Saturday, January 22, 2022
Scott Joplin : Pineapple Rag Played on a Piano from 1915
Turquie: une journaliste en détention provisoire pour «insulte au président»
LE FIGARO : La journaliste turque Sedef Kabas a été arrêtée et placée en détention provisoire samedi pour «insulte au président» après avoir cité à la télévision un proverbe interprété comme visant le président Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a annoncé l'avocat de la journaliste.
«Il y a un proverbe très célèbre, qui dit que la tête couronnée devient plus sage. Mais nous voyons que ce n'est pas vrai. Le boeuf ne devient pas roi en entrant au palais, mais le palais devient étable», a déclaré la journaliste, très connue en Turquie, en direct vendredi sur la chaîne Tele1. Sedef Kabas avait également publié ce «proverbe circassien» dans la foulée sur son compte Twitter, où elle est suivie par près de 900.000 abonnés. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 22 janvier 2022
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The End of Boris Johnson, Surely Britain’s Worst Ever Prime Minister?
Jan 22, 2022 • Boris Johnson led the Brexit campaign because he saw it as a way of getting to No 10. As a 'Remainer,' he never expected 'leave' to win.
Since becoming prime minister, his self-obsession, dishonesty and incompetence have become clear for all to see. It is believed that mistakes in the early days of the pandemic and delays in locking down led to countless unnecessary deaths.
The economy is already suffering as a direct result of Brexit and GDP is forecast to fall by at least 4%.
Whist the UK has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe, Johnson continually boasts of 'the fastest booster rollout in Europe'.
Whist the economy is in freefall with enormous inflationary pressures, Johnson continually claims, falsely, that the UK has 'the fastest-growing economy in the G7'.
Following the scandalous revelations about parties held in Downing Street during lockdowns and the imminent publication of Sue Gray's report there seems no way that Johnson can survive.
Since becoming prime minister, his self-obsession, dishonesty and incompetence have become clear for all to see. It is believed that mistakes in the early days of the pandemic and delays in locking down led to countless unnecessary deaths.
The economy is already suffering as a direct result of Brexit and GDP is forecast to fall by at least 4%.
Whist the UK has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe, Johnson continually boasts of 'the fastest booster rollout in Europe'.
Whist the economy is in freefall with enormous inflationary pressures, Johnson continually claims, falsely, that the UK has 'the fastest-growing economy in the G7'.
Following the scandalous revelations about parties held in Downing Street during lockdowns and the imminent publication of Sue Gray's report there seems no way that Johnson can survive.
Wer ist Boris Johnson? | Doku HD | ARTE
Jan 22, 2022 • Er war der Clown, den niemand ernst nahm. Und doch führte er als Brexit-Hardliner der ersten Stunde 2016 das Vereinigte Königreich aus der EU und verhalf den Tories im Dezember 2019 zum haushohen Wahlsieg. Boris Johnson, der neue starke Mann in London, ist dabei, sein Land von Grund auf und nachhaltig zu verändern – mit ungewissem Ausgang.
Seine Persona ist eine subtile Mischung aus Kennedy, Kardashian und Monty Python. Für viele ist er der klamaukige, Trump-affine und protektionistische Populist. Aber Boris Johnson ist viel mehr. Er absolvierte Eton und Oxford, ist hochintelligent, freisinnig und ein echter EU-Experte. Hinter der Maske eines lustigen Clowns verbirgt er den anerzogenen elitären Snobismus der britischen Oberschicht und ein von Geltungssucht zerfressenes Ego. Wie konnte dieser Mann vom Hofnarren zum politischen König aufsteigen? Ist die Verwandlung des Boris Johnson als Metapher für die des ganzen Vereinigten Königreichs zu deuten?
Eine komfortable Parlamentsmehrheit, eine uneinige Opposition, losgelöst von der EU – Boris Johnsons Regierung musste ganz auf sich allein gestellt durch die Coronakrise manövrieren. Während noch über die Scheidungskonditionen mit der EU verhandelt wurde, wurde die Pandemie zur Feuerprobe für das von den anderen 27 Staaten getrennte Land. Die Bilanz: Eine der höchsten Zahlen an Corona-Todesopfern weltweit, aber auch eine der schnellsten Impfkampagnen. Zwischen dem Armdrücken mit Brüssel, dem schottischen und irischen Abspaltungsvorhaben und dem Ziel eines Freihandelsabkommens mit den USA steht Premierminister Boris Johnson vor einer Reihe maßgeblich wichtiger politischer Entscheidungen, die nicht nur die Weichen für das Vereinigte Königreich im nächsten Jahrzehnt stellen, sondern auch für die Europäische Union. Wächst Boris Johnson hinter seiner Clownsmaske in die Statur eines echten Staatsmannes hinein oder fährt er sein Land an die Wand? Ist er der Totengräber des Vereinigten Königreichs oder die historische Figur, die ihm sein Ansehen zurückgibt?
Der Film zeichnet das Porträt Boris Johnsons, um über den Menschen seine Politik zu beleuchten und die bedeutsamen Entscheidungen aufzuzeigen, die er zu treffen hat.
Dokumentation von Alice Cohen (F 2021, 53 Min)
Seine Persona ist eine subtile Mischung aus Kennedy, Kardashian und Monty Python. Für viele ist er der klamaukige, Trump-affine und protektionistische Populist. Aber Boris Johnson ist viel mehr. Er absolvierte Eton und Oxford, ist hochintelligent, freisinnig und ein echter EU-Experte. Hinter der Maske eines lustigen Clowns verbirgt er den anerzogenen elitären Snobismus der britischen Oberschicht und ein von Geltungssucht zerfressenes Ego. Wie konnte dieser Mann vom Hofnarren zum politischen König aufsteigen? Ist die Verwandlung des Boris Johnson als Metapher für die des ganzen Vereinigten Königreichs zu deuten?
Eine komfortable Parlamentsmehrheit, eine uneinige Opposition, losgelöst von der EU – Boris Johnsons Regierung musste ganz auf sich allein gestellt durch die Coronakrise manövrieren. Während noch über die Scheidungskonditionen mit der EU verhandelt wurde, wurde die Pandemie zur Feuerprobe für das von den anderen 27 Staaten getrennte Land. Die Bilanz: Eine der höchsten Zahlen an Corona-Todesopfern weltweit, aber auch eine der schnellsten Impfkampagnen. Zwischen dem Armdrücken mit Brüssel, dem schottischen und irischen Abspaltungsvorhaben und dem Ziel eines Freihandelsabkommens mit den USA steht Premierminister Boris Johnson vor einer Reihe maßgeblich wichtiger politischer Entscheidungen, die nicht nur die Weichen für das Vereinigte Königreich im nächsten Jahrzehnt stellen, sondern auch für die Europäische Union. Wächst Boris Johnson hinter seiner Clownsmaske in die Statur eines echten Staatsmannes hinein oder fährt er sein Land an die Wand? Ist er der Totengräber des Vereinigten Königreichs oder die historische Figur, die ihm sein Ansehen zurückgibt?
Der Film zeichnet das Porträt Boris Johnsons, um über den Menschen seine Politik zu beleuchten und die bedeutsamen Entscheidungen aufzuzeigen, die er zu treffen hat.
Dokumentation von Alice Cohen (F 2021, 53 Min)
‘A Recipe for Hatred’: Why Boris Johnson May Finally Have Gone Too Far
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Moral hypocrisy, such as lying about parties held during Britain’s lockdown, is the ultimate sin in human society, with a special power to enrage.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain at a virtual news conference this month. Mr. Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party amid pandemic restrictions. | Pool photo by Jack Hill
Boris Johnson, long famed for brushing off accusations of distorting, misleading or outright lying that, far from slowing his rise, seemed to only bolster his image as an incorrigible scamp, suddenly faces potential political death over the very charge to which he had seemed immune.
Even his detractors appear surprised by the speed with which the public and political class have turned against Mr. Johnson, the British prime minister, over charges that he lied about attending parties at his official residence in May 2020 that violated his own government’s lockdown orders.
But even if some of his past fibs may have arguably been more harmful to others around him, this one hits on a particular sensitivity that, psychologists have found, holds special power to enrage.
Moral hypocrisy — behaving badly while simultaneously hectoring the rest of us to do good — evokes a level of anger that neither lying nor wrongdoing bring out on their own, studies have repeatedly found. » | Max Fisher | Saturday, January 22, 2022
Boris Johnson, long famed for brushing off accusations of distorting, misleading or outright lying that, far from slowing his rise, seemed to only bolster his image as an incorrigible scamp, suddenly faces potential political death over the very charge to which he had seemed immune.
Even his detractors appear surprised by the speed with which the public and political class have turned against Mr. Johnson, the British prime minister, over charges that he lied about attending parties at his official residence in May 2020 that violated his own government’s lockdown orders.
But even if some of his past fibs may have arguably been more harmful to others around him, this one hits on a particular sensitivity that, psychologists have found, holds special power to enrage.
Moral hypocrisy — behaving badly while simultaneously hectoring the rest of us to do good — evokes a level of anger that neither lying nor wrongdoing bring out on their own, studies have repeatedly found. » | Max Fisher | Saturday, January 22, 2022
One N.Y.P.D. Officer Killed, a 2nd Critically Wounded in Harlem Shooting
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The officers were shot while responding to a domestic call, and a third officer shot the gunman, officials said. Mayor Eric Adams called it “an attack on the City of New York.”
Outside the building in Harlem where two police officers were shot on Friday night. | David Dee Delgado for The New York Times
One New York City police officer was killed and another was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire on them inside a Harlem apartment on Friday, the police said. They were the third and fourth officers to be shot in the line of duty this week, according to the police.
The police initially reported that both officers had been killed, but later said one was in critical condition at Harlem Hospital. The police said the officer who was killed was Jason Rivera, 22, who joined the department in November 2020. The critically injured officer was identified as Wilbert Mora, 27; he joined the department in 2018.
The gunman, identified by the police as Lashawn McNeil, 47, was shot in the arm and head by a third officer who was at the scene of the confrontation, an apartment on West 135th Street near Lenox Avenue, officials said. He survived but was in critical condition, the police said. » | Ed Shanahan | Published: Friday, January 21, 2022 ; Updated: Saturday, January 22, 2022
One New York City police officer was killed and another was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire on them inside a Harlem apartment on Friday, the police said. They were the third and fourth officers to be shot in the line of duty this week, according to the police.
The police initially reported that both officers had been killed, but later said one was in critical condition at Harlem Hospital. The police said the officer who was killed was Jason Rivera, 22, who joined the department in November 2020. The critically injured officer was identified as Wilbert Mora, 27; he joined the department in 2018.
The gunman, identified by the police as Lashawn McNeil, 47, was shot in the arm and head by a third officer who was at the scene of the confrontation, an apartment on West 135th Street near Lenox Avenue, officials said. He survived but was in critical condition, the police said. » | Ed Shanahan | Published: Friday, January 21, 2022 ; Updated: Saturday, January 22, 2022
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UNO verabschiedet Resolution gegen Holocaust-Leugnung
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Die Generalversammlung in New York hat die von Israel und Deutschland verfasste Resolution ohne Abstimmung angenommen und sich auf eine klare Definition der Leugnung des Holocausts geeinigt.
Die Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen (UNO) hat eine Resolution gegen die Leugnung des Holocausts verabschiedet. Die 193 Mitglieder zählende Generalversammlung nahm die von Israel und Deutschland verfasste Resolution am Donnerstag ohne Abstimmung an. Nur der Iran distanzierte sich davon. „Die Generalversammlung sendet eine starke und unmissverständliche Botschaft gegen die Leugnung oder Verzerrung dieser historischen Fakten“, sagte die deutsche UN-Botschafterin Antje Leendertse. Mit dem Beschluss einigte sich die UNO auf eine klare Definition der Leugnung des Holocausts. » | Quelle: Reuters | Freitag, 21. Januar 2022
Rees-Mogg’s Roots Tell a True Conservative Tale – Just Not the One He Wants Us to Hear
THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: The MP’s grandfather worked as a dairyman and lorry driver, but this does not fit his carefully cultivated public image
Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare/The Guardian
Just to the south of London’s great stations for the north – Euston, St Pancras and King’s Cross – an old and rather careworn neighbourhood serves the traveller’s needs. Cheap beds, cheap food and drink, drugs probably, sex formerly. Finer amusements had been planned for the site: in 1830 a project known as the Royal Panharmonium Pleasure Gardens, which was to include a theatre, ballroom and music gallery, went bankrupt before it was finished. In its place came a square and a few streets of modest brown-brick houses, built just before flat-fronted Georgian went out of fashion.
Knowing no better, I stayed in a comfortless room there on a winter’s night in the 1960s. Shillings fed the meter for the gas fire, a light bulb hung from the ceiling, and in the early hours of the morning the door shook with a tremendous banging as a man’s slurred voice called out for a woman. The area is more respectable now, but in some ways nicely unchanged. True, there’s a Travelodge and a Comfort Inn, but also a Macdonald hotel and a Jesmond Dene hotel, which speak of a time when travellers coming or going from stations north of the Tyne liked to be reminded of home. » | Ian Jack | Saturday, January 22, 2022
Just to the south of London’s great stations for the north – Euston, St Pancras and King’s Cross – an old and rather careworn neighbourhood serves the traveller’s needs. Cheap beds, cheap food and drink, drugs probably, sex formerly. Finer amusements had been planned for the site: in 1830 a project known as the Royal Panharmonium Pleasure Gardens, which was to include a theatre, ballroom and music gallery, went bankrupt before it was finished. In its place came a square and a few streets of modest brown-brick houses, built just before flat-fronted Georgian went out of fashion.
Knowing no better, I stayed in a comfortless room there on a winter’s night in the 1960s. Shillings fed the meter for the gas fire, a light bulb hung from the ceiling, and in the early hours of the morning the door shook with a tremendous banging as a man’s slurred voice called out for a woman. The area is more respectable now, but in some ways nicely unchanged. True, there’s a Travelodge and a Comfort Inn, but also a Macdonald hotel and a Jesmond Dene hotel, which speak of a time when travellers coming or going from stations north of the Tyne liked to be reminded of home. » | Ian Jack | Saturday, January 22, 2022
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History Hits.
Schools Drop Anti-homophobia Guidance at Outposts in Middle East
THE TIMES: Middle Eastern branches of leading British private schools have scrubbed anti-homophobia guidelines from their bullying charters.
An investigation by The Times has found the international franchises of schools including King’s College, Sherborne and Royal Grammar School (RGS), Guildford, omitted rules designed to stop homophobic bullying.
The rules, a legal requirement in Britain, have been ditched because homosexuality is illegal in some Middle Eastern countries. Schools wishing to open on the Arabian peninsula have to follow strict Islamic government guidelines on ownership, curriculum content and patriotism to obtain operating licences.
Such rules have been used in Middle East franchises to ban teachers from educating pupils about the Holocaust, evolution and the existence of Israel.
LGBT charities last night urged the schools, which earn tens of millions … » | Ben Ellery, Jacob Dirnhuber | Saturday, January 22, 2022 [£} *
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Boris Johnson: «La danse du scalp»
LE FIGARO : L’éditorial du Figaro, par Philippe Gélie.
Boris Johnson restera-t-il dans l’histoire du Royaume-Uni comme le dirigeant qui a réussi le Brexit ou comme un politicien amateur coulé par son goût pour la fête et ses déhanchements lourdauds, mais faciles à imiter? Voilà à peu près l’alternative, alors qu’une ancienne vidéo inspire ses opposants à le parodier sous les fenêtres du 10, Downing Street. Le «Partygate», une succession d’au moins sept rassemblements bien arrosés dans la résidence-bureau du premier ministre, en pleine période de restrictions sanitaires, place le locataire des lieux dans une position précaire: sa cote s’effondre dans l’opinion, l’opposition travailliste demande son départ et ses concurrents tories aiguisent leurs couteaux. Mais ils ne le poignarderont qu’avec un espoir crédible de prendre sa place, ce qui lui laisse un répit pour orchestrer l’une de ces résurrections dont il a le secret. Rattrapé par son image de «BoJo le clown» … » | Par Philippe Gélie, Directeur adjoint de la rédaction | lundi 17 janvier 2022
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Boris Johnson restera-t-il dans l’histoire du Royaume-Uni comme le dirigeant qui a réussi le Brexit ou comme un politicien amateur coulé par son goût pour la fête et ses déhanchements lourdauds, mais faciles à imiter? Voilà à peu près l’alternative, alors qu’une ancienne vidéo inspire ses opposants à le parodier sous les fenêtres du 10, Downing Street. Le «Partygate», une succession d’au moins sept rassemblements bien arrosés dans la résidence-bureau du premier ministre, en pleine période de restrictions sanitaires, place le locataire des lieux dans une position précaire: sa cote s’effondre dans l’opinion, l’opposition travailliste demande son départ et ses concurrents tories aiguisent leurs couteaux. Mais ils ne le poignarderont qu’avec un espoir crédible de prendre sa place, ce qui lui laisse un répit pour orchestrer l’une de ces résurrections dont il a le secret. Rattrapé par son image de «BoJo le clown» … » | Par Philippe Gélie, Directeur adjoint de la rédaction | lundi 17 janvier 2022
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From Conference Highs to the Abyss: The Swift Undoing of Boris Johnson
THE GUARDIAN: Less than four months ago, the PM was riding high and telling jokes in Manchester, a world away from where he is now
Boris Johnson has struggled through the Owen Paterson affair and partygate. Composite: Guardian Design/AFP/Getty Images/Reuters/ PA
It was not meant to fall apart as fast as this. After Boris Johnson won the general election in December 2019, he declared in a victory address: “I, and we, will never take your support for granted.”
The prime minister’s 80-seat majority, a victory for the “get Brexit done” campaign, appeared to leave him impregnable. For 18 months after, Johnson continued to defy political gravity despite repeated missteps, as the pandemic came to Britain’s shores.
“Johnson eyes decade in power,” splashed the Times in May after the Conservatives routed Labour in the Hartlepool byelection, a seat held by Labour for 47 years, with a swing of 16 points. “Jabs, jabs, jabs to jobs, jobs, jobs,” Johnson said, optimistic that a talent for soundbites could amount to a delivery programme for government.
Less than four months ago, the Conservatives were again riding high at their party conference in Manchester. Johnson delivered a policy-light, joke-heavy speech on 6 October – this was “politics as light entertainment” said the Guardian sketch writer John Crace. The government’s wildlife plans were described as “build back beaver”; renewing UK beef imports to the US as “build back burger”. » | Dan Sabbagh | Saturday, January 22, 2022
Partys an der Downing Street und Lügen im Parlament: Boris Johnson muss sich vielen Vorwürfen stellen – und steht vor einer Schicksalswoche: In wenigen Tagen soll ein interner Untersuchungsbericht veröffentlicht werden. Der Premierminister kämpft um sein politisches Überleben. Was Sie dazu wissen müssen. »
It was not meant to fall apart as fast as this. After Boris Johnson won the general election in December 2019, he declared in a victory address: “I, and we, will never take your support for granted.”
The prime minister’s 80-seat majority, a victory for the “get Brexit done” campaign, appeared to leave him impregnable. For 18 months after, Johnson continued to defy political gravity despite repeated missteps, as the pandemic came to Britain’s shores.
“Johnson eyes decade in power,” splashed the Times in May after the Conservatives routed Labour in the Hartlepool byelection, a seat held by Labour for 47 years, with a swing of 16 points. “Jabs, jabs, jabs to jobs, jobs, jobs,” Johnson said, optimistic that a talent for soundbites could amount to a delivery programme for government.
Less than four months ago, the Conservatives were again riding high at their party conference in Manchester. Johnson delivered a policy-light, joke-heavy speech on 6 October – this was “politics as light entertainment” said the Guardian sketch writer John Crace. The government’s wildlife plans were described as “build back beaver”; renewing UK beef imports to the US as “build back burger”. » | Dan Sabbagh | Saturday, January 22, 2022
Partys an der Downing Street und Lügen im Parlament: Boris Johnson muss sich vielen Vorwürfen stellen – und steht vor einer Schicksalswoche: In wenigen Tagen soll ein interner Untersuchungsbericht veröffentlicht werden. Der Premierminister kämpft um sein politisches Überleben. Was Sie dazu wissen müssen. »
Friday, January 21, 2022
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This Scandal Reveals a Conservative Party Corrupted by Boris Johnson – and by Brexit
THE GUARDIAN: Whether it’s the monarchy, the union or the BBC, today’s Tories are trampling on the values they once claimed to cherish
‘Vandalism became a Brexit habit – hardly surprising for a project dedicated to uprooting a tangle of connections.’ Photograph: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
Just because Boris Johnson approaches every issue thinking only of Boris Johnson does not mean we have to do the same. Even the crisis that now engulfs the prime minister, and sees his fate hang on Tory MPs’ reaction to a Sue Gray report that could come next week, is not only about him. It’s tempting to see it that way – to look for the roots of the partygate scandal in Johnson’s arrogance, entitlement and narcissism – but it’s a double mistake.
As a matter of politics, it’s unwise because it would allow the Conservatives to ditch Johnson, pick a successor and claim to be a new government exorcised of its demon, with no need for the electorate to turn to Labour. But it’s also wrong.
For Johnson may be a loner, but he did not act alone. That’s narrowly true, in the sense that there were plenty of others who knew about or attended those rule-breaking parties and plenty more who are covering for him now. Every Conservative MP who defends Johnson, every activist or donor who does not demand his resignation, makes themselves complicit in the damage his actions have caused.
But it’s true in a deeper sense, too, in that the shaming events in Downing Street are a function of a Conservative party that is now something else. Despite the name, that organisation is no longer conservative in the way that was previously understood and in which it once took great pride. » | onathan Freedland | Friday, January 21, 2022
Despite being a once dyed-in-the-wool Conservative voter, I regret to have to say that the Conservative Party, as it now is, belongs to a bygone age. The Whigs before it also belonged to a bygone age and that party eventually became extinct.
This country certainly needs a pro-business party, but the Conservatives are not that party! The Conservatives are a party of the one percent, for the one percent. The population of this country is made up of 99% other people who do not belong to the one percent. They, too, need a break. They, too, can add significantly to the GDP of this once great country.
This Tory administration is in place with BoJo at the helm simply because a cabal at the top wanted to make a financial killing, believing that being in the European Union stopped them from realizing their ambitions, their dream.
As a result, we, the people, had to pay the heavy price of losing our rights as European citizens, with all that that entails. Why? Just to allow BoJo to obtain the keys of Number 10 (and the 1% to make its killing). And what a dog’s dinner the man is making of the job now that he has it!
Brexit will one day have to be reversed (and it will be). The electorate has been fooled: They haven’t been told the truth – they haven’t been informed of their losses.
Brexit must be reversed. Reversed in the name of prosperity; and reversed in the name of Britain’s’ long-term future. It is the only patriotic outcome for Britain and for Britons long-term.
BoJo! Eat your heart out! – © Mark
Just because Boris Johnson approaches every issue thinking only of Boris Johnson does not mean we have to do the same. Even the crisis that now engulfs the prime minister, and sees his fate hang on Tory MPs’ reaction to a Sue Gray report that could come next week, is not only about him. It’s tempting to see it that way – to look for the roots of the partygate scandal in Johnson’s arrogance, entitlement and narcissism – but it’s a double mistake.
As a matter of politics, it’s unwise because it would allow the Conservatives to ditch Johnson, pick a successor and claim to be a new government exorcised of its demon, with no need for the electorate to turn to Labour. But it’s also wrong.
For Johnson may be a loner, but he did not act alone. That’s narrowly true, in the sense that there were plenty of others who knew about or attended those rule-breaking parties and plenty more who are covering for him now. Every Conservative MP who defends Johnson, every activist or donor who does not demand his resignation, makes themselves complicit in the damage his actions have caused.
But it’s true in a deeper sense, too, in that the shaming events in Downing Street are a function of a Conservative party that is now something else. Despite the name, that organisation is no longer conservative in the way that was previously understood and in which it once took great pride. » | onathan Freedland | Friday, January 21, 2022
Despite being a once dyed-in-the-wool Conservative voter, I regret to have to say that the Conservative Party, as it now is, belongs to a bygone age. The Whigs before it also belonged to a bygone age and that party eventually became extinct.
This country certainly needs a pro-business party, but the Conservatives are not that party! The Conservatives are a party of the one percent, for the one percent. The population of this country is made up of 99% other people who do not belong to the one percent. They, too, need a break. They, too, can add significantly to the GDP of this once great country.
This Tory administration is in place with BoJo at the helm simply because a cabal at the top wanted to make a financial killing, believing that being in the European Union stopped them from realizing their ambitions, their dream.
As a result, we, the people, had to pay the heavy price of losing our rights as European citizens, with all that that entails. Why? Just to allow BoJo to obtain the keys of Number 10 (and the 1% to make its killing). And what a dog’s dinner the man is making of the job now that he has it!
Brexit will one day have to be reversed (and it will be). The electorate has been fooled: They haven’t been told the truth – they haven’t been informed of their losses.
Brexit must be reversed. Reversed in the name of prosperity; and reversed in the name of Britain’s’ long-term future. It is the only patriotic outcome for Britain and for Britons long-term.
BoJo! Eat your heart out! – © Mark
Boris Johnson’s History Is Catching Up with Him, Says Welsh First Minister
THE GUARDIAN: Mark Drakeford highlights that prime minister has been sacked from two previous jobs for lying
Boris Johnson, the prime minister, has been criticised by Mark Drakeford. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has launched a fierce attack on Boris Johnson, claiming “his history is catching up with him” and suggesting the easing of Covid restrictions in England is designed to distract attention from the crisis the prime minister is facing.
In sustained criticism of Johnson, Drakeford highlighted that Johnson had twice been sacked from previous jobs for lying and said he believed that everything the Conservative UK government was currently doing was about protecting his position.
Speaking at a press conference in Cardiff, Drakeford, who leads a Labour administration, said: “The prime minister is someone who’s been sacked from two previous jobs for not telling the truth.”
He flagged up a newspaper editorial on the eve of the December 2019 election that spelled out Johnson’s flaws, adding: “In many ways, I think what you see is his history catching up with him.” » | Steven Morris | Friday, January 21, 2022
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has launched a fierce attack on Boris Johnson, claiming “his history is catching up with him” and suggesting the easing of Covid restrictions in England is designed to distract attention from the crisis the prime minister is facing.
In sustained criticism of Johnson, Drakeford highlighted that Johnson had twice been sacked from previous jobs for lying and said he believed that everything the Conservative UK government was currently doing was about protecting his position.
Speaking at a press conference in Cardiff, Drakeford, who leads a Labour administration, said: “The prime minister is someone who’s been sacked from two previous jobs for not telling the truth.”
He flagged up a newspaper editorial on the eve of the December 2019 election that spelled out Johnson’s flaws, adding: “In many ways, I think what you see is his history catching up with him.” » | Steven Morris | Friday, January 21, 2022
Scott Joplin : The Entertainer | Ragtime – Pianist Luca Raggi
Jun 6, 2015 • In the video you can listen to my piano interpretation of one of the most famous pieces of ragtime, The Entertainer, was composed by Scott Joplin and published in 1902. Written in the form of classical ragtime, four themes in AA-BB-A-CC-DD, A-B and D are in C major and C in F major.
Scott Joplin (1867-1917) was an American composer and musician, one of the most important in the genre ragtime, he himself called this type of music so as to earn the nickname "King of Ragtime".
Scott Joplin (1867-1917) was an American composer and musician, one of the most important in the genre ragtime, he himself called this type of music so as to earn the nickname "King of Ragtime".
Hat Papst Benedikt XVI. gelogen? Die Zerknirschungsrhetorik der katholischen Kirche tönt immer hohler
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Ein Gutachten über sexuellen Missbrauch im Bistum München wirft ein schlechtes Licht auf den emeritierten Papst. Mafiös anmutende Strukturen, in denen Loyalität wichtiger war als Recht und Moral, werden sichtbar.
Auch für einen Papst gilt die Unschuldsvermutung, doch schuldet er dem Kirchenvolk eine Erklärung: Benedikt XVI., hier am 24. September 2011 in Erfurt. | Carsten Koall / Getty
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Dass die katholische Kirche in Deutschland und anderswo auf der Welt von Missbrauchsskandalen erschüttert wird, ist für die Berichterstatter längst zu einer Routineangelegenheit geworden. Die Worte, deren sich die Hierarchen der Kirche bedienen, wenn wieder einmal bekannt wird, wie Bischöfe fehlbare Priester gedeckt haben, sind meist dieselben: Man gibt sich erschüttert, zeigt sich beschämt und gelobt Besserung. Fünf Studien über sexuellen Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche hat es in Deutschland bereits gegeben. Das Versprechen, das jeweils darauf folgte, war immer dasselbe: jetzt aber endlich Erneuerung und Transparenz! » | Hansjörg Friedrich Müller, Berlin | Freitag, 21 Januar 2022
Die Lüge Benedikts: Ein Gutachten über sexuellen Missbrauch im Erzbistum München belastet den emeritierten Papst. Fragen wirft vor allem ein Sitzungsprotokoll aus dem Jahr 1980 auf. »
Benedict Faulted for Handling of Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop: A newly released report by a law firm said the former pope mishandled at least four cases of sexual abuse accusations in Germany. »
Dass die katholische Kirche in Deutschland und anderswo auf der Welt von Missbrauchsskandalen erschüttert wird, ist für die Berichterstatter längst zu einer Routineangelegenheit geworden. Die Worte, deren sich die Hierarchen der Kirche bedienen, wenn wieder einmal bekannt wird, wie Bischöfe fehlbare Priester gedeckt haben, sind meist dieselben: Man gibt sich erschüttert, zeigt sich beschämt und gelobt Besserung. Fünf Studien über sexuellen Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche hat es in Deutschland bereits gegeben. Das Versprechen, das jeweils darauf folgte, war immer dasselbe: jetzt aber endlich Erneuerung und Transparenz! » | Hansjörg Friedrich Müller, Berlin | Freitag, 21 Januar 2022
Die Lüge Benedikts: Ein Gutachten über sexuellen Missbrauch im Erzbistum München belastet den emeritierten Papst. Fragen wirft vor allem ein Sitzungsprotokoll aus dem Jahr 1980 auf. »
Benedict Faulted for Handling of Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop: A newly released report by a law firm said the former pope mishandled at least four cases of sexual abuse accusations in Germany. »
Dans le Grand Nord canadien, quel avenir pour les peuples inuits?
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Les 65.000 membres de cette minorité, qui occupe 20 % du territoire, se sentent oubliés par le gouvernement fédéral.
Ne les appelez plus les Esquimaux. Ce sobriquet donné par les Amérindiens algonquins aux Inuits aux temps de la colonie signifie «mangeurs de viande crue» en inuktitut, la langue de ces lointaines contrées arctiques. Longtemps repris par les explorateurs avant d’être banni dans les années 1970 par les habitants du Grand Nord, le vocable «esquimau» fait encore des vagues au Canada. Au point que l’équipe de football américain des Eskimos d’Edmonton, sous la pression des «bien-pensants», a changé de nom en 2021 pour les Elks d’Edmonton. Et comme le ridicule vole toujours en escadrille, le bâtonnet de glaces Eskimo Pie est devenu Edy’s Pie en 2020.
Les peuples premiers de l’Arctique sont donc des Inuits, des «êtres humains», en inuktitut. Avec environ 65 000 habitants, dont 40.000 habitants au Nunavut, l’âme inuite plane sur plus de 20 % du Canada, des confins de l’océan Arctique à la baie d’Hudson et à la mer du Labrador. Si la majorité des Inuits vivent au Nunavut, devenu en 1999 un territoire autonome, avec pour capitale Iqaluit et ses températures inhumaines, d’autres habitent le Nunavik (nord du Québec), le Nunatsiavut (nord du Labrador) et l’Inuvialuit (les territoires du Nord-Ouest). » | Par Ludovic Hirtzmann | Dimanche 9 janvier 2022
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Tory Whips Allegedly Tried to Smear Christian Wakeford after Defection
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Allegations emerge of attempts to spread rumours about Bury South MP minutes after he crossed floor
Bury South MP Christian Wakeford. A government source said of the allegations that ‘it would be unacceptable’. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty
Conservative ministers and whips began spreading rumours about Christian Wakeford’s personal life minutes after the MP defected to Labour, it has been alleged amid growing concerns over dirty tactics in politics.
The Guardian has been told that senior members of the government spread the rumours in parliament after the MP for Bury South crossed the floor on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the senior Tory MP William Wragg urged MPs to report government ministers, whips and advisers to the Speaker – and even the Metropolitan police – for what he claimed was attempted blackmail of some colleagues suspected of opposing Boris Johnson. Johnson said he had “seen no evidence” of such threats.
A Labour source said the party had prepared Wakeford before his defection for the possibility of the Tories or hostile media trying to dig around in his private life. » | Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti and Heather Stewart | Friday, January 21, 2022
Conservative ministers and whips began spreading rumours about Christian Wakeford’s personal life minutes after the MP defected to Labour, it has been alleged amid growing concerns over dirty tactics in politics.
The Guardian has been told that senior members of the government spread the rumours in parliament after the MP for Bury South crossed the floor on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the senior Tory MP William Wragg urged MPs to report government ministers, whips and advisers to the Speaker – and even the Metropolitan police – for what he claimed was attempted blackmail of some colleagues suspected of opposing Boris Johnson. Johnson said he had “seen no evidence” of such threats.
A Labour source said the party had prepared Wakeford before his defection for the possibility of the Tories or hostile media trying to dig around in his private life. » | Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti and Heather Stewart | Friday, January 21, 2022
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‘Putin’s Palace’ Interior Is Revealed, Complete with Pole-dancing Room
THE TIMES: Leaked photographs have confirmed that a $1 billion luxury palace on the Black Sea which was allegedly built for President Putin has a pole-dancing room, an ornate theatre and a wine cellar.
The investigative team of Alexei Navalny, 45, the jailed Russian opposition leader, first revealed details of the grand residence a year ago, using computer-generated images based on blueprints and furniture catalogues to demonstrate what the interior looks like.
At the time, the Kremlin and state media claimed the images were “cartoons” and fakes. But the cache of about 500 photographs now revealed from “Putin’s Palace” shows the mock-ups were accurate in their depiction of lavish fittings. » | Tom Parfitt, Moscow | Friday, January 21, 2022 [£] *
* The Times currently has an offer of a month's free trial.
Comment Donald Trump prépare sa revanche
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - L’ancien président américain a tenu son premier rassemblement de l’année 2022, où il a promis de «reconquérir la Chambre et le Sénat», avant «de reprendre la Maison-Blanche» en 2024.
Les difficultés de Joe Biden nourrissent les ambitions de revanche de Donald Trump. Samedi dernier, l’ancien président a tenu en Arizona son premier rassemblement de l’année 2022, où il a promis de «reconquérir la Chambre et le Sénat» , en novembre prochain, à l’occasion des élections de mi-mandat, avant «de reprendre la Maison-Blanche» en 2024.
«On savait tous que Joe Biden ne serait pas très bon», a lancé Trump, «mais peu auraient pu imaginer qu’il serait un tel désastre pour le pays. L’inflation est la plus élevée depuis quarante ans, le prix de l’essence a doublé et les rayons des magasins sont vides… les rues des villes démocrates sont pleines de sang, les meurtres sont généralisés, ainsi que les trafics de drogue et d’êtres humains, il y a quatre fois plus de cas de Covid… notre frontière sud est abolie et les étrangers illégaux déferlent dans notre pays par millions».
«Biden a humilié notre pays sur la scène mondiale», a aussi accusé Trump, nos adversaires «jouent avec nous». … » | Par Adrien Jaulmes | mercredi 19 janvier 2022
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États-Unis: un an après, les Américains déçus par la présidence Biden : RÉCIT - L’élection de Joe Biden n’a pas ramené le calme. Le pays est plus divisé que jamais, et serait au bord de la guerre civile, selon plusieurs intellectuels. »
Pétain «sauveur» de juifs : Zemmour persiste et dit avoir «raison historiquement»
LE FIGARO : Le candidat d'extrême droite à la présidentielle Eric Zemmour a dit vendredi 21 janvier maintenir ses propos sur le maréchal Pétain «sauveur» de juifs, estimant avoir «raison historiquement», au lendemain du rejet de la demande de renvoi de son procès pour contestation de crime contre l'humanité.
La décision de la cour d'appel sera rendue après l'élection présidentielle des 10 et 24 avril prochains. L'ex-chroniqueur vedette de CNews avait été relaxé en février 2021, après avoir soutenu en 2019 que le maréchal Philippe Pétain avait «sauvé» les juifs français pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale. Le tribunal avait estimé que ces propos avaient été prononcés «à brûle-pourpoint lors d'un débat sur la guerre en Syrie». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 21 janvier 2022
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Die Wannsee-Konferenz zeigt, wozu Menschen fähig sind
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Während die wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen voranschreitet, wird der Antisemitismus in der Bevölkerung stärker. Deshalb brauchen wir Gedenktage und Holocaust Education an den Schulen. Ein Gastbeitrag von Josef Schuster.
Am 20. Januar 1942 fanden sich 15 leitende Beamte der NS-Administration in einer herrschaftlichen Villa am Wannsee zu einer „Besprechung mit anschließendem Frühstück“ ein. Wer heute flüchtig die Dokumente und das Protokoll der Sitzung liest, könnte angesichts der Sprache und Terminologie meinen, es ginge um Waren, deren Vertrieb optimiert werden müsse im damaligen Deutschen Reich samt der besetzten Länder und Gebiete.
Doch es ging um Menschen. Es ging um Millionen jüdischer Frauen, Männer und Kinder, die nach der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie nicht als vollwertige Menschen betrachtet wurden und denen das Lebensrecht abgesprochen wurde.
Ihre Verfolgung war 1942 bereits in vollem Gange. Jetzt sollten die verbleibenden rechtlichen und administrativen Schritte zur „Endlösung der Judenfrage“ geklärt werden. Es ging um die optimale Vorbereitung und Durchführung des Völkermordes an den europäischen Juden – um ein „bürokratisch organisiertes Staatsverbrechen“, wie es die Historiker Norbert Kampe und Peter Klein bezeichnet haben. Ziel war die Ermordung von elf Millionen Juden in rund 30 Ländern. Das Auswärtige Amt reichte am Tag vor der Sitzung „Wünsche und Ideen“ zu dem geplanten Völkermord ein. » | Von Josef Shuster * | Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2022
* Josef Schuster ist Präsident des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland.
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80 Years Ago the Nazis Planned the ‘Final Solution.’ It Took 90 Minutes.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As Germany observes the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, witnesses of the Nazi era are dying and antisemitism is resurgent in Europe and the United States.
Portraits of European Jews murdered during the Holocaust, at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, on Wednesday. | Sean Gallup/Getty Images
BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking officials of the Nazi bureaucracy met in a villa on Lake Wannsee on the western edge of Berlin. Nibbles were served and washed down with cognac. There was only one point on the agenda: “The organizational, logistical and material steps for a final solution of the Jewish question in Europe.”
Planning the Holocaust took all of 90 minutes.
Eighty years after the infamous Wannsee Conference that meticulously mapped it out, the bureaucratic efficiency of it remains as unnerving as ever.
The minutes taken that day and typed up on 15 pages do not explicitly refer to murder. They use phrases like “evacuation” and “reduction” and “treatment” — and divide up the task among different government departments and their “pertinent specialists.”
“You read that protocol, and it’s chilling,” said Deborah E. Lipstadt, a renowned Holocaust scholar. “It’s all very camouflaged language. But then you look at the list of countries and the number of Jews they planned to kill. Eleven million people they were going to go after. They had very big plans.”
The anniversary of that fateful meeting has a special resonance at a time when survivors of the Holocaust are dwindling and antisemitism and the ideology of white supremacy are resurgent in Europe and the United States, along with attacks targeting Jewish people and ethnic minorities. Just last Saturday a man took a rabbi and three members of his congregation hostage in a synagogue in Texas. » | Katrin Bennhold | Thursday, January 20, 2022
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Hace 80 años, los nazis planificaron la ‘solución final’ en solo 90 minutos : Mientras Alemania recuerda el aniversario de la Conferencia de Wannsee, los testigos de la era nazi están muriendo y el antisemitismo vuelve a resurgir en Europa y Estados Unidos. »
BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking officials of the Nazi bureaucracy met in a villa on Lake Wannsee on the western edge of Berlin. Nibbles were served and washed down with cognac. There was only one point on the agenda: “The organizational, logistical and material steps for a final solution of the Jewish question in Europe.”
Planning the Holocaust took all of 90 minutes.
Eighty years after the infamous Wannsee Conference that meticulously mapped it out, the bureaucratic efficiency of it remains as unnerving as ever.
The minutes taken that day and typed up on 15 pages do not explicitly refer to murder. They use phrases like “evacuation” and “reduction” and “treatment” — and divide up the task among different government departments and their “pertinent specialists.”
“You read that protocol, and it’s chilling,” said Deborah E. Lipstadt, a renowned Holocaust scholar. “It’s all very camouflaged language. But then you look at the list of countries and the number of Jews they planned to kill. Eleven million people they were going to go after. They had very big plans.”
The anniversary of that fateful meeting has a special resonance at a time when survivors of the Holocaust are dwindling and antisemitism and the ideology of white supremacy are resurgent in Europe and the United States, along with attacks targeting Jewish people and ethnic minorities. Just last Saturday a man took a rabbi and three members of his congregation hostage in a synagogue in Texas. » | Katrin Bennhold | Thursday, January 20, 2022
Leer en español :
Hace 80 años, los nazis planificaron la ‘solución final’ en solo 90 minutos : Mientras Alemania recuerda el aniversario de la Conferencia de Wannsee, los testigos de la era nazi están muriendo y el antisemitismo vuelve a resurgir en Europa y Estados Unidos. »
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Boris Johnson weiter unter Druck – Nun tauchen auch Vorwürfe wegen der angeblichen Erpressung von Abgeordneten auf
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Er schien schon zu taumeln, dann rappelte sich der britische Premier Johnson noch einmal mit einem kämpferischen Auftritt im Parlament auf. Doch schon am Tag danach gibt es neue Vorwürfe.
Bei seiner Rede am Mittwoch in der Fragestunde im Parlament zeigt sich Boris Johnson kämpferisch. Doch mittlerweile bringen ihn neue Vorwürfe unter Druck. | Uk Parliament/ Jessica Taylor / Reuters
(dpa) Im Skandal um Lockdown-Partys im Regierungssitz Downing Street schafft es der britische Premierminister Boris Johnson nicht aus den Negativschlagzeilen. Nachdem er sich tags zuvor mit einem kämpferischen Auftritt im Parlament ein wenig Luft verschafft hatte, kamen am Donnerstag Vorwürfe über angebliche Erpressungstaktiken gegen aufsässige Tory-Abgeordnete auf. Neue Enthüllungen wecken zudem weiter Zweifel an Johnsons Aufrichtigkeit.
Er habe Berichte über die Erpressung von Abgeordneten erhalten, sagte der Vorsitzende des Verwaltungs- und Verfassungsausschusses im Unterhaus, William Wragg, am Donnerstag. Konservative Parlamentsmitglieder, die im Verdacht stünden, dem Premier die Gefolgschaft zu versagen, seien von Regierungsmitarbeitern mit der Veröffentlichung kompromittierenden Materials in der Presse bedroht worden. » | dpa | Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2022
(dpa) Im Skandal um Lockdown-Partys im Regierungssitz Downing Street schafft es der britische Premierminister Boris Johnson nicht aus den Negativschlagzeilen. Nachdem er sich tags zuvor mit einem kämpferischen Auftritt im Parlament ein wenig Luft verschafft hatte, kamen am Donnerstag Vorwürfe über angebliche Erpressungstaktiken gegen aufsässige Tory-Abgeordnete auf. Neue Enthüllungen wecken zudem weiter Zweifel an Johnsons Aufrichtigkeit.
Er habe Berichte über die Erpressung von Abgeordneten erhalten, sagte der Vorsitzende des Verwaltungs- und Verfassungsausschusses im Unterhaus, William Wragg, am Donnerstag. Konservative Parlamentsmitglieder, die im Verdacht stünden, dem Premier die Gefolgschaft zu versagen, seien von Regierungsmitarbeitern mit der Veröffentlichung kompromittierenden Materials in der Presse bedroht worden. » | dpa | Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2022
The Guardian View on Dropping Covid Restrictions: Follow the Scandal
THE GUARDIAN: The scrapping of plan B is driven by the prime minister’s political panic, not scientific guidance
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ‘are keeping the mask mandate on public transport, in shops and similar places, while England is dropping it’. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock
No one is under the illusion that the ending of Covid restrictions in England from next week is driven by science. The prime minister’s announcement on Wednesday was prompted by political desperation, not data. The daily death rate on Wednesday was reported as 359.
Scientists warn that infections are likely to resurge. While the level of infection across the population and health staff absences are falling sharply, the chair of the British Medical Association warned that hospitalisations are double the level that they were when plan B was introduced, and case rates close to twice as high. Dr Chaand Nagpaul noted that the NHS remains under crippling pressure, with a record backlog of six million patients.
After two years of the pandemic, it is not only Tory backbenchers who long for a return to normality. It is true that Omicron has wreaked less damage than feared – though many have still lost loved ones, or suffered serious and perhaps lasting damage to their health. With vaccines and treatments now available, it is entirely reasonable that people are rethinking what constitutes appropriate and proportionate responses to the virus. Restrictions have saved countless lives, but they have economic, social and indeed health costs: the effects of isolation have been punishing for many. » | Editorial | Thursday, January 20, 2022
It’s high time that this circus leave town! Complete with its clowns!
In order for the chief clown to obtain the keys to Number 10, we, the people, had to relinquish all our rights as citizens of the EU. Now, he wants the people to relinquish their right to life too, in order that he be able to save his political career! Enough already! It’s high time that the Conservative Party restore normality, restore decency. Once upon a time, it was the Party of decency and common sense!
It is peculiar and unfathomable indeed that at the very time that other European countries are toughening their restrictions because of the dangers of the Omicron variant that this government is relaxing them. How senseless is that? – © Mark
No one is under the illusion that the ending of Covid restrictions in England from next week is driven by science. The prime minister’s announcement on Wednesday was prompted by political desperation, not data. The daily death rate on Wednesday was reported as 359.
Scientists warn that infections are likely to resurge. While the level of infection across the population and health staff absences are falling sharply, the chair of the British Medical Association warned that hospitalisations are double the level that they were when plan B was introduced, and case rates close to twice as high. Dr Chaand Nagpaul noted that the NHS remains under crippling pressure, with a record backlog of six million patients.
After two years of the pandemic, it is not only Tory backbenchers who long for a return to normality. It is true that Omicron has wreaked less damage than feared – though many have still lost loved ones, or suffered serious and perhaps lasting damage to their health. With vaccines and treatments now available, it is entirely reasonable that people are rethinking what constitutes appropriate and proportionate responses to the virus. Restrictions have saved countless lives, but they have economic, social and indeed health costs: the effects of isolation have been punishing for many. » | Editorial | Thursday, January 20, 2022
It’s high time that this circus leave town! Complete with its clowns!
In order for the chief clown to obtain the keys to Number 10, we, the people, had to relinquish all our rights as citizens of the EU. Now, he wants the people to relinquish their right to life too, in order that he be able to save his political career! Enough already! It’s high time that the Conservative Party restore normality, restore decency. Once upon a time, it was the Party of decency and common sense!
It is peculiar and unfathomable indeed that at the very time that other European countries are toughening their restrictions because of the dangers of the Omicron variant that this government is relaxing them. How senseless is that? – © Mark
'Alone Out Here' : A Gay Farmer on Love, Isolation, and Disrupting the Meat Industry in Australia | The New Yorker | Re-upload
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This blog is not about pushing an ideology. As a person, I am rather moderate in my views and live a very normal, moderate and, I believe, a very respectable life. Further, I have never been given to excess of any sort, neither in food nor drink nor dressing; indeed, in outlook, I am generally rather conservative.
I do, however, believe that there is a place in this world for all people, regardless of faith, skin colour, or sexual orientation. As long as people live decent lives and help others, especially when those people are in difficulty or need, they should be respected.
This is not a website for people with extreme political views. I firmly believe that extreme political views lead to instability in society and definitely, ultimately, lead to no good place.
So please, if you come across anything posted on this website, do not conclude that I necessarily agree with what has been posted. Only the comment I may have posted on it will give you any indication of my own beliefs. Even the recipes I post are not always things that I would necessarily wish to eat. For example, if I post a vegan recipe, not being a vegan myself, I might well not wish to cook that recipe.
I am trying hard to make this website interesting to as wide an audience as possible: gay, straight, young or old. I also work hard to bring you all something in English, German and French; and sometimes even in Spanish, even though, alas, I am a greenhorn in that language. But I have many visitors from Spain and Spanish-speaking nations, so I feel that such links would be of interest to them.
Again, I should like to thank you all for your continued support. It means a lot to me. I appreciate it greatly. Stay safe in these perilous times! – © Mark
This blog is not about pushing an ideology. As a person, I am rather moderate in my views and live a very normal, moderate and, I believe, a very respectable life. Further, I have never been given to excess of any sort, neither in food nor drink nor dressing; indeed, in outlook, I am generally rather conservative.
I do, however, believe that there is a place in this world for all people, regardless of faith, skin colour, or sexual orientation. As long as people live decent lives and help others, especially when those people are in difficulty or need, they should be respected.
This is not a website for people with extreme political views. I firmly believe that extreme political views lead to instability in society and definitely, ultimately, lead to no good place.
So please, if you come across anything posted on this website, do not conclude that I necessarily agree with what has been posted. Only the comment I may have posted on it will give you any indication of my own beliefs. Even the recipes I post are not always things that I would necessarily wish to eat. For example, if I post a vegan recipe, not being a vegan myself, I might well not wish to cook that recipe.
I am trying hard to make this website interesting to as wide an audience as possible: gay, straight, young or old. I also work hard to bring you all something in English, German and French; and sometimes even in Spanish, even though, alas, I am a greenhorn in that language. But I have many visitors from Spain and Spanish-speaking nations, so I feel that such links would be of interest to them.
Again, I should like to thank you all for your continued support. It means a lot to me. I appreciate it greatly. Stay safe in these perilous times! – © Mark
L'Assemblée nationale reconnaît officiellement le génocide des Ouïghours
LE FIGARO : La proposition de résolution des députés socialistes a été adoptée presque unanimement ce matin, reconnaissant officiellement le génocide en cours au Xinjiang (Chine).
Presque unanimement, l'Assemblée nationale vient de voter ce jeudi matin en faveur d'une proposition de résolution reconnaissant et condamnant le «caractère génocidaire des violences politiques systématiques ainsi que des crimes contre l'humanité actuellement perpétrés par la République populaire de Chine à l'égard des Ouïghours». Par 169 voix pour, une voix contre et cinq abstentions, la France rejoint ainsi le Canada, les États-Unis et l'Irlande et plusieurs autres pays du monde dans la reconnaissance de ce génocide. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Jean Cittone | jeudi 20 janvier 2022
Presque unanimement, l'Assemblée nationale vient de voter ce jeudi matin en faveur d'une proposition de résolution reconnaissant et condamnant le «caractère génocidaire des violences politiques systématiques ainsi que des crimes contre l'humanité actuellement perpétrés par la République populaire de Chine à l'égard des Ouïghours». Par 169 voix pour, une voix contre et cinq abstentions, la France rejoint ainsi le Canada, les États-Unis et l'Irlande et plusieurs autres pays du monde dans la reconnaissance de ce génocide. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Jean Cittone | jeudi 20 janvier 2022
Jeff Bezos Recruits in Quest for Eternal Youth
THE TIMES: The Amazon founder is backing a venture to extend the prime of life, write Rhys Blakely and Louisa Clarence-Smith
Altos Labs, which is backed by Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner, has hired GSK’s chief executive Hal Barron along with a slew of Nobel prize-winners
An effort to vanquish death moved up a gear yesterday as a new “anti-ageing” company backed by Jeff Bezos revealed it had recruited one of the world’s most respected scientists.
The venture, called Altos Labs, has poached Hal Barron, 59, to be its chief executive. He had previously been chief scientific officer for the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
That alone would have secured Altos credibility — but the biotech start-up also revealed $3 billion in funding yesterday, as well as a board of directors brimming with Nobel laureates.
Its focus will be on “cellular programming”, a technique that can already be used to rejuvenate individual cells in a laboratory — and that some believe holds the key to prolonging human life by banishing diseases associated with … » | Rhys Blakely, Science Correspondent | Louisa Clarence-Smith | Thursday, January 20, 2022 [£]
An effort to vanquish death moved up a gear yesterday as a new “anti-ageing” company backed by Jeff Bezos revealed it had recruited one of the world’s most respected scientists.
The venture, called Altos Labs, has poached Hal Barron, 59, to be its chief executive. He had previously been chief scientific officer for the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
That alone would have secured Altos credibility — but the biotech start-up also revealed $3 billion in funding yesterday, as well as a board of directors brimming with Nobel laureates.
Its focus will be on “cellular programming”, a technique that can already be used to rejuvenate individual cells in a laboratory — and that some believe holds the key to prolonging human life by banishing diseases associated with … » | Rhys Blakely, Science Correspondent | Louisa Clarence-Smith | Thursday, January 20, 2022 [£]
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Christian Couple Ban Gay Man and His ITV Producer Partner from Buying Their Dream Surrey Home due to Their Relationship
MAIL ONLINE – EXTRACT: A gay couple were stunned to be told they could not buy their dream house in Surrey from a devoutly Christian couple - because of their sexuality.
When they tried to arrange a viewing through internet estate agents Purplebricks, they were refused and sent astonishing references to fire and brimstone Bible passages by the couple.
Luke Whitehouse and his ITV producer partner Lachlan Mantell spotted a £650,000, three-bed, semi-detached cottage as they looked to get on the property ladder. Read the story here » | Nick Craven for MailOnline | Thursday, January 20, 2022
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When they tried to arrange a viewing through internet estate agents Purplebricks, they were refused and sent astonishing references to fire and brimstone Bible passages by the couple.
Luke Whitehouse and his ITV producer partner Lachlan Mantell spotted a £650,000, three-bed, semi-detached cottage as they looked to get on the property ladder. Read the story here » | Nick Craven for MailOnline | Thursday, January 20, 2022
Christian homophobes ban gay couple from buying their home, cite Bible verses at them instead: A Christian physicist and her husband refused to sell their house to a gay couple, instead messaging them with Bible verses. »
Silvio Berlusconi Angles for Italy’s Presidency, Bunga Bunga and All
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The billionaire former prime minister is working hard to persuade lawmakers to vote for him next week, despite an unusual résumé for a job resting on moral authority.
Silvio Berlusconi in Milan in October. | .Claudio Furlan/LaPresse, via Associated Press
ROME — Early this month, Silvio Berlusconi sat at a dining room table in his mansion with his girlfriend, more than a half-century younger, and an old political ally. As they feasted on a pumpkin souffle and truffle tagliatelle, the 85-year-old Italian former prime minister and billionaire made hours of phone calls, working his way down a list of disaffected lawmakers he hoped to persuade to elect him president of Italy next week.
“‘We are forming the Bunga Bunga party and we want you with us,’” Christian Romaniello, a lawmaker formerly with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, recounted Mr. Berlusconi as saying, referring to the sex-fueled bacchanals that Mr. Berlusconi has deemed merely “elegant dinners.” According to Mr. Romaniello, Mr. Berlusconi then added, “‘But I’ll bring the ladies.’”
The Italian presidency, the country’s head of state, is a seven-year position usually filled by a figure of unimpeachable integrity and sobriety whose influence flows from moral authority. The current holder, Sergio Mattarella, is a quiet statesman whose brother was murdered by the mob. Another contender is Mario Draghi, the prime minister and a titan of European politics who has led the country to a period of unusual stability.
Then there is Mr. Berlusconi, who despite his recent bad health, waxen appearance and weakened political standing, is making an unabashed push to win a career-culminating position that he hopes will wash away decades of stains — his allies say unjustly thrown mud — and rewrite his legacy. » | Jason Horowitz | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
ROME — Early this month, Silvio Berlusconi sat at a dining room table in his mansion with his girlfriend, more than a half-century younger, and an old political ally. As they feasted on a pumpkin souffle and truffle tagliatelle, the 85-year-old Italian former prime minister and billionaire made hours of phone calls, working his way down a list of disaffected lawmakers he hoped to persuade to elect him president of Italy next week.
“‘We are forming the Bunga Bunga party and we want you with us,’” Christian Romaniello, a lawmaker formerly with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, recounted Mr. Berlusconi as saying, referring to the sex-fueled bacchanals that Mr. Berlusconi has deemed merely “elegant dinners.” According to Mr. Romaniello, Mr. Berlusconi then added, “‘But I’ll bring the ladies.’”
The Italian presidency, the country’s head of state, is a seven-year position usually filled by a figure of unimpeachable integrity and sobriety whose influence flows from moral authority. The current holder, Sergio Mattarella, is a quiet statesman whose brother was murdered by the mob. Another contender is Mario Draghi, the prime minister and a titan of European politics who has led the country to a period of unusual stability.
Then there is Mr. Berlusconi, who despite his recent bad health, waxen appearance and weakened political standing, is making an unabashed push to win a career-culminating position that he hopes will wash away decades of stains — his allies say unjustly thrown mud — and rewrite his legacy. » | Jason Horowitz | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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