News Round-Up
- “Theresa May to stand down as MP at general election” – The former PM announces she’s stepping down, citing the increasing polarisation of political debate, reports the Telegraph.
- “Good riddance, Theresa May” – Despite her laudable commitment to public office, she may be remembered as one of the worst PMs of modern times, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “This is how Tories fall: by promising tax cuts while doing the opposite” – Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph says the Tories talk a big game about cutting taxes, but never actually do it.
- “The out-of-control HR state is crushing the life out of Britain” – The pervasion of a ‘just be kind’ mindset in every walk of life is turning the economy to mush, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “It’s official: The U.K. is the second-most miserable nation in the world” – Britain has been placed at the foot of a mental wellbeing index, reports the Telegraph.
- “Does the OBR run this country?” – Phil Mullan in Spiked is fed up with Chancellors and Prime Ministers blaming the OBR for their own timidity.
- “Non-doms plot exodus in wake of Budget crackdown” – Financial advisers have been inundated with phone calls from the super rich planning to leave the U.K. after the Chancellor unwisely scraps non-dom status, reports the Telegraph.
- “PM ‘acutely aware’ of fears over London ‘no-go areas’ from protests” – Robin Simcox, the Government’s extremism advisor, says the centre of London is now a ‘no-go area‘ every Saturday, thanks to the pro-Palestinian hate marches, according to the Mail.
- “The NHS treats us like paupers and expects us to be grateful” – Why are so many Britons proud of a Soviet-style system that embodies the ‘we know best’ mentality of the state? asks David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Is long Covid just another name for anaemia?” – In TCW – Defending Freedom, Roger Watson casts his cynical eye over long Covid sufferers.
- “Ken Bruce: ‘I had the biggest show on radio – the BBC didn’t think it was worth a mention’” – After decades as a ‘foot soldier’ of the Corporation, Bruce has a new home on commercial radio – and he’s taken his fans with him, reports the Telegraph.
- “Justin Trudeau, am I guilty of pre-crime?” – Meghan Murphy takes aim at Canada’s draconian new Online Harms Bill in the Spectator.
- “X walks back its misgendering policy after Right wing complaints” – X has, once again, quietly changed its rules around deadnaming and misgendering without an explanation, according to Engadget.
- “The climate scaremongers: It’s time for the ‘starving polar bears’ again (trouble is, they’re thriving)” – In TCW – Defending Freedom, Paul Homewood tries to finally put to bed the disappearing polar bears myth.
- “Judge orders US officials to hand over Prince Harry’s visa application” – The Heritage Foundation is seeking the release of Harry’s visa papers, claiming the Duke’s drug use should have disqualified him from entering the U.S. – assuming he mentioned it in the application!
- “#MeToo Unless You’re a Jew” – A UN report confirms what everyone already knew: Hamas raped and violated Israeli women. Will the deniers and doubters now recant? asks Laura Dodsworth in Free Your Mind.
- “Countryside shoots ‘save NHS millions’” – Exercise benefits plus the cut in pollution from the upkeep of woodland means shooting will save the health service £64.3m a year, according to a new analysis published in the Telegraph.
- “Police will not investigate J.K. Rowling over ‘misgendering’ trans activist” – Harry Potter author’s description of India Willoughby as a male narcissist ‘did not meet the criminal threshold’ in the estimation of Northumbria Police, according to the Telegraph.
- “Andrew Bailey hands Bank of England staff inflation-beating pay rise” – The Bank of England Governor previously warned British workers not to ask for inflation-busing pay rises – and has now given his staff an inflation-busing pay rise, reports the Telegraph.
- “Michael Gove to appoint new anti-Muslim hatred adviser ahead of new extremism definition next week” – The Communities Secretary is considering appointing a new Muslim ‘hate’ advisor in a doomed-to-failure attempt to prevent his new anti-extremism guidance being labelled ‘Islamophobic’, according to GB News.
- “How lads’ mags went soft Masculinity has lost its sense of humour” – Kathleen Stock in UnHerd has written a surprisingly charitable police about Loaded.
- “Online harms bill is Trudeau’s illiberal manifesto” – Jordan Peterson in the National Post describes the horrors of the Canadian Liberal Government’s latest authoritarian bill. This one’s a doozy.
- “Humans respond to incentives. If you let them get away with destroying works of art and historic statues, they’ll do it again and again” – Konstantin Kisin reacts to the sickening footage of a pro-Palestinian activist (with a £1,000 designer back pack) slashing a valuable painting in Trinity College Cambridge.
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Do make time to read the Jordan Peterson article on the Canadian Online Harms Bill linked above.
A very articulate and clearly angry man describing the extent to which Canada is about to go down the tubes.
Link again to save scrolling:
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jordan-peterson-online-harms
5G Radiation Serious Health Concerns – latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, media, friends online.
The climate scaremongers: It’s time for the ‘starving polar bears’ again
When Al Gore was a child, there were 7,000 polar bears. Now there are only 30,000 left……..
Al Gore was the man who invented the Internet – his definition of invent is signed the cheque. I used to say he was flying around the world promoting global warming.
Nice one! 🙂
Humans respond to incentives. If you let them get away with destroying works of art and historic statues, they’ll do it again and again
We know what to do:
‘Significant riots occurred in London in August 2011. The riots took place in highly localised geographical areas, with crime going up hugely in the affected sub-wards.
The criminal justice response was to make sentencing for rioters much more severe.
We show a significant drop in riot crimes across London in the six months after the riots, consistent with a deterrence effect from the tougher sentencing.
More evidence of general deterrence comes from the observation that crime also fell in the post-riot aftermath in areas where rioting did not take place.’
CRIME DETERRENCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE LONDON 2011 RIOTSBrian Bell, Laura Jaitman, Stephen Machin
Will India Willoughby be charged with wasting police time?
He deserves to be.
Jordan Peterson really has joined the ranks of the awake.
A fascist, totalitarian future awaits us – my testimony to Congress
https://youtu.be/KdhHO9HBZvc
Just in case anybody wishes to sign the petition against this Muslim statue being installed at some point, you can do so here. Not sure if it’ll make any difference but no harm in trying. Just the timing of it alone comes across as more brown-nosing and appeasement to me. It’s bad enough having that ugly, offensive ‘Hijab woman’ eyesore in Birmingham;
”This petition is to stop the Muslim statue for there part in WW1 & WW2.
We already have statues and monuments to the fallen of WW1 & WW2.
These statues are for the fallen no matter what colour race or religions.
There is no need for a statue for a selected race and the public should not have there taxes used for a statue that is being used to bolster votes for a political party.”
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-muslim-statue
Brendan O’Neill doesn’t have your back on this one:
Who could object to a Muslim war memorial?
Plus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha_Memorial,_London
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-would-anyone-object-to-a-muslim-war-memorial/
Brendan O’Neill believes / believed that Care Home workers should be subject to mandatory C1984 vaccination.
Enough said.
Yeah let’s have a memorial for every subgroup we can think of. Wonder why that won’t happen.
I don’t know how many people are politically homeless.
With the current electoral system we have ended up with 2 large consensus parties, which has led to infighting and bland manifestos without vision and ambition.
I propose a new party for the next election:
The ‘none of the above-party’ (NOA-party).
There is only one pledge in its manifesto, which is electoral reform to a system of PR within larger constituencies, each constituency providing 5 MPs.
I like to keep some form of constituency-format to make sure the rural and local interest vote is not lost.
What do you think?
Daft idea? Workable?
There must be a way to improve this current Westminster Parliament.
Our salvation will not arrive via the ballot box.
Have you got a good idea?
I am just dreading the prospect of the current politicians continuing along the same route.
I don’t wish Theresa May a happy retirement – I think she should reflect on what she did to our country. In her final days in power, she abused her office to ram through the amendments to the Climate Change Act 2008. She didn’t pay any attention to what this would mean, the damage to lives, businesses, transport, health, economy and so on. She set the UK on a path to destruction. She ignored anyone pushing back with alternative, valid and evidence-based facts. People like her – i.e. ignorant and arrogant – should never ever be given the chance to wield such influence and power. She will no doubt go on to make millions on the speaking circuit or join the board of this or that corporation or think-tank on a massive salary.
“It’s official: The U.K. is the second-most miserable nation in the world”
Go on then, who’s the most miserable?
(The answer is Behind a paywall!)
Found it, Uzbekistan!
“Whilst wellbeing for those over 65 has remained steady, 18-24-year olds across eight English-speaking countries’ mental health has shown the least improvement since 2020.”
Arhh, the poor British young people! ‘Mummy kiss it and make it better’
“Theresa May to stand down as MP at general election”
Thanks for net zero law Theresa, that was a real doozy👍bye!
“Polarisation” = adversarial debate which might lead to a sensible outcome/offering voters an actual choice/someone might say hurty words. Good bloody riddance.
“Non-doms plot exodus in wake of Budget crackdown”
That’s how to do it, pi£s off the rich and welcome the poor! Brilliant planning!
As Steve Sailer puts it “Invade the world, invite the world, in hock to the world”.
“Is long Covid just another name for anaemia?”
No, it’s another name for long vaccine!
“Justin Trudeau, am I guilty of pre-crime?”
I’ve seen that film🤔 Tom Cruise wasn’t it?
Right, this mornings rant over, I’m off for a big fry up brunch 😋! Full English🥰