Interesting …. Every year people in Cocullo, a small medieval town in Italy's Abruzzo region, adorn a wooden statue of its patron saint with live snakes and parade it through the streets.

The "serpari" festival, on 1 May, honours San Domenico di Sora for miraculously removing snakes from farmers' fields in the 11th Century .

However, it is also said to originate from the ancient worship of Angitia, a Roman goddess of snakes worshipped by people in central Italy.

All of a sudden we have people from Iran crossing to channel ….. All the way through the UK refugee problem they were all coming from Syria because that was the target …. Now Potus pulling out of Syria we have no more news reports of people from there trying to cross our borders …. Now all the refugees we are hearing about all come from Iran ….. :thinking:

https://www.businessinsider.com/angela-merkel-europe-should-unite-against-china-russia-and-the-us-2019-5?r=US&IR=T

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is preparing to bring in a new spying law and is considering updating treason legislation to counter the threat from hostile states in the wake of the nerve agent poisoning in Salisbury last year, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Monday.Javid said the new spying law would give British security services unspecified “new and modernized powers”.

“The areas this work will consider includes whether we follow allies in adopting a form of foreign agent registration and how we update our Official Secrets Acts for the 21st century,” he said.

He added that officials had also been asked to consider updating treason laws.

“If updating the old offence of treason would help us to counter hostile state activity, then there is merit in considering that too,” he said.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-idUSKCN1SQ1AE?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ce2d9bea78c4600010907ac&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

https://twitter.com/julianHjessop/status/1130515902129217536

Ahead of the EU elections, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has blasted “stupid nationalists,” who dare to “love their own counties” and dislike migrants.

Juncker took to CNN on Wednesday to share his belief the nationalist politicians pose a distinct threat to European unity with their stance on migration.

“These populist, nationalists, stupid nationalists, they are in love with their own countries,” he said, urging the EU to show “solidarity” with migrants instead.

https://www.rt.com/news/460097-stupid-nationalists-hate-migrants/

And they are still pushing for a peoples vote ….

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48445430

Boris Johnson has been ordered to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the UK gave the EU £350m a week.

The Tory leadership candidate has been accused of misconduct in public office after making the claim during the 2016 EU referendum campaign.

It is a private prosecution launched by campaigner Marcus Ball, who crowdfunded £200,000 for the case.

Mr Johnson's representatives have called the case a "stunt" that is being "brought for political purposes".

The preliminary hearing will take place at Westminster Magistrates' Court and the case will then be sent to the Crown Court for trial.

The BBC's assistant political editor, Norman Smith, said the allegations could not come at a worse time for Mr Johnson, and his critics are likely to use the claims against him in the upcoming contest to become next Tory leader and prime minister.

The £350m figure was used by the pro-Brexit Vote Leave group throughout the referendum campaign on the side of a red bus, calling for the UK to "fund our NHS instead".

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has been hired by a US artificial intelligence company.

Mr Cameron, who quit UK politics in the wake of the 2016 EU Referendum, will lead Afiniti's advisory board.

The firm said his "experience of political leadership through periods of complexity" would be invaluable.

Mr Cameron has kept a relatively low profile since leaving UK politics - his autobiography is due to be published in September.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48479659

So the BBC are calling him MR Trump … He is President of the United States …..https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48491722 Mr Trump will meet members of the Royal Family, and is expected to discuss climate change and Chinese technology firm Huawei during talks with outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May. Mr Trump was greeted by US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.