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A car crashed into the front gate of German Chancellor Merkel’s offices on Wednesday morning, but appeared to have caused little damage.

The UK is reportedly in talks with Five Eyes allies the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand about resurrecting the defunct ‘Critical Five’ group which would focus on tackling the West’s dependency on China in supply chains.

The British government will make plans to reduce the United Kingdom’s reliance on imports from foreign countries like China after a study revealed that the UK is reliant on the communist country for the supply of 71 “critical goods” including pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment (PPE), and electronics.

The government’s Home Office formally quarantined just 273 people out of the 18.1 million arrivals by air, land, and sea to the UK in the three months leading up to March’s coronavirus lockdown.

Nick Timothy, the former Chief of Staff to Theresa May, has called on the British government to reverse its policy of grovelling to the Chinese Communist Party.

Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said the West is “reaping the whirlwind” for a policy of kowtowing to China after allowing supply chains to become dependant on the communist country.

Nigel Farage has said that the Chinese coronavirus has revealed the West’s dependence on China in its supply chains, saying he hopes the pandemic inspires Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reconsider his decision to allow Huawei to help build Britain’s 5G network. 

Former international trade secretary Dr Liam Fox has said that the worldwide spread of the coronavirus and resulting disruptions to supply chains have revealed the fragility of the global economy.

NICE, France (AP) – French authorities are investigating the case of an older female protester who suffered head injuries when police charged people defying a ban on yellow vest protests in Nice.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that European Union (EU) member states must be prepared to transfer powers over to Brussels at a debate on the ‘tensions’ between globalisation and national sovereignty.

Emmanuel Macron has vowed a globalist bloc determined to impose a progressive EU superstate on the continent will defeat “extremist” pro-national sovereignty conservatives at European Parliament elections next year.

Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly László Kövér warned that “both ethnic majorities and minorities” are facing the same threat: the possibility of “global government”.

The mayor of the southern French town of Béziers predicts a Marine Le Pen victory would be like the Trump “revolution against the elite” in the U.S., and slammed globalist candidate Emmanuel Macron and Hillary Clinton as part of “the system”.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is ready to “get [his] hands dirty” again and return to politics. His declaration comes after months of openly backing anti-Brexit campaigns, supporting tactical voting in the general election, and insisting a “hard Brexit” without Free Movement must be stopped.

Marine Le Pen, the presidential candidate for France’s populist National Front (FN), has pledged to put France First, hitting out at “financial globalisation”, “mass immigration”, and “Islamic fundamentalism” in a landmark speech.

LYON, France (AP) — French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen blasted globalization and Islamic fundamentalism in her closing speech Sunday of a two-day National Front party conference, calling them “two totalitarianisms” threatening France. To applause and cries of “On est

Britain could become “the Singapore of the western world” if she seizes upon the opportunities currently before her, a former chief White House trade negotiator has said.

DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) (AFP) – Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday told the world’s elite in Davos that Britain would be open for business despite Brexit, but EU leaders warned of challenges ahead and banks said they would have to shift jobs.

Germany has handled the migrant crisis “exceedingly well” and other countries should learn from its example, a senior partner at PwC Germany has said.

The leaders of some of the European Union’s largest countries and institutions will be giving the elite gathering at Davos a miss next week, despite the timely issue of populism being high on the agenda.

A majority of Austrian and French voters are concerned about globalisation, a study has found, identifying it as the top factor driving support for populist parties.

Tony Blair has said Brexit can be “stopped” and hinted he will launch a political movement aiming to revive the “liberal agenda” which is challenged by “popular movements” in the West.

Donald Trump’s shock victory in the presidential race shows that Britain must make globalisation work for “overlooked” communities which have irrevocably been transformed by immigration without the “permission” of British voters, the prime minister is set to say.

A new campaign, touted as the “October surprise that will end Trump”, is aiming to mobilise a “secret swing state” of more than 8 million mostly unregistered “global citizens” and “progressive” Americans living abroad to vote for Hillary.

Tony Blair has said voters “have the right” to change their minds and the UK could remain inside the European Union (EU) if public opinion shifts, demanding Europhiles continue to push ‘project fear’.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has maintained that immigration is good for Britain, and marked centre versus left and right as the new political battle lines. Mr Blair, whose premiership saw hundreds of thousands of migrants pour into Britain,

Angela Merkel and her “very dangerous” migrant policy are more of a threat to European democracy than Islamic State, U.S. professor claims.

Several journalists were harassed by German police as they attempted to cover the notoriously secretive Bilderberg conference being held this year in Dresden. The Bilderberg conference invokes strong reaction among some for its commitment to holding meetings among the most

From the Financial Times: Globalisation is failing in advanced western countries, where a process once hailed for delivering universal benefit now faces a political backlash. Why? The establishment view, in Europe at least, is that states have neglected to forge