Germany is importing more electricity than ever before after purchasing a record 6,505 gigawatt hours from abroad in August, according to the Federal Network Agency.
The federal government has replaced much of the electricity produced by its recently closed nuclear power stations with imported electricity, almost half of which was ironically produced using nuclear power and fossil fuels.
This resulted in a significant electricity trade balance deficit, with the country importing €557 million worth of electricity more than it exported to its EU neighbors last month.
Electricity imports typically occur through the construction of transmission lines or undersea cables that connect power grids across national borders. The energy can be generated from various sources including hydroelectric, nuclear, fossil fuels such as gas and coal, or renewable energy.
And despite the German federal government seeking to prioritize renewable energy sources to generate power, evidenced by its policy decision to shut down the country’s remaining nuclear power plants earlier this year, 21 percent of the imported electricity last month was generated by nuclear power and 28 percent was generated by burning coal and gas, according to the Bild newspaper.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought to play down concerns over rising imports back in July, claiming that “every year there are phases in which we buy electricity from other countries.” However, electricity imports into Germany have increased significantly since the closure of the country’s nuclear power plants on April 15.
As Tim Meyerjürgens, the managing director of transmission system operator Tennet, explained, the rising imports don’t necessarily imply that Germany isn’t capable of generating enough electricity itself, but they do “say something about the price of production,” namely that is has become more expensive.
Following the nuclear phase-out, much of Germany’s electricity has been produced through natural gas and coal-fired plants when renewable energy production hasn’t been viable.
“These are often more expensive than renewables and nuclear power abroad,” Meyerjürgens explained, implying that the federal government is approving imports of nuclear-produced electricity when it could have simply produced this itself with domestic nuclear plants at a cheaper rate.
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly railed against the limit on presidential terms preventing him from running for re-election in 2027 as “disastrous bullshit” as his centrist globalist bloc continues to struggle to find a successor to his reign.
During a closed-doors meeting with leaders of opposition parties on Wednesday in Seine-Saint-Denis, the 45-year-old leader reportedly declared: “Not being able to be re-elected is disastrous bullshit,” participants of the meeting told the Le Figaro newspaper.
Macron, a former Rothschild banker, was initially elected to the Élysée Palace in 2017 and re-elected as president last year. Under constitutional reforms passed by his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, the President of the Republic is currently limited to two consecutive terms in office.
The president was reportedly responding to a suggestion from the leader of the populist National Rally party Jordan Bardella to further amend the constitution to limit the president to a single seven-year term in office.
Responding to his reported comments, former leftist presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared that Macron has “cracked”.
French essayist Maxime Tandonnet warned that the comments may indicate that Macron is considering revoking the limit in order to maintain his “authoritarian” grip on power in Paris.
“A formula allowing three mandates, i.e. fifteen years – and why not twenty years? – would risk amplifying the scourges of self-to-one, cronyism, clanism and corruption,” Tandonnet wrote.
The political commentator went on to note that the longer one is in high office, the more likely it is for a president to become deluded from reality, writing: “Life in palaces and planes, surrounded by servants and courtiers, in the obsession with the curve of popularity polls, translates into a radical break with the daily life of the French.”
At present, it may prove difficult for Macron to muster the political support to change the constitution, however, if a suitable centrist successor fails to emerge as the 2027 elections approach, the president may attempt to turn to his old playbook and gin up fear of the so-called far-right and the possibility of populist Marine Le Pen seizing power in order to convince various factions in the National Assembly to back removing the term limit.
Even if he is unsuccessful in changing the constitution before 2027, it does not necessarily mean the end of Macron’s political life.
As opposed to the United States, the term limit rule in France only prevents politicians from serving more than two consecutive terms, meaning that Macron could theoretically run for president again in 2032.
This possibility has already been floated by key Macron allies, including president of the Neo-liberal Democratic Movement party, François Bayrou, who said last year of a potential third Macron term: “Money doesn’t interest him, and neither do pompous job titles in international organisations… Inevitably, he will be a reference in French political life, not for the past, but for the future.”
A new report about “anti-Muslim hostility” commissioned by the German government has faced a barrage of criticism after it was revealed that Islamist groups linked to Iran and Turkey were involved in producing the document. Unsurprisingly, the long-awaited report paints a highly distorted picture of Muslim discrimination in Germany: It brands virtually all criticism of Islam or Islamism as “anti-Muslim hostility” and reprimands German lawmakers and even reformist Muslims who oppose the spread of Islamism in Germany.
Fatina Keilani, Berlin bureau chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. (YouTube screenshot.)
Fatina Keilani, Berlin bureau chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, noted that the report “regards almost every critical statement about Islam as anti-Muslim” although “speech and counter-speech, criticism and counter-argument are essential to a free society.” German lawmaker Christoph de Vries told Focus on Western Islamism (FWI) that the report is “one-sided” and “looks more like an activist position paper than a balanced expert report.” He added that the report “gives the impression that criticism of Islam and Islamism should be completely suppressed.”
The 400-page report — “Anti-Muslim Hostility – A German Balance Sheet 2023” (Muslimfeindlichkeit – Eine deutsche Bilanz 2023) — was produced by the so-called Independent Group of Experts on Anti-Muslim Hostility (Unabhängigen Expertenkreis Muslimfeindlichkeit, UEM) under the auspices of Germany’s Interior Ministry. The twelve-member UEM was commissioned in September 2020 by the government of former chancellor Angela Merkel after a rightwing extremist shot and killed nine immigrants at a Shisha bar in Hanau in February 2020.
Foreign Influence
An investigation by the German newspaper Die Weltrevealed that Islamist groups with ties to Iran and Turkey were heavily involved in producing the report. The UEM consulted with representatives of the Islamic Community of Shiite Organizations in Germany (Islamischen Gemeinschaft der schiitischen Gemeinden Deutschland, IGS), an umbrella group representing more than 150 Shiite mosques in Germany.
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, BfV), states that IGS is controlled by the Islamic Center of Hamburg (Islamischen Zentrums Hamburg, IZH). German intelligence describes the IZH as a leading “propaganda center” of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Europe that is dedicated to “exporting the Islamic Revolution.” The IZH is well known for spreading “anti-Western, anti-Semitic, and anti-Israel extremist ideology.”
Another Islamist group involved in producing the “anti-Muslim hostility” report is the Cologne-based FAIR International (Federation Against Injustice and Racism), which is closely tied to the Islamic Community Milli Görüs (Islamischen Gemeinschaft Milli Görüs, IGMG). Milli Görüs (Turkish for “National Vision”) is a Turkish nationalist political and religious movement that is strongly opposed to Muslim integration into European society. It promotes the introduction of a “just order” that would replace the existing order of Western civilization.
[The report] reads like a manual for instituting censorship.Susanne Schröter
Other Islamist groups involved in producing the report are: the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), a branch of the Turkish government’s Ministry of Religious Affairs, known in Turkish as Diyanet; the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (Koordinationsrat der Muslime, KRM), which, in addition to DITIB, includes the Central Council of Muslims (Zentralrat der Muslime in Deutschland, ZMD) and the Islamic Council (Islamrat); and the Hamburg-based Insan association, which according to German intelligence, is close to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Accusation with No Definition
The report begins with a 20-page chapter that attempts to explain why the UEM uses the term “anti-Muslim hostility” (Muslimfeindlichkeit) rather than the more conventional term “Islamophobia.” It admits that “there is no consensus” on the definition of “anti-Muslim hostility,” which is subject to a “diversity of concepts,” including “Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism.” The report explains that “anti-Muslim hostility” includes any “manifestations” or “public expressions” in which Muslims are “made to be socially different by ascribing negative characteristics to them.”
The report goes on to identify alleged “anti-Muslim hostility” in all aspects of German society, including in politics, the media and culture. In Chapter 4, the report brands as “anti-Muslim hostility” all public debates about Islamic headscarves, honor killings, migrant rape gangs, clan violence, cartoons, the construction of mosques and political Islam. The report calls for the implementation of wide-ranging recommendations, including interference with press freedom, to combat alleged anti-Muslim narratives.
Honest Discussion of Islamism Not Allowed
Susanne Schröter, who leads the Frankfurt Research Center on Global Islam, warns that a recent report about anti-Muslim hostility serves to stifle legitimate concerns about extremist ideologies, honor killings, and sexual assaults. (Photo by Dontworry via Wikimedia Commons.)
The head of the Frankfurt Research Center on Global Islam, Susanne Schröter, told FWI that the report “follows the strategies of the Islamo-Left, which for years has tried to denounce as anti-Muslim any criticism of Islamism or the downside of immigration from Muslim countries.” She said that “the factuality of grievances is denied, be it extremist ideologies, clan crime, honor killings or sexual assaults,” and “anyone who names them is considered anti-Muslim.”
Schröter continued that the concept of “anti-Muslim hostility” stems from post-colonial theory, which claims that white people are fundamentally racist. “The report goes in a similar direction and alleges that every second person in Germany is anti-Muslim, i.e., racist with regard to Muslims.” She added: “That alone is an audacious assertion, and one must seriously ask what makes a federal minister [German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser] join in such insults to the German population.” In September 2022, Faeser inexplicably dissolved the so-called Expert Group on Political Islamism (Expertenkreis Politischer Islamismus) — opting instead to fight “Islamophobia.”
Christoph de Vries, a member of the German Bundestag for the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) told FWI that the “reclassification” of “Islamophobia” as “anti-Muslim hostility” seeks to “portray Muslims exclusively as victims.” Critics of Islam or Islamism “are thus very quickly branded racists, a racism that is believed to be located in a large part of mainstream society,” he said. “There is no real evidence for this, but the report uses a hodgepodge of quotations, which are often taken out of context, in an attempt to prove this thesis.”
De Vries, who has led legislative efforts to outlaw taxpayer funding of Islamist groups, noted that the report treats his party’s parliamentary motion to combat the financing of Islamism as an example of “anti-Muslim hostility.” He warned that “this form of confrontation with democratic parties, but also well-known experts on Islamism, is an unacceptable crossing of the line.”
One of the Islamism experts targeted by the report is Sigrid Herrmann, a well-known biologist-turned-blogger who has frequently advised the German government on the activities and structures of Islamist groups in the country. The report accuses her of “anti-Muslim hostility.”
Legal Action Pending
On August 16, Herrmann, who operates the blog “Islamism and Society” and is regularly quoted by German media, announced that she was taking legal action against Germany’s Interior Ministry for publishing “false factual claims” about her and for violating her “fundamental rights” and “freedom of expression.” She is demanding injunctive relief, which would require the Interior Ministry to withdraw the report and correct the errors. The Interior Ministry has rejected responsibility for the content of the report. It insists that the UEM is independent of the government.
Herrmann, who has set up a GoFundMe account to help cover her legal costs, told FWI that the fundamental issue is whether the Interior Ministry, which is bound by the German constitution, can appoint a body that is not subject to the same rules. “Is the UEM allowed to publish its views under the name of the ministry without respecting the rights of named citizens?” She said the issue is about “civil rights.”
Islamists Control Discourse
German-Jewish author Henryk Broder. (Photo by Lesekreis via Wikimedia Commons.)
The prominent German-Jewish author Henryk Broder is also taking legal action against the Interior Ministry. The “anti-Muslim hostility” report claims that he “generally demonizes Muslims as ignorant, honor-obsessed, bloodthirsty hordes.” Broder’s lawyer, Joachim Steinhöfel, has requested an injunction to prevent that allegation from being distributed. “The fact that violations of personal rights should be permitted by merely spreading them is a very idiosyncratic interpretation of our fundamental rights, by the ministry responsible for protecting the constitution, of all things,” he said. A decision by the Administrative Court of Berlin is pending.
Herrmann told FWI that the UEM’s decision to invite Islamist groups to participate in the “anti-Muslim hostility” report was deliberate and “rather strategic.” The report “takes a protective stance vis-à-vis Islamist structures and organizations” because the German government wants to “partially cooperate” with them. De Vries added that the report “is evidence of the extent to which narratives introduced by Islamists now determine the discourse in Germany.”
Schröter warned that the report’s long list of recommendations “reads like a manual for instituting censorship.” Since criticizing Islam and Islamism “is considered racist and anti-democratic, politicians are called upon to prevent this,” she said. “It doesn’t take much imagination to appreciate that state repression measures, including legal prosecution, can result from this.”
A known drug trafficker who is suspected of murdering his fellow law-breaking cousin in Morocco has returned to the Netherlands in order to evade capture, but his presence has reignited a bitter gang feud on the streets of Rotterdam.
Soufiane B., a 29-year-old who holds dual Dutch-Moroccan nationality is accused of stabbing his cousin, Hicham, B., to death on the Moroccan beach of Al-Hoceima following an argument over their illicit business.
The pair, both of whom had been living in Rotterdam, were known drug traffickers and it is understood the victim wished to leave the family business and set up his own drug empire, planning to take customers with him.
Hicham was stabbed in the heart with a large blade by Soufiane B., who proceeded to evade capture by driving two and a half hours with his father to the Spanish enclave of Melilla and using the illegal migratory route across the Mediterranean to reach mainland Spain.
According to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Soufiane B. returned to Rotterdam and his homecoming angered the former entourage of Hicham, B. which vowed to avenge his murder and sparked a bitter feud on Dutch streets.
Dutch police sources confirmed to the newspaper that a few days ago, Soufiane B.’s flat in the city, located on Rembrandtstraat, was attacked as gang members sought revenge. Two men were arrested and were found to have a bag on their persons containing flammable substances. The pair remain in custody.
The ongoing matter has important context given the ongoing treaty negotiations relating to the extradition of criminals between Morocco and the Netherlands, which has a considerable Moroccan minority population.
Whilst the police and the public prosecutor’s office in Rotterdam refused to comment on the case, De Telegraaf reported that there does not appear to have been an extradition request made by the Moroccan authorities, with legal experts suggesting that Soufiane B. could continue living freely in the Netherlands until such a request is made.
“If there is no criminal case against the suspect in the Netherlands, he is a free man here until Morocco makes an extradition request,” Geert-Jan Knoops, a lawyer who specializes in international criminal law, told the newspaper.
Alternatively, it is understood that Morocco could ask for the criminal investigation to be transferred to the Netherlands so that the suspect could be tried there.
“It can then transfer the criminal case to the Netherlands. In that case, Morocco will have to hand over the evidence to the Netherlands for prosecution here,” Knoops added.
A further complication could be Soufiane B.’s dual nationality, which could hinder any extradition request should one be forthcoming.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson told the newspaper that should Dutch police locate the suspect, an arrest could only be made on the basis of what is known as a red notice, namely a request for provisional arrest or extradition from Morocco.
“For the latter, a treaty basis is indeed always required. There is currently no bilateral extradition treaty. If a person whose extradition is requested has Dutch nationality, regardless of any dual nationality, our country cannot in principle extradite this person,” the spokesperson said.
Aside from the suspected murder, Soufiane B. is a hardened criminal and is already well known to the Dutch police. Shortly before his bloody holiday to Morocco, he was released from a five-month prison sentence after being convicted of selling and transporting 1.2kg of heroin.
He has also previously been convicted of other drug trafficking offenses.
One wrong look, one wrong word – Behnam Y. (40) went berserk!
At the beginning of June, the Iranian rammed a knife 20 centimetres deep into the stomach of a 53-year-old man at the Rewe car park on Marienstraße. The victim survived. Now the 40-year-old will soon stand trial before the Regional Court in Hanover on charges including double attempted murder. Strange: Shortly before the attack, he had stabbed the 53-year-old man, whom he did not know, on a bench in the street, because he had apparently felt insulted. At first he disappeared, but then returned with a larger knife … A week later, the fugitive Behnam Y. was caught in the Linden district – he was taken into custody. Then it came out: The Iranian, who according to information from the newspaper BILD is the father of five children, is probably also responsible for the robbery of a jeweller in Badenstedter Straße. In mid-January, a masked man with a knife demanded the contents of the safe from the employees.
The owner and employees managed to chase the robber away. According to the public prosecutor’s office, a DNA match led to the 40-year-old’s trail.
On Thursday (August 31), the son of Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros dismissed media reports, that suggested that the nefarious Open Society Foundations (OSF) was exiting its operations in Europe.
The development was confirmed by Alexander Soros aka Alex, the heir of his father’s $25 billion enterprise, in an article on Politico. He wrote, “News reports that the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and Soros are “leaving Europe” are misleading. We are not leaving.”
“Europe remains of huge strategic importance to the work of OSF, which began in the 1980s, when my father started funding independent thinkers in his native Hungary, then a Soviet satellite in Communist Eastern Europe. And today, for all its faults, the European Union still stands as a global beacon of the values that shape our work,” Alexander Soros emphasised.
Screengrab of the article in Politico
The son of George Soros informed that the Open Society Foundations (OSF) will be shifting its focus to Eastern Europe, influenced by the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia and the rise of Poland as an economic powerhouse.
“So, as OSF retools the way it works globally, we are shifting our priorities in Europe accordingly. Yes, this means we will be exiting some areas of work as we focus on today’s challenges, as well as those we will face tomorrow,” he said.
Alexander Soros added, “And yes, we will also be reducing our headcount significantly, seeking to ensure more money goes out to where it’s most needed,” he added. But this isn’t any kind of a retreat.”
Support for Ukraine’s civil society, Balkans and colour revolution
The son of George Soros conceded that the OSF is supporting the war efforts in Ukraine against Russia through its funding of a ‘network of civil society groups’ to the tune of $250 million (~ ₹2068 crores) since 2014.
“We will not be abandoning allies who stand up for democratic rights in the face of autocrats and would-be dictators — neither in Europe nor the rest of the world. But we need to be ready and able to respond to an uncertain and dangerous future,” Alexander Soros reaffirmed.
This is in line with the textbook approach adopted by George Soros and his Open Society Foundations to influence civil society and ‘distort’ public perspectives across different nations.
Alexander Soros also highlighted that OSF will continue to work to ensure the membership of Moldova and Western Balkans in the European Union, a cause championed by his father in the 1990s.
Alexander Soros worried about anti-war Donald Trump
The son of George Soros also resorted to fear-mongering about the victory of Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential elections and claimed that such a development would be detrimental to the European Union.
“Such an outcome will imperil European unity and undermine the progress achieved on many fronts in response to the war in Ukraine,” the junior Soros brazened it out. It must be mentioned that Trump had vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war within a span of 24 hours.
“But there remains more work to be done. And it is my great hope that OSF, in its reconfigured form, will be able to help the European project realize its full promise,” Alexander Soros concluded.
Leftist media lament exit of OSF from Europe
Earlier on August 15, 2023, several leftist media publications claimed that the Open Society Foundations (OSF) was retreating from Europe and lamented that it would somehow affect ‘human rights work.’
“Several beneficiaries of Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF), chaired since the start of this year by his son Alex, told the Observer they would struggle without its support amid an authoritarian rollback,” wroteThe Guardian.
The Financial Times wrote, “It unnerved political observers and civil society groups that have used funding to counter illiberal policies in central and eastern Europe, including Hungary.”
“Grantees told The Associated Press that a withdrawal of support for human rights, political participation or digital protections in the European Union would be a strategic mistake and questioned whether the foundations had made a final decision to do so,” emphasisedABC News.
Who is Alexander Soros
In June this year, George Soros decided to hand over the reins of his $25 billion business empire to his younger son. The junior Soros identifies as a ‘centre-left thinker’ and has vowed to expand on the ‘liberals aims’ of his father.
The 37-year-old also confirmed that he has the same mindset as George Soros. “We think alike…I am more political,” he emphasised. Alexander Soros is also focused on using the family’s wealth to support leftist politicians and champion the cause of abortion, voting rights and gender equity.
He yields considerable influence in the White House and has met officials of the Biden administration, top Democrat leaders and even Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Until 2016, Alexander was touted as the ‘playboy son’ of senior Soros, known for hanging out with NBA friends and gorgeous models at his mansion.
George Soros' son,Alexander Soros has visited White House 14 times since Biden took office. At least 2 were with the WH Chief of staff. Access granted because of his dad's checkbook
All of that changed in the past 7 years so much so that he came to be known as George Soros’ deputy. According to the Wall Street Journal, Alexander Soros is more interested in domestic politics in the United States.
He has been an open critic of Donald Trump. The 37-year-old has indicated that he is willing to use his wealth to keep the ex-US President out of the Oval Office. He reportedly paid $7,00,000 (₹5.76 crore rupees) to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020 and was one of the top donors.
The junior Soros also coughed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, State Democratic parties, and individual campaigns.
On today’s #NCFNewspeak, NCF Director Peter Whittle and Senior Fellow Rafe Heydel-Mankoo are once again joined by Amy Gallagher of Stand Up To Woke to discuss:
A major survey of Anglican clergy finds that a majority of clergy believe Britain is no longer a Christian country and want the Church to abandon traditional teaching and adopt modern social trends.
Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ — is it a war on cars and the poor?
Notting Hill Carnival: With this year’s carnival resulting in the arrest of 245 and incidents ranging from stabbings to biting of police — and with the Police Federation stating the event is getting out of control and a nightmare to police — is it time to call time on the Notting Hill Carnival?
A group of migrants occupying a public building in the center of Milan has been evicted after the building was sold to be converted into a mosque.
The former public baths in the northern Italian city’s Via Esterle had been home to around 40 migrants for the past six years prior to the eviction carried out by the local authority on Tuesday morning.
The eviction operation was a precursor to the transfer of the building’s ownership from the local government to the Casa della Cultura Muslim association which was awarded a contract in October last year to convert the space into the first authorized mosque to be built in the city.
Police in riot gear raided the property shortly before 7 a.m. in an attempt to catch the occupants off guard. It is understood the majority were around the age of 30 and “almost all originating from Mali, Ivory Coast and Guinea,” according to the Italy 24 news outlet.
Pro-migrant organization Solidarity Network Ci Cerchi, which has been providing advocacy for the occupants, complained that the migrants have not been rehoused.
“The inhabitants, underpaid foreign workers with short-term work contracts, were not offered any alternative housing solution despite the fact that for over a year, the people who live in the building and the Solidarity Network Ci Cerchi had asked the administration to intervene to prevent people ending up on the street,” it said in a statement.
A small group of around 60 left-wing protesters was present at the eviction to demonstrate the action taken by the police.
Despite praising the operation to clear out the illegal occupiers of the building, local right-wing politicians condemned the building of a mosque in the area, warning the neighborhood will turn into an “Islamic free zone” and a “ghetto.”
“After over six years of illegal occupation by social centers and irregular immigrants, the municipal property in via Esterle has finally been cleared out. We thank the police commissioner and the police for the success of the operation,” said Silvia Sardone, an MEP for the right-wing League. “Bringing back legality is very important, especially against those who are professionals of illegality,” she added.
The League’s regional secretary Samuele Piscina said it was regrettable that the left-wing administration in Milan only finally opted to clear the building to make way for a mosque.
“We would like to point out, among other things, that this area is not suitable and does not meet the requirements for the construction of a mosque. Furthermore, the area of Via Padova already currently has two informal mosques and the citizens are extremely against this intended use of the property,” he said, warning that the move risks turning the area into an “Islamic ghetto.”
Bruce Bozzi shared a snap alongside Emma Thompson’s fellow guests INSTAGRAM/BRUCE BOZZI, screen grab youtube
Oscar-nominated actor Dame Emma Thompson has been pictured on-board a £200million superyacht on the water in Venice.
The gargantuan vessel belongs to billionaire Fox News co-founder Barry Diller and his wife Diane von Furstenberg.
Von Furstenberg is also a household name thanks to her globally successful designer fashion brand.
And the trio weren’t the only A-listers on-board the yacht as the likes of Diane Sawyer and Candice Bergen were also spotted.
The outing is worlds away from a previous famous boat incident involving Thompson dating back to 2019.
The actor joined Extinction Rebellion protestors on the streets of London where she irked the public by blocking traffic in protest.
Alongside fellow protestors, Thompson boarded a bright pink “boat” on the streets of London, bringing traffic to a standstill.
However, she was criticised at the time for the hypocrisy of jetting back and forth from LA to London to attend the protests.
She even read aloud a fake weather report during the protest as she preached about the world heading for “irreversible change”.
Thompson defended her actions by claiming she was racking up far fewer air miles since taking part in climate change activism.
The actor has homes in the US, UK and Venice itself alongside her husband and fellow actor, Greg Wise.
Also joining her onboard the superyacht was Mujen Spirits co-founder Bruce Bozzi who shared a snapshot of his time in Venice alongside the stars.
Bozzi posted a snap of a dinner he shared with the A-listers and their families as he captioned: “Most beautiful fish caught last night fed this family of friends!
“Family owned small restaurant, great white wine, loving conversation with close friends ….my favorite! Hello Saturday.”
As Hampton Court Palace advises visitors on how to avoid paying the ULEZ charge, NCF Director Peter Whittle discusses the real reason for Sadiq Khan’s notorious anti-car, cash-making scheme. #GBNews
