Yet in today’s NHS, professionals are enabling hundreds – possibly thousands – of teenagers to have major surgery to change their gender. It is being done, almost unchallenged, in the name of transgender rights. But in 20 years’ time, I believe we will look back on this folly as one of the darkest periods in the history of modern medicine.

We will question why we failed to challenge their belief that they were born in the ‘wrong’ bodies. We will ask why we so readily ignored the clanging alarm bells that many were autistic, or had mental health problems. It’s a lazy and damaging solution and one which NHS professionals, teachers, politicians and the law are all too eager to embrace to signal their progressive views.

The backlash has begun. It surely can’t be long before more difficult questions will be asked by a new generation. They will ask why nobody stopped them, told them treatment could destroy their sex life – or warned them that it would make them infertile and might not make them happy after all. They might also have lawyers asking the same questions, eyeing millions of pounds in compensation. We need some honesty now, free from political correctness. Otherwise, we are heading towards catastrophe.

As noted by LifeNews, Bill and Melinda Gates have earned for themselves a notorious reputation of "pushing birth control on some of the world’s poorest countries while their people cry for clean water, food and basic health care." Much of the money that the Gates donate go to abortion providers like International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International. UNFPA has also been linked to oppressive population control measures in China, including forced sterilizations and abortions.

"The biggest thing is the modern tools of contraception," he said. "There are implants, injections, IUD. And, obviously, if you have those things available, then people are more in control of being able to space their children."

In June, Melinda Gates blasted the Trump administration for defunding the International Planned Parenthood Federation by implementing the Mexico City Policy shortly after taking office, effectively stripping $100 million from the abortion giant.

When I look at the behavior of the US ambassador to Germany I get the impression he sees himself as an occupying officer rather than an ambassador in a sovereign country. Grenell, who was appointed to his current job in May, has made quite a stir in Berlin. Some MPs even called for his ouster, over his stated sympathies for European right-wing political forces and a forceful approach in promoting the interests of American businesses amid a looming trade war with the EU. This remark was absent in Reuter’s English-language story about the interview at the time of writting of this article, but picked up by German language media.

In the interview, Schroeder called for closer ties between Germany and China, saying that would help both fight against the nationalistic policies of US President Donald Trump. He warned against demonizing Beijing and argued that Chinese investors were preferable for Europeans to the American “locust” – a term used by his party colleague Franz Muentefering to describe US financial firms.

Those countries that are affected by conflicts emanating from the United States will have to get closer. We can't become part of an American trade war with China. Grenell was quick to hit Schroeder back, as well as attack Reuters for spreading what he assumed was "Putin's message."

While NATO is there, European security is always governed from Washington, Ivashov says. It's always an American general or admiral in charge of the force in Europe. Washington dictates what the EU should be afraid of – and it says the main threat is Russia. The problem with NATO is that Europe has come to trust it too much. "The Europeans put their trust [in NATO], weakened their own security. And today they suddenly see they're not protected from terrorists, drugs, or especially migrants," Ivashov says.

NATO has never been about protecting anyone, Ivashov says. It's always been about holding Europe hostage and bringing profit to trans-national corporations run from the USA. Should there be a break from NATO, the EU will come looking for new allies, believes Konstantin Sivkov, military science PhD and one of the founders of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems – not least in order to stand up to its former trans-Atlantic partners. "No enemy is worse than a spurned ally. That would make the US an enemy of Europe," he says.

Chinese military and defense producers showed off lots of weapon systems at the biennial Zhuhai Airshow held in the southern province. But demonstration flights were among the most interesting parts of the event, partly because they really show what modern Chinese aircraft can do. After all, a specifications sheet may be influenced by wishful thinking and false advertising, but in the air you can either perform a Pugachev Cobra or you can’t.

The J-10 performing aerobatic maneuvers on the first day of the expo differed from the one shown on display. The more advanced J-10B version featured for the first time in public an engine with a nozzle capable of thrust vector control (TVC). And it was a Chinese engine, not Russian, showcasing Beijing’s acquisition of expertise in advanced weapon tech.

Accusing the Israeli security cabinet of effectively granting “immunity” to Hamas by accepting the terms of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal, which halted boiling-hot hostilities on the Gaza strip this week, Avigdor Lieberman, in his last official speech, slammed what he called the leniency shown by the current Israeli leadership to the Sunni fundamentalist organization. “We are currently feeding a monster, which if we don’t stop its rearmament and force-building, in a year we will get a twin to Hezbollah with all that entails.”

With Lieberman’s departure, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar advised Israel “not to try and test us again,” and warned against any assassination attempts or strikes against Gaza in the future. “Anyone who tests Gaza will find death and poison. If we are attacked, we will let the barrage on Tel Aviv do the talking,” Sinwar said. “Our missiles are more accurate, have a longer range and carry more explosives than before.”

Speaking to Mrs May in the Commons, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “My Right Honourable friend, and she is unquestionably honourable, said that we would leave the customs union. Annex 2 says otherwise.

"My Right Honourable friend said that she would maintain the integrity of the United Kingdom. A whole protocol says otherwise.

"My Right Honourable friend said that we would be out of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Article 174 says otherwise.

“As what my Right Honourable friend says, and what my Right Honourable friend does, no longer match. Should I write to my Right Honourable friend, the member for Altrincham and Sale West?”

Several hours later, a European Research Group (ERG) spokesman confirmed Mr Rees-Mogg is to submit a letter of no confidence in the leadership of the Prime Minister. Addressing reporters outside of Parliament, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “What has been achieved today is not Brexit. What we need is a leader who will say to the European Union, it is impossible to divide up the United Kingdom.”

“It is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union. It is impossible to pay £39 billion of taxpayers’ money for a few promises which was meant to be £39 billion for implementation of a deal. And it is impossible for us to allow the continuing jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.”

He said: “May’s deal keeps us wrapped inside this straightjacket which means we’re not making our own laws, we’re not able to conduct trade deals with the USA or elsewhere, and we’re not able to take any competitive advantage.

“And I nearly forgot! Open borders and free movement will continue as well, we won’t get back the right to catch our own fish in our own waters. I’ve been warning for some time that the great Brexit betrayal had begun, but I can now say this morning that it is complete… It is the worst deal in history.”

Reflecting on the future direction of travel of both populists and globalists in the ongoing struggle to shape the future of the Western world, Mr Farage concluded: “What has happened with Brexit, Trump, and the Italian government is the European Union — the epicentre of the globalist project — is in panic, they are going full pelt for a European army, a unified state, and eradication of nation-states and democracy. The battle is really on.”

In her resignation letter this morning, Esther McVey said: "There is no more important task for this Government than delivering on the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. This is a matter of trust. It is about the future of our country and the integrity of our democracy.

"The deal you put before the Cabinet yesterday does not honour the result of the referendum. Indeed, it doesn't meet the tests you set from the outset of your premiership. Repeatedly you have said that we must regain control of our money, our borders and our laws and develop our own independent trade policy. I have always supported you to deliver on those objectives. Even after Chequers when you knew I shared the concerns of a very significant number of colleagues, I believed that we could still work collectively to honour the will of the British people and secure the right outcome for the future of our country.

"This deal fails to do this. The proposals put before Cabinet, which will soon be judged by the entire country, means handing over around £39 billion to the EU without anything in return. It will trap us in a customs union, despite you specifically promising the British people we would not be.”