Month: February 2023

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Good morning all. The radio show returns today at 5pm. Thanks so, so much for your kind messages last week. I’m not quite 100 per cent yet, but I’m miles better than I was this time last week. I hope you can join me at 5. Listen here at richieallen.co.uk or fabradiointernational.com The show is … Read more

Researchers for the journal Risk Analysis are claiming that Australia and New Zealand are best placed to survive a nuclear winter and rebuild the human race. According to The Guardian: The study describes Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu as the island countries most capable of producing enough food for their populations after … Read more

The Conservative Party MP Lee Anderson says he is in favour of bringing back the death penalty as it has a “100 per cent success rate” in preventing reoffending. Lee, who was appointed deputy chairman of the party this week, made a name for himself by criticising benefit claimants and foodbank users. According to The … Read more

A tearful Justin Welby told the General Synod that he will not be told by MP’s when it comes to blessing same-sex marriages. The Archbishop of Canterbury addressed the Church of England’s legislative body, during a crunch debate on a historic proposal by bishops to bless gay marriages. According to The Telegraph: Synod members will … Read more

Police in Scotland have taken a stand against Nicola Sturgeon’s push for gender self-identification, by referring to a transgender kidnapping suspect as a man. Andrew George Miller, known locally as Amy, was taken into custody on Monday night after an 11-year-old girl who went missing on Sunday, was found at a home in Gattonside near … Read more

Education Minister Claire Coutinho has said the government will ensure that academics and speakers who have their free speech rights wrongly infringed, can sue for compensation. According to The Telegraph: The MP for East Surrey is spearheading a fightback against vice-chancellors and Lords trying to scrap a planned tort in the Higher Education (Freedom of … Read more

Sometimes you feel you just can’t do right for doing wrong. That’s how poor old Harry Styles must feel today. He should be basking in the afterglow of his triumphant appearance at the Grammy awards, where he picked up the biggest gong of the night. Harry picked up Album of The Year. However, during his … Read more

Energy giant BP has reported record annual profits of $28bn. According to The BBC: The company’s profits more than doubled to $27.7bn (£23bn) in 2022, compared with $12.8bn the year before. Other energy firms have seen similar rises, with Shell reporting record earnings of nearly $40bn last week. The profits have led to calls for … Read more

Roger Waters has been accused of antisemitism and misogyny by his former Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour and Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson. According to The Telegraph: Samson, a novelist and songwriter who co-wrote lyrics to several Pink Floyd tracks with her husband, launched the public attack on Waters on Monday night. The broadside appeared to … Read more