Nicholas Bishop
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I am a freelance writer currently writing for Blasting News and HubPages. I mainly write about politics. But have and will cover all subjects when the need arises.
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Trump and Netanyahu: Gazan Evacuation or Ethnic Cleansing?. Content Warning.
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is holding still. Prisoners and hostages have been swapped. However, in phase 2 more hostages and prisoners must be released according to the stipulations of this deal. Israeli soldiers are expected to withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor and the border between Gaza and Egypt.
By Nicholas Bishop11 months ago in The Swamp
Fromage Sorry Farage: The Big Cheese!. Content Warning.
Nigel Farage must be a happy man. In the last few days, Reform UK has edged past Labour in a new YouGov poll commissioned by Sky News. Reform UK was slightly behind Labour in a previous YouGov/Sky News Poll. Now the party has topped this poll for the very first time. Whatever you think of Farage, his politics, or his party, he and they have impacted British politics perhaps forever.
By Nicholas Bishop11 months ago in The Swamp
Trump, Tariffs, and Tantrums!
Trump is back at it as in Trump 1.0 imposing tariffs on his perceived enemies. This man is obsessed with tariffs. It is his way of bringing those who won't bow to him to heel. Like he got, in his own words, Colombia to bend to his will. Trump has imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico but they are not taking it lying down. Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied his nation. Saying Trump has picked on the wrong country in Canada. Trudeau said Trump's tariffs have united all Canadians right or left. And Trudeau's would-be replacement has also said under his watch Canada would likewise impose tariffs on the US. The Mexican President has said Mexico is not going to be a walkover for Trump either. They will impose tariffs on the US. So good luck Donald, you've just pissed off two of your neighbours. They are not going to bow to you and you have started an apparent trade war.
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Badenoch to Trevor Phillips.
With the Tories trailing in third position behind Reform and Labour Ms. Badenoch has a tough road ahead. Sir Keir Starmer when he became Labour leader, Badenoch, has to use his words: "A mountain to climb". However, Sir Keir reached the top of that mountain and became Prime Minister. Sir Keir in his time as opposition leader faced many challenges. Despite all that, Keir won with a thumping majority and became the denizen of No 10. Whether Ms. Badenoch can climb that proverbial mountain and achieve the goal of replacing Keir, remains to be seen.
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Starmer and Trump Talk!
President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer spoke by phone on Sunday. And from all reports, they get on like the proverbial 'house on fire'. This is always the way between British prime ministers and American presidents. Churchill and Roosevelt, Thatcher and Reagan, Major and Bush senior, Blair and Bush junior, Cameron and Obama, etc. The UK and the US have always enjoyed a close relationship. So why would Trump and Starmer be any different?
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Holocaust Memorial Day UK.. Content Warning.
As we in the UK reflect on the awful events that took place at Auschwitz, Treblinka, etc, have we forgotten about past and present holocausts? Let us make no bones what happened back then was vile. It's one thing to hate or dislike a group of people but when you extend it to a mass genocide that's another level. The holocaust undertaken by the Nazi regime to destroy a whole community of people based on their faith and ethnicity has to be the most memorable and arguably the worst genocide ever. When you systematically, machinelike, exterminate fellow human beings in the most ghastly manner possible you are beyond redemption (in many people's eyes).
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Trump: Vast Changes Afoot!. Content Warning.
No doubt as many Native Americans see Trump complaining about illegal migrants, they understand what he is on about. They faced from day 1 Europeans pouring in and taking their land. Taking their resources and using them for themselves. Native Americans suffered in various ways and were punished when they fought back eventually becoming strangers in their own country. Native Americans today are still very much part of the US. They can be found in all professions. Some live on reservations (reservations in their own land!), some live in towns and cities, etc. Native Americans have increased their population over the last 10 years or so. Sadly, many still live in poverty, joblessness, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc. However, they are still here in American society in one form or another. However, when you look at American media, TV shows, radio, movies, and social media you'd think they were extinct!
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Musk's Salute!. Content Warning.
Given the millions Elon Musk spent getting Donald Trump elected he will have a lot of influence on the new administration. He is the richest man on planet Earth, owner of Tesla, Boring Company, Space X, X-formerly Twitter, and Starlink. It has led many to question the very origins of this man. South African-born, Canadian, and now American. Has there ever been a phenomenon like Musk? Some in religious circles see him as the anti-Christ. Others see him as an alien or more accurately a Martian. Some ask why he is so obsessed with the red planet. Musk even plays up to this because he likes to keep people guessing or knows something we don't!
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Trump and Starmer: What Now?. Content Warning.
History shows that UK Prime Ministers and US Presidents can get on. The US and UK's relationship hasn't always been rosy. Look at the War of Independence or the 1812 War. However, when WWII broke out Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill got on tremendously. Despite one being a Conservative and the other being a Democrat. Thatcher and Reagan famously got on. Blair and Bush got on. Obama and Cameron got on. That's why the UK and US alliance is called the 'Special Relationship'. Of course, there have been times when that friendliness has been tested. Harold Wilson in the 60s declined to join the US in Vietnam. Reagan was not on board with Thatcher over The Falklands at first. Eventually, he gave her his blessing and aided the UK in the background. Not with US troops serving alongside their UK counterparts but with intelligence.
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Bungling Badenoch?. Content Warning.
Kemi Badenoch has been described by the Liberal Democrats as "Bungling Badenoch". Their Deputy Leader, Daisy Cooper, said the above about the Tory leader questioning the fact that the so-called "Triple Lock" pension should be means tested. In other words, if you are a millionaire retiree why should you even get a state pension? The state pension should go to those who are ordinary OAPS. Ms. Badenoch does have a point. A means- tested pension would, in theory, sort the wheat from the chaff. In theory, it would ensure the money goes to those who really need it. When Labour stopped the winter fuel payment for older people Kemi Badenoch seemed to agree. She went on record as saying: "Millionaires should not get the winter fuel payment. Only those on the breadline". However, she described Rachel Reeves stopping the winter fuel payment for all pensioners unless they were on Pension Credit as extreme. In other words, Reeves had targetted pensioners just about surviving.
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Starmer Arrives in Ukraine.. Content Warning.
British PM Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Kyiv. He was met by ministers in Zelenskyss' government. The two leaders will sign a historic treaty. Yes, in this treaty, there will be security guarantees to further aid Ukraine in its war with Russia. However, the treaty is a 100-year treaty for the two nations. Not only on the security and the military front, but in science, industry, and all other fronts. So in essence the treaty aims to be beneficial for both the UK and Ukraine.
By Nicholas Bishop12 months ago in The Swamp
Farage Catching Up to Sir Keir!. Content Warning.
Since Kemi Badenoch became Conservative leader two months ago there has been no Tory bounce. And why would there be? People endured 14 years of Tory failure which hurt so many people. Especially hurt were those at the bottom of the pile and people have long memories. If the Tories think as they have arrogantly said "We are the natural party of government" and if the latest YouGov poll is to be believed, they have another thing coming!
By Nicholas Bishopabout a year ago in The Swamp
