News Round-Up

• “Sixty Tories turn on Sunak over Rwanda bill” – Rishi Sunak suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership as 60 Tory MPs voted for amendments to toughen up his Rwanda bill, according to the Telegraph.
• “Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resign over Rwanda bill” – Two Conservative Party deputy chairmen have resigned after being told their positions were untenable, having joined a Tory rebellion against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill, reports the Times.
• “The only thing shocking about a 1997-style wipeout is that Sunak might keep 169 seats” – In the Telegraph, Allison Pearson, who’s been nominated for Broadsheet Columnist of the Year, says it’s not surprising the Tories are losing support, given this Government’s contempt for its natural supporters.
• “Why Tory talk is turning – again – to a change of leadership” – Also in the Telegraph, Camilla Tominey says apocalyptic YouGov polling and Rishi Sunak’s nose-diving approval ratings mean the question of leadership has once again reared its ugly head
• “Study discovers biggest cause of ‘alarming surge’ of excess deaths in U.K.” – A new study reveals that heart failure is the biggest driver of an alarming surge in excess deaths in the U.K., says the Express.
• “Saint Nicola is set for her greatest humiliation yet” – Sturgeon’s pandemic narrative could be completely destroyed as the Covid Inquiry heads north of the border, writes Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “Was COVID-19 a pandemic caused by a novel pathogen or was it created solely by harmful policies and fear propaganda?” – On Substack, Dr. Pierre Kory summarises the main arguments surrounding the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• “Smokescreen – Part 12” – Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan examine the problems of waste, fraud and profiteering that beset the Government’s Covid response.
• “Three big Covid whoppers Fauci confessed to Congress this week” – Fauci has confirmed many of the worst fears of those who spoke out during his reign of terror, says Dr. Pierre Kory in the Federalist.
• “Rochdale grooming report exposes police Islamophilia” – Just when you thought you had heard the most horrendous stories of the terror unleashed on thousands of girls by Rochdale grooming gangs, more horrors emerge, writes Julie Burchill in the Mail.
• “How Sadiq Khan has ‘wasted’ £123 million of taxpayer cash” – In a new report, Sadiq Khan has been accused of wasting £123 million of taxpayers’ cash on “misplaced priorities”, reports the Mail.
• “Avanti tells train managers to ‘roll up’ for free taxpayer money” – Managers at Avanti West Coast joked about being able to “roll up, roll up” for “free” taxpayers’ money in an internal presentation, according to the Times.
• “Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh taken to High Court over Muslim prayer ban” – Britain’s most effective headteacher is in a row with Muslim pupils over her decision to impose a prayer ban at the school, reports the Telegraph.
• “The collapse of our universities is the best thing that could happen to Britain” – We need to rethink the purpose of higher education. Sadly, we aren’t going to do that until the current system falls apart, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Humza Yousaf’s brother-in-law arrested again after man ‘falls from flat window’” – According to the Sun, Humza Yousaf’s brother-in-law has been nicked by the cops again, this time in connection with an incident where a man plunged from a flat window.
• “‘Climate change’ and ‘war’ top Oxford Children’s Words of the Year” – According to Oxford University Press, the Children’s Word of the Year is “climate change”, followed by “war”, reports the Times. Er, “climate change” isn’t a word.
• “How the leaders of the German farmers’ protest are committed to neutralising their own movement, and what the farmers must do if they want change” – On Substack, Eugyppius files his latest report on the farmers’ demonstration in Berlin.
• “Third of U.K. teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, report shows” –YouTube videos are being blamed for a rise in climate scepticism amongst young people in the U.K., reports the Guardian.
• “Are kids starting to see through the climate cult?” – It restores faith in the current generation of teenagers to realise that a third of them can see through this climate guff, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “Finnish prosecutor takes MP to Supreme Court for tweeting Bible verses” – Despite having been acquitted of hate speech twice, Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen may still have to face another day in court on the same charges, according to the European Conservative.
• “Ursula von der Leyen: misinformation is world’s gravest problem” – Forget conquest, war, famine, and death. Ursula von der Leyen tells Davos that the world’s most serious problem is ‘misinformation’, according to UnHerd.
• “Elon Musk among the international figures voicing dismay over Leo Varadkar’s hate crime bill as pressure group Free Speech Ireland redoubles efforts to get it scrapped” – Elon Musk has voiced his disquiet at Leo Varadkar’s planned new hate crime law, reports the Belfast News Letter.
• “Little evidence that hate speech causes real world harm” – At Environmental Progress, John Morrison examines the evidence that hate speech serves as a precursor to violent actions and concludes it does not.
• “The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood” – On Claire Fox’s Substack, the co-writer of a powerful new film on the dangers of gender ideology explains why people need to see it.
• “A jarring opera on jarring themes” – City Journal’s Heather Mac Donald reviews the Metropolitan Opera’s recent revival of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
• “Rice University unveils ‘Afrochemistry’ class” – Rice University in Houston is offering an ‘Afrochemistry’ class entitled ‘Black-Life Matter’ that promises to analyse science through a “contemporary African-American lens”, reports the Mail.
• “Elite psychopathology driving Democrats’ ‘soft coup’ attempt” – To stop Donald Trump from becoming President, journalists, activists and Government officials are undermining democracy in the name of saving it, writes Alex Gutentag on the Public Substack.
• “The Bidenomics experiment is headed towards disaster” – The President’s scheme to reboot the American economy is proving unpopular with the American public, observes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “The Traitors US viewers brutally slam ‘bully’ John Bercow” – John Bercow has managed to make a terrible impression in just one episode of The Traitors US, says the Express.
• “Westminster Hall excess deaths debate” – On YouTube, Dr. John Campbell presents Andrew Bridgen’s Westminster Hall speech yesterday on excess deaths.

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