News Round-Up

• “Hamas ‘executed victims while abusing them in front of families’” – A harrowing new report claims that Hamas terrorists raped and mutilated Israeli civilians, leaving an “apocalypse of bodies” as gunmen swept through southern Israel on October 7th, reports the Mail.
• “Gaza ceasefire vote: Tory and SNP MPs storm out of Commons” – Senior ministers launched a furious attack on the Commons Speaker, accusing him of breaking parliamentary protocol to help Labour avoid a rebellion over Gaza, according to the Times.
• “Lindsay Hoyle has lost control of the Commons” – Labour MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle faces a tough challenge winning back MPs’ trust, says Katy Balls in the Spectator.
• “Lindsay Hoyle has become a menace” – The Labour party is not very good at electing prime ministers but it is very good indeed at electing House of Commons Speakers, remarks Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator.
• “Prince William should keep quiet about Gaza” – Prince William has made an intervention in the Israel-Gaza conflict. The Prince was wrong to do so, says Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
• “Islamist extremism ‘not being effectively tackled by Government’” – Islamist extremism is not being effectively tackled by the Government, the independent reviewer of Prevent has said, fuelling a “dangerous” surge in antisemitism, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘You don’t copy the losers’” – Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan publish a provisional list of institutions and individuals who pushed for Zero Covid.
• “U.S. vaccine injury compensation programme has 10-year backlog of claims” – Individuals injured by a COVID-19 vaccine might have to wait over a decade for a decision on compensation eligibility from the U.S. Government’s vaccine compensation programme, says Megan Redshaw in the Epoch Times.
• “NHS heart care waiting lists double in less than three years” – The British Heart Foundation labels figures “staggering” as 40% are left waiting longer than 18 weeks for an appointment, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘I have glimpsed the terrifying future of lazy, defenceless, near-bankrupt Britain’” – We are living so far beyond our means we have become entirely detached from reality, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “Boris Johnson ‘demanded one million dollars’ to be interviewed by Tucker Carlson” – Boris Johnson has denied asking for a million-dollar fee for an interview with Tucker Carlson, according to the Telegraph.
• “Labour told to drop ‘Get Kemi’ operation after PMQs hounding” – Allies and supporters of Kemi Badenoch have warned Labour not to mess with the Business Secretary, as Sir Keir was accused of orchestrating a ‘Get Kemi’ campaign, reports the Express.
• “Metropolitan Police investigation of Dan Wootton finds no evidence, Met decides no further action” – Dan Wootton always said lurid allegations made against him by Byline Times were a smear campaign. Looks like the police think so too, says Guido Fawkes.
• “British nuke sub missile launch fails as Trident misfires and ‘plops’ into sea” – A Trident missile dramatically misfired and crashed into the ocean yards from the British nuclear submarine that launched it, reveals the Sun.
• “Britain is increasingly defenceless – and Putin knows it” – The failed Trident launch has severely undermined the credibility of our nuclear deterrent – and the Kremlin will take full advantage, warns Hamish De Bretton-Gordon in the Telegraph.
• “The failed Trident missile launch is a big embarrassment for Britain” – The latest misfiring of a Trident nuclear missile is a big embarrassment, especially at a time when Nato is trying to convince Putin of the strength of European defence, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “The court ruling that could stop eco-protesters escaping punishment” – As a string of climate activist trials reach the courts, a defence used to acquit many of those charged could soon be unavailable to them, reports the Telegraph.
• “These posh eco-loons need to check their privilege” – The upper-crust halfwits of Just Stop Oil are causing misery to ordinary people, writes Julie Burchill in Spiked.
• “‘Green Choices’ briefing unveiled as campaigner labels policy proposals ‘undemocratic’” – The U.K. Government unveils a new proposal to promote ‘green’ behavioural change, with a prominent campaigner labelling the policy proposals “undemocratic”, according to the Epoch Times.
• “Britain must work with EU to halt onslaught of Chinese EVs, warns Renault” – Carmakers in Europe face declining demand for pricier EVs amid cheaper alternatives, reports the Telegraph.
• “Electric car charger pulled over fears hackers could use it to attack National Grid” – An electric vehicle charger has been taken off sale amid warnings that foreign hackers could use it as a weapon to cause electricity blackouts, according to the Telegraph.
• “Environmental activists sue Government over changes to climate change strategy” – Environmental activists have taken the U.K. Government to court over changes to its climate change decarbonisation plans, reports the Epoch Times.
• “‘There is no climate emergency; it is a hoax’: Dutch climate expert Emeritus Professor Guus Berkhout” – In Liberum, Arthur Blok profiles Prof. Guus Berkhout, founder of Clintel, a global climate change and policy foundation, who maintains there is no climate emergency.
• “Welsh Government backs carbon sequestration plan” – Wales has some of the most expensive electricity in Britain, but the financial geniuses who run Wales have a plan which will push energy prices up even higher, says Eric Worrall in WUWT.
• “When (and why) heat pumps suck” – In very cold weather, heat pumps suck, writes Ron Barmby in WUWT.
• “Labour’s woke nightmare” – On Substack, Matt Goodwin explains how Labour plans to import U.S.-style culture wars.
• “Banning ‘conversion therapy’ is a threat to religious freedom” – The right to convert is inseparable from religious freedom more broadly. It must be protected, says Jacob Williams in Spiked.
• “Free speech is under attack all over” – From nutty defamation verdicts to federal warnings about ‘misinformation’, from French efforts to criminalise vaccine criticism to Germany’s crackdown on AfD, democracies no longer want debate, laments Alex Berenson on Substack.
• “‘What shocked me about the culture at Yale’” – “I grew up in foster care. I wasn’t prepared for what I found on campus,” says Rob Henderson in an extract from his new memoir in Persuasion.
• “Think drug legalisation is a good idea? Visit Fentanyl Land” – There are two responses to fentanyl and tranq: legalisation or the Singapore model. Both have their drawbacks, writes Sean Thomas in the Spectator.
• “I regret it and I apologise” – Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, apologises for breaking parliamentary rules to allow Kier Starmer to save face and placate a mob of violent Muslim extremists. Will it save him from a ‘no confidence’ vote?

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