News Round-Up

• “CPS involved in up to 99 Post Office convictions, leaked letter shows” – The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted it may have been involved in 99 Post Office prosecutions involving the defective Horizon IT system, according to the Telegraph.
• “How Lord Arbuthnot became Post Office victims’ most trusted voice” – After being alerted to the Horizon scandal by a constituent, the then Tory MP Lord Arbuthnot, who “simply can’t stand unfairness”, fought back on the postmasters’ behalf, reports the Times.
• “My wish for Ed Davey” – “Has Ed Davey resigned yet? Being a man of great decency and honour, I assume he has, leaving the party to be led by Velma from Scooby-Doo,” says Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
• “There’s more to the Horizon scandal than Ed Davey’s incompetence” – Ed Davey’s failings are but a symptom of how badly governments can be run, remarks Henry Hill in CapX.
• “The British public is in the mood for revolution” – As with the Post Office scandal, every so often the voters show they’re not all that apathetic after all, writes David Frost in the Telegraph.
• “Covid ‘six feet’ social distancing ‘sort of just appeared’, likely lacked scientific basis, Fauci admits” – Dr. Anthony Fauci has confessed to U.S. lawmakers that guidelines to keep six feet of separation to limit the spread of COVID-19 “sort of just appeared” without scientific input, reports the NY Post.
• “Bret Weinstein comes out against lockdowns” – On Substack, Prof. Martin Neil reacts to Bret Weinstein’s lockdown comments in a recent Tucker Carlson interview.
• “FDA officials: Thousands of excess deaths likely if more people don’t get vaccinated” – FDA officials are urging Americans to get vaccinated, including for COVID-19, warning that there will likely be thousands of excess deaths if they do not, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Smokescreens – Part Nine” – Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan explore scepticism surrounding Covid vaccine information in medical journals, citing the controversial ascent of Tamiflu.
• “Schools are still reeling from lockdown” – Shutting down schools for months on end revealed just how low a priority education has become, writes Jennie Bristow in Spiked.
• “NYC public school wipes Israel from the map” – A New York City public school faces accusations of ‘Jewish erasure’ as a classroom map excludes Israel, labelling it ‘Palestine’, according to the Free Press.
• “Harvard sued by Jewish students over campus antisemitism” – A group has accused Harvard University of hiring professors who support violence against Jews, reports the Telegraph.
• “The beginning of the end of identity politics” – In the Washington Examiner, Dan Hannan can’t help but feel that the resignation of Claudine Gay is a watershed moment in the anti-woke backlash.
• “Immigration is destroying the British economy” – Businesses’ desire for cheap labour is increasingly setting the country’s migration agenda, writes Phillip Ullmann in the Telegraph.
• “Sneering judges put the rights of foreign criminals ahead of your safety” – In the Telegraph, Richard Tice says he doesn’t care about the human rights of foreign criminals. He wants them out of Britain.
• “Who are the companies who regard Ballsbridge and other asylum centres as prime investments?” – It is clear from the vast sums involved that the asylum system in Ireland has become an entirely new economic sector, says Dr. Matt Treacy in Gript.
• “Ireland’s pro-immigration elites are driving the country to the brink” – As the costs of mass migration become clear and tensions soar, Irish elites are attempting to silence dissent, writes Michael Murphy in the Telegraph.
• “Met to cut murder squad numbers as homicides spiral” – Scotland Yard is cutting the number of murder detectives in London despite rising homicide rates, reveals the Telegraph.
• “U.K. communications regulator forms 350-person team to enforce new online censorship law” – Ofcom has reportedly employed as many as 350 new staff, including hires from tech giants, to enforce the Government’s new Online Safety Act, according to Reclaim The Net.
• “Pro-EU fanatics are silent on Poland’s new illiberal turn” – Donald Tusk’s return as Poland’s PM has been celebrated in Brussels, yet he has adopted the authoritarian tactics the EU previously condemned, says Alan Sked in the Telegraph.
• “In Europe, the centre will not hold” – For Brussels, the lesson of Brexit has not been that citizens need more self-determination. It has been that Brussels needs more instruments for bringing citizens to heel, writes Christopher Caldwell in the Spectator.
• “Trains between London and Manchester will be slower and have fewer seats than they do now under latest HS2 plan” – MPs have been told that trains between Manchester and London will have fewer seats and travel more slowly under the latest HS2 plans, according to the Manchester Evening News.
• “At-risk Tories are looking to board the green gravy train” – Tory MPs are already preparing for being on the job market following the General Election, says James Heale in the Spectator.
• “Transport for London is running on fumes under Sadiq Khan” – Given its national importance, why is Transport for London still under the control of the Mayor? asks Harry Phibbs in CapX.
• “Hertz to sell 20,000 EVs in shift back to petrol-powered cars” – Car rental giant Hertz plans to sell a third of its U.S. electric vehicle fleet and reinvest in petrol-powered cars due to weak demand and high repair costs, reports Bloomberg.
• “2024 World Economic Forum Davos meeting to focus on ‘restoring trust’” – Would you ever trust a group with green champions like Al Gore and EU Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on its board of trustees? asks Eric Worrall in WUWT.
• “The cult of diversity is becoming dangerous” – Those best able to do a job should be appointed to it – but from the Royal Navy to the Post Office this is not happening, remarks Allison Pearson in the Telegraph, with predictably catastrophic results.
• “FKA twigs hits out at ‘double standards’ after Calvin Klein ad banned” – British singer-songwriter FKA twigs has spoken out about ‘double standards’ after her Calvin Klein advertisement was banned over complaints it objectified women, reports Sky News.
• “Joey Barton must have the right to rant” – The ramblings of a retired footballer should be none of the Government’s business, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
• “The Right has embraced cancel culture” – The Right’s virtues have been abandoned amid a climate of fear and outrage, argues Lee Fang in UnHerd.
• “Pride beauty pageant contestant performs ‘striptease’ in front of children” – A ‘striptease’ was performed in front of young children at Margate’s Pride beauty pageant, reports the Telegraph.
• “The revised Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy is not fit for purpose” – In the Critic, Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie believe that the new SPS transgender prisoner policy neglects the rights of vulnerable women in prison.
• “Elon Musk sparks new row after posting ‘Cis is a heterophobic word’” – Elon Musk has sparked a row after claiming that calling someone cisgender is heterophobic, according to the Mail.
• “Elon Musk says ‘people will die due to DEI’ as airlines revealed to prioritise diversity hiring over safety” – Elon Musk claims that diversity, equity and inclusion policies will result in people dying, after it was revealed that airline companies are prioritising diversity hiring over safety, reports the Post Millennial.
• “X restricts access to accounts criticising Turkey’s President Erdoğan after Government orders” – X is restricting access to certain accounts that criticise the Turkish President, says Reclaim The Net.
• “X fights legal battle against campus censors at University of Illinois on behalf of student and wins” – X announced that it had won a legal battle on behalf of a student at the University of Illinois who had been targeted by the institution over a post he made on the platform, according to the Post Millennial. Seems Musk is making good on his promise to aid those treated ‘unfairly’ by their employer for posts on his X platform.
• “Vivek Ramaswamy accuses Google of attempting to ‘rig this election’ after YouTube deletes the channel of a creator who interviewed him” – GOP Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Big Tech of engineering electoral outcomes through censorship measures, reports Reclaim The Net.
• “‘Sir Ed Davey is done for’” – On GB News, Kelvin MacKenzie tells Sir Ed Davey to “go now and avoid humiliation!”

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