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Strathae PoT government announce opening up of gas fields to selected partners
The government of Strathae have announced today they will be opening up the gas fields of Strathae for exploration and exploitation to selected gas companies and nations. The move is controversial though in a statement to justify the decision the government have said "We have been idealists on this for too long but the fact remains gas is cleaner than coal and oil if dealt with well. We will be opening up to offer more of an alternative to oil and coal but any gas infrastructure will be subject to the strictest environmental standards with sites having to be rehabilitated fully afterwards. " Reports are suggesting Czechslavia, Reitzmag and Brickston are among the countries who's companies are being considered.

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Blair Gobnet McLucais dies in suicide
Blair Gobnet McLucais has died in prison after a successful suicide attempt in the toilets. Her body was recovered and she left a note suggesting the "hate" from society was to blame. It was reported there was increased harassment of her in jail. When government was asked about the situation they said in a statement "Any death is a tragedy but lets not pretend she wasn't an awful evil woman who was poison to the nation and we must not forget the real victims are the Catholics she tried to persacute.She will likely not be missed by many"

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The wicked witch is dead tops charts as supporters mourn Blairs death
Today "The Wicked Witch is Dead" song rose to the top of the charts. The Judy Garland song from the Wizard of Oz has had a campaign by detractors to rise to the top of the charts to "celebrate the death of a great evil witch and the justice for catholics that the universe has delivered". The government have refused to condemn or endorse the songs use or the campaign which has been condemned by some as being insensitive.

The politician was a controversial figure who to her supporters was a great leader who defended Strathaen culture from foreign threats and to her detractors a bigoted extremist authoritarian who persacuted Catholics and foreigners in the name of "culture".

Her supporters have held vigils around the world near the protests of the anti-blair supporters who held parties in the major squares to "celebrate the death of evil".Tensions were stoked at some of the protests and counter protests though things have remained mostly peaceful.Polls have showed that Blairite policies were supported by 21% of the population with 75% opposing and 6% neutral in line with the divisive politician.

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CSP , Alternative and PoT sign orders banning those who commit "hate speech " from their parties
CSP, Alternative and the PoT jointly announced in a press conference that all three had signed a commitment and put into effect policy banning all hate speech from their parties.The parties in a joint statement said "Above all over party members we are Strathaens and do not accept intolerance and hate. We already have strong rules together on anti-lgbt or misogynistic hate speech but we will now add to this list religion and sexist hate speech in general. We will not accept criticism of any religious group or body of believers as a whole and will not accept naming religions in criticisms, only criticism of some beliefs or behaviours will be accepted. Likewise we will not accept generalised negative statements about men also. We will show together the values of tolerance and acceptance that have long been Strathaen values with all our respective parties implementing lifetime bans from our parties for anyone who shows such behaviour or values." The move has been seen as a move against anti-catholics and nationalist Blairites to purge parties of such extremists.These people will also be blacklisted by all three parties from joining the other parties with the Political Extremist List maintained by all three main parties.

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Strathae announces reparations to catholic church
Strathae has announced today it will wire €100,000,000 Euros to the Catholic Church along with €5 ,000,000 a year over 50 years. The government said in a statement "Our previous government committed an act of terrorism against the Catholic Church and we are sorry. We know we have apologised but apologising is not enough we will be donating to the Catholic Church and be making €1,000,000,0000 ringfenced into a fund to anyone who might have been persecuted. We encourage those persacuted to put in a case for reparations which will be assessed by the Strathae Reparations Fund. It will be open to individuals and any institutions that faced persecution from the Blair government and Blairites."

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PoT Blairite purge begins as 187 kicked from party
The PoT "purge" of Blairites from the party has begun with plans to investigate 1,000's with party members encouraged to report any members with Blairite tendencies and in support of Blair as well as any showing hate against Catholics and other religious groups. The Party has said the 120 members kicked out will not be allowed back in and have been placed on the join CSP and Alternative blacklist. The CSP have also kicked out over 67 anti-catholics. It is expected some of the members of the Clan Assembly and Council leaders will also face investigations. The move is seen by some as a vital step in kicking extremism out of politics while others are concerned it may simply create a truly unshackled far right or end up with innocent people and freedom of speech falling victims to attempts to moderate. However as of now all three parties are remaining committed to the investigation of people with "bigoted" views or those who have "hate speech" in their past.

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Reports over 10,000 party members face investigation by party committees
There are reports that over 10,000 party members of the CSP , Alternative and PoT face are facing investigation under the new rules on hate speech and blacklisting in the parties. Over 5,000 of them are reported in the PoT. There are estimates that up to 50,000 possibly more could eventually be kicked out the parties over time in what some describe as a "political purge" of the nationalists. Meanwhile some members of the PoT and CSP including some elected officials have announced their intention to leave and form a new Guardian Party which according them would stand for "freedom of speech and critical thinking and allowing challenging of ideas without fear "with the announcement expected within days.

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Strathae is sorry Protests end
The Strathae is Sorry protests have ended around Europe with the Friends of Strathae and Stathaen Association officially ending their campaigns throughout Europe to raise Strathaes image. They said in a statement "Hundreds of thousands of our people have mobilised in the greatest apology in the history of Europe and really helped in the rehabilitation of the Strathaen image after it was ruined by a previous anti-Strathaen values government. They have showed the true character of tolerance and acceptance in Strathae and have really showed the catholics they are not hated in Strathae despite certain extremists in the country. We are proud of the efforts and now will move towards continuing the promotion of the tolerant accepting culture of Strathae and celebration of our traditions" .

The protests caused mixed reactions some feeling it is good for a country and its people to own up to its previous issues with some suggesting it went way too far and that a simple apology and the announcement of the new measures and policies that were happening anyway would have been enough and suggesting the protests if anything tarnished the image of Strathae further especially when "The wicked witch is dead" was played to celebrate the suicide of Balir Gobnet McLucais. However regardless the protests have now ended.

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Strathae anthem lyrics changed in key votes to remove catholicism reference
The Strathaen government celebrated today as they won the vote in both houses to change the national anthem. The act of the anthem change got over 65% in both houses. The bill changes part of the anthem from "Gaeil iad féin is ní Caitliceach ná Protastúnach" or "Only Gaels are they, not Catholic nor Protestant..." to "Gaeil iad féin is ní fuathmhar ná móróg" or "Only Gaels are they, not hatemonger nor bigot".

The change is intended to reduce the hate and show the country has moved on from its anti-catholic days. The lyrics date back from the founding resistance where the countries clans fiercely resisted a Catholic regime from outside with theocratic tendencies. The government said in a statement "It's time to move on. Catholics are not the enemies and never were but it was rather the church authorities and a catholic regime with theocratic tendencies. That is no longer the case and the Church and its followers act within democratic and tolerant bounds. We don't agree with the Catholic Church on everything but we feel the hate in the anthem and some aspects of our culture are not justified in a tolerant and accepting society. We will be seeking to root out this hate. We ask all governments , authorities and any organisations world wide no longer use the old version of the anthem out of respect for Catholics and Strathaens. We also ask all sporting authorities to ban it as hate speech in its old form and therefore ban any fans who sing it. We have word from the Strathaen Football Association and other national authorities that they are making this change." The change is not without opposition with critics pointing out its based on a war song of liberation and that its not meant to be taken as a slight on all catholics now and it has been condemned by some as "liberal sjw nonsense". The act is sure to cause controversy into the future with nationalist groups and Blairite groups vowing to use the "true anthem of Strathae".The Strathaen FA has sent a list of songs and chants in Strathaen or English including the old national anthem, anti-pope chants and anti-catholic and christian chants it wants banned from EUFA matches when Strathae plays away. It has called on EUFA to "help Strathae stomp out nationalist hate chants and songs".

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349 fans banned amidst winning streak for Strathae
Strathae has had its first two wins in its history of football in a row sending ticket sales surging as Strathaens increasingly rush to ticketing sites to get tickets with matches expected to be full. The win streak has been celebrated by all parties politicians and the whole of Strathae with street parties being organised by people on many streets and authorities rushing to organise community wide street parties to watch the future matches.

Despite this proud moment the Strathaen Football Association have banned 349 fans for anti-catholic chants and mostly for singing the old national anthem instead of the new one and singing the old national anthem during the matches. The football association said "We are proud of our team and the conduct of the vast majority of fans who are naturally celebratory. However a minority of fans have took to anti-catholic chants and singing the old anti--catholic hate song that was our anthem. We have immediately issued life bans for those hatemongers along with any who have said chants about the pope. There is no room for hate in our stadiums and matches and anyone found doing so will recieve lifetime bans from any matches organised by our association or involving the national team. We are passing this list onto UEFA and asking for information regarding any incidents of the songs and chants on our "List of Hate Chants" so we can ban any they know of but we don't. We have decided to place 30 undercover investigators at each match going forward to get this issue under control and any caught on the cameras of our investigators if identified will face bans."

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Plans for Ticket Authorisation System for Strathaen Football Association ticket sales
Today Strathae Football Association announced it is looking to vet any people applying to buy tickets for Strathaen Football Association events or Strathae national team matches on its ticket allocation. All buyers of tickets under the plans would be required to consent to a automated bot check of their name and facial picture online as well as social media though the bots will not have access to private messages. If the bot finds out about any news stories of hate speech, hate-crimes or anti-catholic speech or spots any posts of that nature or involving any racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia it will deny the ticket sale to that person.

A spokeswoman for the association said "We take protecting the fans of others and the public very seriously including the public of other countries. That is why we will take the lead in cracking down on extremism and hate speech and reduce the risk of incidents by denying tickets to those with such ideas. This is not about not allowing free speech but protecting others from these types of people. Football matches should be a friendly , welcoming and inviting atmosphere and we will play our role in ensuring that remains the case."

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OGO will deny Strathae Ticket Authorisation bots access to Ogobook
OGO has reassured users that what they say on their Ogobook page will remain safe from the Strathae Ticket Pre-authorisation check bots. They said in a statement "Any messages and posts set to share with friends can only be viewed by friends on our social media network Ogobook and we do not allow bots on the site except for our own to check posts match community standards. 3rd party bots can only access information that is relevent to the function of the app the bot is for on Ogobook. We reassure users that as long as their name does not appear on web articles or public news articles they will be safe to say what they think within reason on Ogobook as long as it meets our community guidelines of not being harrassing or threatening violence then posts are uncensored on our free speech platform , we do not censor unecessarily."

The social media giant that is the biggest social media network in Strathae is known for its privacy from 3rd party bots and free speech policy. It also said information can only be shared with appropiate court warrants and only law enforcement agencies may seek them for private information.

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Strathae announces €14.1 Billion reparations to Christians for anti-catholic and christian hate

The government of Strathae has announced today it is going to give 10 billion Copars (€14.1 Billion )in reparations to Christians in reparations including 30,000 Copar (€42,300) compensation package to every Christian living in Strathae to apologise for the anti-blairite hate. She said "Its critical we don't just say sorry but act to make things right we believe this is a just and appropiate measure." She has said it will go to all Catholics and christians whether they want it or not and will be deposited into their Strathaen bank account thats used by tax agencies and welfare agencies to deposit welfare payments and take payments for access to the health service. When asked about what Catholics can do when they don't want the money she said "They have to have it by law , it's illegal to return it, if they want to donate it to charity then they may do so but they have to accept it into their bank acount." The package is espected to cost 5.1 Billion Copars (€7.191 Billion). The government have announced the difference between this and the €14.1 Billion of €7.4 Billion with be given to the Catholic , Lutheran and Inquistan Orthodox Church's with €4 Billion to the catholic Church and Lutheran and Inquistan Orthodox Churches getting €1.4 Billion each and other denominations getting a share of €200,000,000. When asked what will happen if the Churches refuse the money the government said "They cannot as we will use the publically available donation details to deposit the money and they cannot refuse." The government said "We hope this and all the other measures and actions taken to protect Catholics are enough to make them feel safe and welcome in Strathate."

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Strathae government requests bank details from governments of any citizens in their countries who lived in Strathae for more than 6 months over the last 20 years
The government of Strathae have put in requests with all governments for the sort codes and bank account numbers of any Christian citizens who have lived in Strathae for more than 6 months in the 20 years in Strathae. The government have committed to giving 42,300 Euros to each Christian who has been in Strathae under the Blairite government.

The requests have been sent out to all governments including the Spanish , Duxburian ,Duchian, Reitzmag , Vatican , Czech government and UK governments among others. The government has requested the information but has suggested it may sue the governments if they do not provide the information so they can distribute the reparations money. The move has been designed to improve Strathaes image abroad.

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New Strathae Laws protect worshippers at Church and Temples
New Strathae laws reviewed and put on hold from the old government have passed today to protect religious worshippers while attending temple from harassment. The new laws protect anywhere outside the entrance of a religious building or car parks to them from protests with protests being made illegal outside temples and churches though its acknowledged by experts the law is targeted to protect Catholic and Orthodox churches where most protests by Blairites take place. The law also sets exclusion zones on any street where a door to a religious temple or church is present.The government have said in a statement "We believe in the right to protest but this must be balanced to protect against harassment of innocent worshippers going to worship at their temple and church and to prevent harassment of worshippers. We believe we have achieved this balance."

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Blairites arrested for protesting outside a Catholic and Orthodox Churches
Today Blairite protesters who were conducting a "Kick out Bigotry" protest were arrested for protesting outside of the entrances and side roads on the side of two churches one the main Catholic Church in Dungael and and the main Inquistan Orthodox in Dungael. The problems started as police were called by some local Strathaens who reported they were protesting and harassing people visiting the churches. The police were called and asked them to move on but they refused instead chaining themselves to the door.

The police then used appropiate force to remove the protesters arresting all the Blairite protesters. They are being charged with "illegal gathering harming public order" and "harassment of worshippers entering a religious building". The 30 arrested if found guilty face up to 3 years in jail. 78 have been arrested since the law has come in force with the government saying in a statement "We will not stand for harassment of worshippers and priests and innappropiate gatherings outside of churches that harm public order. We will crack down on Blairites who think they are above the law and ignore the rights of religious minorities to worship in peace and safety."

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Gael Games 2022 in final ticket sales

The final ticket sales are occurring for the Gael Games 2022 in the MacMhaoilein Clan Council area. The games organised by the Cumann Spóirt Uile an tSratha or Strathae All Sports Association in English features the tradition sports such as Caber Tossing, Wife and Husband Carrying , The Stone Put , Hammer Throwing, Weight Throwing, Weight over the bar, Sheaf toss, The Gaels Dancing Competition and the Herding Trials Finals. The games will feature 103 Gold , Silver and Copper medals. 1 representative or pair in each competition for each clan will be present. The Games will feature 3,520 people including the Youth categories. The games are highlight of Strathaen Clan Culture and are expected to have over 1,000,000 people including tourists over 3 days this year. The event is expected to be one of the most watched TV events. The games will also feature a wide variety of culture including dance events ad concerts in the evening. The organisers have said "We wish all contestents and visitors to the games a happy Gael Games and to have most importantly fun and to enjoy the atmosphere of the games."

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Blairites register new party

Blairites who have been kicked out of the PoT in the Blairite purge today announced they would be forming a new party to participate in elections going forward on the Blairite side. The new parties name has been announced as "Caomhnóirí" or Guardian. The Blairite leaders said in a statement "We chose Caomhnóirí to reflect our goals and aims to restore and protect true Strathaen values and culture. We will protect the country from the assualt of its values of acceptance and freedom for all that is under assault from the bigoted theocrats of the Catholic Church, Christians and Inquistan and other Orthodox Churches. We will protect our values of LGBTQIA friendliness and equality for all regardless of gender , sexuality or sex. We will fight this pandering to the intolerant Catholic bigots and the treachery of our main parties who have sold out our culture to our Catholic enemies." The party vows to fight hard to restore "traditional values ".

The parties formation has been condemned by all three parties who have all released statements calling then "unstrathaen" and "bigoted". The parties have vowed to never form a government with the new party and it is understood the new party is under monitoring from the state given the past actions and background of its members.

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Government to innitiate review into anthems lyrics using the word foreigner
Strathaes government is said to be innitiating a review into the anthem again to potentially remove the word foreigner from the anthem and come up with alternative lyrics after 2 immgrants complained about the lyrics to the government. They are planning a survey of the expats of all nations living in Strathae to see how offended they are by the lyrics.

The lyrics refer to the greatest warrior in the fight for the freedom of the nation being sold to foreign invaders and gaining freedom by escaping and leading armies against them. It is not meant as a slight against all foreigners but there are concerns it could be seen as such based on the 2 complaints so far.

The survey will be conducted over 3 months with panels , a vote and in person meetings between Strathaen historians and expat communities. The consultation is hoping to establish if there is great offense took at the words in the anthem or not and whether a change is indeed needed. The acting leader of Caomhnóir said "Once again the government party that supposedly exists to protect our culture and traditions is trashing it to try to appease some foreigners who have lived here a very short amount of time and probably don't care. The fact two complaints prompted this show how overblown a response it is and quite frankly if anyone does not like our anthem couldn't they accept it or piss off out of the country" . The PoT leader condemned the party and its statement as "Bigotry from known hatemongers , to tell people if they don't like the anthem to accept it or piss off out the country is pure bigotry and racism. It may be why they are hated among virtuall all non-Blairites and immigrants. We will stand with the immigrant communities and if they express discomfort we will listen , just because they did not vote for us doesn't mean we should not listen to them.

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Strathae government buys billboards and ads throughout Europe asking Christians to claim compensation from fund

The Strathae government launched their Europe wide campaign focused on nations with the highest numbers of Christian expats who have come to Strathae to work or live and study to get them to claim compensation funds of €42,300 that may be due to them for persecution during the Blairite years. The government ad campaign is to be focused on public transports , billboards at key transport centres and key leisure spots as well as adverts on bus stops and at train stations. The ad will have the slogan Sorry for Blair package as the logo with the line "Christian? Been inStrathae more than 6 months in last 20 years? APPLY NOW for your 42,300 Euros in compensation." . This is the first step in a campaign to get those who have missed out due to bank accounts and addresses changing since last contact with the Strathae government.

The government said in a statement "Still too many Christians persacuted under Blair haven't got their rightful compensation we have put in a fund for them to claim. We therefore have took the step to have adverts in key places to get their attention to claim what is rightfully theirs and not miss out. We will not cease advertisements until we are sure that everyone who is owed money has received their compensation for that dark time in our recent history." The adverts will all be in the local langauges.