While some migrant families are removed each year, on Thursday the Home Office announced a new pilot scheme to target 150 families in the asylum system – primarily those whose claims have been refused – for expedited voluntary removals with enhanced cash payments of £10,000 a person up to £40,000 per family.
Families will have just seven days to decide whether or not to accept the offer. If they decline, enforced removal proceedings will begin. According to a new consultation document, proposals could include handcuffing children who resist being put on a plane and sent back to their home country.
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David Lammy Refuses US Influence In Iran’s Leadership
David Lammy has refused to say he supports Donald Trump’s claim that the US should have a say in who leads Iran next.
Days after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, the US president insisted that he should be involved in choosing the Ayatollah’s successor.
He told POLITICO the US is going to “work with them to help them make the proper choice” because he wants to avoid appointing a new head of Iran “that’s going to lead to having to do this again in another 10 years.”
But the deputy prime minister did not endorse this thinking when speaking to BBC Radio 4′s Today programme.
Asked if he thought Trump should have a say in Iran’s future, Lammy – who is now the justice secretary – said: “The concerns that I expressed as foreign secretary was what might come after Ali Khamenei was no longer there.”
He continued. “This might ultimately be a matter for the Iranian people.
“As we have discussed, it is now for the US and Israel to set out their war aims as they set out this action principally.”
BBC presenter Anna Foster said: “You mean that’s not a choice Donald Trump should be involved in?”
The cabinet minister replied: “Clearly, regime change – I don’t think – has been succeeded from the air anywhere in the world.”
When asked yet again to answer the question, Lammy said: “I’m answering the question as best I can.”
“It’s a yes or no question though, isn’t it?” Foster insisted.
Lammy said the UK believes “diplomacy was taking its course”.
He added: “If you believe in democracy, and we and the US are democratic countries, and we believe it is for the Iranian people to choose who leads the country.”
Asked if that means not allowing Trump to decide, he paused before adding: “I think I’ve answered your question.”
Lammy was also asked when the war might end, but he just said: “It is for the United States and the Israelis to set out their own assessments and aims.
“My assessment is of course that we expect we are still days away from this war coming to an end at the moment.
“There is still quite a lot of capability in Iran at the moment.”
Asked if he was concerned there was not a clear goal by the US, Lammy said: “In a sense it’s right that you direct those questions at the United States and Israel.”
He pointed out that Starmer had told MPs on Monday that he was concerned about the legal basis of the war.
“It’s on that basis we have not been involved in the original offensive action, but we have been involved in defensive action,” the deputy prime minister said.
Asked if Starmer has told Trump he is concerned there is not a clear goal, Lammy said: “It would not be right and I think you know it would not be right for me to give you a detailed breakdown of the conversations that take place between the prime minister and the president.
“Or indeed the conversations between me and the vice president, that would not be right.”
When asked directly if he knew the answer, Lammy said: “You know that I know the answer because I am part of the National Security Council! But I’m not going to share that answer with you.”
Forster said again it was a pertinent question to ask because Trump has attacked Starmer in recent days, saying the prime minister is “not Winston Churchill”.
Lammy replied insisting that the UK and the US have the closest of intelligence relationships, and pointed out that there have been splits between the two countries amid wider wars in the past.
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Who in Labour doesn’t see Mahmood is a racist prick?
In a surprise to all, it appears that some Labour MPs still have a shred of their principles. A Whatsapp conversation has been leaked to the press, showing that even Shabana Mahmood’s fellow Commons members think her immigration policies are way over the line.
Back on 17 November, Labour published its proposed reforms to asylum seeker policy under home secretary Mahmood. Amongst its many abhorrent policies, some standouts were: removing the right to family reunion, removing the duty to support asylum seekers, and removing jewellery and valuables from asylum seekers.
Tripling down
Since then, the racist Labour government announced that it will stop issuing study visas to people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan.
Likewise, Mahmood has also announced a plan to limit refugee stays to 30 months. Instead, she intends to force people to reapply for the right to remain every two and a half years.
Most recently, on 5 March, the home secretary used a speech to a left-leaning think tank as an opportunity to announce even further asylum restrictions. Namely, if an asylum seeker works illegally, or otherwise breaks the law, Labour plans to remove support payments and turn them out of their accommodation.
Worse, as the Guardian reported today, 6 March:
Labour: Please share the puff-piece
Given the downright inhumanity of these policies, it’s utterly unsurprising that people are voicing their objections. The only thing that’s surprised us is that some of the voices are coming from within Starmer’s Labour.
In a WhatsApp Labour MP group conversation seen by multiple press outlets, the Labour office shared Mahmood’s recent Guardian op-ed. In the article, the home secretary boasted that:
we will lift the qualifying period for settlement from five years to 10, and impose new conditions – a clean criminal record, sustained economic contribution and a good command of English. Those who contribute the most, such as doctors, nurses and high-earners, will have a faster path to settlement.
Those who contribute less will have to wait longer to apply. This includes those low-skilled workers, who arrived in recent years, who would otherwise be eligible to apply for welfare and social housing at an earlier stage.
That last line wasn’t actually written by Mahmood. In the home secretary’s original, she stated that low-skilled workers would “receive immediate access to welfare and social housing” unless Labour made them wait longer to apply for settlement. The Guardian amended the statement because it was, you know, a bald-faced lie.
MPs: No, it’s fucking awful
In response to the request to share the article, Labour received a swift series of ‘no’s. Sarah Owen replied:
No thanks. Will not be sharing this.
Kate Osborne gave a flat “Absolutely not”, and Vicky Foxcroft said “I won’t either”.
Birmingham’s scab-happy MP, Preet Kaur Gill, offered the opinion that we can offer sanctuary and control borders. She called this “what a fair and credible system looks like”. Owen, however, retorted that Labour’s policies are “fair, credible or sustainable”.
Stella Creasey then hit the nail on the head:
There’s no fairness in repeatedly spending money on asking victims of trafficking and civil war if they are still in that category, especially when we have already given them refugee status so confirmed that are at risk of harm – only a massive waste of money. Money that could have gone to the aid budget to help prevent the conflicts that cause people to run. Ukrainians, Iranians, Afghans alike will all now live in a perpetual state of limbo not able to plan any kind of life here or in their home nation because they can’t guarantee their status, making them easier to exploit too. I look forward to reading the NAO report and its inevitable Windrush style scandal coming that none of us stood on a manifesto to implement.
Our politicians constantly bang on about immigrants ‘failing to integrate’. However, Mahmood’s policies will render refugees as pseudo-citizens for decades, rendering them less able to find work.
This, in turn, means a greater reliance on state welfare – and greater public anger from the same racists Labour are trying to appease.
No sanctuary
Luke Myers trotted out the tired defence that Labour are turning far-right to stop the far-right:
We were elected on a central manifesto promise of strong borders. Around 48% of the public see this as important. We must deliver this. If we fail we will get a government that burns down the entire system, along with worker’s rights, child poverty prevention & our NHS along with it.
Fortunately, Creasy was ready for him too:
These people are already inside our borders. They are people we have said we would give sanctuary to and are now saying they would have to wait 20 years to get settled status. If you want to strengthen your borders spend the £1bn on more enforcement before you give someone refugee status or processing claims. There’s plenty of better ways to show you can manage an asylum system than spending money repeatedly asking someone if there’s still civil war in their country – and then inevitably agreeing there is so they can stay but making it more likely they will be dependant [sic] on welfare because without clear status it will be harder to get a job or a house or be self-sufficient. The public do want better border control – this isn’t it!
Again, pulling the rug out from underneath people who already have already started to build a life here isn’t about ‘controlling our borders’. It’s about making Labour look like it hates immigrants just as much as Reform and its voters.
It’s a despicable, low-down, rotten tactic. And it’s not even fucking working.
Not playing ball
Finally, Sheffield MP Abtisam Mohamed dropped the mic on the conversation:
This is anything but compassionate and can we stop selling it as such. Deterrance [sic] has never worked and here we are doing the same thing over again. Not Labour values at all. You should have engaged with us before coming up with such damaging policies.
Mahmood, Starmer and their cronies didn’t even talk to their party before drafting this hate-filled screed. Now, they have the gall to expect Labour MPs to get on board with outright immigrant bashing.
Fortunately, it seems like a few within Labour haven’t lost all of their principles quite yet. Looking at the shameless shower that is Labour party’s front bench, we wonder if they’re feeling lonely.
Featured image via the Canary
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Why War In Iran Is The Last Thing Keir Starmer Needs
Towards the end of the third and final part of Channel 4′s ‘The Tony Blair Story’, the former prime minister once again defends his decision to take the UK to war in Iraq.
“I can’t think of another British prime minister who also wouldn’t have wanted to be with America post-9/11,” he says.
Given the events of the past week, it is worth considering whether Blair has now revised that view.
Keir Starmer, the first Labour leader to win a general election since Blair did it for a third time in 2005, decided he did not want to “be with America” when Donald Trump sought permission to use British bases to launch missiles at Iran.
The prime minister doubts the legality of the military action, and is unconvinced that the US president has any plan at all for what comes next.
Starmer only relented when Iran began attacking other countries in the region, putting 300,000 British lives at risk.
And even then, the PM made clear that the US can only use British bases to carry out “defensive” operations targeting weapons storage facilities and missile launch sites.
In comments which could have been specifically chosen to anger Tony Blair, Starmer said: “We all remember the mistakes of Iraq. And we have learned those lessons.
“We were not involved in the initial strikes on Iran, and we will not join offensive action now.”
Trump – who Starmer had been relatively successful in wooing since he returned to the White House – has made clear to any journalist who will listen how furious he is at the PM’s approach.
“This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” the president mockingly told reporters in the Oval Office.

Starmer may feel reassured by a YouGov poll published on Thursday which showed that just 8% of the country believe the UK should be “actively joining the US and Israel” in bombing Iran.
Just under half – 46% – say Britain should restrict itself to shooting down drones, defending civilian areas and UK military facilities, which is in line with the government’s own approach.
Around a quarter – 26% – say the UK response should be “retaliatory only, attacking military targets that have launched attacks against civilian areas and/or British military targets”.
However, when asked how the PM is handling the crisis, 47% say badly, with just 34% saying well.
The same poll found that 52% of voters think Starmer is handling his relationship with Trump badly, with just 32% supporting his approach.
Predictably, Starmer has been attacked by the Greens for getting involved in the war at all, and by Reform and the Tories for not being more supportive of Trump.
“I think Keir is where the country is at the moment, which is not where the right wing press are”
– Senior member of the cabinet
A senior Labour source told HuffPost UK: “There are three competing choices in front of the British public currently.
“The Greens, who are making the case that our government should sit on our hands and do nothing to protect ourselves, even while 300,000 UK nationals and our allies are under threat.
“Reform and the Tories, who are essentially arguing we should sub-contract our foreign policy to, at best, an ill-defined and escalating war.
“Or this Labour government, who are clear that we’re defending British nationals and interests as part of our collective self defence.”
A minister, not normally one of the PM’s biggest fans, said Starmer’s handling of the war so far had been “measured, responsible and rooted in the national interest”.
By comparison, the minister said, the more gung-ho Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have “lost the plot”.
Another normally-critical Labour MP said: “To be fair to the prime minister, he’s handled it pretty well. But he’s at the mercy of events.”
According to The Spectator, the PM is also at the mercy of his own cabinet.
While he and defence secretary John Healey wanted to let America use British bases at the outset of the war, he was effectively blocked by Rachel Reeves, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood and, most vociferously, Ed Miliband.
A senior member of the cabinet told HuffPost UK that the unpredictability of war means that the PM is not in control of his own destiny.
“I think Keir is where the country is at the moment, which is not where the right wing press are,” he said.
“Things could change very quickly, of course, if British citizens start getting killed.”
Chris Hopkins, political research director at pollsters Savanta UK, said the PM is unlikely to enjoy any war bounce in his subterranean approval ratings, regardless of Trump’s own unpopularity with the British public.
He said: “Unfortunately for Keir Starmer, the public are far more likely to simply agree with Donald Trump’s assessment of the prime minister than sympathise with him.
“Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and I think the public are more likely to feel Trump has given an accurate assessment than leap to the Labour leader’s defence.”
Luke Tryl, director of the More in Common think-tank, said the PM’s popularity may marginally improve, but any boost will be short-lived.
“My hunch is he gets a small but not sustained ‘rally round’ bump, which helps him consolidate on the left,” he said. “I’d be most watching his approval with Lib Dems, which I suspect goes up most.”
Starmer admitted on Thursday that the war “could continue for some time”, an unwelcome distraction for a PM whose fate will more than likely be decided by the outcome of crucial elections across the UK in just two months’ time.
The PM’s determination to provide “calm, level-headed leadership in the national interest” will cut little ice with voters who appear determined to punish Labour for their multiple failures since taking office in 2024.
Few are likely to disagree with Trump’s assessment that Starmer is no Churchill.
But it is the prime minister’s failure to emulate the election-winning genius of Tony Blair which will ultimately seal his fate.
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Equity welcomes BBC’s call for ‘radical reforms’
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment union, welcomes the BBC’s response to the ongoing government consultation about the corporation’s future, in particular the call for “radical reforms” to ensure “a BBC for all.” The BBC published its response to the government’s Green Paper on Thursday 5 March, ahead of the closing date next week.
Equity has previously stated it would engage with the BBC Charter renewal process although it was boycotting the accompanying survey.
Paul W Fleming, Equity general secretary, said:
It is heartening to see that the BBC recognises trade unions as essential partners in ensuring good jobs across the UK. We look forward to the government solidifying this commitment to the BBC’s vast and varied workforce when it publishes the White Paper later this year.
In its submission, the BBC says it supports 77,000 jobs. We say 77,000 workers support the BBC. Their voices must be heard, and Equity and our fellow trade unions are here to ensure that they are.
Equity represents performers who work on BBC productions, including soap operas, dramas and audio dramas. It also holds the collective agreement which lays out the pay, terms and conditions for those working on BBC-Equity contracts, including safety and harassment processes.
As part of Equity’s submission on BBC Charter Renewal, the union is calling for:
- A Workforce Covenant recognising that BBC commissioning and operational decisions must respond to the needs of the workforce as well as audiences, and imposing a legal duty to conduct workforce impact assessments and implement mitigation measures.
- A fair distribution of BBC investment across the nations and regions, starting with the Midlands.
- Workforce representation on the BBC Board.
- A substantial and guaranteed level of investment in audio drama series.
- A continuing or returning drama series that films for more than six months of the year in each of the UK’s Ofcom-defined reporting areas.
- And an enforceable commitment to abide by an ethical and rights-based approach to AI, including seeking artists’ agreement to any use of generative AI and consulting relevant unions in that regard.
Featured image via the Canary
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Mothin Ali wants an apology from Starmer over false Iran claims
Green party deputy leader Mothin Ali has demanded that Keir Starmer apologise for endorsing a Tory MP’s dangerous smear. Ali feels this has put his life in danger.
When Israel fanatic Alec Shelbrooke lied, under the protection of parliamentary privilege, that Ali had protested “in support of the ayatollah”, Starmer did not put Shelbrooke right. Instead Starmer reinforced the lie:
I think we were all shocked by the actions of the deputy leader of the Green Party – although perhaps not surprised, given that party’s recent turn of direction.
Shelbrooke also linked Ali to the fictitious ‘antisemitism’ Starmer used as an excuse to purge the left from the Labour party, including many Jews. That purge has contributed to his record unpopularity and almost bankrupted the party. It has also signalled his betrayal of Labour values. This has seen him punish the poor and vulnerable. He has also collaborated in Israel’s genocide and war crimes in Gaza.
Ali reacted at the time, reasonably, that such shameless incitement of the extremist right would “get me killed”. He has received multiple death threats since. In fact, Ali had simply attended an anti-war protest in Parliament Square.
Ali also attributed Starmer’s smear to his desperation to attack the Greens after Green candidate Hannah Spencer trounced Labour into a poor third place in last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election. Spencer romped home with 41% of the vote, sixteen points ahead of Labour, who fell by a massive 25 points in what had been a party stronghold before Starmer.
Featured image via the Canary
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6 Rules For Better Sleep After 60
Medical comment provided by physician Dr Talal Khan of Khan Longevity.
As we age, our sleeping pattern tends to shift. We might get up more to pee in the middle of the night, require fewer hours of kip, and both fall asleep and wake up earlier.
And speaking to HuffPost UK, Dr Talal Khan of Khan Longevity said: “Many people notice sleep getting lighter and more fragmented in midlife, then it
becomes much more common after about age 60.
“Insomnia is the most common sleep problem in adults 60 and older,” he added.
So, we asked him why it happens and what to do about it.
Why is it harder to fall asleep as we age?
“Ageing shifts the body clock earlier and reduces circadian signals like melatonin, so sleepiness may show up earlier and early-morning waking becomes more likely,” Dr Khan said.
When we get older, Dr Khan added, “Deep slow-wave sleep tends to decline, sleep becomes lighter and brief awakenings happen more often.”
Additionally, “Health factors pile on over time. Pain, mood changes, medications, nighttime urination, and untreated sleep disorders like sleep apnoea or restless legs can make it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.”
Does it matter if I don’t get enough sleep?
Yes, Dr Khan said. In fact, he places adequate sleep on a level with diet and exercise when it comes to health.
“Adequate sleep supports neurocognitive function, including memory consolidation, attention and emotional regulation, while also playing a central role in metabolic homeostasis, immune competence and cardiovascular health,” he explained.
Meanwhile, “Chronic sleep deprivation has been strongly associated with increased risks of obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, depression and impaired immune response.
“Furthermore, emerging research highlights sleep’s role in glymphatic clearance within the brain, facilitating the removal of neurotoxic metabolites that accumulate during wakefulness.”
OK – so how can I sleep better after 60?
Luckily, Dr Khan had some simple advice.
“As we age, the goal is not perfect sleep. The goal is restorative sleep that supports energy, mood and long-term health. That starts with finding the driver of the problem,” he said.
His recommendations were:
- “Screen for sleep apnoea, restless legs, medication effects, alcohol, caffeine timing, pain, and mood changes,
- For chronic insomnia, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line treatment. This may include limiting time in bed, controlling stimuli, establishing a consistent wake-up time, reducing caffeine and screen time, and ensuring a comfortable sleep environment,
- Protect your circadian rhythm. Get bright outdoor light in the morning, keep a consistent wake time and limit long or late naps,
- Make the environment do the work. You want a cool, dark, quiet bedroom. Reserve the bed for sleep and intimacy,
- Keep screens out of the wind-down window,
- Use data as a guide. Wearables like the Oura Ring can help spot patterns in sleep timing, recovery and nighttime awakenings. Then we tailor a plan and track progress.”
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Hegseth is using religious fanaticism in Iran ‘holy’ war
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in an address to US citizens that “dumb, politically correct wars of the past” are the “opposite” of the intentions of the US administration. Hegseth further stated that ‘old wars’ had set objectives that were restricted by rules of engagement, seemingly referring to a new deteriorated international rules-based order.
Even more disturbingly, Hegseth and other US officials have been repeatedly invoking Christian Zionist rhetoric in their public addresses. This arguably signals a clear shift from military engagements they dismiss as “politically correct” to a war that they consider to be “religiously correct”.
Hegseth: The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we’re doing here. They had vague objectives with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more. Our authorities are maxed out. Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still, as are… pic.twitter.com/cGNhdBBrlg
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 5, 2026
Hegseth amongst religious fanatics in the White House
Despite widespread condemnation, US-backed Zionist Israel has been conducting a genocide against occupied Palestinians since October 7th, 2023. Butcher of Gaza Benjamin Netanyahu has been known to make repeated religious references, including to ‘Amalek’. This is a biblical reference from the Old Testament, with ‘Amalek’ referring to the Persians who enslaved Jews 2,500 years ago. Invoking that scripture once again in the attacks on Iran and Lebanon, the war-criminal Israeli has called for the murder of all, including women and children.
The MAGA administration appear to be continuing along the same fanatical vein, using Christian Zionism to justify its war of aggression which has murdered over 1200 in Iran so far.
This development comes as US military investigators confirm it is ‘likely’ that the US was responsible for a mass casualty attack using precision bombs. The attack appears to have targeted a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran. This is reported to have killed up to 165 civilians, representing a potential war crime at the hands of the US on day one of ‘Operation Epic Fury’.
Since then, the UK has reportedly sent fighter jets to ‘defend’ against Iran.
200+ complaints reveal US commanders are selling the Iran war as “God’s divine plan.”
Trump declaring holy war on Iran is like Satan leading a prayer group pic.twitter.com/PLclMVIc6D
— Ounka (@OunkaOnX) March 4, 2026
Our own Skwawkbox wrote recently about Hegseth’s insistence that the US’ widespread attacks in the Middle East will ‘speed up Jesus’ return’. He wrote:
Commanders at more than 30 US military locations have told their troops that the US is attacking Iran to cause “armageddon” and hasten the second coming of Jesus – passing on an apparent message from deranged defence secretary Pete Hegseth.
The message includes a combat unit commander telling unit non-commissioned officers – sergeants and corporals – that US president Donald Trump is:
anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.
Skwawkbox also added:
Hegseth reportedly attends, at least weekly, a White House ‘bible study’ led by a Zionist ‘pastor’ who insists the US must support Israel no matter what.
The news has horrified many US Christians as well as the rest of the right-thinking world.
Last night, a crowd of (overwhelmingly white) pastors gathered around the US president. Placing their hands on Donald Trump, they prayed together as if he were some kind of “messiah.” Trump may have a messiah complex, but that is where the comparison ends.
As Krassenstein pointed out on X, before finishing “we [US] are a joke”:
BREAKING: Moments ago at the White House this took place.
A bunch of old people praying for a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, who appears to have just blown up 100+ Iranian schoolchildren, while he hides the Epstein files, in which he appears in thousands of times.
We… pic.twitter.com/7I3feBBMzg
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 5, 2026
UK has joined the US’ ‘Holy war’
The US appear more than happy to reveal far more about the UK’s involvement than our own leaders seem willing to admit. PM Keir Starmer has denied we are joining the US-Israel war on Iran, insisting we are only engaging in a defensive capacity. However, Hegseth’s speech suggests we are likely fighting in the US and Israel’s apparent ‘holy war’. Given the fighter jets already sent by the UK, and intelligence informing we are already in the war, I think we can believe the US leader more than our own.
At the very, very least, we are making the US’ attacks easier. In turn, making it likely far more catastrophic for Iranian civilians.
Saying that it was “unfortunate” that the UK didn’t grant the US access “from day one”, the US Defense Secretary stated:
But we got there. We got there, and that’s now part of the way that we’re operationalising bomber runs … It’s more fighter squadrons, it’s more capabilities, it’s more defensive capabilities, and it’s more bomber pulses more frequently.
The amount of firepower over Iran and over Tehran is about to surge dramatically, and part of it is that we’re gonna have even more bases. And it’s not just the UK. We’ve had other friends step up, and we’re grateful for that.
The US waging a holy war to bring back Jesus, alongside Jewish people who don’t even believe Jesus is their messiah is peak insanity.
Maybe it’s just me, but if you have to bomb half the world to bring about your messiah, it’s probably not the good guy that’s coming. pic.twitter.com/ookHu6J5sV
— Books Behind Borders (@MHTruthUltra) March 5, 2026
“War is never holy! Only peace is holy, because it is willed by God!” — Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/e233Zj2bq9
— Christopher Hale (@ChristopherHale) March 5, 2026
Paula White-Cain is the ‘spiritual adviser’ to the US president. Like Trump, she is a very keen grifter for maximising the profits she can make from her public platform. White-Cain is just one of the Zionist fanatics surrounding the Trump administration.
“I hear the sound of Insanity” would be more fitting to this bizarre display:
Trump appointed White House Faith Office senior advisor preaching Holy War.
This is peak Western Civilization!🤡 pic.twitter.com/JD4k8ilLwB
— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) March 4, 2026
Religious fanatism is murdering thousands
Despite intervention by the International Court of Justice, Palestinians have been suffering through a genocide waged by US-backed Zionist Israel. We have already seen hundreds of thousands murdered, maimed or missing under the rubble in Gaza. Now we see that the US has adopted the religious extremism intrinsic in Israel’s colonial ambitions, by leaning heavily into Christian Zionism. As a result, the US wants westerners to believe their illegal aggression on Iran is a ‘holy war’.
The UK has also seen attempts by the far-right parties Reform and Restore to bring this religious extremism into our own communities and public discourse. However, their sinister intentions go directly against actual Christian values and teachings. For example, ‘love thy neighbour’ and ‘welcome the stranger’ are hardly being reflected through the anti-immigrant rhetoric on full display.
This war is clearly being waged by a tyrannical, religiously extremist and frankly, delusional administration.
The UK must draw a line in the sand now and refuse to be a pathetic tool in the belt of US and Israeli Zionists.
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