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offsite link The Rise of the Groupthink Podcast Thu Sep 28, 2023 19:00 | Will Jones
Rod Liddle draws attention to the growing and depressing phenomenon of the 'groupthink podcast' ? the opportunity to listen to people who basically agree on everything pretending they don't.
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offsite link I Was Cancelled by Laurence Fox Just Minutes Before he Got Cancelled Thu Sep 28, 2023 17:00 | Ian Rons
Laurence Fox cancelled me just minutes before he got cancelled, says Ian Rons. Ian was due to debate him about the war in Ukraine and came up to London specially ? but Fox pulled out at the last minute.
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offsite link MHRA Finally Admits it Failed to Test the Safety of Mass Manufactured Covid Vaccine Batches Thu Sep 28, 2023 15:13 | Nick Hunt
In a new FOI release the MHRA has finally come clean that it failed to test the safety of mass manufactured Covid vaccine batches, in contravention of its own regulations and public statements.
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offsite link Jonathan Sumption: ?The ECHR has Devalued the Whole Concept of Human Rights? Thu Sep 28, 2023 13:04 | Will Jones
Former Supreme Court Justice and anti-lockdown legend Jonathan Sumption has made the case for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights ? all the more remarkable as a Remainer on Brexit.
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offsite link Diaspora Politics Blow Up Canada-India Relations Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:01 | Ramesh Thakur
Relations between Canada and India are in a tailspin after Trudeau alleged India was behind the June 18th killing of an alleged Sikh terrorist. But what's the truth of the matter, asks Ramesh Thakur.
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Global Economic Recovery, Debt, Climate, Vaccines Top G7 Finance Agenda

category international | politics / elections | press release author Friday February 12, 2021 18:54author by Zachary Conti - Jubilee USA Report this post to the editors

G7 finance ministers met virtually to discuss economic recovery in the face of the coronavirus. The G7 agenda included global debt problems, vaccine distribution for developing countries, and accessing global reserve funds or Special Drawing Rights.

G7 finance ministers met virtually to discuss economic recovery in the face of the coronavirus. The G7 agenda included global debt problems, vaccine distribution for developing countries and accessing global reserve funds or Special Drawing Rights. The United Kingdom, hosting this year's G7 process, prioritized climate as a key issue of the UK's G7 presidency.

“The G7 is looking at the most crucial issues for a global recovery that includes everyone,” said Eric LeCompte, the Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA Network and a United Nations finance expert. “Debt, vaccine distribution, protecting our planet and getting enough aid to vulnerable populations are the critical issues.”

Japan's Finance Minister Tarō Asō noted that accessing Special Drawing Rights, a type of currency that could be generated to support all countries, was an important G7 discussion point.

"While no decisions on Special Drawing Rights have been made yet, we continue to see progress," stated LeCompte. "We are seeing more movement on debt relief for developing countries."

The G7 sees debt relief as a critical global response tool for developing countries. Last year the G20 adopted a debt reduction process that allows up to 73 of the world's poorest countries to seek support. Since the beginning of the year, three African countries already sought support under the mechanism.

Climate issues were raised as an important focus for finance ministers.

“The UK and the US believe now is the time to focus on climate and ensuring our planet can emerge with resilience from the current crisis,” noted LeCompte.

President Biden, as one of his first acts in office, rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate and signed an executive order putting the climate crisis at the center of the US foreign policy. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen noted the need for significant global stimulus and increasing cooperation with other G7 governments, according to a statement Treasury released.

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