Dr Edith Conn OBE DL JP

Semana Santa. Holy Week in Spain 🙏

Good luck to #Artemis 11

The Passover Seder (1925) by Marc Chagall, one of the 20th century’s most famous and vibrant painters.

A must watch. “Persians risk their lives for democracy and stand USA and Israel against Terrorists and Dictators. Left-wing pacifists scream for immediate de-escalation and ‘diplomatic’ processes.” …And they CUT HIS MIC before he shouted “FREE IRAN”

Spain in 1492: Expelled, killed, or forcibly converted all Jews. Spain during the Holocaust: Closely aligned with the Nazis. Spain after the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust: Accuses Israel of genocide. Spain last year: Refused to grant asylum to Palestinians fleeing Gaza. Spain after recognizing a Palestinian state: Refused to move its embassy to the Palestinian territories because its diplomats didn’t want to give up the “standard of living and security” they enjoyed in Israel. Spain last summer: Called the police to remove 50 French Jewish teenagers from a Vueling flight after hearing one word in Hebrew. Spain today: Officially withdrew its ambassador from Israel, but left its embassy in Tehran. Now that is what being on the wrong side of history looks like. 🤦‍♂️

Wow. For those interested in David Lammy and Starmer’s government getting rid of Jury Trials (that have been part of the United Kingdom’s legal system for 1000 years).. … you must listen to this. It’s a must watch and a must share in my opinion.

This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.

🔴 BREAKING: It appears the Iranian women's football team are still in Australia. The Australian government can not send them back to Iran while the regime has assured they will punish them as "wartime traitors" on state TV. Keep them safe. Keep them far away from airports.

The Iranian women’s football team has been kidnapped by the Iranian regime in Australia. They were branded “unforgivable wartime traitors” for refusing to sing the national anthem of the Islamic Republic and may face execution back in Iran. This is life or death. SAVE OUR GIRLS

AN OPEN LETTER TO LEWIS HAMILTON Mr Hamilton, You have recently spoken about Britain’s past and suggested that the country should consider returning land in Africa as some form of historical reckoning. Before making such sweeping statements, it might be worth revisiting the full history — not just the fashionable fragments that circulate on social media. Slavery was not invented by Britain. It existed for millennia across the ancient world — in empires from Rome to the Middle East and Africa. By the time Britain emerged as a maritime power, slave trading networks already stretched across continents. The Atlantic trade itself involved multiple participants. African rulers and traders captured and sold prisoners to European merchants on the coast. It was an ugly system, but it was also an international one. What is often omitted from modern lectures about history is that Britain became the first major power to turn against the trade. Parliament passed the 1807 Act abolishing the slave trade, and the Royal Navy then spent decades enforcing that decision. The West Africa Squadron patrolled thousands of miles of coastline. Sailors died from disease and from gunfire while intercepting slave ships. In doing so they liberated tens of thousands of people who would otherwise have been carried into bondage. Many of those liberated Africans were settled in Sierra Leone. The capital was named Freetown for a reason. There are also chapters rarely mentioned today. When Napoleon restored slavery in French territories after it had been abolished, it was British power that ultimately helped end those systems again. There is also the matter of the enormous compensation loan taken by the British state when slavery was abolished across the empire — a debt British taxpayers continued servicing for generations. None of this erases the suffering of those enslaved. But it does mean the story is far more complex than the simple narrative often presented today. So before condemning Britain wholesale, perhaps a moment might be taken to acknowledge the sailors who fought the slave traders and the role Britain played in shutting down the Atlantic system. A fitting tribute would be support for a memorial to those men who served and died enforcing abolition. History deserves honesty — not slogans. Yours sincerely Stan Robinson Voice of Wales @VoWalesWren @alanlester #SouthAfricaSquadron #RoyalNavy #VoiceOfWales

Yes Prime Minister (1986) was an uncannily prescient documentary about Keir Starmer’s premiership

Sir Trevor Phillips was knighted in 2022 for services to equality and human rights. A former Labour politician who was the first Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). We are being told by the man on the inside, that Labour and the left are hiding industrial scale Muslim rape gangs to win votes. This country has gone to war for less.

Rosetta Tharpe was shredding an electric guitar and electrifying crowds in the 1930s and 40s while most people had never even heard the term rock and roll yet. Her gospel fire, rhythm, and guitar style directly influenced artists like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry. Long before stadium tours and rock legends, she was already doing it. Put some respect on her name — Rosetta Tharpe is the true founder of rock and roll.

Just a reminder that Spain was always on the wrong side of history. During World War II, while American, British, and French soldiers died fighting Hitler, Spain basically said it wasn’t their fight and stayed out of it.

🚨BOMBSHELL EXPOSÉ: TREVOR PHILLIPS RIPS LID OFF LABOUR'S GROOMING GANGS COVER-UP 💣 Keir Starmer and the Labour Party Sabotaging National Inquiry to Hide Racial Targeting of White Girls and Decades of Failure in Their Own Councils In a devastating intervention, Sir Trevor Phillips has blown the whistle on what he calls a deliberate political cover-up at the heart of Britain's grooming gangs scandal. The former Equality and Human Rights Commission chair accuses Labour of sabotaging the national inquiry because of its explosive racial implications — and because so much of the abuse took place under Labour-controlled councils that did nothing to stop it. “The government clearly never wanted these two things to be put together,” Phillips declared. He points to Labour's efforts to downplay “the intersection of race and sexual predation,” insisting the perpetrators deliberately targeted victims because they were white and outside the groomers' community. “These children are chosen because of their race. They are chosen because they are white and because they’re outside the community of the groomers.” Phillips highlights the chilling uniqueness of these crimes: unlike typical child abuse kept hidden, grooming gangs operate in plain sight — with perpetrators knowing they are shielded. “The other thing is these people know that they are protected. They’re protected politically, they’re protected by social workers, they’re protected by local police. That is the scandal here.” He pulls no punches on why a full reckoning has been avoided: “Much of this took place in local Labour councils and the authorities who were supposed to be watching over this, stopping it, monitoring it and all the rest of it were controlled by those councils and they did nothing.” This is not just institutional failure — it's a politically motivated shield thrown over horrific, racially aggravated sexual exploitation that went on for years under Labour's watch. Right now, they deserve justice — and Britain deserves the full, fearless national inquiry that has been denied for far too long.

he was onto something

From a British Veteran in Cyprus 😒

UK Prime Minister Starmer two weeks said he wants to build a "consistent, long-term, comprehensive and strategic relationship with China." Worst statesman in history.

🇪🇸 Santiago Abascal, leader of the right-wing party Vox: 🗣️ “The regimes of Iran and Venezuela have been financing the far left in Spain for the past 15 years. Because of this, Pedro Sánchez is the best friend of the Iranian ayatollahs in Europe, and he has also been Nicolás Maduro’s closest ally.”