News Round-Up

• “Police hunt racist yob on bike caught knocking hats off Jewish people” – Police are hunting a racist attacker in London’s Stamford Hill who was caught on CCTV targeting Jewish men by knocking off their hats, reports the Mail.
• “The wisdom of Hamas” – Hamas understand the war they’re fighting. Many in the West still don’t, says Matti Friedman in the Free Press.
• “JN.1 is the next big Covid variant” – Expect a big Covid wave this winter, warns Igor Chudov on Substack.
• “New FOI data reveal N.Y. vaccine clinics called ambulances to be ‘on standby’” – On Substack, Dr. Pierre Kory reacts to recent FOI data from the Department of Emergency Services in New York revealing a shocking number of vaccine emergency calls, as well as requests for ambulances to be “on standby”.
• “Police give up on four crimes a minute without tracking down culprit” – Home Office figures reveal that the police abandoned investigations into over 2.3 million reported crimes in the year to June, including hundreds of thousands of violent offences and burglaries, according to the Mail.
• “Nearly 30,000 U.K. businesses will go insolvent next year, PwC warns” – New findings warn that nearly 30,000 businesses will go bust next year, with smaller firms comprising the lion’s share, according to This is Money.
• “The decline and fall of banking’s barrow boys” – Though diversity has been on the tip of everyone’s tongues for many years, few question the need for a degree in the workplace, notes Natasha Voase in the Spectator.
• “Zero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’” – No new plans for onshore wind have been accepted in England since the Government claimed it had “lifted” the de facto ban, reports the Guardian.
• “BMW driver hits out at Ulez after he’s wrongly charged five times” – A motorist has blasted Sadiq Khan’s Ulez scheme after he was mistakenly charged five times for three different cars despite living 100 miles from London, according to the Mail.
• “North Sea tipping point: Why job losses are about to accelerate” – The Government’s windfall tax and Labour’s pledge to halt new drilling, as well as protests by climate activists, mean that oil and gas investors are turning away from the U.K., writes Jonathan Leake in the Telegraph.
• “Nuclear fusion enters ‘new era’ after major breakthrough for limitless clean energy” – Scientists have managed to repeatedly produce nuclear fusion ignition for the first time, marking a major milestone towards achieving near-limitless clean energy, reports the Independent.
• “Media pushes false claims of 2023 being ‘hottest in 125,000 years’” – On WUWT, Paul Homewood provides 10 powerful pieces of evidence to suggest that the climate has been much warmer than now for most of the time during the last 10,000 years.
• “Electric vehicle sales growth slows as more car buyers turn to hybrids” – Sales growth for EVs has slowed in the U.S., in a trend that is troubling carmakers that bet big on the technology, reports the Mail.
• “China’s Tesla killer? Phone maker Xiaomi unveils first electric car” – China’s Xiaomi has announced its first electric vehicle, predicting it will be the first step in overtaking Tesla, says the Mail.
• “BlackRock sued by Tennessee over ESG strategies” – BlackRock is facing a lawsuit from the state of Tennessee alleging that the investment company misused environmental, social and governance factors in its investment strategy, according to the FT.
• “Why were three year-olds sent to the Tavistock?” – The ‘transitioning’ of children is the biggest medical scandal for a generation, says James Esses in Spiked.
• “Why I’m worried about the rise of liberal young women ” – On Konstantin Kisin’s Substack, Freya India delves into the growing liberalism among Gen Z women, analysing its impact on dating, mental health and societal trends.
• “From Ricky Gervais to TikTok: Why politically incorrect comedy is back in style” – Critics claim Ricky Gervais’s anti-woke, taboo-busting gags make him a dinosaur. But in fact the man behind Armageddon has never been more on-trend, says Dominic Cavendish in the Telegraph.
• “Why are the elites suddenly so terrified about AI?” – The sci-fi fantasy of killer AI computers spread through the Westminster bubble in 2023, writes Andrew Orlowski in Spiked.
• “Are we living in a simulation? Expert claims to have a way to prove it” – A Portsmouth University physics professor claims that our lives contain several clues that suggest we’re merely characters in an advanced virtual world, according to the Mail.
• “China’s record-low births will leave a global mark” – China’s share of global manufacturing means its low birth rate will have international repercussions, writes Roula Khalaf in the FT.
• “Argentina’s new President lays off 5,000 Government employees” – Argentine President Javier Milei says that his Government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees, according to Politico.
• “Congratulations, sir. We sing your praises” – On X, Dominic Frisby pays a melodious tribute to Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin who has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours List.

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