News Round-Up

• “Pro-Palestinian protesters bring Oxford Street to a halt” – Pro-Palestinian protesters targeted Zara on Oxford Street, bringing London’s most famous shopping district to a standstill on one of its busiest days of the year, reports the Mail.
• “Jewish volunteers putting up posters of Gaza hostages assaulted in north-west London” – Jewish volunteers putting up posters of Gaza hostages have been assaulted in north-west London in an antisemitic attack, according to the Telegraph.
• “Germany now our closest European ally, says Israeli ambassador” – In an interview with the Telegraph, Israel’s ambassador to Berlin stated that Germany has become Israel’s “second strategic partner” after the U.S., in part because of its “amazing” response to the October 7th Hamas attacks.
• “Obama lobbied to keep Claudine Gay as Harvard President despite antisemitism, plagiarism allegations” – Barack Obama privately lobbied on behalf of Harvard President Claudine Gay, according to the Post Millennial.
• “A two-state solution is the West’s latest luxury belief” – We remain glued to an impossible idea that has brought nothing but pain to Israel and the Middle East, writes Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
• “Actors report being ‘blacklisted’ for unvaccinated status” – American actor and director Dorian Kingi says he hasn’t had a job in the entertainment industry in three years because of his vaccine status, according to Matt McGregor in the Epoch Times.
• “Why Australians are saying ‘no’ to the WHO” – There’s growing concern in Australia about the WHO’s proposed pandemic treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations, writes Rebekah Barnett in Umbrella. 
• “The wealthy and talented are fleeing the high-tax U.K. for places that don’t punish success” – In 2023, the U.K. witnessed the third-largest exodus of millionaires globally. In 2024, the threat of a Keir Starmer government will accelerate this trend, says Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
• “Our corruptocrats and their eager acolytes” – In Quadrant, Anthony Daniels sets his sights on Britain’s corrupt and self-serving bureaucratic class.
• “The road to autocracy” – The woke Left, the reactionary Right and the corporate oligarchy are dragging us towards tyranny, warns Joel Kotkin in Spiked.
• “British politics needs more Dominic Cummingses” – You don’t have to like Dominic Cummings, but he got things done, says Henry Oliver in the Critic.
• “Twelve good causes to save the world this Christmas (and climate change isn’t one of them)” – In the Telegraph, Bjorn Lomborg has compiled a list outlining how developed nations should focus their fiscal firepower to make the world a better place.
• “Polish Government takes over state broadcaster TVP Info, takes several channels off air” – The new Donald Tusk-led Polish Government has been accused of engaging in “a barbaric attack on freedom of speech and journalistic independence” after seizing control of the state broadcaster, according to Reclaim The Net.
• “Teacher is banned for ‘misgendering’ pupil” – A teacher has been banned for ‘misgendering’ a pupil on the same day the Government issued guidance on trans issues, reveals the Telegraph.
• “The BBC has exposed the sinister face of woke” – The choice of Olly Alexander as the U.K.’s Eurovision contestant shows how in thrall the BBC is to the fashionable theory of intersectionality, says Robin Aitken in the Telegraph.
• “Our Godless era is dead” – A second religiousness is sweeping the West, writes Paul Kingsnorth in UnHerd.
• “The decline of the Post Office” – Across the country, Crown Post Offices have made way for counters in convenience stores, turning the Post Office into a gateway to addiction for children, writes Laura Dodsworth on Substack.
• “Transgender disc golfer wins settlement forcing professional association to drop new restrictions on male participation in women’s categories” – The Professional Disc Golf Association has been forced to drop its new regulations on men who want to participate in women’s competitions after being sued by a trans-identifying male player, according to Reduxx.
• “Tucker Carlson: Shadow statesman or David Icke conspiracist?” – No one can predict what Tucker Carlson will say next, writes Fred Skulthorp in UnHerd.
• “Let the train take the strain” – On X, Richard Tice has shared a scathing piece of satire by YouTube comedians Larry and Paul, who have created a brutally ‘honest’ advert for U.K. trains.

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