News Round-Up

• “Shapps’s daughter unsafe at uni over ‘antisemitic’ chant” – Grant Shapps’s teenage daughter has been forced to give up a module on Israel and Palestine at university after hearing “antisemitic chants” on campus that left her feeling unsafe as a Jewish student, according to the Mail.
• “Islamic preacher claims Zionists are plotting to ‘control the world’” – An Islamic preacher has been accused of using antisemitic tropes in a London mosque, claiming Zionists are plotting to “control the world” by manipulating banks, media organisations and regimes, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Children being trained in terrorism at secret Hamas camps” – Palestinian children are being sent to Hamas terror training camps where they learn to hold rifles, fire weapons and navigate its vast underground tunnel network, reports the Mail.
• “Israel has woken up to Islamist terror, while the West remains asleep” – To remake an Israel that its citizens feel safe in, there is only one proper outcome, says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “The International Court of Justice has been weaponised against the Jewish state” – South Africa is seeking to malign Israel with false accusations of genocide, warns Natasha Hausdorff in the Telegraph. If it succeeds, the international legal system will be irreparably damaged.
• “Claudine Gay’s tyranny of DEI” – The career of Harvard’s disgraced President reveals the sickness at the heart of the Ivy League, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
• “mRNA Covid vaccines worsen diabetes, study finds” – On Substack, Igor Chudov discusses a new study revealing the disturbing effects of mRNA Covid vaccines on individuals with diabetes, as well as the pre-diabetic.
• “A summary of the evidence against the Covid vaccines” – On Substack, Steve Kirsch provides a summary of the key pieces of evidence showing the Covid vaccines are unsafe.
• “Excess deaths: an update” – In the week ending December 22nd 2023 (Week 51), 13,213 deaths were registered in England and Wales, according to Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson, which is 4.7% above the five-year average.
• “‘Anthony Fauci’s assault on democracy’” – Public reveals an excerpt from its upcoming documentary on the anti-democratic tactics employed by Anthony Fauci and the U.S. public health sector.
• “St. Louis mask mandate rescinded less than 24 hours after woke health officials get trigger happy” – The city of St. Louis did a reverse ferret less than a day after bringing back mask mandates, following pushback from hospitals, health experts and the Governor, according to ZeroHedge.
• “A lecture in an epidemiology course (Winter 2040)” – Imagining how a public health professor in 2040 will explain the pandemic, Prof. Eyal Shahar reflects on the lessons gleaned from COVID-19 on Substack.
• “Is Corbyn poised to set up rival party and deal election blow to Keir?” – Sir Keir Starmer faces the spectre of a rival “real Labour” party led by Jeremy Corbyn, according to the Mail.
• “Liz Truss in drive to put anti-woke agenda at heart of Tory manifesto” – A drive to put properly Conservative policies and anti-woke measures at the heart of the next Tory manifesto is set to be launched by Liz Truss and other top Tories, reports the Mail.
• “Peter Bone’s girlfriend to fight in by-election to replace him” – The Conservatives have selected the girlfriend of disgraced MP Peter Bone as their candidate in the upcoming by-election to replace him, reports the Northamptonshire Telegraph.
• “Horizon scandal deepens as PM says convicted staff could be exonerated” – The Horizon scandal deepened today as Rishi Sunak admitted all sub-postmasters convicted of fraud or theft in the affair could be exonerated, says the Mail.
• “Shooting businesses say they are treated ‘like criminals’ by big name banks” – Shooting clubs, syndicates and gun shops are treated as if they carried the same reputational risks as prostitutes by high street banks, according to the Telegraph.
• “Ex-cop fined for pursuing shoplifter… while thief gets off free” – A retired police officer described the criminal justice system as “broken” after he was fined for pursuing a shoplifter in his car – while the offender got away scot-free, reports the Mail.
• “Why the great and the good fell for Camila Batmanghelidjh” – Kids Company evaded scrutiny by offering quick, pseudoscientific fixes to profound social problems, says Dr. Jan Macvarish in Spiked.
• “Why German farmers are taking on the ruling coalition” – The anger of farmers is currently the most visible expression of Germany’s disillusionment with the ruling coalition, writes Katja Hoyer in the Spectator.
• “20mph speed limit enforcement to start in Wales this month” – The new 20mph default speed limit in built-up areas in Wales will start to be enforced this month, reports the BBC.
• “London Mayor’s bike tsar admits ‘floating’ bus stops ‘feel dangerous’” – Sadiq Khan’s plans for ‘floating’ bus stops – bus stops that are separated from the curb by a cycle lane – have received a blow after leaked data revealed that 60% of cyclists refuse to give way at zebra crossings, says the Mail.
• “TfL’s own safety advisers say Sadiq Khan’s bus stops next to cycle lanes are a ‘turd’” – Transport for London’s disability advisers told Sadiq Khan that floating bus stops are “turds”, according to Telegraph.
• “Councils make ‘undemocratic’ pledges in dash to reach Net Zero” – Millions of taxpayers face an accelerated dash to reach Net Zero with at least 160 councils signing undemocratic pledges to beat the Government’s 2050 targets, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Shift to renewable energy would make economic growth impossible, says expert” – A renowned French climatologist has said that economic growth is impossible if governments shift to 100% renewable energy, according to the Telegraph.
• “In praise of doubt” – In TCW, Robert Lever underscores philosopher John Gray’s warning about “illiberal liberalism” – an era of rigid ideologies and intolerance, fuelled by technology.
• “Jodie Foster says working with Gen Z can be ‘really annoying’” – Jodie Foster has criticised Generation Z, insisting they are workshy and annoying, according to the Mail.
• “Why the fate of the world lies in the hands of doomers and Silicon Valley cranks” – An ideological struggle is underway between two movements who want to chart the course of the global economy, writes Ben Wright in the Telegraph.
• “Elon Musk’s ‘illegal drug use’ is worrying bosses at his firms” – Elon Musk’s ‘lifestyle choices’ are concerning executives and board members at his companies, reports the Mail.
• “Carl Borg-Neal clears his name and is awarded damages after Lloyds Bank sacking” – On GB News, the Free Speech Union’s Toby Young joins Andrew Doyle to discuss Carl Borg-Neal’s legal victory over Lloyds Bank, after he was wrongfully fired for using the N-word during a race education training session.

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