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Teachers and Nurses Face Tax Increase after Mini-budget Hands Out to Bankers
THE OBSERVER: Research by the Liberal Democrats shows that key workers will be worse off next year but top bank bosses will enjoy huge perks
Liz Truss’s government is promising a cut in the basic tax rate, but freezing the tax thresholdPhotograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Teachers and nurses will see their income taxes increase next year while top bank bosses will enjoy a cut worth more than £100,000, according to a new analysis of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.
While the tax-cutting package brought forward a promised reduction in the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19%, that cut will be more than offset by a decision to freeze the point at which people start paying tax. It means that some key workers will be paying more income tax next year.
A teacher on a starting salary of £25,700 will see their income tax rise by £121 in 2023-24 once the threshold freeze is taken into account, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. An NHS nurse will also face a £107 rise. Meanwhile, a top banker earning £2.5m will enjoy a tax cut of more than £117,000. » | Michael Savage and Jon Ungoed-Thomas | Saturday, September 24, 2022
This woman is shameless! She has a face of brass! The sooner the electorate dumps her, the better it will be for us all.
She appears to like to compare herself to Margaret Thatcher. Dream on, Truss! Margaret Thatcher even though she was in so many ways a wonderful leader, had her faults and weaknesses, too. But one thing she had which Truss doesn’t have is any understanding of Christianity. Thatcher’s background, by contrast, was steeped in Christianity; moreover, Truss’s lack of understanding of Christianity shows in her uncaring policies.
I thought we had reached rock bottom with BoJo, but Truss has stolen the prize even after just a few days in office! – © Mark Alexander
Teachers and nurses will see their income taxes increase next year while top bank bosses will enjoy a cut worth more than £100,000, according to a new analysis of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.
While the tax-cutting package brought forward a promised reduction in the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19%, that cut will be more than offset by a decision to freeze the point at which people start paying tax. It means that some key workers will be paying more income tax next year.
A teacher on a starting salary of £25,700 will see their income tax rise by £121 in 2023-24 once the threshold freeze is taken into account, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. An NHS nurse will also face a £107 rise. Meanwhile, a top banker earning £2.5m will enjoy a tax cut of more than £117,000. » | Michael Savage and Jon Ungoed-Thomas | Saturday, September 24, 2022
This woman is shameless! She has a face of brass! The sooner the electorate dumps her, the better it will be for us all.
She appears to like to compare herself to Margaret Thatcher. Dream on, Truss! Margaret Thatcher even though she was in so many ways a wonderful leader, had her faults and weaknesses, too. But one thing she had which Truss doesn’t have is any understanding of Christianity. Thatcher’s background, by contrast, was steeped in Christianity; moreover, Truss’s lack of understanding of Christianity shows in her uncaring policies.
I thought we had reached rock bottom with BoJo, but Truss has stolen the prize even after just a few days in office! – © Mark Alexander
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The Guardian View on the Tory Trickle Up Policies: Redistributing to the Rich
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: Kwasi Kwarteng thinks Britain needs to give millionaires huge handouts and concrete over the country. He’s wrong
Kwasi Kwarteng came to the Commons determined to bury the politics of redistribution. But the Conservative chancellor revived it with a “ mini-budget” that attached rocket boosters on to bankers’ pay, gave millionaires a £40,000 handout by abolishing the top rate of tax and cut levies for businesses and buy-to-let landlords. It is in a cost of living crisis that Mr Kwarteng has chosen to show his true colours. Ordinary families are choosing between heating and eating. The nation’s public services are falling apart. The chancellor’s medicine for such ailments is to shower money – and to loosen regulatory safeguards – on the City, energy companies and housebuilders. » | Editorial | Friday, September 23, 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng came to the Commons determined to bury the politics of redistribution. But the Conservative chancellor revived it with a “ mini-budget” that attached rocket boosters on to bankers’ pay, gave millionaires a £40,000 handout by abolishing the top rate of tax and cut levies for businesses and buy-to-let landlords. It is in a cost of living crisis that Mr Kwarteng has chosen to show his true colours. Ordinary families are choosing between heating and eating. The nation’s public services are falling apart. The chancellor’s medicine for such ailments is to shower money – and to loosen regulatory safeguards – on the City, energy companies and housebuilders. » | Editorial | Friday, September 23, 2022
Italian Voters Appear Ready to Turn a Page for Europe
THE NEW YORK TIMES: With the hard-right candidate Giorgia Meloni ahead before Sunday’s election, Italy could get its first leader whose party traces its roots to the wreckage of Fascism.
Supporters of Giorgia Meloni at a joint rally on Thursday for the Brothers of Italy, League and Forza Italia parties in Rome. | Andreas Solaro/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
ROME — Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s hard-right leader, resents having to talk about Fascism. She has publicly, and in multiple languages, said that the Italian right has “handed Fascism over to history for decades now.” She argued that “the problem with Fascism in Italy always begins with the electoral campaign,” when the Italian left, she said, wheels out “the black wave” to smear its opponents.
But none of that matters now, she insisted in an interview this month, because Italians do not care. “Italians don’t believe anymore in this garbage,” she said with a shrug.
Ms. Meloni may be proved right on Sunday, when she is expected to be the top vote-getter in Italian elections, a breakthrough far-right parties in Europe have anticipated for decades.
More than 70 years after Nazis and Fascists nearly destroyed Europe, formerly taboo parties with Nazi or Fascist heritages that were long marginalized have elbowed their way into the mainstream. Some are even winning. A page of European history seems to be turning.
Last week, a hard-right group founded by neo-Nazis and skinheads became the largest party in Sweden’s likely governing coalition. The far-right leader Marine Le Pen — for a second consecutive time — reached the final round of French presidential elections this year.
But it is Italy, the birthplace of Fascism, that looks likely to be led not only by its first female prime minister in Ms. Meloni but the first Italian leader whose party can trace its roots back to the wreckage of Italian Fascism. » | Jason Horowitz | Saturday, September 24, 2022
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ROME — Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s hard-right leader, resents having to talk about Fascism. She has publicly, and in multiple languages, said that the Italian right has “handed Fascism over to history for decades now.” She argued that “the problem with Fascism in Italy always begins with the electoral campaign,” when the Italian left, she said, wheels out “the black wave” to smear its opponents.
But none of that matters now, she insisted in an interview this month, because Italians do not care. “Italians don’t believe anymore in this garbage,” she said with a shrug.
Ms. Meloni may be proved right on Sunday, when she is expected to be the top vote-getter in Italian elections, a breakthrough far-right parties in Europe have anticipated for decades.
More than 70 years after Nazis and Fascists nearly destroyed Europe, formerly taboo parties with Nazi or Fascist heritages that were long marginalized have elbowed their way into the mainstream. Some are even winning. A page of European history seems to be turning.
Last week, a hard-right group founded by neo-Nazis and skinheads became the largest party in Sweden’s likely governing coalition. The far-right leader Marine Le Pen — for a second consecutive time — reached the final round of French presidential elections this year.
But it is Italy, the birthplace of Fascism, that looks likely to be led not only by its first female prime minister in Ms. Meloni but the first Italian leader whose party can trace its roots back to the wreckage of Italian Fascism. » | Jason Horowitz | Saturday, September 24, 2022
Related articles: En français. Auf Deutsch. In English.
Iran Protests Surge to Dozens of Cities
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iranians fed up with oppressive rules and a battered economy have faced bullets, tear gas and arrests to demand an end to the Islamic Republic’s rule.
Demonstrators on the streets of Tehran this past week. Protests spurred by a woman’s death in custody have expanded to include outrage over economic problems and frustration with moral strictures. | Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Protests in Iran against the government spread to more than five dozen cities on Friday even as the authorities escalated a crackdown that has reportedly killed dozens of people and brought the arrests of prominent activists and journalists, according to rights groups and news media reports.
Internet access — especially on cellphone apps widely used for communication — continued to be disrupted or fully blocked, affecting Iranians’ ability to communicate with one another and the outside world. News from Iran has trickled in with many hours of delay.
In many cities, including Tehran, the capital, security forces opened fire on crowds. On Boulevard Ferdous and at the Shahrak Ekbatan apartment complex in Tehran, the forces fired at windows; in the city of Rasht, they threw tear gas into apartments, according to witnesses and videos on social media.
Iranian state media said Friday that at least 35 people had been killed in the unrest, but human rights groups have said the number is likely to be much higher. A previous death toll of 17 issued by the state media included at least five members of the security services.
The videos posted online and the scale of the response from the authorities are difficult to independently verify, but video and photographs sent by witnesses known to The New York Times were broadly in line with the images being posted widely online.
In Iran’s northwest, the small city of Oshnavieh reportedly fell to protesters when local security forces retreated after days of intense fighting, the editor of a Kurdish news site said. » | Farnaz Fassihi | Saturday, September 24, 2022
Verwandt.
Protests in Iran against the government spread to more than five dozen cities on Friday even as the authorities escalated a crackdown that has reportedly killed dozens of people and brought the arrests of prominent activists and journalists, according to rights groups and news media reports.
Internet access — especially on cellphone apps widely used for communication — continued to be disrupted or fully blocked, affecting Iranians’ ability to communicate with one another and the outside world. News from Iran has trickled in with many hours of delay.
In many cities, including Tehran, the capital, security forces opened fire on crowds. On Boulevard Ferdous and at the Shahrak Ekbatan apartment complex in Tehran, the forces fired at windows; in the city of Rasht, they threw tear gas into apartments, according to witnesses and videos on social media.
Iranian state media said Friday that at least 35 people had been killed in the unrest, but human rights groups have said the number is likely to be much higher. A previous death toll of 17 issued by the state media included at least five members of the security services.
The videos posted online and the scale of the response from the authorities are difficult to independently verify, but video and photographs sent by witnesses known to The New York Times were broadly in line with the images being posted widely online.
In Iran’s northwest, the small city of Oshnavieh reportedly fell to protesters when local security forces retreated after days of intense fighting, the editor of a Kurdish news site said. » | Farnaz Fassihi | Saturday, September 24, 2022
Verwandt.
Truss/Kwarteng: A Reckless Economic Gamble Certain to Fail
Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have told us that their priority is to grow the economy. They plan to do this by borrowing huge amounts of money whilst cutting taxes which will inevitably benefit the rich more than those in desperate need. This is in addition to the £130 billion which they are borrowing in order to protect the profits of energy companies as they reduce the prices charged to consumers.
Inflation is at the highest it has been for several decades, interest rates are going up and individuals and businesses are being squeezed ever more. The NHS is in crisis with around 6 million waiting for treatment.
More and more families are depending upon food banks as they face an approaching winter when many of them will be unable to afford to heat their homes.
To reduce taxes thus benefitting the rich at a time of such crisis is a reckless and stupid gamble which will not work.
Opposition to the government is increasing and will only be inflamed by this absurd government policy.
It seems highly likely that this will lead to social unrest and a breakdown of law and order in the coming months
Inflation is at the highest it has been for several decades, interest rates are going up and individuals and businesses are being squeezed ever more. The NHS is in crisis with around 6 million waiting for treatment.
More and more families are depending upon food banks as they face an approaching winter when many of them will be unable to afford to heat their homes.
To reduce taxes thus benefitting the rich at a time of such crisis is a reckless and stupid gamble which will not work.
Opposition to the government is increasing and will only be inflamed by this absurd government policy.
It seems highly likely that this will lead to social unrest and a breakdown of law and order in the coming months
Friday, September 23, 2022
Berlusconi Claims Russians ‘Pushed’ Putin into Ukraine War
THE GUARDIAN: Italian former PM’s party is part of coalition expected to win Sunday’s general election
The 85-year-old billionaire at the centre-right rally in Rome on 22 September. Berlusconi has long been close with the Russian president. Photograph: Giuseppe Lami/EPA
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s three-time former prime minister, whose party is forecast to return to government after the general election on Sunday, has sparked a row after defending the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over the war in Ukraine.
The 85-year-old billionaire told Italian TV that Putin, an old friend of his, was pushed to invad Ukraine by the Russian people and by ministers who wanted Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration replaced with “decent people”.
Berlusconi, who has condemned the war, told the chatshow Porta a Porta that separatists had gone to Moscow and told the media that Ukraine’s attacks had caused 16,000 deaths and that Putin was doing nothing to defend them. » | Angela Giuffrida in Rome | Friday, September 23, 2022
Is it true that this dude has already been embalmed? – Mark
Berlusconi draws a backlash for appearing to defend Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. »
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s three-time former prime minister, whose party is forecast to return to government after the general election on Sunday, has sparked a row after defending the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over the war in Ukraine.
The 85-year-old billionaire told Italian TV that Putin, an old friend of his, was pushed to invad Ukraine by the Russian people and by ministers who wanted Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration replaced with “decent people”.
Berlusconi, who has condemned the war, told the chatshow Porta a Porta that separatists had gone to Moscow and told the media that Ukraine’s attacks had caused 16,000 deaths and that Putin was doing nothing to defend them. » | Angela Giuffrida in Rome | Friday, September 23, 2022
Is it true that this dude has already been embalmed? – Mark
Berlusconi draws a backlash for appearing to defend Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. »
Pound Plummets as UK Government Announces Biggest Tax Cuts in 50 Years
Don't call it a budget - but it is the biggest budget intervention we've seen in decades, largely at odds with what twelve years of Conservative Chancellors have told us.
The Office of Budget Responsibility was stopped from publishing forecasts it had been working on, so the test of whether it is responsible was largely left to the financial markets.
The Chancellor claims he's unleashing "the power of the private sector".
The Office of Budget Responsibility was stopped from publishing forecasts it had been working on, so the test of whether it is responsible was largely left to the financial markets.
The Chancellor claims he's unleashing "the power of the private sector".
Kwarteng Accused of Reckless Mini-budget for the Rich as Pound Plummets
THE GUARDIAN: Strategy of sweeping tax cuts gets hostile reception from markets and economic thinktanks, leaving some Tory MPs aghast
A screenshot taken from the accompanying video.
Kwasi Kwarteng has been accused of delivering a reckless mini-budget for the rich after his £45bn tax-cutting package sent the pound crashing to its lowest level against the dollar in 37 years.
In a high-risk strategy designed to revive Britain’s stagnant economy, the new chancellor announced more than £400bn of extra borrowing over the coming years to fund the biggest giveaway since Tony Barber’s ill-fated 1972 budget.
Kwarteng said tax cuts worth more than £55,000 annually to someone earning £1m a year were part of a new direction for the economy and were designed to help boost growth to 2.5% a year. Some Labour MPs described them as a “class war”. With video » | Larry Elliott and Rowena Mason | Friday, September 23, 2022
This is capitalism at its most hideous! Kwasi Kwarteng has shown us the true face of the Tory party! These disgusting people need to be kicked out of office asap! There is capitalism and there is capitalism. This kind of capitalism disgusts any decent soul. It is inhumane and unChristian. To use Margaret Thatcher’s own words: No! No! No! – © Mark Alexander
Pound sinks as investors question huge tax cuts: The pound has fallen to a fresh 37-year low against the dollar as financial markets reacted to the biggest tax cutting moves in 50 years. »
Kwasi Kwarteng has been accused of delivering a reckless mini-budget for the rich after his £45bn tax-cutting package sent the pound crashing to its lowest level against the dollar in 37 years.
In a high-risk strategy designed to revive Britain’s stagnant economy, the new chancellor announced more than £400bn of extra borrowing over the coming years to fund the biggest giveaway since Tony Barber’s ill-fated 1972 budget.
Kwarteng said tax cuts worth more than £55,000 annually to someone earning £1m a year were part of a new direction for the economy and were designed to help boost growth to 2.5% a year. Some Labour MPs described them as a “class war”. With video » | Larry Elliott and Rowena Mason | Friday, September 23, 2022
This is capitalism at its most hideous! Kwasi Kwarteng has shown us the true face of the Tory party! These disgusting people need to be kicked out of office asap! There is capitalism and there is capitalism. This kind of capitalism disgusts any decent soul. It is inhumane and unChristian. To use Margaret Thatcher’s own words: No! No! No! – © Mark Alexander
Pound sinks as investors question huge tax cuts: The pound has fallen to a fresh 37-year low against the dollar as financial markets reacted to the biggest tax cutting moves in 50 years. »
Joe Biden face au « demi-fascisme » républicain
LE MONDE : En pointant du doigt les partisans pro-Trump et en assimilant ces derniers à une menace intérieure, le président des Etats-Unis veut convaincre les électeurs indécis que le structin de mi-mandat de novembre serait existentiel.
Analyse. Au temps de la guerre froide, l’ennemi de l’Amérique était communiste. Dans l’ère post-11 septembre 2001, il était islamiste. Voici aujourd’hui les Etats-Unis face à une nouvelle menace redoutable : elle est intérieure. Une partie du pays dérive, portant atteinte à son âme, à ses valeurs et à son système politique. Tel est le constat dressé par Joe Biden, à une cinquantaine de jours des élections de mi-mandat du 8 novembre. Pour caractériser cette menace représentée par les « républicains MAGA » (acronyme du slogan « Make America great again », de Donald Trump), le président est allé jusqu’à dire, le 25 août, qu’elle était « comme un demi-fascisme ».
L’expression surprend. D’abord, comment être fasciste à moitié ? A croire que le président n’assume pas entièrement son audace sémantique, ou qu’il redoute une rupture complète avec cette partie de la population américaine. Dans le camp républicain, les calculs de Joe Biden n’ont guère été pris en compte. Chacun s’est dit heurté, évitant ainsi de s’interroger sur la pente extrémiste du parti. Le présentateur vedette de Fox News, Tucker Carlson – qui a légitimé à l’antenne la théorie raciste du « grand remplacement » menaçant supposément la population blanche chrétienne –, a prétendu que les propos du président démocrate étaient « une déclaration de guerre contre la moitié du pays ». Pourtant, Joe Biden a longuement insisté sur le rôle toxique d’une minorité seulement du Parti républicain. Et de guerre, il n’a jamais été question. Seulement d’une mobilisation civique pour défendre, dans les urnes, la démocratie américaine. » | Par Piotr Smolar (Washington, correspondant) | vendredi 23 septembre 2022
Analyse. Au temps de la guerre froide, l’ennemi de l’Amérique était communiste. Dans l’ère post-11 septembre 2001, il était islamiste. Voici aujourd’hui les Etats-Unis face à une nouvelle menace redoutable : elle est intérieure. Une partie du pays dérive, portant atteinte à son âme, à ses valeurs et à son système politique. Tel est le constat dressé par Joe Biden, à une cinquantaine de jours des élections de mi-mandat du 8 novembre. Pour caractériser cette menace représentée par les « républicains MAGA » (acronyme du slogan « Make America great again », de Donald Trump), le président est allé jusqu’à dire, le 25 août, qu’elle était « comme un demi-fascisme ».
L’expression surprend. D’abord, comment être fasciste à moitié ? A croire que le président n’assume pas entièrement son audace sémantique, ou qu’il redoute une rupture complète avec cette partie de la population américaine. Dans le camp républicain, les calculs de Joe Biden n’ont guère été pris en compte. Chacun s’est dit heurté, évitant ainsi de s’interroger sur la pente extrémiste du parti. Le présentateur vedette de Fox News, Tucker Carlson – qui a légitimé à l’antenne la théorie raciste du « grand remplacement » menaçant supposément la population blanche chrétienne –, a prétendu que les propos du président démocrate étaient « une déclaration de guerre contre la moitié du pays ». Pourtant, Joe Biden a longuement insisté sur le rôle toxique d’une minorité seulement du Parti républicain. Et de guerre, il n’a jamais été question. Seulement d’une mobilisation civique pour défendre, dans les urnes, la démocratie américaine. » | Par Piotr Smolar (Washington, correspondant) | vendredi 23 septembre 2022
Au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU, la Russie seule contre tous
LE MONDE : Les représentants chinois et indien ont pris leur distance avec les surenchères de Moscou lors de la 77e Assemblée générale des Nations unies. Les dirigeants occidentaux ont, eux, poursuivi leur dénonciation de l’attaque des forces russes en Ukraine.
Le ministre russe des affaires étrangères, Sergueï Lavrov, lors du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU, à New York, le 22 septembre. MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO / AFP
Sergueï Lavrov n’est resté dans la salle que le temps de prononcer une virulente diatribe contre « l’Etat totalitaire nazi », qui serait selon lui en place en Ukraine. Il n’empêche, le ministre des affaires étrangères russe s’est retrouvé isolé comme jamais, jeudi 22 septembre, à New York, lors d’une réunion du Conseil de sécurité, qui restera comme le temps fort de la 77e Assemblée générale des Nations unies, Chine et Inde plaidant pour mettre un terme aux hostilités, deux jours après la mobilisation « partielle » décrétée par le président russe, Vladimir Poutine.
En principe, la séance devait être consacrée à « la lutte contre l’impunité » des crimes dont sont accusées les forces russes engagées en Ukraine. Un sujet douloureux, une semaine après la découverte d’une fosse commune et des nouvelles atrocités commises contre les civils dans la ville d’Izioum, tout juste libérée de la férule russe. « Il n’y a pas de paix sans justice », a asséné la ministre des affaires étrangères française, Catherine Colonna, qui présidait les débats. Au moment où Vladimir Poutine joue l’escalade dans l’espoir de reprendre la main face aux succès de la contre-offensive ukrainienne, le rendez-vous a mis en lumière l’isolement croissant du chef du Kremlin. » | Par Philippe Ricard (New York, envoyé spécial) | vendredi 23 septembre 2022
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Sergueï Lavrov n’est resté dans la salle que le temps de prononcer une virulente diatribe contre « l’Etat totalitaire nazi », qui serait selon lui en place en Ukraine. Il n’empêche, le ministre des affaires étrangères russe s’est retrouvé isolé comme jamais, jeudi 22 septembre, à New York, lors d’une réunion du Conseil de sécurité, qui restera comme le temps fort de la 77e Assemblée générale des Nations unies, Chine et Inde plaidant pour mettre un terme aux hostilités, deux jours après la mobilisation « partielle » décrétée par le président russe, Vladimir Poutine.
En principe, la séance devait être consacrée à « la lutte contre l’impunité » des crimes dont sont accusées les forces russes engagées en Ukraine. Un sujet douloureux, une semaine après la découverte d’une fosse commune et des nouvelles atrocités commises contre les civils dans la ville d’Izioum, tout juste libérée de la férule russe. « Il n’y a pas de paix sans justice », a asséné la ministre des affaires étrangères française, Catherine Colonna, qui présidait les débats. Au moment où Vladimir Poutine joue l’escalade dans l’espoir de reprendre la main face aux succès de la contre-offensive ukrainienne, le rendez-vous a mis en lumière l’isolement croissant du chef du Kremlin. » | Par Philippe Ricard (New York, envoyé spécial) | vendredi 23 septembre 2022
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Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng Have Made a Declaration of Class War
THE GUARDIAN: This unofficial budget is morally indefensible, economically reckless and so risky it suggests a political death wish
Taking from those who have least, lavishing gifts on those who have most.’ Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng on a visit to Berkeley Modular in Kent. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/AP
She makes Margaret Thatcher look like a moderate and Ronald Reagan seem positively wet. Liz Truss has embarked on an ideological project so extreme that the de facto budget announced by her chancellor today amounts to a declaration of class war. It was a reverse Robin Hood: taking from those who have least, lavishing gifts on those who have most. It is morally indefensible, economically reckless and so politically risky as to suggest a death wish.
Trussonomics rests on a simple article of faith: that by rewarding the already wealthy, life will improve for everyone else. Trickle-down economics, they called it back in the 1980s, and it didn’t work then. Now it’s back in a form more stark, more extravagant, than even its most ardent apostles ever dared contemplate.
The generosity towards the amply blessed was breathtaking. Kwasi Kwarteng’s totemic move was the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses – as if the number one problem confronting Britain today was that bankers aren’t rich enough. It’ll be Cristal magnums all round in the City, obviously, but Labour HQ should also raise a glass: they’ve just been handed an attack line that cannot fail. The Conservative predecessors of Truss and Kwarteng had no principled objection to letting bankers receive telephone-number bonuses, but held off because they knew the optics were so screamingly awful. The new duo has no such restraint.
And so they have delivered the biggest tax cuts in half a century, outstripping the landmark Nigel Lawson budget of 1988 – and their largesse is aimed squarely at the top. Kwarteng decided it was those in the highest tax bracket who needed help, so he abolished the top rate altogether. That will hand an average £10,000 to the highest-earning 600,000 people in the country: literally the one per cent. » | Jonathan Freedland | Friday, September 23, 2022
Liz Truss makes Margaret Thatcher look like the fairy godmother! Divisive politics like this could eventually well lead to a revolution. Even tolerant Brits have their limits! Could Tory policies like this—giving the already super-privileged even more privileges—lead even to Britain overthrowing the monarchy? The French did it in 1789, declaring the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. It is very difficult to see how we Brits could declare the same here! In the UK, there is liberté for the super-priviliged, there is certainly no égalité and where there are such class divisions, there can certainly be no fraaternité, either.
It is high time for this country to call time on giving the already super-privileged yet more privileges. A well-run economy, even a capitalist economy, should be, must be run for the benefit of all. I believe it is true to say that this country has more food banks than it has Starbucks outlets! How can it be morally justifiable to pursue such shameless economic policies when so many people have to go to food banks in order to put food on the table for their children? What we need is more food for our children, not more champagne for our bankers!
Once upon a time, when I was young, I was so proud to call myself British. These days, not so much. Moreover, we Brits were spoken about in the same breath as fairness and fair play. No longer, I fear. This country has become synonymous with class division, unfairness, greed and selfishness.
With policies like these put forward like this by Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss, it is easier to feel ashamed to be British than it is to feel proud. These are , indeed, sad times. – © Mark Alexander
She makes Margaret Thatcher look like a moderate and Ronald Reagan seem positively wet. Liz Truss has embarked on an ideological project so extreme that the de facto budget announced by her chancellor today amounts to a declaration of class war. It was a reverse Robin Hood: taking from those who have least, lavishing gifts on those who have most. It is morally indefensible, economically reckless and so politically risky as to suggest a death wish.
Trussonomics rests on a simple article of faith: that by rewarding the already wealthy, life will improve for everyone else. Trickle-down economics, they called it back in the 1980s, and it didn’t work then. Now it’s back in a form more stark, more extravagant, than even its most ardent apostles ever dared contemplate.
The generosity towards the amply blessed was breathtaking. Kwasi Kwarteng’s totemic move was the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses – as if the number one problem confronting Britain today was that bankers aren’t rich enough. It’ll be Cristal magnums all round in the City, obviously, but Labour HQ should also raise a glass: they’ve just been handed an attack line that cannot fail. The Conservative predecessors of Truss and Kwarteng had no principled objection to letting bankers receive telephone-number bonuses, but held off because they knew the optics were so screamingly awful. The new duo has no such restraint.
And so they have delivered the biggest tax cuts in half a century, outstripping the landmark Nigel Lawson budget of 1988 – and their largesse is aimed squarely at the top. Kwarteng decided it was those in the highest tax bracket who needed help, so he abolished the top rate altogether. That will hand an average £10,000 to the highest-earning 600,000 people in the country: literally the one per cent. » | Jonathan Freedland | Friday, September 23, 2022
Liz Truss makes Margaret Thatcher look like the fairy godmother! Divisive politics like this could eventually well lead to a revolution. Even tolerant Brits have their limits! Could Tory policies like this—giving the already super-privileged even more privileges—lead even to Britain overthrowing the monarchy? The French did it in 1789, declaring the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. It is very difficult to see how we Brits could declare the same here! In the UK, there is liberté for the super-priviliged, there is certainly no égalité and where there are such class divisions, there can certainly be no fraaternité, either.
It is high time for this country to call time on giving the already super-privileged yet more privileges. A well-run economy, even a capitalist economy, should be, must be run for the benefit of all. I believe it is true to say that this country has more food banks than it has Starbucks outlets! How can it be morally justifiable to pursue such shameless economic policies when so many people have to go to food banks in order to put food on the table for their children? What we need is more food for our children, not more champagne for our bankers!
Once upon a time, when I was young, I was so proud to call myself British. These days, not so much. Moreover, we Brits were spoken about in the same breath as fairness and fair play. No longer, I fear. This country has become synonymous with class division, unfairness, greed and selfishness.
With policies like these put forward like this by Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss, it is easier to feel ashamed to be British than it is to feel proud. These are , indeed, sad times. – © Mark Alexander
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. – KJB Matthew 13:12
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Pound Crashes as Markets Lose Confidence in Government
THE GUARDIAN: This is turning into an absolute rout on the pound, as the markets give a scathing verdict to Kwasi Kwarteng’s unfunded tax cuts and extra spending.
Having dropped through $1.10 earlier this afternoon, sterling has continued to crash….. all the way down to a new 37-year low of $1.09.
The pound has lost 3.5 cents today, cratering by 3% – on track for its worst day since the market panic of March 2020 when the pandemic hit. With video » | Graeme Wearden | Friday, September 23, 2022
Kwasi, the quasi chancellor! Kwarteng’s economics is already being shown up for what it truly is: voodoo economics. – © Mark Alexander
Pound sinks as investors question huge tax cuts: The pound has fallen to a fresh 37-year low against the dollar as financial markets reacted to the biggest tax cutting moves in 50 years. »
En Italie, le droit des femmes selon Giorgia Meloni
LE MONDE : REPORTAGE | La présidente du parti d’extrême droite Fratelli d’Italia a promis, lors de la campagne des législatives du 25 septembre, de limiter le recours à l’IVG. Une vision ultraconservatrice de la famille qui séduit dans un pays inquiet de sa natalité déclinante.
La candidate d’extrême droite Giorgia Meloni, à Turin (Italie), le 13 septembre 2022. JEAN-MARC CAIMI ET VALENTINA PICCINNI POUR « M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE »
Giorgia Meloni a un débit de mitraillette. Une rafale contre la gauche, une autre contre la justice. Puis les impôts et les médias prennent à leur tour une bordée. La présidente de Fratelli d’Italia (« Frères d’Italie ») traverse la tribune, tonique, vêtue d’une veste turquoise, son micro en main et les mots comme des balles.
Le public de Turin se régale, en cette soirée du 13 septembre. Les effets de manches et les moues de bateleuse de la candidate aux élections législatives italiennes du 25 septembre contribuent à son succès. La foule rugit de plaisir lorsqu’elle dénonce « l’immigration de masse » et promet d’imposer un « blocus naval » en Méditerranée pour empêcher les bateaux de migrants d’accoster.
La Romaine baisse la voix. Son débit se calme (un peu). « Ils ont besoin de faire de nous des monstres… », dit-elle en soupirant. « Ils » ? Le public comprend. La gauche, les médias, étrangers notamment. « Il y a une fake news qui tourne, poursuit-elle. Nous voudrions abolir le droit à l’avortement ! » Un rire nerveux lui échappe. « Personne ne l’a jamais dit ! », clame-t-elle. » | Par Olivier Faye (Turin (Italie), envoyé spécial) | jeudi 22 septembre 2022
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Giorgia Meloni a un débit de mitraillette. Une rafale contre la gauche, une autre contre la justice. Puis les impôts et les médias prennent à leur tour une bordée. La présidente de Fratelli d’Italia (« Frères d’Italie ») traverse la tribune, tonique, vêtue d’une veste turquoise, son micro en main et les mots comme des balles.
Le public de Turin se régale, en cette soirée du 13 septembre. Les effets de manches et les moues de bateleuse de la candidate aux élections législatives italiennes du 25 septembre contribuent à son succès. La foule rugit de plaisir lorsqu’elle dénonce « l’immigration de masse » et promet d’imposer un « blocus naval » en Méditerranée pour empêcher les bateaux de migrants d’accoster.
La Romaine baisse la voix. Son débit se calme (un peu). « Ils ont besoin de faire de nous des monstres… », dit-elle en soupirant. « Ils » ? Le public comprend. La gauche, les médias, étrangers notamment. « Il y a une fake news qui tourne, poursuit-elle. Nous voudrions abolir le droit à l’avortement ! » Un rire nerveux lui échappe. « Personne ne l’a jamais dit ! », clame-t-elle. » | Par Olivier Faye (Turin (Italie), envoyé spécial) | jeudi 22 septembre 2022
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Pound Sinks as Markets React to Mini-budget
BBC: The pound has fallen to a fresh 37-year low against the dollar as markets react to the biggest tax cutting budget in 50 years.
UK stocks also slid after Kwasi Kwarteng outlined a series of tax cuts and economic measures in a massive shake-up of the country's finances.
The pound dropped by nearly 2% against the dollar, putting it close to $1.10.
Sterling has been falling in recent weeks, partly down to the strength of the US dollar. However, sterling also fell against the euro on Friday, with the pound down more than 1% at €1.12.
Meanwhile, the UK's FTSE 100 of major shares fell to its lowest level for more than two months. » | Noor Nanji, Business reporter, BBC News | Friday, September 23, 2022
Kwarteng’s voodoo economics spooks markets. – © Mark Alexander
«Wir wollen keine islamische Republik» – nach dem Tod einer jungen Kurdin fordern Frauen in Iran das Regime heraus
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Mutig reissen sich Frauen das Kopftuch herunter und verbrennen es, manche schneiden sich in der Öffentlichkeit die Haare ab. Die Herrschenden reagieren nervös.
Die Hardliner versuchen, den Kopftuchzwang in Iran mit Gewalt durchzusetzen. | Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
Die islamische Revolution in Iran war unter anderem auch deshalb erfolgreich, weil sie von Frauen unterstützt wurde. Viele hatten das Kopftuchverbot unter dem Shah-Regime satt und wollten sich verhüllen, wie es ihnen gefällt. Zwar gab es schon kurz nach der Einführung des Verhüllungszwangs unter dem neuen Regime Proteste, dann wurde es still. Mehr als 43 Jahre nach der Revolution wollen sich viele Frauen von den Geistlichen aber nicht mehr vorschreiben lassen, was sie zu tragen haben.
Bereits vor vier Jahren kam es zu massenhaften Protesten gegen den offiziellen Kopftuchzwang. In den letzten Tagen gingen erneut Frauen – und Männer – auf die Strasse und boten den Mächtigen die Stirn. Der Auslöser war der gewaltsame Tod von Mahsa Amini. Die 22-jährige Kurdin aus der Stadt Saqez war am Dienstag der vergangenen Woche in Teheran von der Religions- und Sittenpolizei festgenommen worden und offenbar so schwer geprügelt worden, dass sie drei Tage später in einem Spital starb.
Von den Epizentren der kurdischen Städte und den Universitäten in Teheran breiteten sich die Proteste in den letzten Tagen über das ganze Land aus. Das Erstaunliche dabei ist der Mut, den manche Frauen dabei beweisen: Sie stellen sich den Sicherheitskräften direkt in den Weg. » | Inga Rogg, Jerusalem | Freitag, 23. September 2022
Die islamische Revolution in Iran war unter anderem auch deshalb erfolgreich, weil sie von Frauen unterstützt wurde. Viele hatten das Kopftuchverbot unter dem Shah-Regime satt und wollten sich verhüllen, wie es ihnen gefällt. Zwar gab es schon kurz nach der Einführung des Verhüllungszwangs unter dem neuen Regime Proteste, dann wurde es still. Mehr als 43 Jahre nach der Revolution wollen sich viele Frauen von den Geistlichen aber nicht mehr vorschreiben lassen, was sie zu tragen haben.
Bereits vor vier Jahren kam es zu massenhaften Protesten gegen den offiziellen Kopftuchzwang. In den letzten Tagen gingen erneut Frauen – und Männer – auf die Strasse und boten den Mächtigen die Stirn. Der Auslöser war der gewaltsame Tod von Mahsa Amini. Die 22-jährige Kurdin aus der Stadt Saqez war am Dienstag der vergangenen Woche in Teheran von der Religions- und Sittenpolizei festgenommen worden und offenbar so schwer geprügelt worden, dass sie drei Tage später in einem Spital starb.
Von den Epizentren der kurdischen Städte und den Universitäten in Teheran breiteten sich die Proteste in den letzten Tagen über das ganze Land aus. Das Erstaunliche dabei ist der Mut, den manche Frauen dabei beweisen: Sie stellen sich den Sicherheitskräften direkt in den Weg. » | Inga Rogg, Jerusalem | Freitag, 23. September 2022
U.K. Government Goes Full Tilt on Tax Cuts and Free-Market Economics
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The new administration’s proposals are a sharp break from the era of Boris Johnson, and they represent a turn toward Thatcherism.
Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, will be hoping that the measures can engineer at least the start of a solid economic recovery before a general election that must take place by January 2025. | Daniel Leal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
LONDON — Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain on Friday gambled that a hefty dose of tax cuts, deregulation and free-market economics could reignite growth before the next general election as her government unveiled a package of measures that is likely to determine its electoral success or failure.
Breaking sharply with the era of the previous prime minister, Boris Johnson, the new chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, promised the dawn of a new age of lower taxation, with the scrapping of one planned tax rise and the reduction of levies on home purchases to try to fire up the real estate market.
Mr. Kwarteng abandoned a proposed rise in corporate taxation and, in a surprise move, also abolished the top rate of 45 percent of income tax applied to those earning more than 150,000 pounds, or about $169,000, a year. He also cut the basic rate for lower earners.
“We will focus on growth, even when that means taking difficult decisions,” Mr. Kwarteng told a packed House of Commons. “None of this is going to happen overnight, but today we are publishing our growth plan that sets out a new approach for this new era.”
The focus on tax cuts to grow the economy “is how we will turn this vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth,” he added.
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Some dispute the comparison because the plans announced on Friday are likely to mean a large increase in government borrowing, at a time of rising interest rates, because there has been no indication of big spending cuts. While Thatcher was a committed tax cutter, she believed in balancing the books first. » | Stephen Castle and Eshe Nelson | Friday, September 23, 2022
Just when you thought we had reached the bottom with BoJo, along comes Truss to disabuse us of any such notion! At least it will be a smooth ride for the super rich! That's some consolation, I suppose. The rest will be able to look on! – © Mark Alexander
LONDON — Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain on Friday gambled that a hefty dose of tax cuts, deregulation and free-market economics could reignite growth before the next general election as her government unveiled a package of measures that is likely to determine its electoral success or failure.
Breaking sharply with the era of the previous prime minister, Boris Johnson, the new chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, promised the dawn of a new age of lower taxation, with the scrapping of one planned tax rise and the reduction of levies on home purchases to try to fire up the real estate market.
Mr. Kwarteng abandoned a proposed rise in corporate taxation and, in a surprise move, also abolished the top rate of 45 percent of income tax applied to those earning more than 150,000 pounds, or about $169,000, a year. He also cut the basic rate for lower earners.
“We will focus on growth, even when that means taking difficult decisions,” Mr. Kwarteng told a packed House of Commons. “None of this is going to happen overnight, but today we are publishing our growth plan that sets out a new approach for this new era.”
The focus on tax cuts to grow the economy “is how we will turn this vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth,” he added.
…
Some dispute the comparison because the plans announced on Friday are likely to mean a large increase in government borrowing, at a time of rising interest rates, because there has been no indication of big spending cuts. While Thatcher was a committed tax cutter, she believed in balancing the books first. » | Stephen Castle and Eshe Nelson | Friday, September 23, 2022
Just when you thought we had reached the bottom with BoJo, along comes Truss to disabuse us of any such notion! At least it will be a smooth ride for the super rich! That's some consolation, I suppose. The rest will be able to look on! – © Mark Alexander
Ukraine War Comes Home to Russians as Putin Imposes Draft
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” enters a new chapter, Russians are being plucked from villages around the country for training and military service.
A day after President Vladimir V. Putin announced a call-up that could sweep 300,000 civilians into military service, thousands of Russians across the country received draft papers on Thursday and some were being marched to buses and planes for training — and perhaps soon a trip to the front lines in Ukraine.
Mr. Putin’s escalation of the war effort was reverberating across the country, according to interviews, Russian news reports and social media posts. As the day wore on, it became increasingly clear that Mr. Putin’s decision had torn open the cocoon shielding much of Russian society from their leader’s invasion of a neighbor.
Mothers, wives and children were saying tearful goodbyes in remote regions as officials — in some cases, ordinary schoolteachers — delivered draft notices to houses and apartment blocks. In mountainous eastern Siberia, the Russian news media reported, school buses were being commandeered to move troops to training grounds.
Russian officials said the call-up would be limited to people with combat experience. But the net appeared wider, and some men decided it was best to head for the borders.
Yanina Nimayeva, a journalist from the Buryatia region of Siberia, said that her husband, a father of five and an employee in the emergency department in the regional capital, had been inexplicably called up. She said he received a summons to an urgent 4 a.m. meeting where it was announced that a train had been organized to bring men to the city of Chita.
“My husband is 38 years old, he is not in the reserve, he did not serve,” Ms. Nimayeva said in a video addressed to regional officials. » | Anton Troianovski, Valerie Hopkins, Ivan Nechepurenko and Alina Lobzina | Published: Thursday, September 22, 2022; updated: Friday, September 23, 2022
A day after President Vladimir V. Putin announced a call-up that could sweep 300,000 civilians into military service, thousands of Russians across the country received draft papers on Thursday and some were being marched to buses and planes for training — and perhaps soon a trip to the front lines in Ukraine.
Mr. Putin’s escalation of the war effort was reverberating across the country, according to interviews, Russian news reports and social media posts. As the day wore on, it became increasingly clear that Mr. Putin’s decision had torn open the cocoon shielding much of Russian society from their leader’s invasion of a neighbor.
Mothers, wives and children were saying tearful goodbyes in remote regions as officials — in some cases, ordinary schoolteachers — delivered draft notices to houses and apartment blocks. In mountainous eastern Siberia, the Russian news media reported, school buses were being commandeered to move troops to training grounds.
Russian officials said the call-up would be limited to people with combat experience. But the net appeared wider, and some men decided it was best to head for the borders.
Yanina Nimayeva, a journalist from the Buryatia region of Siberia, said that her husband, a father of five and an employee in the emergency department in the regional capital, had been inexplicably called up. She said he received a summons to an urgent 4 a.m. meeting where it was announced that a train had been organized to bring men to the city of Chita.
“My husband is 38 years old, he is not in the reserve, he did not serve,” Ms. Nimayeva said in a video addressed to regional officials. » | Anton Troianovski, Valerie Hopkins, Ivan Nechepurenko and Alina Lobzina | Published: Thursday, September 22, 2022; updated: Friday, September 23, 2022
Many Flee to Avoid Getting Drafted, but Where Can They Go? | DW News
Thursday, September 22, 2022
UK in Recession and Further Interest Rate Hikes on Their Way, Bank Warns Kwarteng
THE GUARDIAN: Threadneedle Street makes clear on eve of tax-cutting mini-budget that plans risk triggering more rate rises
One Whitehall source described the chancellor’s mini-budget as having ‘more rabbits than Watership Down’. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
The Bank of England has warned Kwasi Kwarteng the economy is in recession and it will most probably need to push interest rates higher following Friday’s tax-cutting mini budget from the chancellor.
On the eve of a major package of support from the chancellor designed to break what he called the economy’s “cycle of stagnation”, Threadneedle Street said the UK economy was heading for a second consecutive quarter of falling output, with gross domestic product set to shrink 0.1% in the three months to September.
However, with energy and food bills still soaring, and inflation not expected to peak until October, the Bank of England raised the cost of borrowing for a seventh successive meeting of its monetary policy committee (MPC) and made clear the new government’s plans risked triggering more interest rate hikes. » | Larry Elliott, Jessica Elgot and Richard Partington | Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Bank of England has warned Kwasi Kwarteng the economy is in recession and it will most probably need to push interest rates higher following Friday’s tax-cutting mini budget from the chancellor.
On the eve of a major package of support from the chancellor designed to break what he called the economy’s “cycle of stagnation”, Threadneedle Street said the UK economy was heading for a second consecutive quarter of falling output, with gross domestic product set to shrink 0.1% in the three months to September.
However, with energy and food bills still soaring, and inflation not expected to peak until October, the Bank of England raised the cost of borrowing for a seventh successive meeting of its monetary policy committee (MPC) and made clear the new government’s plans risked triggering more interest rate hikes. » | Larry Elliott, Jessica Elgot and Richard Partington | Thursday, September 22, 2022
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Labour May Abolish House of Lords If It Wins Next Election, Leaked Report Reveals
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Constitutional review by Gordon Brown also recommends devolving economic powers
Gordon Brown was commissioned to undertake the constitutional review by the Labour leader, Keir Starmer. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters
Labour is considering abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with an upper house of nations and regions, as well as handing sweeping new powers to local regions and devolved nations, a leaked report has revealed.
The constitutional review by the former prime minister Gordon Brown, which has been seen by MPs and shadow cabinet ministers, recommends devolving new economic powers, including over taxation, and creating new independent councils of the nations and for England.
The review, seen by the Guardian, recommends: » | Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent | Thursday, September 22, 2022
Labour is considering abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with an upper house of nations and regions, as well as handing sweeping new powers to local regions and devolved nations, a leaked report has revealed.
The constitutional review by the former prime minister Gordon Brown, which has been seen by MPs and shadow cabinet ministers, recommends devolving new economic powers, including over taxation, and creating new independent councils of the nations and for England.
The review, seen by the Guardian, recommends: » | Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent | Thursday, September 22, 2022
‘It’s a 100% Mobilisation’: Day One of Russia’s Drive to Build Its Army
THE GUARDIAN: Reports ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected while protesters in Moscow drafted on arrest
There were emotional scenes in the eastern Siberian republic of Buryatia as drafted men said goodbye to their families. Photograph: Ayuna Shagdurova
Summons delivered to eligible men at midnight. Schoolteachers pressed into handing out draft notices. Men given an hour to pack their things and appear at draft centres. Women sobbing as they send their husbands and sons off to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The first full day of Russia’s first mobilisation since the second world war produced emotional showdowns at draft centres and even signs of protest, while it appears Russia could be considering far more than the 300,000 new conscripts claimed by the defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
One woman in a small village in the Zakamensky region of Buryatia in eastern Siberia, said she first felt something was amiss when the dogs began barking about midnight. » | Andrew Roth in Moscow | Thursday, September 22, 2022
‘I will cross the border tonight’: Russians flee after news of draft: Border guards cite ‘exceptional’ number of people leaving the country after ‘partial mobilisation’ announcement »
Men Flee Russia as Mobilization Begins »
Summons delivered to eligible men at midnight. Schoolteachers pressed into handing out draft notices. Men given an hour to pack their things and appear at draft centres. Women sobbing as they send their husbands and sons off to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The first full day of Russia’s first mobilisation since the second world war produced emotional showdowns at draft centres and even signs of protest, while it appears Russia could be considering far more than the 300,000 new conscripts claimed by the defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
One woman in a small village in the Zakamensky region of Buryatia in eastern Siberia, said she first felt something was amiss when the dogs began barking about midnight. » | Andrew Roth in Moscow | Thursday, September 22, 2022
‘I will cross the border tonight’: Russians flee after news of draft: Border guards cite ‘exceptional’ number of people leaving the country after ‘partial mobilisation’ announcement »
Men Flee Russia as Mobilization Begins »
We Have to Be Prepared for War with Russia | Sir Richard Shirreff
"The way to manage the risks is to be prepared to face up to them. That means being prepared for the worst case, which is war with Russia."
Nato must be ready with a "very powerful deterrent" to control Putin, former Nato deputy supreme commander Sir Richard Shirreff tells #TimesRadio.
Nato must be ready with a "very powerful deterrent" to control Putin, former Nato deputy supreme commander Sir Richard Shirreff tells #TimesRadio.
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II Marks Five Decades on the Throne with Muted Celebrations
Britons Freed in Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap
ive Britons have been released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap brokered with help from Turkey and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince.
The exchange took place unexpectedly, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons.
The exchange took place unexpectedly, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons.
The Psychic Trauma of Being Queer in Singapore
THE NEW YORK TIMES: I was at a watch party last month, waiting excitedly for the expected announcement that Singapore would finally decriminalize consensual sex between gay men.
Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code, a holdover from British colonial times, has loomed as a barrier to queer rights, setting the tone for discrimination in broader areas like housing, health care and employment.
Although the government had years ago stopped enforcing it, repeal gave gay Singaporeans like me hope that we might finally be accepted, and cheers went up when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered the news. But the room went silent moments later.
Anxious to reassure conservatives, Mr. Lee quickly added that marriage was defined as between a man and a woman and would be protected from further legal challenge through a constitutional amendment. No changes were mentioned in other policy areas that marginalize us. The status quo, justified by the familiar refrain of family values, would be maintained.
Rather than a gesture of reconciliation, the government cynically validated bigoted factions that have historically abused and organized against queers. » | Joel Tan * | Thursday, September 22, 2022
* Joel Tan is a Singaporean playwright and artist based in London. His play Tango dramatized the human cost of Singapore’s homophobic policy environment.
Protests & International Condemnation: How the World Reacts to Putin's Escalation of the Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare televised address to the Russian people on Wednesday morning when he announced a "partial mobilization," saying the measure was needed to protect Russian people from what he called "the entire war machine of the collective West" in Ukraine.
Putin followed the announcement with repeated assurances that this mobilization is just "partial." He emphasized that it only concerns reservists and those who have previously served in the army or have military experience.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also addressed the public, saying conscripts and students would not be called up to fight and that only 300,000 people would be drafted under the new mobilization measure.
The measure was not completely unexpected. Discussions about whether Russia would need more soldiers took on a new urgency this month after Ukraine retook control over more than 6,000 square kilometers (about 2,320 square miles) of territory that had been under Russian control.
Throughout the war, there have been reports about a drive in Russia to enlist more men to fight, including advertisements on jobseeker websites promising fast cash. In mid-September, footage circulated on social media that allegedly showed Kremlin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin recruiting Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine as part of the Wagner mercenary group.
Military experts argue the recent Russian retreat marks a turning point in the war. Putin's announcement Wednesday made the call to arms official. But his order, published on the Kremlin website, has raised questions. The document outlined the legal status of the soldiers being drafted in 10 points, but the seventh point was never published. Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said it concerned the number of conscripts and was intended only for administrative use. That has raised questions about whether the Kremlin only intends to conscript 300,000 soldiers.
Putin followed the announcement with repeated assurances that this mobilization is just "partial." He emphasized that it only concerns reservists and those who have previously served in the army or have military experience.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also addressed the public, saying conscripts and students would not be called up to fight and that only 300,000 people would be drafted under the new mobilization measure.
The measure was not completely unexpected. Discussions about whether Russia would need more soldiers took on a new urgency this month after Ukraine retook control over more than 6,000 square kilometers (about 2,320 square miles) of territory that had been under Russian control.
Throughout the war, there have been reports about a drive in Russia to enlist more men to fight, including advertisements on jobseeker websites promising fast cash. In mid-September, footage circulated on social media that allegedly showed Kremlin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin recruiting Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine as part of the Wagner mercenary group.
Military experts argue the recent Russian retreat marks a turning point in the war. Putin's announcement Wednesday made the call to arms official. But his order, published on the Kremlin website, has raised questions. The document outlined the legal status of the soldiers being drafted in 10 points, but the seventh point was never published. Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said it concerned the number of conscripts and was intended only for administrative use. That has raised questions about whether the Kremlin only intends to conscript 300,000 soldiers.
Hundreds Arrested and Flights Out of Moscow Sell Out amid Russia Military Call-up - BBC News
Russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters rallying against the Kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine.
Russian human rights group OVD-Info put the total at more than 1,300, with the largest numbers arrested in St Petersburg and Moscow.
Flights out of Russia sold out fast after Vladimir Putin's announcement.
Russian human rights group OVD-Info put the total at more than 1,300, with the largest numbers arrested in St Petersburg and Moscow.
Flights out of Russia sold out fast after Vladimir Putin's announcement.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
En Iran, la colère grandit après la mort de Mahsa Amini, devenue le symbole de la brutalité du régime
LE MONDE : Malgré la répression, les manifestations se poursuivent dans tout le pays en réaction au décès de la jeune femme de 22 ans, le 16 septembre, après son arrestation par la police des
mœurs. Six personnes auraient été tuées lors d’affrontements avec les forces de l’ordre.
Des manifestants protestent contre la mort de Mahsa Amini, à Téhéran, le 19 septembre 2022. AP
Du Kurdistan à Téhéran, la colère ne retombe pas en Iran. Pour le troisième jour consécutif, villes et universités ont été le théâtre de manifestations contre le régime. La mort de Mahsa Amini, le 16 septembre, après son arrestation par une patrouille de la police des mœurs, a fait office de catalyseur. La jeune femme de 22 ans, arrêtée dans une rue de la capitale pour un foulard jugé « mal porté », est devenue un nouveau symbole de la brutalité de l’Etat iranien.
Les slogans des manifestants – « Femme, vie, liberté ! », « A bas le dictateur ! », « Mort à Khamenei ! [le Guide suprême et la plus haute autorité du pays] » – visent le régime et ses fondements. A commencer par le port obligatoire du voile, un dogme de la République islamique d’Iran. » | Par Ghazal Golshiri et Madjid Zerrouky | mercredi 21 septembre 2022
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Du Kurdistan à Téhéran, la colère ne retombe pas en Iran. Pour le troisième jour consécutif, villes et universités ont été le théâtre de manifestations contre le régime. La mort de Mahsa Amini, le 16 septembre, après son arrestation par une patrouille de la police des mœurs, a fait office de catalyseur. La jeune femme de 22 ans, arrêtée dans une rue de la capitale pour un foulard jugé « mal porté », est devenue un nouveau symbole de la brutalité de l’Etat iranien.
Les slogans des manifestants – « Femme, vie, liberté ! », « A bas le dictateur ! », « Mort à Khamenei ! [le Guide suprême et la plus haute autorité du pays] » – visent le régime et ses fondements. A commencer par le port obligatoire du voile, un dogme de la République islamique d’Iran. » | Par Ghazal Golshiri et Madjid Zerrouky | mercredi 21 septembre 2022
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Les évêques flamands ouvrent la voie à la bénédiction des unions homosexuelles
LE MONDE : Cette décision est en porte-à-faux avec la doctrine officielle de l’Eglise catholique.
L’un des initiateurs du projet le qualifie lui-même de « révolutionnaire » et de « signal envoyé au monde entier » : en Belgique, les évêques flamands ont pris position, mardi 20 septembre, en faveur d’une ouverture de l’Eglise catholique à la communauté homosexuelle. Les évêques ont annoncé la création d’une liturgie spécifique pour bénir des couples homosexuels. L’institution catholique de Flandre instaurera aussi un « point de contact » pour les croyants homosexuels. Cette annonce, qui passe outre un avis du dicastère (ministère du Vatican) pour la doctrine de la foi de mars 2021 et semble en porte-à-faux avec la doctrine catholique sur l’homosexualité, a aussitôt déclenché l’émoi dans l’Eglise.
Le coordinateur du projet, Willy Bombeek, ancien porte-parole du réseau d’enseignement catholique de Flandre, est lui-même homosexuel. « C’est pour cette raison que les évêques m’ont demandé d’accepter cette mission, a-t-il expliqué à la chaîne de télévision VRT. Il est important de relever que l’Eglise a spécifiquement voulu une personne LGBTI à ce poste. » Chaque diocèse sera invité a désigner un responsable de cette question. » | Par Cécile Chambraud et Jean-Pierre Stroobants (Bruxelles, Correspondant) | mercredi 21 septembre 2022
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L’un des initiateurs du projet le qualifie lui-même de « révolutionnaire » et de « signal envoyé au monde entier » : en Belgique, les évêques flamands ont pris position, mardi 20 septembre, en faveur d’une ouverture de l’Eglise catholique à la communauté homosexuelle. Les évêques ont annoncé la création d’une liturgie spécifique pour bénir des couples homosexuels. L’institution catholique de Flandre instaurera aussi un « point de contact » pour les croyants homosexuels. Cette annonce, qui passe outre un avis du dicastère (ministère du Vatican) pour la doctrine de la foi de mars 2021 et semble en porte-à-faux avec la doctrine catholique sur l’homosexualité, a aussitôt déclenché l’émoi dans l’Eglise.
Le coordinateur du projet, Willy Bombeek, ancien porte-parole du réseau d’enseignement catholique de Flandre, est lui-même homosexuel. « C’est pour cette raison que les évêques m’ont demandé d’accepter cette mission, a-t-il expliqué à la chaîne de télévision VRT. Il est important de relever que l’Eglise a spécifiquement voulu une personne LGBTI à ce poste. » Chaque diocèse sera invité a désigner un responsable de cette question. » | Par Cécile Chambraud et Jean-Pierre Stroobants (Bruxelles, Correspondant) | mercredi 21 septembre 2022
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'Putin Is a Liar,' Says Former Ukrainian President
Fed Makes Another Big Rate Increase
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Federal Reserve raised rates by three-quarters of a point and projected a more aggressive path ahead, suggesting that borrowing costs would be increased to 4.4 percent by the end of the year.
Federal Reserve officials ramped up their battle against the fastest inflation in 40 years on Wednesday, ushering in a third straight supersize rate increase while projecting a more aggressive path ahead for monetary policy, one that would lift interest rates higher and keep them elevated longer.
Central bankers raised their policy interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, boosting it to a range of 3 to 3.25 percent. The federal funds rate was set at near zero as recently as March, and the Fed’s increases since then have made for its fastest policy adjustment since the 1980s.
Even more notably, policymakers predicted on Wednesday that they will raise borrowing costs to 4.4 percent by the end of the year — suggesting that they could make another supersize rate move, followed by a half-point adjustment. Officials estimated that rates will climb to 4.6 percent by the end of 2023, up from an estimate of 3.8 percent in June, when they last published estimates. » | Jeanna Smialek | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Federal Reserve officials ramped up their battle against the fastest inflation in 40 years on Wednesday, ushering in a third straight supersize rate increase while projecting a more aggressive path ahead for monetary policy, one that would lift interest rates higher and keep them elevated longer.
Central bankers raised their policy interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, boosting it to a range of 3 to 3.25 percent. The federal funds rate was set at near zero as recently as March, and the Fed’s increases since then have made for its fastest policy adjustment since the 1980s.
Even more notably, policymakers predicted on Wednesday that they will raise borrowing costs to 4.4 percent by the end of the year — suggesting that they could make another supersize rate move, followed by a half-point adjustment. Officials estimated that rates will climb to 4.6 percent by the end of 2023, up from an estimate of 3.8 percent in June, when they last published estimates. » | Jeanna Smialek | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Biden Condemns Russian Escalation of Ukraine War | DW News
US President Joe Biden delivered a firm rebuke of Russia's "brutal, needless war" in Ukraine during an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
He said Moscow "shamelessly violated" the UN charter with the invasion.
"If nations can pursue their imperial ambitions without consequences then we put at risk everything this institution stands for," he said.
Biden's address to the UN comes only hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered reservists to report for duty to fight the war in Ukraine.
He said Moscow "shamelessly violated" the UN charter with the invasion.
"If nations can pursue their imperial ambitions without consequences then we put at risk everything this institution stands for," he said.
Biden's address to the UN comes only hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered reservists to report for duty to fight the war in Ukraine.
Ein heißer Kuss am Ende eines langen, heißen Sommers.
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Number of Global Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Hits Record High
THE GUARDIAN: Credit Suisse finds those with assets exceeding $50m total 218,200 after post-pandemic ‘explosion of wealth’
The ranks of the global “ultra high net worth” (UHNW) individuals swelled by 46,000 last year to a record 218,200 as the world’s richest people benefited from “almost an explosion of wealth” during the recovery from the pandemic.
The number of UHNW people – those with assets of more than $50m (£43.7m) – jumped in 2021 as the super-rich benefited from soaring house prices and booming stock markets, according to a report by investment bank Credit Suisse. The number of people in the UHNW bracket has increased by more than 50% over the past two years.
The huge increase in wealth of the richest 0.00004% of the world’s adult population comes as billions of low- and middle-income people – many of whom saw their savings wiped out during the pandemic – struggle to cope with soaring food and energy prices.
“The strong rise in financial assets resulted in an increase in inequality in 2021,” the report by Credit Suisse, which helps manage the fortunes of many of the world’s richest people, said. “The rise in inequality is probably due to the surge in the value of financial assets during the Covid-19 pandemic.” » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Why wealth matters. The Global Wealth Report: The most comprehensive and up-to-date resource of its kind. Our Global Wealth Report analyzes the household wealth of 5.3 billion people across the globe. Multi-faceted and eye-opening. »
The ranks of the global “ultra high net worth” (UHNW) individuals swelled by 46,000 last year to a record 218,200 as the world’s richest people benefited from “almost an explosion of wealth” during the recovery from the pandemic.
The number of UHNW people – those with assets of more than $50m (£43.7m) – jumped in 2021 as the super-rich benefited from soaring house prices and booming stock markets, according to a report by investment bank Credit Suisse. The number of people in the UHNW bracket has increased by more than 50% over the past two years.
The huge increase in wealth of the richest 0.00004% of the world’s adult population comes as billions of low- and middle-income people – many of whom saw their savings wiped out during the pandemic – struggle to cope with soaring food and energy prices.
“The strong rise in financial assets resulted in an increase in inequality in 2021,” the report by Credit Suisse, which helps manage the fortunes of many of the world’s richest people, said. “The rise in inequality is probably due to the surge in the value of financial assets during the Covid-19 pandemic.” » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Why wealth matters. The Global Wealth Report: The most comprehensive and up-to-date resource of its kind. Our Global Wealth Report analyzes the household wealth of 5.3 billion people across the globe. Multi-faceted and eye-opening. »
Our Country Yearns for Unity - but Truss’s Government Is Mercilessly Dividing It into Rich and Poor
THE GUARDIAN: For the first time since the welfare state was created, the food bank will be our safety net and charity our last line of defence
‘Liz Truss’s £150bn energy package remains so poorly targeted it will not prevent 5 million children falling into poverty this winter.’ Photograph: Toby Melville/PA
Having been promised an energy price freeze, millions of hard-pressed families will be shocked and fearful when, on 1 October, they are hit with a 25% rise in their fuel bills.
After a summer of doing nothing the government looked as if it had done a lot, but it has not done anywhere near enough. In 10 days’, the cap on energy bills will rise to an unprecedented £2,500 a year. This is an average increase of £10 a week, on top of April’s rise of £14 a week. Fuel costs will, according to Jonathan Bradshaw and Antonia Keung at York University, consume an unprecedented 20% of the income of 4.1 million families in October. By May, that figure could rise to 7.4 million. For 2.2 million families, energy bills will take up an unpayable 30% of their income, and this could rise to 3.8 million families by May.
Never has fuel poverty hit so many people so hard, and unless new help is announced for low-income families on Friday, Liz Truss’s £150bn energy package will remain so poorly targeted that it will not prevent 5 million children falling into poverty this winter, and an ever larger proportion of our nation from turning up at one of the country’s 3,000 food banks. » | Gordon Brown | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Having been promised an energy price freeze, millions of hard-pressed families will be shocked and fearful when, on 1 October, they are hit with a 25% rise in their fuel bills.
After a summer of doing nothing the government looked as if it had done a lot, but it has not done anywhere near enough. In 10 days’, the cap on energy bills will rise to an unprecedented £2,500 a year. This is an average increase of £10 a week, on top of April’s rise of £14 a week. Fuel costs will, according to Jonathan Bradshaw and Antonia Keung at York University, consume an unprecedented 20% of the income of 4.1 million families in October. By May, that figure could rise to 7.4 million. For 2.2 million families, energy bills will take up an unpayable 30% of their income, and this could rise to 3.8 million families by May.
Never has fuel poverty hit so many people so hard, and unless new help is announced for low-income families on Friday, Liz Truss’s £150bn energy package will remain so poorly targeted that it will not prevent 5 million children falling into poverty this winter, and an ever larger proportion of our nation from turning up at one of the country’s 3,000 food banks. » | Gordon Brown | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Our Yemeni Kitchen | مطبخنا اليمني | Yemeni Kofta Kebab | كباب كفتة يمنية
For a complete list of the ingredients used in this recipe and its method of preparation, in both English and Arabic, please click here and then click on “show more”.
Land ohne Queen | ARTE Re:
Der Tod Elizabeth II. ist eine Zäsur. Millionen Briten und Menschen aus aller Welt nehmen Abschied. Zwischen Trauer und Neuanfang wird eine Frage immer drängender: Was bedeutet das Ende der Ära Elizabeth II. für die Monarchie – und was für die Briten selbst?
London. Nah am Buckingham Palace krabbelt John Loughrey aus seinem Zelt. Es ist fünf Uhr morgens, der 67-Jährige muss sich beeilen, denn schon bald müssen er und seine Freunde den Platz für die Massen räumen. Der Sarg der Queen wird an diesem Nachmittag vom Buckingham Palace zur Westminster Hall überführt. Seit Tagen campen die „Royal Superfans“ hier, um Abschied von ihrer Königin zu nehmen. Nicht nur John Loughrey, überall erzählen Briten von ganz persönlichen Begegnungen mit der Königin – und wie es ihr Leben bis heute prägt. So auch in Schottland. In Edinburgh verabschieden sich Menschen am geschlossenen Sarg der verstorbenen Monarchin. Vor Schloss Balmoral haben Anwohner hunderte Blumensträuße abgelegt. John Sinclair ist Metzger in Ballater, Aberdeenshire und beliefert das Schloss seit vielen Jahren. „Das erste Mal traf ich die Queen 2010. Ich war sehrnervös. Sie sah mich einfach an. Ich schaute diese kleine Dame an – ich wusste gar nicht, dass die Königin so klein ist.“ Viele richten nun den Blick nach vorn und hoffen, dass König Charles der Monarchie ähnliche Strahlkraft verleiht. Andere leben dagegen seit Jahren im Konflikt mit der Krone.
Ngozi Fulani stammt eigentlich aus der Karibik. Sie berichtet von Diskriminierungen – und von Chris Kaba, einem schwarzen jungen Mann, der drei Tage vor dem Tod der Queen von Polizisten erschossen wurde. Sie nimmt daraufhin an Protestmärschen in London Teil. Fulani kann in die Trauer für die Queen nicht mit einstimmen. Rassismus und Kolonialismus, dagegen habe das Königshaus zu wenig getan. Geht König Charles neue Wege?
Reportage (D 2022, 32 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 21/09/2023
London. Nah am Buckingham Palace krabbelt John Loughrey aus seinem Zelt. Es ist fünf Uhr morgens, der 67-Jährige muss sich beeilen, denn schon bald müssen er und seine Freunde den Platz für die Massen räumen. Der Sarg der Queen wird an diesem Nachmittag vom Buckingham Palace zur Westminster Hall überführt. Seit Tagen campen die „Royal Superfans“ hier, um Abschied von ihrer Königin zu nehmen. Nicht nur John Loughrey, überall erzählen Briten von ganz persönlichen Begegnungen mit der Königin – und wie es ihr Leben bis heute prägt. So auch in Schottland. In Edinburgh verabschieden sich Menschen am geschlossenen Sarg der verstorbenen Monarchin. Vor Schloss Balmoral haben Anwohner hunderte Blumensträuße abgelegt. John Sinclair ist Metzger in Ballater, Aberdeenshire und beliefert das Schloss seit vielen Jahren. „Das erste Mal traf ich die Queen 2010. Ich war sehrnervös. Sie sah mich einfach an. Ich schaute diese kleine Dame an – ich wusste gar nicht, dass die Königin so klein ist.“ Viele richten nun den Blick nach vorn und hoffen, dass König Charles der Monarchie ähnliche Strahlkraft verleiht. Andere leben dagegen seit Jahren im Konflikt mit der Krone.
Ngozi Fulani stammt eigentlich aus der Karibik. Sie berichtet von Diskriminierungen – und von Chris Kaba, einem schwarzen jungen Mann, der drei Tage vor dem Tod der Queen von Polizisten erschossen wurde. Sie nimmt daraufhin an Protestmärschen in London Teil. Fulani kann in die Trauer für die Queen nicht mit einstimmen. Rassismus und Kolonialismus, dagegen habe das Königshaus zu wenig getan. Geht König Charles neue Wege?
Reportage (D 2022, 32 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 21/09/2023
Russland will Teile der Ost-Ukraine annektieren | Putins Panik-Reaktion
Der Kreml will Teile der besetzten Ost-Ukraine illegal annektieren!
Einem Bericht der russischen Nachrichtenagentur „Tass“ zufolge plant Moskau Referenden in den sogenannten „Volksrepubliken“ Donezk und Lugansk. Zudem sollen auch auch in der besetzten Stadt Cherson und in der teilweise besetzten Region Saporischschja in der Süd-Ukraine Referenden stattfinden. Die Referenden sollen zeitgleich zwischen dem 23. und dem 27. September stattfinden; Ziel ist ein Anschluss der besetzten Regionen an Russland.
Bereits am Montag hatte die russische Propagandistin Margarita Simonjan ein „sofortiges Referendum“ in den besetzten Gebieten gefordert, um das „Krim-Szenario“ zu wiederholen. 2014 hatte Russland die ukrainische Halbinsel Krim nach einem manipulierten Referendum illegal annektiert.
Einem Bericht der russischen Nachrichtenagentur „Tass“ zufolge plant Moskau Referenden in den sogenannten „Volksrepubliken“ Donezk und Lugansk. Zudem sollen auch auch in der besetzten Stadt Cherson und in der teilweise besetzten Region Saporischschja in der Süd-Ukraine Referenden stattfinden. Die Referenden sollen zeitgleich zwischen dem 23. und dem 27. September stattfinden; Ziel ist ein Anschluss der besetzten Regionen an Russland.
Bereits am Montag hatte die russische Propagandistin Margarita Simonjan ein „sofortiges Referendum“ in den besetzten Gebieten gefordert, um das „Krim-Szenario“ zu wiederholen. 2014 hatte Russland die ukrainische Halbinsel Krim nach einem manipulierten Referendum illegal annektiert.
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Putin Announces Partial Mobilisation and Threatens Nuclear Retaliation in Escalation of Ukraine War
THE GUARDIAN: Russian president threatens west with nuclear retaliation, saying ‘we will use all the means at our disposal’
A screenshot taken from the accompanying video.
Vladimir Putin has announced a partial mobilisation in Russia in a significant escalation that places the country’s people and economy on a wartime footing.
The president also threatened nuclear retaliation, saying that Russia had “lots of weapons to reply” to what he called western threats on Russian territory and added that he was not bluffing.
In a highly anticipated televised address, Putin said the “partial mobilisation” was a direct response to the dangers posed by the west, which “wants to destroy our country”, and claimed the west had tried to “turn Ukraine’s people into cannon fodder”.
“Military service will apply only to citizens who are currently in the reserve, especially those who have served in the armed forces, have certain military professions and relevant experience,” he said.
Shortly after Putin’s announcement, the country’s defence ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said 300,000 Russians would be called up as part of the mobilisation that will apply to “those with previous military experience”.With video » | Pjotr Sauer | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Mobilisation de 300 000 réservistes, chantage nucléaire : la fuite en avant de Vladimir Poutine : Le président russe, qui assure qu’il « soutiendra » une annexion des territoires occupés d’Ukraine, met également en avant la menace de l’arme nucléaire. »
Russland will 300.000 Reservisten mobilisieren: Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin ordnet eine Teilmobilmachung für Russland an. In seiner Fernsehansprache droht er auch mit dem Einsatz von Atomwaffen. »
Vladimir Putin has announced a partial mobilisation in Russia in a significant escalation that places the country’s people and economy on a wartime footing.
The president also threatened nuclear retaliation, saying that Russia had “lots of weapons to reply” to what he called western threats on Russian territory and added that he was not bluffing.
In a highly anticipated televised address, Putin said the “partial mobilisation” was a direct response to the dangers posed by the west, which “wants to destroy our country”, and claimed the west had tried to “turn Ukraine’s people into cannon fodder”.
“Military service will apply only to citizens who are currently in the reserve, especially those who have served in the armed forces, have certain military professions and relevant experience,” he said.
Shortly after Putin’s announcement, the country’s defence ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said 300,000 Russians would be called up as part of the mobilisation that will apply to “those with previous military experience”.With video » | Pjotr Sauer | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Mobilisation de 300 000 réservistes, chantage nucléaire : la fuite en avant de Vladimir Poutine : Le président russe, qui assure qu’il « soutiendra » une annexion des territoires occupés d’Ukraine, met également en avant la menace de l’arme nucléaire. »
Russland will 300.000 Reservisten mobilisieren: Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin ordnet eine Teilmobilmachung für Russland an. In seiner Fernsehansprache droht er auch mit dem Einsatz von Atomwaffen. »
Liz Truss Urges World Leaders to Follow UK with Trickle Down Economics
THE GUARDIAN: Reports that stamp duty will be cut with PM to use UN speech to argue for far-reaching tax reductions, putting her at odds with Joe Biden
A screenshot of Liz Truss taken from the accompanying video.
Liz Truss is to urge world leaders to join Britain in introducing far-reaching tax cuts despite US president Joe Biden pouring scorn on “trickle down economics” ahead of their first bilateral talks in New York.
In a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, the prime minister will argue the free world must prioritise economic growth to deny authoritarian states like Russia the chance to manipulate the global economy.
However, her embrace of Reaganite economic policy puts her on a collision course with the Democratic president who tweeted yesterday that he was “sick and tired” of the approach, which he claimed had never worked. With video » | Pippa Crerar in New York | Tuesday, September 20, 2022
What an uninformed prime mnster we have! Has she not learnt yet, after all these years, that “trickle down” economics is a myth? It simply doesn’t work. Poor lass! And poor electorate, of course! – © Mark Alexander
Liz Truss is to urge world leaders to join Britain in introducing far-reaching tax cuts despite US president Joe Biden pouring scorn on “trickle down economics” ahead of their first bilateral talks in New York.
In a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, the prime minister will argue the free world must prioritise economic growth to deny authoritarian states like Russia the chance to manipulate the global economy.
However, her embrace of Reaganite economic policy puts her on a collision course with the Democratic president who tweeted yesterday that he was “sick and tired” of the approach, which he claimed had never worked. With video » | Pippa Crerar in New York | Tuesday, September 20, 2022
What an uninformed prime mnster we have! Has she not learnt yet, after all these years, that “trickle down” economics is a myth? It simply doesn’t work. Poor lass! And poor electorate, of course! – © Mark Alexander
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