Naturally Unnatural Issue #5 13th May 2017

This issue includes: Theresa May announces that she would lift the ban on the ar- chaic blood-sport, fox hunting The economics of policy, rheto- ric and corporation tax Plus more... A weekly political newsletter for pragmatic progressives Issue #2, 22 nd April 2017 France votes in favour of centrist Macron ra- ther than the fascism of Le Pen By Matthew Clifton The start of the week saw France elect a new president and it was a fight be- tween Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Macron a former banker, cen- trist who was a part of the recent gov- ernment but stepped down. Le Pen, former leader of the National Front, a well-known fascist political party that first came to prominence under the leadership of her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, whom she later attempted to ex- The latest edition of the Naturally Unnatural newsletter focuses on the French presidential election and France’s desire reject fascism. There is also the announcement from the CPS that they would not press charges against any Conservative MPs involved in the election fraud. The- resa May stated that she was in favour of fox hunting, a quick look at policy costing, spending rhetoric and corpo- ration tax. Plus, LBC radio showed a lack of awareness over a misplaced advert but highlights an issue with ad- vertising. Message from the editor, When I started this, I seriously attempted to be as impar- tial as possible. However, impartiality is difficult when you have a political party leader who genuinely wants to im- prove the system and make things better for most and another who systematically avoids real contact with the public, much like a dictator does. Nonetheless I do try, beyond June 8th, it’ll become easier to hold whoever is in government to account without bias. pel in a bid to improve the party’s im- age. Le Pen had started the campaign as lead- er of the National Front but in a shock an- nouncement, stepped down as leader after the first-round results. It was widely regarded as a symbolic move that showed her concerns were for the coun- try not the party. In the build-up since the first round, eve- ry poll and commentator had Macron 1 winning comfortably. However, it was in 2002 when the NF made the second round for the first time, after every poll had showed that it was to be Jacques Chi- rac with Rally for the Republicans and Lionel Jospin of the Socialist Party. This time Le Pen had made the second round after it was widely expected after a very good campaign by her. She capitalised on the unfortunate terror instances and disillusionment with mainstream political parties. Continued on page 2...