"The Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate that has carried out suicide attacks and massacres across East Africa, has issued an eco-friendly edict banning plastic bags."

"Presumably enforcement won't be a problem, given their methods..."

Jul 4, 2018 at 7:50 AM | Mark Hodgson

They will probably get an EU and UN grant for their Green Environmentalism.

Jul 4, 2018 at 7:35 AM | Mark Hodgson

Two fingers of Merkel fudge, are just enough, to give EU a bleat.

Meanwhile, Austria, Italy, Greece, the former Eastern Bloc and Balkans are learning to appreciate a more Churchillian two fingered salute to Germany's domination of Europe. Even some Germans can see history starting to repeat itself.

Meanwhile - closer to home on the Thames not to far from Wimbledon we have this little drama.
It’s come to a pretty pass now – up the creek with only one paddle who can sort out this Brexit farce

Weird - amazing it hasn't been reported by the BBC!

"Going green? Somali terrorist group’s plastic bag ban aims to protect ‘humans and animals’"

https://www.rt.com/news/431642-al-shabab-plastic-bag-ban/

"The Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate that has carried out suicide attacks and massacres across East Africa, has issued an eco-friendly edict banning plastic bags.
Al-Shabaab’s radio station, Radio Andalus, announced on Sunday that the terrorist organization could no longer stand idly by and allow discarded plastic bags to pollute southern Somalia’s scenic beauty, saying that the dreadful plastic refuse poses “a serious threat to the wellbeing of humans and animals alike.”

Plastic bags are just the latest addition to an ever-growing list of random things prohibited in al-Shabaab controlled areas, including Western music, cinemas, satellite dishes, smartphones/ fiber optic services and humanitarian agencies.

The tree-hugging terrorist group made headlines last month after killing one US soldiers and wounding four others in an ambush in southern Somalia.

According to the group’s governor for southern Somalia’s Shabelle regions, details of how the plastic bag ban would be implemented and enforced will be announced later."

Presumably enforcement won't be a problem, given their methods...

More disarray in the EU, thanks to Merkel:

"Merkel migration deal’s domino effect
Austria and Italy threaten border controls if Berlin goes ahead with chancellor’s plan."

https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-horst-seehofer-germany-migration-deals-domino-effect/

"Angela Merkel struck a deal on migration that saved her own skin but threw the EU into disarray.

Within hours of the German chancellor announcing that she and her harshest domestic critic on migration — Interior Minister Horst Seehofer — had reached a compromise to end a standoff that threatened to bring down the government, her neighbors were up in arms.

Austria and Italy said they plan to reintroduce border controls if Berlin goes ahead with plans to establish so-called transit zones along Germany’s southern border to allow for accelerated deportations of refugees not entitled to seek asylum in the country.

If they do so, it would put the survival of the EU’s cherished Schengen area of border-free travel at risk."

..."It didn’t take long for Matteo Salvini, Italy’s interior minister and leader of the far-right League, to join in. If Austria is ready to close its borders, Salvini said, then Italy would do the same.

“I’m ready from tomorrow to restore controls at the Brenner [pass between Italy and Austria] because Italy has only to gain from it,” he told Rai television."

..."However, the German deal has the backing of the European Commission."

Of course it does - the EU is Germany's poodle.

Yes, Leveson did say TR was guilty - he must recuse himself

Jul 3, 2018 at 10:55 PM | Pcar

Yes, Robinson did admit that he was guilty, having broadcast video evidence that proved it.

Yes, he was found Guilty. Newspapers were freely able to report he was found Guilty, and there is no reason for Leveson not to state that Robinson was Guilty, and indeed, still is Guilty.

Is he Appealing the Guilty Verdict?