
Andy Owen
Contributor at The New European
Articles
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1 week ago |
theneweuropean.co.uk | Andy Owen
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, has been released from prison after serving a sentence for contempt of court. Bearded and with a cross around his neck, he appeared outside HMP Woodhill to deliver a rambling 20-minute monologue for a crowd of supporters, which was streamed on X. His legal troubles are far from over, however: he is due to appear at Westminster Crown Court next week to face separate charges of harassing a journalist.
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2 weeks ago |
theneweuropean.co.uk | Andy Owen
Last Wednesday, three British neo-Nazis were convicted of planning to carry out a terrorist attack at mosques or synagogues as part of a “race war” – yet more evidence of a growing UK terror threat from far right extremists. If you missed the story, it may have been because you were distracted by rising temperatures in the country’s ongoing and increasingly feretic debate on migration.
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1 month ago |
theneweuropean.co.uk | Andy Owen
Pictures of Chinese nationals being held as prisoners of war in Ukraine have raised questions about the extent of China’s support to Russia. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has stated that China is “a staunch supporter and active promoter of the peaceful resolution of the crisis”, and suggested that Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia were doing so in their private capacity. President Zelensky claims there are at least 155 Chinese citizens doing so.
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2 months ago |
quillette.com | Andy Owen
Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Areo Magazine in May 2023. Patriotism corrupts history.—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1817)Long before the latest iteration of cancel culture, there was a punishment known as damnatio memoriae (the condemnation of a person’s memory).
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Feb 18, 2025 |
theneweuropean.co.uk | Andy Owen
“Can we rely on the law, or does just brutal force matter?” While European leaders met at a hastily organised summit in Paris, and American and Russian diplomats made their way to Saudi Arabia for controversial peace talks, that was the question posed by Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk in a speech in central London.
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