WITHOUT CONTINUAL GROWTH AND PROGRESS, SUCH TODAY QUOTE WORDS AS IMPROVEMENT, 2000 2013 2016 2017 OF THE DAY IN Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, Hundreds of people are The closing ceremony of the A solar eclipse traverses the continen- ACHIEVEMENT, AND SUCCESS HISTORY DAY HAVE NO MEANING. wins the 82nd PGA Championship and be- reported killed by chemical 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio tal United States. comes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in attacks in the Ghouta region de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. of Syria. H A HELLYER issue of Islamophobia and Mr Ukip began as a Eurosceptic within its ranks and about it. Batten’s links to far-right activist party and leaving the EU Since the Brexit referendum t seems tempting to ignore the Tommy Robinson. The footage of was the issue that defined took place, it is the issue that has UKIP’s election of Richard Braine, Mr Braine seems to indicate it’s a energised the remaining Ukip TOP Ithe new leader of the UK In- different face at the helm but the its purpose. It never found base like no other. Robinson, cur- dependence Party. After all, its same message. a critical mass to vote for it rently serving nine months in former leader Nigel Farage moved For a party that is arguably on as a party. prison, was until recently serv- on to found the Brexit Party and the far-right of British politics, ing as a political adviser to Mr TWEETS4 anti-Islamic much of Ukip’s support seems to Ukip enjoys an outsized presence Batten. Others, including Ukip have migrated there with him. in terms of press coverage. The candidates Mark Meechan and But it would be a mistake to boisterous antics of the likes of Carl Benjamin and Paul Joseph disregard Ukip. Its strongest im- Mr Farage boosted his popularity Watson, have been accused of 01 voices are pact was never in the parliamen- and was handsomely rewarded racist, threatening language. Mr tary seats it failed to get, either by a disproportionate amount Watson founded the far-right in the House of Commons or the of airtime on television, a radio conspiracy website Infowars European Parliament. Rather, show on a mainstream network which is known for promoting it made its mark by moving the and a platform with various me- absurd conspiracy theories; he becoming conversation dangerously further dia outlets. himself declared “Islam control” to the right than was previously But as oxygen has been given to to another political force, one was needed rather than gun con- ongratulations to @ acceptable. Take, for example, such right-wing views in so much which yielded considerably more trol. Cisro scientists on suc- the first controversy to emerge of the mainstream media, such success in the recent European The anti-Islam animus has cessful insertion of #Chan- more involving Mr Braine. voices and their radical views elections. But the Brexit Par - been present within Ukip since drayaan2 into the Lunar Footage of a hustings for the have become normalised. ty could never have done so if its early days – but it now seems Orbit. The smooth entry leadership race showed him com- Ukip began as a Eurosceptic Ukip had not existed in the first to have overtaken nearly all other of Chandrayaan2 Moon’s plaining some British towns and party and leaving the EU was the place. Ukip continues to tap into considerations within the party orbit is yet another signif- cities were effectively no-go ar- issue that defined its purpose. a minority of the British public’s today. Anti-Muslim sentiment is icant achievement for our intense eas for non-Muslims and calling It never found a critical mass to sentiments – an unruly minority a problem that infests many parts scientists. Looking forward for it to be a crime to hand out vote for it as a party – but it did that seeks division in order to of the political spectrum already, to the landing of ‘Pragyaan’ copies of the Quran under laws manage to get a critical mass to promote its agenda. including within the ranks of the on the moon next month. There might be a new leader connected to violence. take up its one issue. As a result, That agenda is increasingly Conservative party, to the point @rajnathsingh Such virulent anti-Muslim sen- the Brexit referendum of 2016 not about leaving the EU, an is- where even the term Islamopho- at the helm but with Richard timent underpins Ukip and has happened. The turmoil that has sue that has been taken up by bia is challenged. only become more intense over unfolded since is significantly the Brexit Party, large parts of Ukip is currently polling badly 02 Braine, it is the same old the years, despite claims that it down to mainstream political the Conservative party, and even in the UK. But with anti-Mus- wants to distance itself from the parties not taking seriously how significant pats of the Labour lim bigotry across Europe on message with a different voice anti-Islamic views that shaped to provide leadership in an age party. Ukip might deny it is an the rise, history reminds us that the leadership of Mr Braine’s where Ukip-style populist poli- anti-Islamic party - but the issue insignificance at the ballot box predecessor, Gerard Batten. Mr tics can make a difference. of Islamophobia is increasing- doesn’t mean irrelevance else- Farage quit the party over the Mr Farage has now moved on ly shaping conversations both where. rime Minister @ Pnarendramodi had a telephone conversation today with @POTUS H.E. Mr. Donald Trump. Their thirty-minute conversa- CIVILIAN’S TRIBUNE tion covered bilateral and Plant-based food could trigger a cultural shift in consumption regional matters and was marked by the warmth and cordiality which character- End cruelty towards animals ises the relations between RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL According to some the two leaders. estimates, the plant-based @PMOIndia food market will be worth he battle over foods with- 03 out meat is getting pret- as much as $140 billion in Tty brawny. Last week the 10 years. non-profit American Civil Lib- erties Union asked the US state of Arkansas to stop enforcement of a law that bars words such as “burger” and “steak” for plant- based products that contain no poke to my two good animal meat. Sfriends, Prime Minister And the Centre for Consumer Modi of India, and Prime Manufacturers Freedom, a US group that lobbies Minister Khan of Pakistan, on behalf of the fast food, meat regarding Trade, Strategic of meatless and tobacco industries, placed Partnerships and, most prominent ads in American news- importantly, for India and burgers and papers hinting that the chemicals So what is in prospect for all Pakistan to work towards added to imitation-meat burg- the new plant-based alternatives reducing tensions in Kash- sausages are ers and sausages made them less to meat, fish and eggs? Will they mir. A tough situation, but healthy than the real thing. be the flavour of the month, the good conversations! trying to woo All this took place in the week year, or of the next few years, but @realDonaldTrump ‘flexitarians’ that a plant-based “egg” made fail to push a larger cultural shift from mung bean protein, canola in consumption? 04 oil, onion puree and turmeric, All that is certain is that the was welcomed onto the shelves of battle has commenced – and one of America’s largest national the meat industry is unwilling grocery retailers. to cede ground easily. It has an Right around the same time, entrenched advantage – not Goldsmiths, University of Lon- just habits of consumption but don, banned the sale of beef in the fact that in several Ameri - hy this sudden ob- campus food outlets as part of its can states and in France, there Wsession with Rajiv bid to tackle climate change. are laws that restrict the word Gandhi, @officeofssbadal And earlier this month Burger “meat” to animal products. ? Could be because you’re King introduced the Impossible The US livestock lobby also was shocked to read the overwhelming evidence about pollution as it produces half of jealous of him? After all, Whopper, featuring a meatless challenges plant-based food killing of cows by a group animal abuse and cruelty in in- the world’s methane – a green- he became Prime Min- patty designed to taste, feel and omnivorous and vegetarian diets lier this month a report written warming, as well as deforestation vegans and even flexitarians quantities – rising nearly fivefold manufacturers’ right to use de- I of anti-social elements dustrial farms. We have a dis- house gas contributing to cli- ister at the age of 40 and even “bleed” like actual red meat, but seem to want to eat less meat by more than 100 scientists for to expand pastures. requires much less land than since the 1960s, from 70 million scriptions such as sausage and following a dispute with local torted view of food ethics. mate change. you haven’t even become in more than 7,000 outlets in the and dairy, as long as the food on the UN’sIntergovernmental Pan- The IPCC report reiterated, but raising meat. And overfishing is tonnes a year globally to more bacon for products that do not MP. We forget that the packaged The only way we can tru - Chief Minister at 57! That US. their plate tastes just as good. el on Climate Change ( IPCC), far more starkly, something we increasingly seen as a reason to than 330 million tonnes in 2017.