vital. Your undertaking on no new infrastructure on the border in Ireland is wise.
Kate Hoey: I won't vote for a Brexit deal that panders to the Irish government's hypocrisy
During all my years as an MP, the interest shown by most of my colleagues in Northern Ireland has been minimal. The Labour Party even had to be taken to court by a trade unionist in Belfast before it finally allowed citizens of Northern Ireland to join. Even with over a thousand members there, the party still disallows Labour candidates to stand in elections. So it has been rather ironic that in the Brexit debate Labour MPs have been queuing up to mention Northern Ireland.
No deal, no problem, Farage tells EU ‘gangsters’
Nigel Farage has branded the EU “gangsters” as he kicked off a campaign to block a “Brexit betrayal”.The former Ukip leader, sharing a platform with former Tory Brexit secretary David Davis and Labour Brexiteer MP Kate Hoey, also said it is time the UK’s own politicians “began to feel the heat” over attempts, he claimed, to overturn the referendum vote.Mr Farage was speaking before 1,000 cheering supporters at the first Leave Means Leave rally in Bolton.The crowd, waving mini Union Jack...
Labour MP who called cyclists 'law-breakers' busted for running a red
Kate Hoey, the Labour MP for Vauxhall, has pleaded guilty to running a red light in her car. She was fined £240 and will now be accused of hypocrisy for having once lambasted cyclists as "the real menace on our roads." The former sports minister drove her Mini through the red signal while on the Victoria Embankment by the River Thames in central London last July. In 2003, Hoey used a column in the Mail on Sunday to paint cyclists as "Lycra louts" who, you guessed it, run red lights.
How Brexit offers huge opportunities for Kenya
British MP Kate Hoey writes exclusively for Brits in Kenya on how Kenya could benefit from a post Brexit UK. The EU has imposed punitive trade barriers on Kenya in recent years. This is part of an EU strategy to force Kenya to accept a trade deal which requires a massive liberalisation of the Kenyan economy in exchange for enhanced trade access with the EU. Some people argue that this is a classic EU move of playing ‘hard ball’ with weaker economies, which ultimately keep them poor.
'We must get out of the protectionist EU and into the world' -- Kate Hoey writes for Business Insider
LONDON -In last year’s general election, the Labour Party manifesto stated in plain language: “Labour accepts the referendum result.” Standing on this pro-Brexit programme, Labour achieved its highest vote share since 2001 and its biggest swing since 1945. A majority of the seats that Labour won from the Conservatives were in constituencies that are estimated to have voted Leave.
‘We must get out of the protectionist EU and into the world’ — Kate Hoey writes for Business Insider
LONDON -In last year’s general election, the Labour Party manifesto stated in plain language: “Labour accepts the referendum result.” Standing on this pro-Brexit programme, Labour achieved its highest vote share since 2001 and its biggest swing since 1945. A majority of the seats that Labour won from the Conservatives were in constituencies that are estimated to have voted Leave.
'We must get out of the protectionist EU and into the world' — Kate Hoey writes for Business Insider
LONDON —In last year's general election, the Labour Party manifesto stated in plain language: "Labour accepts the referendum result." Standing on this pro-Brexit programme, Labour achieved its highest vote share since 2001 and its biggest swing since 1945. A majority of the seats that Labour won from the Conservatives were in constituencies that are estimated to have voted Leave.
New manifesto calls for 'A Better South Bank for Everyone'
MPs Kate Hoey and Neil Coyle have launched a new document setting out priorities for action in the South Bank area over the next four years. The Vauxhall MP and the Bermondsey & Old Southwark MP are co-chairs of the South Bank Partnership which brings together Lambeth and Southwark councils as well as other public services and business organisations. The partnership's remit covers the area between Lambeth Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge, and down to St George's Circus.
General election hustings at Waterloo's Oasis Church
Vauxhall constituency hustings in Waterloo attracted a large audience for a lively two hour debate. Message flashed on screen during brief disruptive heckling The candidates at the hustings The event on Thursday evening was hosted by the Kennington Park Road Residents' Association at Oasis Church.
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