News Round-Up

• “False Equivalence” – Roger Pielke Jr. tries to makes sense of Michael Mann’s resounding defamation victory against Mark Steyn.
• “How Toyota swerved the great electric car slowdown” – Toyota is set to capitalise on its refusal to follow the crowd on electric vehicles as its rivals miss out on the hybrid gold rush, reports the Telegraph.
• “Climate change row as British scientists claim ‘Day After Tomorrow’ modelling is wrong” – A prediction by a Dutch team that a vital Atlantic system could reach a tipping point and trigger a new ice age has been “forced”, say experts, the Telegraph reports.
• “Climate Cultists at the Guardian: This Time, It’s Evil Propane” – In its latest salvo, the Guardian – funded in part by the green-billionaire Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – published a January 25th hit piece on the Propane Education and Research Council, says Real Clear Energy.
• “Directly beneath UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters, IDF uncovers top secret Hamas data centre” – Beneath the Gaza Strip headquarters of the controversial United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, the Hamas terror group hid one of its most significant assets, the Israeli military has revealed, according to the Times of Israel.
• “David Cameron put ‘knife in Israel’s back’, says ex-U.S. National Security Adviser” – David Cameron put a “knife in Israel’s back” by floating possible U.K. recognition of a Palestinian state in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7th attack, John Bolton, the former U.S. National Security Adviser, has said, reports the Telegraph.
• “Interfaith charity that stayed silent on October 7th Hamas attacks to close” – The Government ended its funding of Inter Faith Network due to its links with the Muslim Council of Britain, says the Telegraph.
• “Jewish university chaplain forced into hiding following death threats” – A Chaplain at Leeds University was forced into hiding with his young family yesterday after receiving death threats over his role as an IDF reservist, reports the Mail.
• “Doctor who said Hammersmith would be better without Jews not racist, GMC finds” – A gynaecologist has been ruled by the doctors’ regulator to be “comfortable with discriminatory language” but he has only been suspended for three months, according to the Telegraph.
• “There’s no bigger hypocrite than a Left-wing ‘anti-racist’” – Why is it that the loudest anti-racism campaigners often seem to have a blind spot when it comes to Jews, asks Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “The hate we refuse to name” – A new report on the intimidation of politicians ignores the foul behaviour of Islamists and trans activists, says Spiked‘s Ella Whelan.
• “‘Tone deaf’ Home Office celebrates World Hijab Day” – Civil servants were criticised for promoting World Hijab Day despite their own guidance saying that forcing women to wear the garment may be “persecution”.
• “Australia’s New Free Speech Union” – Listen to a conversation with the Director of Australia’s new Free Speech Union on the Quillette Cetera podcast Episode 29A.
• “NHS shuts down LGBT Rainbow Badge ‘rating’ scheme for hospitals” – NHS England has ended its LGBT diversity programme over a “lack of funding”, the charity leading it has said, according to the Telegraph.
• “The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Syndrome” – Has anything hurt the Democrats as much as old lions refusing to leave the stage, asks Andrew Sullivan on Substack.
• “The New Gay Conversion Therapy” – The ignorance of politicians is putting gay people at risk, says Andrew Doyle on Substack.
• “Trans people change their mind says Lord Winston in conversion therapy debate” – Labour peer Lord Robert Winston has warned against banning trans conversion therapy as many people regret changing their gender, reports the Telegraph.
• “Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event?” – Ads are scarce, search and social traffic is dying and readers are burned out. The future will require fundamentally rethinking the press’s relationship to its audience, argues Clare Malone in the New Yorker.
• “Asylum seekers dupe church leaders to avoid deportation, say judges” – Judges have raised concerns that some “unquestioning” church leaders are being “duped” by insincere asylum seekers converting to Christianity to avoid deportation, says the Telegraph.
• “Army to relax security checks for recruits in diversity drive” – The British Army wants to relax security checks for recruits from overseas to boost diversity and inclusion, the Telegraph reveals. Leaked document describes vetting as a “primary barrier to non-U.K. personnel” being enlisted into the officer corps.
• “Soldiers told to avoid Christian ‘elements’ in Acts of Remembrance” – Guidance, seen by the Telegraph, telling soldiers told to avoid Christian ‘elements’ in Acts of Remembrance is part of a push across the Armed Forces by the MoD to encourage diversity and inclusion.
• “If Biden is unfit to stand trial, he’s unfit to lead America” – His mental decline can no longer be denied, even by his allies, says Douglas Murray.
• “It’s not about the money” – Mr. Chips on his Substack page offers five reasons why what state schools really need isn’t more money.
• “Lord Tony Young, former General Secretary of the Communication Workers’ Union, says trans ideology ‘is a cult. It has invaded Government departments. It’ll be interesting in 10 years time whether or not people hold these extreme views that are held today’” – Watch the Peer’s speech in the Lords on X.

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