News Round-Up
- “British Police ‘Are Giving in to the Mob’” – In the Free Press, Rupa Subramanya says Suela Braverman was right – the British police seem to care more about the feelings of some groups over others and lack the backbone to stand up to antisemitic mobs.
- “Police warn of ‘messy’ Armistice Day as guard of Cenotaph begins” – Scotland Yard has been forced to place the Cenotaph, Britain’s most hallowed war memorial, under 24-hour police guard for the first time ever, reports the Mail.
- “Met Police warn they will use force to stop Armistice Day being disrupted” – Scotland Yard says officers will take “robust, rapid and agile action” as up to a million people prepare to march in London, according to the Telegraph.
- “Forgive our mistakes at pro-Palestine Armistice Day march, police say” – Chairman of the Police Federation tells the Telegraph that “potential errors” could be made at Saturday’s protest. No, really?
- “Appalling cop-out from top cop ahead of Saturday’s pro-Palestine march” – How much more evidence is required to conclude that this supposedly ‘peaceful’ gathering is highly likely to descend into chaos? asks Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
- “Armistice Day” – The Pro-Palestinian march should not be allowed to go ahead on Armistice Day, writes 15 year-old Jack Watson on his Substack.
- “Nearly 75% of Tory voters back Suella Braverman’s call for Armistice Day protest to be banned” – Exclusive polling for the Telegraph shows that more than 72% of Conservatives believe the planned pro-Palestine march in London today should not go ahead.
- “Teenagers charged after cenotaph defaced with ‘Free Palestine’ slogan” – Two males have been charged with racially aggravated criminal damage after scrawling “Free Palestine” on the Cenotaph, reports the Telegraph.
- “Why must Jews watch their backs as London mobs cheer?” – In the Jewish Chronicle, Douglas Murray takes aim at the complacent commentariat who aren’t taking antisemitic attacks seriously, either here or in Israel.
- “It’s not safe to be Jewish on the anniversary of Kristallnacht” – An article by Debbie Isaacs, a psychotherapist, for Laura Dodsworth’s Substack.
- “Jews are not safe on Britain’s campuses” – In UnHerd, Etan Smallman say radical British students aren’t even bothering to conceal their antisemitism, instilling terror in their Jewish classmates.
- “I’ve felt scared: Jewish students face hatred on campus” – The Times reports on the fear that has descended on Jewish students across Britain’s universities.
- “Yesterday’s cancel culture zealots are today masquerading as free speech warriors. Don’t fall for it” – Now that people on his side are feeling the heat, Owen Jones has become a free speech warrior. Don’t give him the time of day, advises Tom Slater in the Telegraph.
- “The brass neck of Owen Jones” – The 21st-century Witchfinder General is trying to rebrand himself as pro-free speech, writes Fraser Myers in Spiked. Don’t be fooled.
- “Pro-Palestinian protesters in London call Hamas ‘freedom fighters’” – Activists at a Stop the War rally on November 4th denied that Hamas were terrorists and described the slaughter of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7th as an act of “resistance”, according to the Mail.
- “Egyptian TV presenter who ‘backed Hamas at pro-Palestine rally’ has visa revoked” – Moataz Matar is alleged to have pledged support for the terrorist group and will not be allowed back into Britain, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘We knew what would happen’: how Hamas attacked on October 7th” – A blow-by-blow account of how the October 7th massacre unfolded in the Times.
- “On visit to Israel, I have seen the horror that the world must not forget” – In the New York Post, Douglas Murray describes his visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz in the aftermath of Hamas’s terror attacks.
- “New York Times and CNN deny their Gazan freelancers knew about Hamas plan to attack Israel” – Photographers who were embedded with the Hamas terrorists on October 7th deny they were accomplices, reports the Telegraph.
- “The “genocide” canard against Israel” – Israel is very far from being “genocidal”, argues Andrew Sullivan on his Substack.
- “Emmanuel Macron calls on Israel to ‘stop bombing babies’ in Gaza” – French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to stop bombing civilians in Gaza and called for a ceasefire, says the Mail.
- “Illegal migration is pushing Europe to the brink – and it isn’t racist to say so” – Britain is hardly alone in seeking to crack down on illegal arrivals, argues Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
- “National Grid to spend up to £19 billion to ‘rewire’ Britain for net zero” – Networks of new cables are needed to accommodate all those heat pumps and electric cars, reports the Telegraph.
- “The myth of cheap offshore wind has been exposed” – Net Zero Watch is calling for an investigation after it was reported that ministers are considering doubling the guaranteed prices of offshore wind.
- “Electric car drivers should pay for the damage they’re doing to our roads” – Potholes are becoming a national scandal, breaking suspension springs and distorting wheels thanks to the sheer weight of electric vehicles, says Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
- “‘Failing Conventionally: how the ESG gravy train has been derailed’” – Barry Norris takes aim at ESG in his Argonautica Blog.
- “The Green Paradox: Why unilateral emissions restrictions may actually increase fossil fuel production and will always fail to do anything about atmospheric CO2 levels” – Eugyppius takes a scalpel to the contradictions of the German Government’s energy policy.
- “Stanford Group Helped US Government Censor Covid Dissidents and Then Lied About It, New Documents Show” – A trove of newly released Virality Project reports confirms that the U.S. Government used a Stanford cut-out to censor true content about Covid vaccines, report Alex Gutentag and Andrew Lowenthal in Public.
- “A cautionary tale about Wikipedia censorship and the Twitter Files” – Becket Adams recounts in Spectator World how the investigative journalism prize his organisation awarded to Matt Taibbi for his work on the Twitter Files has been airbrushed from his Wikipedia page.
- “Actress unable to perform after stroke triggered by Covid jab” – In February 2020, Australian actor Melle Stewart was enjoying standing ovations in Belfast. But she is now unable to walk or talk following a devastating complication from an AstraZeneca Covid jab, according to the Mail.
- “Families of AstraZeneca vaccine victims fight to get jab listed on death certificates” – Three widows tell the Telegraph about their struggles to have the Covid jab recorded as the official cause of death of their husbands.
- “‘Ringmaster’ Yousaf ends up being the driver of the clown car in Covid Inquiry circus” – The Scottish First Minister amuses the Tories by getting in a tangle with WhatsApp message requests over pandemic, writes Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
- “School will NOT provide litter trays for pupils who identify as CATS” – West Monmouth School (pictured) in Pontypool, South Wales was forced to send a letter home to parents to alert them to the fact that it’s refusing to provide litter trays for pupils identifying as cats, reports the Mail.
- “Former NatWest chief executive Dame Alison Rose loses £7.6 million payout” – NatWest has said it will not pay £7.6 million to its former Chief Executive, says the Mail.
- “Is California the new China?” – The Governor of California wants to introduce a Chinese-style social credit system, according to John Mac Ghlionn in the Spectator.
- “Owners of Miss Universe file for bankruptcy following diversity drive that allowed trans women to compete” – In the latest example of ‘Get Woke, Go Broke’, Miss Universe has filed for bankruptcy after it’s new ‘inclusive’ pageant proved unpopular, reports the Telegraph.
- “U.K. stocks suffer sharpest fall in four months as economy flatlines” – The City of London reeled yesterday after the ONS said the economy had flatlined in Q3, according to the Telegraph.
- “Michael Gove ‘falls out’ with Kemi Badenoch after affair with her acquaintance” – Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, has fallen out with Michael Gove after he had an affair with an acquaintance of hers, reports the Times.
- “In praise of business – CapX” – Matthew Elliott, the founder of the Taxpayers’ Alliance and Big Brother Watch, gave a lecture on Thursday evening in which he launched his new think tank. This is a transcipt.
- “Harry and Meghan fuming over new cartoon appearance” – According to Collin Rugg on X, Prince Harry and Megham Markle are very unhappy about their depiction in a recent episode of Family Guy.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/pro-palestine-march-breach-cenotaph-exclusion-zone-arrest/
This will be a first – well since the lockdown protests. Are we likely to see militarily trained “police” on our streets who have sun tans?
Surely not.
Interesting that the “far-Right” is seemingly equated to pro-Israel but not surprising given the criticism of the Jewish state becoming one of fascism under Netanyahu.
The “Football Lads Alliance” on-hand to protect a memorial representing those who died in support of Other Interests many decades ago back when it was easier to convince the masses it was a noble cause. Fast forward to 2020 and Captain Moore is lauded a hero for 100 laps of his garden like a PoW because the government took his freedom.
As GW Bush put it “when you and your friends see a man or woman in uniform, say, ‘Thank you.'” – for the share price.
Well this surprised me actually. They can do their job when it suits, although they’re going to have their work cut out today I expect;
”A third woman has been charged with showing support for a terrorist group as part of a Met investigation into activity at a central London protest last month.
Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27 (11.04.96) of south London, was charged on Thursday, 9 November with an offence under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (publication of images supporting a proscribed organisation).
The wording of the charge is as follows:
On 14 October, in a public place, namely Whitehall, carried or displayed an article, namely an image displaying a paraglider, in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that she is a supporter of a proscribed organisation, namely Hamas, contrary to section 13(1) Terrorism Act 2000.
She is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 10 November. The case is listed for 1430hrs, but media may wish to check with the court.”
https://news.met.police.uk/news/third-woman-charged-with-terrorism-offence-linked-to-actions-at-protest-475078
“work cut out today” = no shortage of overtime this weekend. Either next year’s Met Police precept on the London Borough Council Tax will go up, or they’ll cut back on something else.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12733993/Former-NatWest-chief-executive-Dame-Alison-Rose-loses-payoff-banking-row-Nigel-Farage.html
This Next Tuesday belongs in jail not picking up the remnants of eleven million quid.
So basically she walks away with a paltry £3.5 million quid ‘ish. Slag.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/sir-mark-rowley-saturdays-pro-palestine-march/
Let me explain Isabell – Davos Deviants.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/teenagers-charged-free-palestine-rochdale-cenotaph/
Give them a brillo pad apiece and a bucket of water and tell them they will stay there until it is clean.
For their safety they should be provided with a Serco safety “officer” round the clock.
Just in case they get frisky and to ensure they do not default on their sentence a dog collar should be employed.
““The Green Paradox: Why unilateral emissions restrictions may actually increase fossil fuel production and will always fail to do anything about atmospheric CO2 levels” – Eugyppius takes a scalpel to the contradictions of the German Government’s energy policy”
For anyone who has not clocked Eugyppius yet, his Substack is one of the best I have read. Articulate, clear and superbly written. Do yourself a favour and subscribe. Most articles free
In view of yesterday’s complaint about a lack of updates on Ukraine, here’s what is really going on: ‘Ukrainian forces have been conducting an interdiction campaign against Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea, primarily BSF assets, since June 2023 to degrade the Russian military’s ability to use Crimea as a staging and rear area for Russian operations in southern Ukraine’ ‘A prominent Russian milblogger (rybar) reiterated common complaints about inadequate Russian counterbattery fire, electronic warfare, air defense, and assault operations along the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.The milblogger especially complained about improper usage of the Russian 10th Spetsnaz Brigade (Main Military Intelligence Directorate [GRU]) to conduct frontal assaults like standard infantry against Ukrainian positions on the east bank even though these frontal assaults are ineffective in this area.’ ‘A Russian milblogger (dva_majors) complained that Russian forces struggle with the “ossification” of poor habits and conduct within the Russian military. These habits include poor communications, lack of proper preparations before or support during assault missions, conducting rotations in columns, Russian commanders selling frontline aid, and uninterest in learning from military mistakes and acknowledging poor battlefield realities.’ ‘Russian forces are already using 537 Desertcross 1000-3 vehicles in combat and that Russia plans… Read more »
Map Shows Another Key Ukraine City Almost Fully Encircled By 40K Russian Troops
“More evidence has emerged this week that Russia is poised to soon solidify hold over all of the Donetsk region, in yet more bad news for Ukraine, after its struggled to make any gains at all for the last six months.
Newly published military maps show that Russian forces are in the midst of a large pincer move involving some 40,000 troops closing in on the key city of Avdiivka, which has long been a Moscow objective since the war’s start. “
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/map-shows-another-key-ukraine-city-almost-fully-encircled-40k-russian-troops
Good one…..not really….’Zero Hedge has become “a forum for the hateful, conspiracy-driven voices of the angry white men of the alt-right. Racists, anti-Semites, extreme right-wingers, and conspiracy nuts….’ ‘…..intelligence officials from the United States claimed that Zero Hedge has amplified Russian propaganda by publishing articles written by Russian state-run media.’ Oh dear……! Avdiivka is a killing ground, just like Bakhmut….. ‘November 11 evening situation report that Russian forces only conducted 14 attacks during the day. This tempo is more consistent with the number of Russian assaults reported in the Avdiivka direction in the past week, indicating that the increase in Russian attacks between November 10-11 was likely to consolidate gains near Stepove.’ ‘One milblogger (Boris Rozhin) emphasized on November 11 that the Russian practice of conducting tactical assaults intended to storm Ukrainian fortified positions in forest areas of Donbas will not translate into a wider operational breakthrough anywhere on the front. The milblogger noted that there is no way to train enough Russian personnel for the intensive frontal assaults required for significant advances in Ukraine. Another milblogger (Akela Zavtra) claimed that the Russian military is about to experience a “real renaissance of infantry combat” because there are fewer tanks, infantry fighting… Read more »
Pharma Fact Checkers Control The Internet – latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, media, friends online
You do the Maths “Electric car drivers should pay for the damage they’re doing to our roads” This article refers to the weight of EVs much of which is related to the battery which can be up to 500kg in weight. To my mind this quantity of raw materials is looking like an significant limiting factor in the likely number of EVs the UK can manage to have on its roads. The re-cycling of EV batteries is difficult and as far as I am aware there is only one major initial processor of spent EV batteries in the UK, based in Wolverhampton; https://www.catmag.co.uk/article/uks-first-industry-scale-ev-battery-recycling-plant-opens/#:~:text=Recyclus%2C%20based%20in%20Wolverhampton%2C%20claims,including%20electric%20cars%2C%20each%20year. This article states that the firm charges up to £8.4 per kilo to process spent EV batteries. And so whoever is left holding an EV at the end of its life could be looking at a charge of £4000 to £5000 to scrap their car. This is in stark contrast to the small amount of money that a scrap company will often pay you when you scrap an ICE vehicle. Who will want to buy an older secondhand EV with that sort of potential end of life cost attached? Clearly re-cycling EV batteries is a developing industry… Read more »
While it’s true that all EVs are heavier than the alternative, all cars have put on weight over the years, often on account of improved safety. However, recently, my neighbour had an EV on loan from a dealer that was doing a repair job on his normal car, and I looked up it’s registered weight. Compared with my T Hybrid of the same size, it’s 684 Kg or 55% heavier. He didn’t buy it btw – so the sale didn’t work out for the dealer.
My almost 5 year old A Class hatchback weighs the same, so I don’t necessarily think that the weight of EV’s is the only issue with them.
The bigger problem is the materials in the batteries, the limited lifespan of them, the recycling nightmare cost, all far more serious problems than my diesel car.
“…the battery which can be up to 500kg in weight…”
EVBox on LinkedIn states:
“On average, EV batteries weigh around 454 kg (1,000 pounds), with bigger models weighing as much as 900 kg (2,000 pounds) and some even up to 1,800 kg (4,000 pounds). “
More on why the Arab states aren’t falling over themselves to help the Palestinians; ”Historically, Arab states have primarily cared about the Palestinians to the extent that they could use them as a trump card with which to shame Israel and isolate it in the international community. That’s why 1.5 million Palestinians still live in refugee camps set up during and after the 1948 war. The Arab states maintain these camps—and their squalid living conditions—to pressure Israel into granting a “right of return” whereby millions of Palestinians would flood the Jewish state, negating its Jewish majority and therefore its existence. If the Arab regimes can’t keep the Palestinians in camps, they have other ways of making sure they don’t integrate into their societies. In Lebanon, for example, Palestinians are banned from 39 professions, including areas of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law. In most Arab states, Palestinians are considered foreigners and are denied citizenship and basic rights of any kind. The truth is, Arab states are getting increasingly fed up supporting the Palestinians. It’s why a growing number are pursuing peace with Israel without a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. So far, four Arab states—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco—have… Read more »
Addendum: Watch this mini clip then wonder no more why Egypt kept its border closed even to women and children. In fact, they went on to fortify their already formidable barrier, just to be on the safe side. The reason why half the population of Gaza is made up of kids becomes very clear. Many are destined to become martyrs;
https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1722821122947743848
DS falling into the globalist trap with its own form of grievance politics and victim politics. 21 links today from Mr Young on why the anti-genocide march in London needs to be stopped. The rest on how something needs to be done to protect the Jewish people in the UK who feel threatened by mean talk. I bet you can ask Owen Jones for his LGBQT+ playbook on how to attack free speech because of hurty words.
also Douglas Murray is annoying as hell. He along with Oeterson were incapable of noticing the Covid/Vax hoax. All they like to talk about is the culture war. They are not helpful.
It didn’t take much to turn DS into a forum for a new form of victim politics and the L-R division politics.
This has been an education though to show up the hypocrites and useful idiots on the right.
Don’t forget that OJ was a promoter of “lockdown”, via the Grauniad.
On the Gaza conflict issue, the DS has descended to promoting fake binaries.
Below the line, the majority of sceptics rejects fake binaries and stands with all civilians, of all creeds, with humanity, with peace, with armistice.
I contend that a majority of sceptics would echo this veteran’s sentiment –
https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1723339412648415724
Looks like another case of the right to life under threat
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/british-infant-indi-gregory-denied-end-of-life-care-at-home-5526943?utm_source=uk_morningbriefnoe&src_src=uk_morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=uk_mb-2023-11-11&src_cmp=uk_mb-2023-11-11&utm_medium=email&est=DcFCB8tNqoiD1hU4A5IuW408iWEvyj8yf3zVnIjIU4umUIqNg9hzr0tmPOVHb7xJ&utm_term=news&utm_content=1
That the military establishment of Israel is genocidal is very clear –
https://t.me/robinmg/31766
It is very highly likely that deep state actors will infiltrate any peaceful march and attempt to incite violence.
We as sceptics ought to stand with all civilians, of all creeds, with peace, with ceasefire, with humanity.
“ceasefire”
I generally agree with your closing sentence, but with respect it’s perhaps a bit too simplistic. I’m not saying this applies to Israel but hypothetically if you’re attacked by an enemy, repeatedly, that is intent on destroying you, then peace for your country may well only be achieved by defeating that enemy, and “ceasefire” merely gives your enemy time to regroup.
Depends on the nature of your enemy, the battlefield and the power that you hold.
True.
Dear DS editors –
FYI –
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_5651
The EU has unleashed the EU Digital ID.
Just saying.
Thanks for the link. Very upsetting.
Readers of DS will not be surprised to hear that the actress Melle Stewart (above), having been been badly injured by AZ, went on to take another, alternative booster jab later. A la Gareth Eve, you could say, following Lisa Shaw’s injury. These people have such blind faith that there is no saving them.
A couple of vids regarding todays demonstration posted by Led by Donkeys (Instagram but works for non-subscribers):
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cza-0qro7nB/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzeNkVnoWbx/
Vid from CNN of all places – nurse member of Medecins Sans Frontieres on her escape from Gaza:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk7iWgCk14U&t=300s
South African Minister Naledi Pandor’s feisty presentation to the SA House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jDBp0g65Jk
And finally, 2 commentaries on the West’s reluctance to even utter the C word:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1301582.shtml
https://rumble.com/v3ux7qp-israel-vs-palestine-youre-not-allowed-to-talk-about-this.html
Important words from this patriot and ex-serviceman ( <2min )
https://twitter.com/RichardCPendry/status/1723261898571788668
Meanwhile, New Zealand patriots doing their thing ( <1min )
https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1723259209809092796
We ought to stop subscribing to the fake binaries of the Powers-That-Be (aka EPS, as in Evil Psychopathic Scum).
The ex-serviceman gentleman in the clip above thinks he’s been labelled something by the press.
NO. The press is merely trying to create the fake binary. The Antithesis to any Thesis.
Let us operate and articulate with nuance. Let us reject all fake binaries.
Great stuff Mogs. Thanks.
O/T
BBC News just accused Israel of aggressioin against Hamas. Unbelievable.
Fraser Myers has rightly accused Owen Jones of hypocrisy.
But, mindful of his attitude to Andrew Bridgen MP, there are shades of pot calling the kettle black.