Politics

By Nigel Farage, originally posted in The Telegraph

The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites

Today's Dutch referendum on the EU's expansionist agreement with Ukraine really is the people's referendum.

GeenPeil, a project stemming from the popular Dutch blog GeenStijl, collected some 420,000 signed, verified, signatures triggering this referendum. It is an extraordinary achievement that highlights how western democracy is evolving.

Russia Today reporter Lizzie Phelan visits the devastated town of Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs Governorate of Syria after it was liberated from Islamic State/ISIS terrorists. Syrian government troops and local militia took over the town after several days of heavy fighting. Russia Today reports: Al-Qaryatayn had been held by terrorist groups since late August. The liberation of the city proclaimed April 3 came days after Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was pushed out of the ancient city of Palmyra, 100km (60 miles) to the east.

The Clinton foundation took millions of dollars from fossil fuel giants, yet this past week Mrs Clinton snapped at a Greenpeace activist, claiming to be “sick” of such allegations. The former Secretary of State recently blew her top at an environmental activist who had dared ask if she would stop taking money from oil and other fossil fuel companies. “I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.

On Tuesday President Obama bluntly tore down Donald Trump’s proposal to force Mexico to pay for a border wall, slamming his plan as “half-baked”, counterproductive and downright “whacky”.  Obama accused the Republican frontrunner of coming up with foreign policy ideas that have the potential to hurt the United States’ reputation around the globe. Yahoo News reports: In a memo obtained by the Washington Post, Trump said he would threaten to cut off money transfers from workers inside the United States — including U.S.

ISIS have reportedly carried out a chemical attack using mustard gas at a Syrian military airport in eastern Syria, according to television reports on Monday.  “The terrorists fired rockets carrying mustard gas” and targeted an airbase in the south of Dayr al-Zawr city, Syria’s Ikhbariyah TV station have said. Muslimpress.com reports: The report did not disclose whether there were any casualties.