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Macron Attacks Brexit, Calls for ‘European Federalism’ in Pre-Election War Cry

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/05/macron-attacks-brexit-calls-european-federalism-pre-election-war-cry/

Globalist French President Emmanuel Macron has made a direct address to the over 500 million people who live in the European Union, calling on them to support his vision of a more centralised and powerful “project” European Union which, he believes, could even entice the United Kingdom into cancelling Brexit.

>The plea to voters to back an enhanced European Union which would take more control over its member nation states comes just months before the continental power bloc holds elections to select Members of the European Parliament for the next five-year term.

>While the European Parliament itself is largely impotent, with the real power to propose and direct legislation given to the unelected European Commission, the vote is being seen as one that will inform the tone and direction of the European Union for the coming years. Given several recent polls and projections that suggest populist parties are likely to surge in the vote, loyal Europhiles including President Macron have made campaigning in the vote a personal interest.

>An English language translation of the letter provided by the President’s Elysee Palace office reveals Macron’s preoccupation with Brexit, which he called a symbol of “the crisis of Europe, which has failed to respond to its peoples’ needs for protection from the major shocks of the modern world… the anger mongers, backed by fake news, promise anything and everything.”

also there was bomb

UK Police Investigate ‘Improvised Explosives’ Found at London Heathrow and City Airports, Waterloo Station

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/05/uk-police-investigate-improvised-explosives-found-at-london-airports/

A series of mailed improvised explosive devices have been found at a series of key transport infrastructure sites across London, with transport workers placed on high alert for more.

>Londons Metropolitan Police, who as well as taking responsibility for London policing also lead the UK’s counter-terrorism police force, said they launched an investigation Tuesday after three suspicious packages were discovered. The force said they were treating the packages as linked.

>In an internal message seen by Breitbart London Tuesday, transport workers were warned “padded envelopes… unusual items” had been delivered to several transport operators through the regular Royal Mail post and that one had detonated. Staff, and particularly ones in “major operational buildings” were warned to evacuate in the case of suspicious packages being found.

>Police said one package that had been opened by staff in Hounslow had ignited and burnt the packaging. There have been no injuries.

Elite UK school fees paid via tax haven firms, leak reveals

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/05/elite-uk-school-fees-paid-via-tax-haven-firms-leak-reveals

Charterhouse one of 50 private education providers to have received funds via Baltic bank

>An elite boarding school is one of 50 British education providers to have received fees via tax haven companies that were customers of a now defunct Lithuanian bank, according to data from one of the largest ever banking leaks.

>The disclosures come after ministers specifically warned private schools to undertake better due diligence over the sources of fee payments.

>Charterhouse, in Surrey, describes itself as “one of the great historic schools of England”, espousing “sound Christian values”. Established in 1611 on the site of a monastery, it has educated some of the giants of public life, including the poet Robert Graves, the broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, and 200 years before him, the evangelical preacher John Wesley. The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is a former head boy.