Hearts of Oak Podcast

Grooming Gangs: Zero Accountability As Not a Single Police Officer is Found Guilty

The failings of our institutions to tackle the grooming gang culture that exists in some Pakistani Muslim communities in the UK continue apace. This time it is the police who have failed, for nearly seven years they have been investigating themselves to decide if one of the 43 police forces within the UK failed in their duty of care to the girls being trafficked and raped. The police force that was being investigated was South Yorkshire, In the end they found themselves not guilty. This is what happens when self regulation is the norm, wrongdoing is simply covered up and the public are told to "move on, nothing to see here". We will look at this cover up report and at the recent half apologies from other police forces as we face more and more cases of these men being prosecuted. It seems like there is no end to this abuse of our children and to the desire of our institutions to cover it up.Originally broadcast 21.4.22*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstinTo sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe & share!Links to articles discussedRotherham scandal: 'Zero accountability' as not a single police officer loses job in eight-year investigationhttps://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/rotherham-scandal-zero-accountability-as-not-a-single-police-officer-loses-job-in-eight-year-investigation-3636041No officers sacked over failings in Rotherham child sex abuse scandalhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-officers-sacked-over-failings-in-rotherham-child-sex-abuse-scandal-tgkjlvrr2The police have been investigating themselves since at least 2017https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/ipcc-begins-concluding-some-rotherham-csa-investigationsWhat is the IPCC?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Police_Complaints_CommissionGreater Manchester Police chief admits force 'were borderline incompetent over Rochdale grooming gangs'https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-police-chief-admits-23724781Durham police and council respond to child sexual exploitation reporthttps://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19893710.durham-police-council-respond-child-sexual-exploitation-report/Avon and Sommerset Police Response to report https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2022/02/our-response-to-release-of-latest-report-by-the-independent-inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse/Rochdale grooming: Eight accused of sexual exploitation of girls https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-61163938Rochdale victim: ‘I was groomed at 14, then the courts came for my children’https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/17/rochdale-victim-i-was-groomed-at-14-then-the-courts-came-for-my-childrenInquiry into Child Sexual Abuse finds ‘extensive failures’ by local authorities and police forces https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/independent-inquiry-child-sexual-abuse-failures-metropolitan-police-local-authorities-b979973.htmlMet Police and Tower Hamlets Council failed to spot ‘degrading’ child sex abuse, inquiry findshttps://www.londonworld.com/news/met-police-and-tower-hamlets-council-failed-to-spot-degrading-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-finds-3549943Police sergeant denies failing to act over child sexual exploitation in Rotherham saying he had 180-case workload with 35 new cases every weekhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10660495/Police-sergeant-denies-failing-act-child-sexual-exploitation-saying-180-case-workload.htmlPriti Patel orders national inspection into police handling of CSE cases with Bradford 'inadequacies' citedhttps://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/priti-patel-orders-national-inspection-into-police-handling-of-cse-cases-with-bradford-inadequacies-cited-3628775More than 50 MPs have been reported for sexual misconduct with their offences ranging from harassment to 'more serious wrongdoing', parliamentary watchdog reveals https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10726693/More-50-MPs-reported-sexual-misconduct-parliamentary-watchdog-reveals.html

Jason Miller - Can Elon Musk Fix Twitter or is GETTR the Future for Free Speech

With Elon Musk in the headlines with his offer to take over Twitter, there is no one better placed to discuss this subject than Jason Miller. Jason is the CEO of GETTR, the fastest growing social media platform in history which has sought to be the new home for free speech. His background working within the Trump administration in the White House gives him political connections that most could only dream of so he has taken that knowledge and understanding and used it to build GETTR into an impressive social media platform. What does Musk's cash offer for Twitter mean for free speech online? Is he serious or is this one of his power plays to let off some steam before heading back to the real business of building up Tesla and Space X? Can Twitter actually be fixed or are platforms like GETTR the only way to allow open and honest conversations on social media? Join us to hear Jason's thoughts on all of this.Jason Miller is the CEO of GETTR social media and was the former senior advisor to President Donald J. Trump and is also a contributor at Newsmax TV.He launched the free speech social media platform in July 2021, and under his leadership it reached 1M users in only three days – the fastest growth for a socialmedia platform of all time, it now has more than 4M users globally and comes with a promise to never deplatform or censor anyone for their political beliefs.The importance of it’s emergence as a cancel-free platform was highlighted at the end of Jason’s September trip to participate in CPAC Brazil, as he attempted to fly home, he and his traveling party were detained for three hours and questioned about the purpose of their visit and although they were not accused of any wrongdoing and eventually released, the episode proved that enemies of freedom are everywhere.Before launching GETTR, Jason served as senior advisor to President Trump, where he worked on his successful impeachment defence team, and before that he served as senior advisor in the 2020 campaign and senior communications advisor in 2016 and also served as communications director in the transition team.In addition to his earlier work managing campaigns for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and Governor, as well as serving as a chief of staff on Capitol Hill, he has more than two decades of corporate communications, public relations and policy expertise advising clients on how to deal with the intersection of politics, policy, financial markets and the media.Jason currently serves as a Contributor for Newsmax TV, offering political analysis and insights for the Make America Great Again movement, the 2022 mid-term elections and policy debates in Washington, D.C.A native of Seattle, Washington, he is a graduate of The George Washington University.You can follow Jason on GETTR at https://gettr.com/user/JasonMillerinDC and you can find Hearts of Oak there at https://gettr.com/user/heartsofoakOriginally broadcast 18.4.22*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstinTo sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/Please like, subscribe & share!

The Week According To . . . Liz Phillips

Welcome to our regular meander through the top stories and articles from the news and media this week and our very own Iron Lady, Liz Phillips returns with her straight talking and unrepentant opinions.From her bunker in deepest darkest Kent, Liz joins us as we take aim at Downing Street, PatyGate and Boris. Is the bloated lummox about to receive more fines?You sunk my battleship!! In the Ukraine conflict, Russian warship Moskva is residing in Davy Jones' Locker while the complete pillock we call our Prime Minister jaunts around 'war torn' Kiev in his suit weeks after wearing a stab proof vest while in Liverpool!In the world of science and medicine, an apparent cure has been found for heart attacks using....wait for it.... the mRNA technology used in the Covid vaccine that might be behind the sudden rise in cardiac problems we have seen, although you can get them of course through climate change, sudden referee whistles, making the bed or lack of sleep as we have learnt recently!In China tens of millions are locked down and trapped while we are being warned of some of the shortages we will expect to see (or not see as the case may be) in our stores as the CCP continue their attempt at zero Covid.Back in Blighty, Home Secretary Priti Patel approves a scheme to send illegal migrants to Rwanda in an attempt to tackle the record numbers that are invading our shores, causing a liberal meltdown from the yoghurt knitting, sandal wearing 'refugees are welcome here' brigade.Interesting times for Twitter and free speech in general as Elon Musk delivers an audacious bid for the purchase of the social media giant, they could choose the red pill or the blue pill, but have they opted for the poison one?Liz Phillips was brought up as a farmer's daughter in rural Kent in South East England. She has led a varied life, working in many industries including animal feed manufacturing, fencing, paper making and security.Liz was on the management team that opened the first ever Argos store, she owned and leased three restaurants in Mid Wales and has even managed a 5000 acre estate in France!! A member of both the Referendum Party and UKIP working latterly for Nigel Farage and Gerard Batten as PA, to help achieve the referendum and Brexit vote.Liz also has fond memories of working with the late Stuart Wheeler to reach the same goal.Married to an ex serviceman for the last 34 years, Liz and her husband started their own TV company (Freedom Digital Media Ltd.) in 2020 to rebut the propaganda and fake news from the MSM!! This covers Freedom Digital Broadcasting for TV available on ROKU, Amazon Fire and on their website, Free Tube – with similar properties to YouTube, and Free Voice on Mastadon – their own equivalent of Twitter.Liz and her husband have also used their extensive knowledge of the security industry to re-train and help with the tutoring of Peace Constables and Common Law. https://freedomdigitalbroadcasting.tv/ 
*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin
Originally broadcast as a live video news discussion 16.4.22
To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe & share!Links to stories from this episode PartygateBoris Johnson could get three more fines over Partygate, say insidershttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/13/boris-johnson-could-get-three-more-fines-over-partygate-say-insidersUkraine / RussiaRussian warship: Moskva sinks in Black Seahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61114843Boris wears stab vest in Liverpool and suit in Kievhttps://newslanes.com/2022/04/12/the-fact-that-boris-johnson-wore-a-stab-vest-in-merseyside-but-went-for-a-navy-suit-in-war-torn-ukraine-is-quite-frankly-hilarious/CovidScientists discover world's first cure for heart attacks using the same mRNA technology as Covid vaccineshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10723515/Scientists-worlds-cure-heart-attacks-using-mRNA-technology-Covid-vaccines.htmlChina lockdown: tens of millions trapped in Shanghaihttps://www.channel4.com/news/china-lockdown-tens-of-millions-trapped-in-shanghaiChina Covid Lockdown: Here Are New Shortages You Might See Soonhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2022/04/15/china-covid-lockdown-here-are-new-shortages-you-might-see-soon/?sh=26292e216a84ImmigrationPatel personally approved Rwanda plan launch after civil servant concernshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61126360Musk and TwitterElon Musk claps back as Saudi prince speaks out on potential Twitter takeoverhttps://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-claps-back-as-saudi-prince-speaks-out-on-potential-twitter-takeoverTwitter adopts 'poison pill' strategy to defend against Elon Musk takeover bidhttps://news.sky.com/story/twitter-adopts-poison-pill-strategy-to-defend-against-elon-musk-takeover-bid-12591122

French Election 2022: Marine Le Pen Through to Second Round

Tonight we have an in-depth look at the French Elections that began on Sunday 10th April and we will see a 2nd round runoff in two weeks time, a repeat of 2017, with Emmanuel Macron coming first, just a few points ahead of Marine Le Pen. But this time Macron is not an exciting new outsider but a well known tyrannical figure that is despised by many. Le Pen seems to have softened her image and has not put a foot wrong during this election, but can she pull it off and defeat Macron?The polls put them neck and neck and all are within the margin of error, anything could happen so all eyes are on Marine Le Pen and France, could she be the new leader on 24th April?Originally broadcast 11.4.22*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstinTo sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe & share!

The Week According To . . David Vance

David Vance is back with us as we discuss our way through the big stories this week in the news and across the media.Expect non-politically correct free thinking, free speech and a touch of sarcasm as we look at why some the unvaccinated population might be immune, the shocking data coming from The National Institute of Health in Italy regarding Covid deaths, the BBC and their obsession with click bait fear stories, Pfizer study seems to suggest it is responsible for the spike in hepatitis cases in the UK's children, the brilliant Matt Le Tissier and the attempts to cancel him and across the English Channel, France gets ready for the Election with Marine Le Pen edging ahead of Macron in the polls. In the Ukraine NATO is offering the big guns to Zelensky's troops, Macron gets mouthy with a polish MP as he brands him 'a far-right anti-Semite' and 'The Experts' are at it again, urging the banning of European flights and use of cars in cities to somehow hurt Putin.Across the pond in Biden's America, nonce friendly Judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson takes her/his/ they/them's seat at the Supreme Court with the aid of some deplorable RINO's, Pelosi tests positive and gets up close to Biden and an absolutely brilliant idea that can't go wrong has been suggested in California.... to let non-citizens become Police Officers. Genius.Pureblood David Vance will not submit and he will not comply.He used to be disgusted but now he tries to be amused!In the battle for truth and liberty, David chooses the front line.Editor of BiasedBBC.org and ATangledWeb.org, he has appeared on all forms of legacy media but has had enough of that!You can regularly catch David here at Hearts of Oak on our weekly news review 'The Week According To. . .'Follow David on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/davidvance and on all platforms @DavidVanceDavid’s frequent and popular podcast can be found at https://vancedavidatw.podbean.com/Originally broadcast 9.4.22*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstinTo sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/ https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/Please like, subscribe & share!Links to stories discussed this episodeCovidA hidden immune feature may have spared unvaccinated people from COVID-19 infectionshttps://interestingengineering.com/immune-feature-covid19-infectionsItaly’s National Institute of Health reveals the Fully Vaccinated now account for 7 in every 10 Covid-19 Deathshttps://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/09/italy-7-in-10-covid-deaths-vaccinated/A range of BBC fear storieshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/disability-60846686Nancy Pelosi has Covid https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/nancy-pelosi-has-covid/index.htmlPfizer Study suggests Covid-19 Vaccine to blame for huge increase in Hepatitis among Children as UK Government launches Urgent Investigationhttps://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/09/pfizer-vaccine-causes-hepatitis-children-uk-gov-investigates/IN A TISSY ‘I’m not a nutter’ – Matt Le Tissier says he was SACKED by Sky Sports because of his conspiracy theories on coronavirushttps://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18197007/matt-le-tissier-sky-sports-sacked-conspiracy-coronavirus/?utm_source=sharebar_app&utm_medium=sharebar_app&utm_campaign=sharebar_app_articleUkraineNATO states offer heavier arms to Ukraine https://gab.com/DavidVance/posts/108100830999214875Macron calls Polish PM 'a far-right anti-Semite' in row over Putin talkshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61043344Ban European flights and car use in cities to hurt Putin, report urgeshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/08/slugs-ban-european-flights-cities-car-use-hurt-putin-russia-oil-gas-income-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherBiden’s AmericaKetanji Brown Jacksonhttps://www.gettr.com/post/p143jo8d103California Dem bill will allow non-citizens to become police officershttps://www.foxla.com/news/california-dem-bill-will-allow-non-citizens-to-become-police-officersFranceI know many want to see Macron get a bloody nose. But Marine Le Pen could bring even more chaos than Trump, says ANDREW NEIL - as France goes to the polls tomorrow with a Right-wing populist breathing down the posturing President's neckhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10701233/Marine-Le-Pen-bring-chaos-Trump-says-ANDREW-NEIL.htmlTo endTurkish proverb https://www.gettr.com/post/p147s8z44b0PIC: Exclusive Twitter first board meeting with Elon Muskhttps://gab.com/DavidVance/posts/108101221763896336PIC: How peoples brains now workhttps://gab.com/DavidVance/posts/108096317558913034

Hearts of Oak on Tour: USA - Los Angeles

As the tour comes to a close, my final dispatch is from Los Angeles. LA has never been somewhere that I wanted to go and being here I know why. It does not feel like a safe city, certainly not in the evenings so I share some of my thoughts of being here in The City of Angels.My arrival coincided with the 'Hold the Line' demonstration against Disney and the corporation's "woke" agenda after the CEO opposed Florida's HB 1557 law, which is known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, and vowed to have it repealed.At Hearts of Oak we feel very strongly about this issue so the protest at Disney headquarters in Burbank was my first port of call, how they want to sexualise children is abhorrent and should alarm us all into action.
*See the Disney protest footage on any of our video platformsOriginally broadcast 8.4.22*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstinTo sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe & share!

Hearts of Oak on Tour: USA - Austin/Texas with Terry Giles

The tour continues and while in Texas I was able to spend a few days with lawyer, author, entrepreneur and political heavyweight Terry Giles. We discuss the current state of US politics and how the woke agenda, with its nonsensical policies and poor understanding of biology has flooded the country like a toxic tsunami. With the midterms fast approaching and people waking up to the cult like virtue signalling and the disastrous Biden administration, it looks like the Republicans will retake both houses. All of this is feeding ammo to Donald J Trump, who is seeing huge crowds at his rallies and his hold on the Republican Party looks absolute.Terry Giles was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from California State University at Fullerton and his Jurist Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law, where there is now a Terry Giles Honor Scholar.In 1975, he established what would become one of the largest and most successful criminal law firms on the West Coast. Some of Giles’ clients have included Richard Pryor, Kennedy Lay, J Howard Marshall III and Martin Luther King Jr’s remaining children.In 1983, Terry withdrew from the firm, disillusioned with the criminal legal system.Starting over, he took a small Toyota dealership and built it into the fifth largest in the world, he then helped build a Canon copier distributorship into the third largest in the country and negotiated the sale of ComputerLand, a company with $2.5 billion in annual sales.He also reestablished his legal practice, but this time focused exclusively on civil trial matters and only for clients and causes that he believed in. In 2008 he was runner up for “National Jury Trial Lawyer of the Year” for his work in the Catholic predator priest cases in California.Through the course of his career, he has bought/built 35 companies in a variety of industries. Today, his company, Giles Enterprises, has diversified interests in biotech, time management, European 5-Star hotels and restaurants, and financial portfolio investments.He is chairman of Landmark Worldwide Corporation, a San Francisco-based enterprise with 43 offices in 20 countries and Pacific Biomarkers, a diagnostic laboratory enterprise in Seattle, additionally, Terry serves on the Boards of Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, the Pepperdine University Board of Regents, and The Giles O’Malley Foundation.Terry has received the Medal of Honor Alumni Award from Pepperdine University, Alumnus of the Year from Pepperdine University School of Law, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of California State University of Fullerton. He further serves as an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law.He was the campaign manager for his good friend, Ben Carson’s Presidential campaign in 2015 and Terry’s latest book, The Fifteen Percent: Overcoming Hardships and Achieving Lasting Success, was published in 2020.The number in the title comes from Giles’ observations during the Catholic sexual abuse scandal. Giles represented hundreds of the accusers in the case that spanned eight long, arduous years. The vast majority of the victims had their lives destroyed by the abuse they suffered at the hands of priests they and their parents trusted absolutely. But a minority, about 15 percent, went on to lead successful lives. For the majority, suffering unspeakable tragedy upended them. But Giles observed that for the 15 percent, the terrible abuse either did not permanently derail them or it actually propelled them to succeed. They were unstoppable and would have succeeded under any circumstances, Giles writes. Tragedy, rather than destroying them, was a near-miss that left them with low fear thresholds and hardened their resolve to live.The Fifteen Percent: Overcoming Hardships and Achieving Lasting Success available to purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifteen-Percent-Overcoming-Hardships-Achieving/dp/151075833XInterview recorded 4.4.22*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstinTo sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/Please like, subscribe & share!

The Week According To . . . Speakers Corner Steve

Speakers Corner Steve is back with us for our weekend look through some of the news stories we couldn't ignore!Expect straight talking and free speech in abundance as we discuss Prince Harry shamefully missing his grandfathers memorial service, Brexit Britain and London ranks No 1 in global ranking of cities, criminal investigations begin after shock sacking of 800 staff by P&O Ferries, migrant workers in Qatar forced to pay out huge amounts in fees, another kick in the teeth for the brave grooming gang survivors in Rotherham as head detective cleared of any wrong doing, voting fraud warning in London borough of Tower Hamlets which has a history of election scandal. In the Ukraine Russia conflict Putin bans any mention of Roman Abramovich after the alleged poisoning of the billionaire, Russian troops flee Chernobyl with radiation sickness, Poland will end Russian energy imports by the end of the year and urges The EU to do the same and finally, British pub chain owner Tim Martin wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a Wetherspoons and says The Queen will always be welcome to pop in for a drink!Steve has been a regular face at the world famous Speakers Corner in Hyde Park for the past 20 years and is a passionate advocate of free speech.He stands against extremism and racism of all kinds.He positions himself in the middle politically, holding a mix of Right and Left wing views.Originally from the South Coast of England, Steve is a lifelong Atheist, an all round good egg and was also an active Brexiteer !!Follow Steve on Twitter https://twitter.com/SteveRightNLeftand on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/steve4reformukOriginally broadcast 2.4.22Audio Podcast version available at ⁣https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/ and all major podcast directories.To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe & share!Links to the stories from this episodeLondon clings onto top spot in global cities ranking. The city came out on top for innovation in the Schroders index, reflecting its place as the favoured home of more ‘unicorn’ companies - a startup company with a value of over $1 billion - thanhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1588375/Brexit-news-london-schroders-index-top-spot-ranking-global-citiesPrince Harry savaged as he skips Prince Philip memorial service reunion with Queen PRINCE HARRY has been accused of doing 'nothing but feeding his chickens' in California as he missed the memorial service for his grandfather, Prince Philip in London today.https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1587857/prince-harry-news-savaged-no-attendance-prince-philip-memorial-vnCriminal and civil investigations opened into P&O Ferries mass sacking of 800 staff - LBCThe Insolvency Service has started formal criminal and civil investigations into the decision by P&O Ferries to sack nearly 800 workers, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps wrote on Twitter: "The Insolvency Service has reviewed P&O Ferries' actions and placed ...https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/criminal-civil-investigations-p-and-o-ferries-sack-800-staffRevealed: migrant workers in Qatar forced to pay billions in recruitment fees. The total cost incurred by Qatar’s low-wage migrant workforce is likely to be far higher because workers from other labour-sending countries in south Asia and Africa also pay high fees.https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/31/migrant-workers-in-qatar-forced-to-pay-billions-in-recruitment-fees-world-cupRotherham: Grooming gang detective cleared of misconducthttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60940507Voting fraud warning in Tower Hamlets ahead of local elections. A warning has been sounded over voting fraud in a London borough previously rocked by an election scandal.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/voting-fraud-tower-hamlets-local-elections-lutfur-rahman-kemi-badenoch-b991148.htmlPutin BANS any mention of Roman Abramovich on state media after the billionaire was poisoned. The move to write the Chelsea owner, 55, out of TV and news agency reports comes after the billionaire was 'poisoned' with a suspected chemical warfare agent in Kyiv early March.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10668793/Putin-BANS-mention-Roman-Abramovich-state-media-billionaire-poisoned.htmlRussian soldiers fled Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says UkraineRussian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have left the site after receiving high doses of radiation from digging into contaminated soil, Ukrainian officials have claimed.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russian-soldiers-fled-chernobyl-radiation-sickness-ukraine-b991862.html'We waited for you!': Locals cheer for troops in Ukraine's Chernihiv. Footage purports to show a Ukrainian brigade equipped with a tank and several rocket-propelled grenade launchers marching through a small village outside the city of Chernihiv.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10676643/Heroes-welcome-advancing-Ukrainian-troops-village-occupied-Russians-weeks.htmlPoland to EU: Follow our lead on scrapping Russian energyPoland will end all imports of Russian energy by the end of this year, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Wednesday, calling the step “the most radical plan” of any EU country. "We're calling for everyone in Europe to follow our footsteps," Morawiecki said.https://www.politico.eu/article/follow-my-lead-on-scrapping-russian-energy-poland-tells-the-eu/And finally (not an April fools joke):Tim Martin wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a Wetherspoons now Queen has left - LBCThe chain has a reputation for converting unconventional buildings into pubs, such as an old cinemas, ballrooms and opera houses.http://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tim-martin-buckingham-palace-wetherspoons