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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.

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Preparations for Strathae Catholic and Orthodox Remembrance of Blairite Cultural Genocide Apology Ceremony almost complete
The preparations for the apology ceremony to Catholic and Orthodox Church are almost finished. The government have invited the heads of all heads of the churches in Strathae have been invited including all Orthodox branches and the head of the Catholic Church in Strathae. The ceremonies title has been unveiled as Remembrance of Blairite Cultural Genocide Apology Ceremony and will list the name of high profile victims who were persecuted under the Blairite reign with a monument to all those who were persecuted being unveiled. A letter of apology to each head of church will be read for what the government is now terming a "cultural genocide comitted against christians and Catholic and orthodox in particular." The government plan to officially declare the period a cultural genocide in a mark of respect for the churches. They hope this will help the world move on from the dark period of Strathaes history.

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Government to change law to make Denial of Strathaen Christian Genocide a crime
Today the government announced they will introduce a bill to make Denial of Strathaen Christian Genocide a crime punishable by at least 10 years in jail. The bill follows the official recognition by government and Blairite parties and supporters attempts to deny the Strathaen actions were genocide. The act will make it illegal to openly state that the actions do not count as a genocide as well as even question it even in academic papers or in media with media who question it to be banned from publishing and anyone signing off on the articles to be jailed for at least 10 years in jail . The bill is designed to prevent the spread of hate and undermining of Catholics by people claiming they did not face cultural genocide. The move will lead to the new Blairite Party and media developing having to be very careful to avoid any potential ban in the future and their political leaders jail time.

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Op-Ed:Thank you Strathae Government but we don't need any more protection
I would like to say as the head of the Catholic Church I am genuinely thankful for the protections provided by the state.I know the state disagrees with our church on many stances especially on social issues and thats okay in a democracy. We remember the days of the Blairite government and it was not good we were harassed on the way to church, often at home and outside of our churches. Every day was a worry over whether we'd get doxed or not and we now know thats not going to happen so genuinely thank you but I would like to say please stop now , you've a appologised , you've compensated us and you have made strides to protect us , that is enough you are forgiven by our flock here in Strathae.

What I want to say now is you have done enough so please stop. We were not subject to genocide not in the sense of the word that is the academic definition. Were we oppressed Yes but that is not genocide and using genocide to describe it and looking at prosecuting those who question it is concerning to me and the Church. We believe in freedom of speech ,we believe in Blairites freedom too as much as they can be a pain . In fact I am highly concerned we risk removing all progress long term by opressing Blairites too far.

I call on the government to move on stop talking about the period in fact after the ceremony on Sunday please just move on us Catholics don't want to discuss it , we don't want constant reminders we jut literally want to move on and not be the focus of the current debate, heck we didn't even ask for the anthem change as it's clearly a reference to opressors many years ago not a moderate Catholic today. Please move on and move forward so we can all unite and work together as different faiths to a better future for Strathae. Strathae does not need to beat itself up over the past and does not need to treat us with special kid gloves , us Catholics can defend ourselves.

Article by the Arch Bishop of Sruighlea

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Strathae looks at leaving EU over free speech absolutism
The Strathae government have announced it is looking to leave the EU potentially over "free speech absolutism" . The government fear that a lawsuit could come in over the upcoming law against "Denial of Strathaen Christian Genocide" which would criminalise speech that denies or questions the Strathaen Christian Genocide which the government now considers a Cultural Genocide against Christians specifically the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The law would punish offenders who deny or question it with 10 years in prison if found guilty if it passes in the proposed form.

It is also understood it is concerned that the national sport leagues ban of the old national anthem on the basis it is a "hate chant and song" might fall foul of the EU laws on free speech in the court case. The government said in a statement "We consider the abolutism and extremism of Eurocrats on free speech who seem to think free speech means a carte blanche to harrass , terrorise and insult Catholics and Orthodox in our country is dangerous to our country and dangerous to minorities. EU laws interpretations are getting in the way of use protecting our minorities and Catholics and Orthdox from Blairite extremism and hate. We do not see any way other than leaving unless the EU revises its stance on the absolutism of freedom and speech from this dangerous stance it has that essentially allows free reign on harassing and intimidating minorities including Catholics and Orthodox in Strathae. We as a government and as a people want to fix issues and protect our minorities but the EU is frankly becoming an obstacle in this process.The EU court as it stands is an enabler of hate against minorities and should be disgusted with itself for failing to protect minorities and Catholics and Orthodox and frankly siding with bigots who wish only to harass minorities and discriminate against religious minorities."The government have said the plan will depend on the outcome of the existing case in the European Court of Justice.

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Gael Games Tickets sold out

The Gael Games 2022 tickets have all officially sold out as the last rush for tickets took place. 1,105,000 tickets were sold for the 3 day event beginning on the 3rd of June and continuing to the 5th June. The 3,520 athletes are almost ready with the tent city for the athletes finished with 3,520 luxury yurts put up on site for the athletes grouped in "clan villages" as they always are. Tickets on coaches to the area are also almost sold out. The games are expected to be especially competitive this year with the MacMhaoilein , MacCùga, MacLuinge and Druimeineach clans having shown notable performances in local qualifiers for the games held by the clans themselves. This is the first year in 15 years the odds at the bookies have shown a clan other than the big 10 being the most likely to win the games medal counts.

SASA have said in a statement "We'd like to thank the MacMhaoilein Games Organising Comittee for their brilliant work on pulling off this years edition. We have seen the site and done our inspections and the site is wonderfully organised for the festivities. The event will begin on the 3rd with a parade of the clan tartans and flags into the venue from Doonsheane to the games grounds. We look forward to greeting the over 1 million visitors to the games both Strathaen and overseas visitors alike and can promise they will have a fantastic time with great hospitality." The last week of Shinty Games is also being played with the last games being played on the weekend of the 4th and 5th with multiple Clans in with a chance of winning the Shinty Premier League.

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Críochnaigh Bigotry refounded as anti-blairite organisation
Críochnaigh Bigotry or Exit Bigotry has been refounded by anti-blairites as a charity focused on preventing hate and helping people leave the "Blairite extremism". The previous iteration was founded as a Blairite organisation that claimed "To fight catholic extremism" though its critics accused it of just being an anti-catholic hate group.

The group has officially been registered and is taking in donations as well as organising in all countries where there is a major Strathaen expat community to help fight anti-blairite hate abroad and lobby foreign governments and raise awareness among public in those countries about the importance of fighting Blairite Anti-catholic and Orthodox hate and Blairite extremism. They plan to protest Blairite groups and work to reveal those who are harbingers of hate as well as help whistleblowers release information , they also plan to offer deradicalization programmes and help people exit Blairite circles.

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On beginning of Pride Month Strathae government release message

The Strathae government released a video of the cabinet and governing party with other parties in the country all coming together to celebrate pride and have announced all embassies will have the Pride flag fly for a month over all Strathae government buildings and embasses. The Video focused on the equality of love and the message that there is not difference between straight and gay arguing the that gay people do not exist.

The government said in a public statement "There is no such thing as a gay, bisexual or a straight person only lovers. There is no such thing as a transgender person only male , female or non-binary. We will continue to spread the message we are all one and these is no difference between two men or women loving each other or mixed gender couples and there is no difference between those who were mistaken as male or female at birth and have finally had their true gender recognised and those who were correctly identified as the gender they are. We wish happy Pride to all and hope one day we an get over the times where a day such as Pride has to exist due to Bigots hate and the need to remember bigots actions and attitudes against LGBT and instead we just recognise humans are humans in all their weird and wonderful diversity." The statement was also signed by all the main three parties and all the International and national Breizhighist religious leaders.

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Strathae Government announces new Christian Genocide Memorial Day

Strathaes government has announced there will be a new annual day announced on the calendar to "recognise the crimes of Strathae against Christians under the PoT and the effort to wipe out Christianity by means of cultural genocide". The government said the day would consist of annual apology ceremonies and also a read out annually of the local victims in each town. Embassies will also annually hold memorial services in them in every country they operate in. The government plan to invite the most senior church officials to a national service of memorial annually and also local and regional leaders to their respective regions services. Each clan government will be mandated to do a service by law in an upcoming law.

The plan has drew sharp criticism from some historians who suggest before it becomes illegal to do so that it wasn't a genocide. It has also predictably drawn protest and criticism from the Blairites and Blairite factions but also surprisingly the Strathae Catholic Church who said in a statement "I don't think Strathae will get anywhere by beating itself up annually over the mistreatment of the church by one government and considering what was essentially mild mistreatment as a full on cultural genocide devaluing the meaning of the word for those who have suffered real persacution and genocide." The government criticised the Catholic Church for "failing to support its parishioners and recognise the harm they went through for what it is a cultural genocide " and warned officials to "be careful not to deny the genocide after the law passes as it will apply much to Catholic officials as it does to anyone else" warning the church to stay silent on the matter unless its supporting the government declaration of the event as a cultural genocide.The announcement comes just over a weekk after the apology ceremony with all churches national officials in attendance on Sunday the 29th May 2022 which would be the official remembrance day.

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Don't deny your own genocide says Strathae Governmemnt
Strathae has warned the churches officials in Strathae and Christian academics they must not deny their own cultural genocide from July 1st when the law is expected to kick in against denial of Christian Genocide. Though not passed yet it is expected to pass in the next few days with a penalty of 10 years for "Denying or challenging the status of the even of the Blairite Government actions of 2000-2021 against the Christian Faith as a Cultural Genocide" . Doing so even in academic papers will result in 10 years in jail if you are found guilty of the crime under the existing reading of the proposed law. This will include by Christians themselves and any priests , pastors or vicars who challenge it in their religious sermons as long as they are conducted or published from Strathae.

The proposed law is dividing the country with supporters claiming the law is necessary to "fight extremism especially of the Blairite kind and hatred against catholics and orthodox" meanwhile critics have said the law "breaks freedom of speech, political ,religious and academic freedom by denying groups including Christians of the right to challenge the status of the events as a genocide by denying the right to an honest debate." Strathae is fiercely divided with the amount supporting the law at 40% to those opposing at 35% compared to support for and against Blairite policies of the past at 16% in support and 75% opposed. 25% were said they were not sure out of those who answered whether they support the new anti-genocide denial law modelled of laws of several states in history who have implemented such laws. The government warning churches their priests may be arrested if they deny what happened to them and their congregations was genocide and charged like anyone else has created a concern among some advocates that the government is going too far in "defending the christian minority."The law will also prevent the publication,distribution or sale of any books, in news or media content on including tv of content that "Denies or challenges the status of the Blairite Government actions of 2000-2021 against the Christian Faith as a Cultural Genocide"

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Bill to make Strathae Christian Genocide Denial a crime passes
The bill to make Strathae Christian Genocide Denial a crime has passed with the penalties and law to apply from the 1st July to give time for academics to retract any papers challenging the status of the genocide on subject. The law makes the crime of "Denying or challenging the status of the even of the Blairite Government actions of 2000-2021 against the Christian Faith as a Cultural Genocide" punishable by 10 years in jail for native born Strathaens and a 20 years ban from the country for people who are not citizens of Strathae. The bill will apply to all groups including Catholics who choose to try to say they were not subject to genocide and the government have requested churches back their stance or stay silent on the matter in Strathae.

The bill also included making the date the government were kicked out of office by election a new Strathae Christian Genocide Memorial Day where activities will be undertook to remind Strathaens and visitors of the crime and how the nation has moved on in order that it and something like it is never repeated again. Blairites have condemned the bill as an attack on them something the government hasn't commented on when asked to comment while the Catholic Church expressed concerns over the implications on free speech and also said it did not agree with a mild anti-catholic policy and some harassment of a small amount of Catholics to be persecution or cultural genocide against Christians.

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Strathae Football Assocation considers stopping playing of Strathaen anthem at games
The Strathae government has said it is considering stopping the playing of its anthem at its international games in Strathae and putting in a request to UEFA to do the same at its foreign games. The anthem has been mired in controversy and it is thought that Strathae sports authorities are worried Blairites will sing the old anthem and lyrics inciting hate and offending catholics and making them feel uncomfortable, there is also growing concern over the lines about routing the foreigners and how Grace O'Malley was sold to foreigners with concern this could offend foreigners in the nation with at least 5 having complained triggering a review into the national anthem again and whether it is racist or hate inciting.

The government is understood to be considering a few options such as ammending lyrics again, making the anthem purely instrumental , composing a new anthem more inclusive of all Strathaens including foreigners and immigrants or just keeping it the same if they find little offense in the community of foreign expats in Strathae. There has been criticismby some suggesting the countries government is "pandering to foreigners too much" with suggestions the current course rather than reducing tension is causing a bigger divide between Strathaen natives and immigrants or foreigners. The government is also considering banning the word foreigner as a "racist slur " to avoid foreigners facing offensive speech to them following a review and survey asking if the word foreigner is offensive to them. The goverment plan a survey of the non-native population on issues such as racism and issues like whether the anthem should change or the word foreigner should be banned and is offensive to them.

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Strathae leaves EU over EU support for hate groups and hate speech

Strathae has voted in both houses to leave the EU in a special vote following debates and concerns over the EU interpretation on human rights. The vote triggered by High Chieftian passed in the Tionól Clans 73 to 32 and passed the Tionól na gCosantóirí 110 to 97. The vote was triggered by a string of ECOJ cases and rulings undermining the traditions and culture of Strathae and its protections for the Catholic Minority. Most of the opposition of the upper house came ironically from the more Orthodox members of the Breizhighist faiths some of whom expressed fear without checks and balances Blairites could be "persacuted by the state more".

The government said in a statement "We support human rights , democracy and equality but the EU interpretation on this and issues of free speech is warped including classing harassment of minority gorups, hate speech and threats towards minorities and doxing as "human rights" under their absolutist free speech agenda. This makes it impossible to protect minorities from hate groups in our nation.

We are also alarmed that aspects of our culture hundreds of years old of volunteering a days labour in return for access to public services is seen as slave labour. The current situation is intolerable now one can freeload of the free voluntary labour others put in for the good of their community while not putting work in themselves to the system. While its fair not to have to volunteer they should not get access to the community services run by volunteers if they do not volunteer their labour some way. We feel these two issues are making EU membership incompatible with the needs of the nation , its traditions and its minorities need for protection." The government insisted they will not be rolling back on human rights and media freedom pledging to continue the existing rules adopted by the current government.

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Arrests and fines for non-citizen residents and temporary guests down 80%
Arrests and fines for non-citizen residents and temporary guests are down 80% so far this year with aims to reduce it further according to government.The figures show only 4,306 non-citizen residents and temporary guests have been arrested this year while fines dropped from 37,506 to 8,056 for the first 6 months with 74% of those forgiven up from 54% last year. The government have applied pressure on police over the year to avoid arresting or fining non-citizen residents and temporary guests at all costs and only after 6 warnings showing a pattern of misbehaviour and also to focus more on bans on entry and revokal of visas over arrests or fines in cases of multiple warnings.

The policy has been criticised by some as going far too leniant on non-citizen residents and temporary guests with there being known cases of refusals to prosecute non-citizen residents and temporary guests even in cases of assault or hate speech against others for fear of angering the government or overseas governments. The government have set targets for police to cut arrests and fines for non-citizen residents and temporary guests down by at least 95% within the next 6 months.

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New survey suggesting discrimination against non-citizen residents and temporary guests virtually non-existent is quashed
A survey was leaked that the government refused to publish. The survey and report suggested that crimes and discrimination against non-citizen residents and temporary guests was virtually non-existent and as low if not lower than crimes or harassment against citizens. The report also suggested only a few hundred incidents per year occurred during the Blairite period of Strathaen governance. The report allegedly was quashed last month by government after it showed results the government did not like as it didn't match the government narrative according to the government themselves in leaked conversations.

The quashing of the report has lead to calls from CSP and The Alternative for an enquiry into why the report was quashed and not published and whether the government is supressing information. There are allegations that the government is overstating the amount of crime and harassment against non-citizen residents and temporary guests in Strathae in a bid to appear liberal and friendly to those from other countries.The government have denied these allegations saying "We believe the report either intentionally or unintentionally white washed this countries record with non-citizen residents and temporary guests. We think its ludicrous to suggest most non-citizen residents and temporary guests were not subject to harrassment, crime and discrimination especially during the Blairite period and even today from Blairites. This report is denying the Christian Genocide of Strathae so we rightly didn't publish false data and results."

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Polls show support for PoT Dropping
Opinion polling of the clans has revealed support from the clans for the PoT is falling. The party won 82 of the 105 seats were won by PoT in the last election in the wake of the Alternative and Clan Socialist Party government. The parties under new leaders are recovering with a new party named The Guardians in English set up by Blairites has also showed it could take seats. The New polling shows the parties projected seats if an election was held today as following:
CSP(Left to Centre Left): 23(+2)
The Alternative(Centrist): 7(+6)
PoT(Conservative): 54(-28)
The Guardians(Blairite Nationalist): 20(+20)
DRP(Reformist): 1(+0)

The polls suggest PoT is losing Blairites to The Guardians as well as losing some seats to CSP and The Alternative. If a general election was held today the party would still just about garner a majority however.

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Government bans fining temporary guests
The government has banned the fining and arresting of temporary guests and non-citizen residents instead only allowing warning of these groups of people. The new system will see temporary guests and non-citizen residents warned up to three times for same type of offense with a third warning being a final warning. After that temporary guests and non-citizen residents would have to leave the country if they committed the same offense a 4th time. They are also telling police to focus on a system of warnings ad deportation and bans on entry for a 4th offense.

The move is an effort to liberalise the system and make it more foreigner friendly. The new law would see police forces took over if they are seen to be targeting temporary guests and non-citizen residents. If the rate of warnings or removals is at all higher than that of fines and arrests of citizens then they will be called before government to justify the figures. If they fail to do so they would then be took over and reformed by the national government. The reforms aim to reassure other nations that temporary guests and non-citizen residents will not face additional discrimination from the state.Any ban and removal may be challenged in court to prevent abuse of this system.

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Government legalise protests outside of religious sites
The government today relegalised protests outside of religious sites such as Catholic Churches. Previously protests had been banned to protect Catholics from harassment however the relegalisation of protest outside of churches has occurred at the request of church communities who reported an increase in harassment following the passage of the law. Despite relegalisation new rules for protests have been issued. The new rules on protest ban harassment of the attendees of events or incitement of attendees or threatening behaviour. Any protests must also not block entrances and be outside the venue and building the event such as a church service is held unless they are invited inside.

Venues will have a right to evict protesters outside of their conference or property .The Alternative and CSP have also supported the policy with all parties acknowledging the failure of previous policies. The policy is the latest in a line of rollbacks of policy introduced in reaction to concerns over harassment. The move would make it the last major policy to fall. The government have however confirmed protesting outside of private residences an anti-doxing laws against revealing home numbers and addresses will remain in effect.The government said in a statement "We acknowledge the need to revoke some policies put into effect that meant well but ultimately caused more issues but we still must protect the privacy and right to a family and private life of all our citizens." The government also announced it would be authorising the use of the terms Foreign Nationals as well as Immigrant and Foreign Expats in government documents after confirming with these groups these terms are not offensive and has concluded the review into the anthem with the finding that no change is needed to remove the word foreigner from the national anthem. It has also removed all restrictions on Churches except the right to adopt and foster children out with the government announcing the formation of the National Adoption Service to handle all adoptions and fostering's of children in the country on an equal basis.