News Round-Up
- “Labour slammed over axing Free Speech Act” – Labour has been blasted over the Education Secretary’s decision to axe the Free Speech Act, reports Guido Fawkes.
- “Does Labour care about free speech on campus?” – Bridget Phillipson’s decision to shelve the Higher Education Act neatly sums up Labour’s attitude to higher education, says Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “Labour has just betrayed a generation of young people” – Bridget Phillipson’s decision to cancel the commencement of the Higher Education Act brings shame upon the Labour Party, according to Claire Fox in the Telegraph.
- “Labour’s war on free speech” – Censorship is about to return to the campus, says Andrew Doyle in UnHerd.
- “Labour frontbenchers have blocked thousands of new homes” – A Mail on Sunday investigation reveals that 14 members of Labour’s frontbench have together blocked the building of tens of thousands of homes in their constituencies.
- “How Labour plans to justify its tax hike” – The conceit that the Government has uncovered a black hole since taking office is just a wheeze to justify planned tax rises, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Kemi Badenoch to run for leader but Braverman may be a non-starter” – As surviving big-name Conservatives prepare to contest the leadership, infighting and blue-on-blue attacks have already begun, writes Tim Shipman in the Sunday Times.
- “Kemi Badenoch accuses rivals of tricks over ‘dirty dossier’” – Kemi Badenoch has claimed skullduggery is at play in the Conservative leadership contest after a “dirty dossier” of online comments she made nearly 20 years ago was circulated to newspapers, according to the Times.
- “Boris Johnson will not back any Tory leadership contender” – Boris Johnson is not planning to endorse any candidate in the Conservative leadership contest, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Chief online harms regulator quits in blow to big tech crackdown” – The U.K.’s chief online harms regulator has stepped down after barely more than a year, says the Telegraph.
- “‘Macron must be smouldering with humiliation’” – The final act of the opening ceremony was a triumph, but by then it was far too late, says David Jones in the Mail.
- “Tommy Robinson ‘could face jail’ over banned film screening” – Tommy Robinson could face jail over screening a banned film to thousands of his supporters at a rally in Trafalgar Square, says the Mail.
- “Mosques which hosted Islamist extremist preacher investigated by charity watchdog” – Four mosques are being assessed by the Charity Commission after hosting an Islamist extremist preacher, reports the Telegraph.
- “Hate cleric raises £3 million to create Islamic homeland on Scottish island” – A firebrand Muslim cleric who has been accused of spreading hate has raised more than £3 million to buy a small British island and turn it into his own Islamic state, reports the Mail.
- “Israel says 12 killed in rocket attack on Golan Heights football pitch” – Fears of all-out war between Hezbollah and Israel are rising after at least 12 people, including children, were killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon on the Golan Heights, according to the Times.
- “A crisis of democratic legitimacy” – In Law & Liberty, Theodore Dalrymple weighs in on the crisis of political legitimacy in Britain and France in light of the recent elections.
- “Esther McVey warns Labour will farm out future pandemic decisions to WHO” – Esther McVey says that Labour is planning to allow key decisions on how to respond to future pandemics to be “farmed out” to the WHO, according to the Telegraph.
- “Norwegian randomised trial finds masks associated with fewer sniffles but not fewer Covid cases” – A Norwegian study suggests that masks can reduce sniffles a bit (but only if you believe they do) without reducing Covid cases or a need for healthcare, writes Guy Gin on his Substack.
- “Richard Hirschman keeps finding terrifying clots” – On Substack, Bill Rice Jr. has shared alarming new images of the terrifying “white, fibrous clots” being discovered by embalmers and morticians across the globe.
- “Bird flu vaccines are fast approaching” – On Substack, Dr. Meryl Nass reacts to news that the FDA can now fast-track bird flu vaccines without standard testing – and grant manufacturers liability waivers!
- “The week in numbers” – On the TTE Substack, Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson return with a numerical rundown of the week’s top health stories.
- “FBI says unequivocally that Trump was hit by a bullet” – The FBI has released a statement declaring that President Trump was hit by a bullet, not shrapnel, at his rally in Pennsylvania, according to Modernity.
- “German publisher drops Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy over alliance with Trump” – German publishing house Ullstein Buchverlage has sparked outrage by deciding against a reprint of the sold-out German translation of Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 autobiography of J.D. Vance after Trump picked him as running mate, says Brussels Signal.
- “The return of Right-wing cancel culture” – In Quillette, Josh Allan discusses the Right’s attempt to cancel people on the Left in the wake of the attempted Trump assassination.
- “Ed Miliband says Labour will honour pledge of £11.6 billion in climate aid” – Ed Miliband aims to re-establish the U.K. at the centre of international climate discussions, with Labour honouring a pledge of £11.6 billion in overseas aid for the climate crisis, according to the Guardian. Couldn’t Labour use that to help fill the £20 billion hole in Britain’s finances?
- “Heads should roll over the electric car fiasco” – Hundreds of billions of euros, dollars and pounds have been pumped into the EV industry by policymakers. It is time they were held accountable, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Jeremy Clarkson reignites feud with BBC’s Packham in savage rant” – Jeremy Clarkson has waged a fresh war of words with Chris Packham following Packham’s moan about Taylor Swift’s carbon footprint, reports GB News.
- “Two ‘female boxers’ set to compete at Paris 2024 were previously disqualified from Women’s World Championship for having ‘XY chromosomes’” – Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan are scheduled to compete in Olympic women’s boxing despite past questions surrounding their biological sex, says Reduxx.
- “Father’s letter begging top surgeon to cancel trans operation” – According to the Mail, a distraught father begged in vain for a leading trans surgeon not to remove his 20 year-old daughter’s breasts, telling him he was about to destroy her life. He didn’t get a reply and his daughter had a double mastectomy.
- “Woke NHS training scheme slammed by hospital whistleblower as employees ‘scared to speak out’” – Staff at a West Midlands NHS Trust have been left scared of speaking out after being told to “admit they have white privilege” as part of a training scheme, reports GB News.
- “The Left now has no opposition to its culture war against Britain” – Woke warriors and control freaks appear emboldened to shut down debate and trash our history, says Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “In a Barbie world” – Mattel has produced the ultimate symbol of their corporate captivity by people who should never be allowed inside a boardroom – a blind Barbie, writes Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “Manchester Airport CCTV footage released” – The Manchester Airport CCTV footage has now been released, and it backs up the statement by Greater Manchester police – the Muslim suspects did attack the police first, and they responded appropriately.
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The footage of the police still shows the officer kicking a man in the head who is now immobile and face-down on the floor and then there would be the follow-up stamp to the head. Is that in the police training manual and do we want police to have so little self-control?
Trying to justify this by making it about Muslims normalises it as a response for anyone face-down on the floor no matter how they got there.
Unless you were there and involved you don’t know what was happening, you are still basing your view on video footage.
The guy on the ground was not injured by the tap on the head as he was able to get up and walk away, he wasn’t unconscious or stretched.
He caused harm to police officers and was lucky to get away without being shot, my preferred remedy. And not because he’s a Muslim, but because he’s a piece of filth that assaulted police officers going about their duty.
Many people get up and walk away after a blow to the head but that’s no guarantee of no harm done. Are kicks to the head in the police training manual?
Yes they are, with good reason!
Indeed, where I come from the perps would have been shot for attacking the police in the first instance. When there are firearms involved the protocols change. This would have had nothing to do with race. They should be grateful they’re alive.
I believe their training allows any method of response if they aim to immobilise without use of firearms but hands must be kept free and ready to access firearms.
Multiple punches to the head have the same results. One punch is sufficient to break a nose and knock someone to the floor.
The kick can be contextualised away at a stretch, but you can’t be going around stamping on people’s heads.
Taking a foot to someone’s head is a serious business. Jackthegripper can confirm: if the officer had a tazer and felt threatened, why did he not use that? Maybe head stamping is part of an unofficial training manual along with many other activities some officers engage in which are normally considered as crimes.
Taking a bullet to the head has way more risk to the perp, They were completely in their rights to shoot but chose not to!
He had a gun, not a tazer? If someone is face down on the floor, should shooting them in the head really be considered?
They have both, they must keep both hands on the weapon at all times.
The perp could have got up and attacked again, they certainly showed intent and did not back down even when an armed officer pointed a weapon at them!
Tasers don’t disable everyone they are not guaranteed to immobilise
He could not risk the perp getting up and attacking again hence a disabling kick sooner than a shot
Have a look at the YouTube video I posted.
“an unofficial training manual”
Instructions on the correct technique and amount of force to use when stamping on the assailant’s head, and how to estimate the amount of force needed to stun the assailant without fracturing their skull ??
I’m struggling to see what your point is here?
Police bad, let rioting muslims go about their business unhindered?
As far as I have researched, armed airport police are trained to use their feet and not their hands to restraint a criminal this is because they must keep both hands on their gun at all times in case in should be dropped in a scuffle and then used against them!
So if a perp will not stay down they have the choice of shoot or kick, thankfully they chose kick! I wonder how many other of the world security forces would have chosen the same way? America or Russia for instance? I’ll wager those two men would be dead!
Thanks, the officers perception may have been different but the man on the floor didn’t look very mobile.
Apparently all of this drama was down to the fact the people refused to be searched. Why not just comply with the demands of security who are only doing their job? Do these people think they’re above the law or do they have some sort of V.I.P/preferential status? Also, let us not forget that it was the colossal failure of the security team at Manchester Arena, who did not want to approach a dodgy-looking brown-skinned guy for fear of being labelled ‘racist’, which ended in massive tragedy as a result of their decision. This airport thing is just Muslims playing on their perma-victimhood status yet again.
I hope things are put right now that we have the full footage and that officer resumes his duties and the Muslims get prosecuted. I’ve still no idea why the full footage wasn’t released in the first place, then everybody knows the full picture from the outset. But these thugs have had days of gathering the sympathy vote and support from the Muslim community in the meantime, with their highly edited version of events.
“dodgy-looking brown-skinned guy” the MI5 guy?
Have a look at this excellent analysis Mogs
https://youtu.be/jw6cR53f2ag?si=YOZ0xrx3piQvhafo
Exactly, comply in the moment and take legal action afterwards if you feel hard done to, not punch the hell out official security officer’s, what must they have been thinking? “we’ll use our permanent victim hood as protection bro”
Something like that I’ll guess
Wholly agree Dings.
I have to be completely honest and say that the kick is a cheap shot. After saying that, I can understand 100% how that happened. Anyone that’s ever been in a proper fight – and I don’t mean a bit of pushing and shoving, I mean a full-blown fists-flying scrap – will understand the adrenaline and the loss of control that can take over. The more of those experiences you have the less the loss of control. My guess is that the office in question has not been in any (or very, very, few) real no holds barred fights; he’d not come out of the encounter well, the red mist was still clouding judgement, and he instinctively took some revenge. There are some things no amount of manuals or training can prepare you for, but boxing with regular sparring or competitive shows, can definitely help – I doubt that’s part of police training because of ridiculous health and safety though.
I think that’s a good assessment.
The turd world piece of shyte to whom you refer had been knocked to the floor previously. The police officer was not giving him a second chance and as per training was making sure he was immobilised and because he decided not to send him to ali’s snack bar he used his foot.
Those muzzies should thank ali that they are not in body bags which would definitely have been a proportionate response in the circumstances.
https://youtu.be/jw6cR53f2ag?si=YOZ0xrx3piQvhafo
This is the best analysis I have seen and the author of this vid breaks it down into two sides. Yes, two sides, left and right.
The police response was remarkably restrained.
https://jacobin.com/2022/03/ukraine-socialist-interview-russian-invasion-war-putin-nato-imperialism A Ukrainian socialist explains why the Russian invasion of Ukraine should not have been a surprise. What’s really going on? “The natural population decrease in Russia in 2021 amounted to 1.042 million people, compared to 688,700 people in 2020 and 317,200 people in 2019.” This data has plenty to say about the looming collapse of the “Russian nation.” If something should have been a “reasonable security concern,” it was not as much NATO expansion per se as the lack of human bodies to protect Russian borders. Thus, the Ukrainians forcefully and violently displaced by the Russian invasion represent one of the Kremlin’s main gains in this war. In this sense, the story of kidnapped Ukrainian children is not just one of many horrifying Russian war crimes, but represents the core of this military aggression.’ ‘The Minsk process was another name for dismembering Ukraine and war in slow motion.’ ‘They miscalculated gravely. They thought that the Ukrainian army would fold and that the people would come with flowers to cheer, but this didn’t happen.’ ‘If you listen to Russia’s officials and read their ideological manifestos, if you read people who interpret Russian foreign policy decision makers in the Kremlin — they see… Read more »
Genuinely, I don’t understand this ‘looming collapse’ of a nation unless there’s perpetual population growth?
The British Empire, for example, was built on a population of fewer than 35million at its height in 1913… we’re now more than double that, and look at us.
It’s poor use of the resources you have, by kicking the can down the road for future generations to deal with that’s the problem, not fewer people, surely?
” a population of fewer than 35million”
I rather suspect that the demographics back then were a bit different, with a higher birth rate and lower life expectancy. I think that many countries, including Russia have a problem with a lack of working adults, I guess that is partly where this immigration business starts to come in? I suspect Russia could import workers from many of the countries with whom it has strong links but I think the Russian authorities are wary of the social problems that come with immigration and guest workers.
There is no economic theory that says a population of (say) 70 million is more prosperous than one much smaller. The evidence is to the contrary yet the elites continue with their evil policies.
Correct. And if anyone doubts that, they should just search “Why smaller countries are more successful” or prosperous.
Scandinavian countries are a good example (or at least were before the Mass Invasion of Hostile Alien Parasites): such as the Finns, enjoying prosperity even with a national population of less than six million Finns, on a land area 40% larger than the UK.
In ‘The West’, it is because of the Ponzi scheme nature of the state pension system. Russia has a different outlook which few outside understand. Population decline in Russia is viewed as a threat to national security: ‘And, if you believe the forecasts and the estimates are based on actual work, the real work of people who understand this, who have devoted their whole lives to this, in 15 years, there may be 22 million fewer Russians. I ask you to think about this figure: a seventh of the country’s population. If the current trend continues, the nation’s survival will be in jeopardy’ Putin 2000 ‘the 1990s were the first time demographic issues were framed, in public policy, as a part of national security. This trend is one of the most obvious and persistent in Putin’s rhetoric over the decades of his rule. Based on a discourse analysis of Russian laws, they argue, “since 2000, a new stage in the formation of meanings begins — the popularization of demographic threats to the national security of the Russian Federation.” In 2006, Putin declared the need to address population decline as “the highest national priority,” and the Maternity Capital program was launched the following year. It… Read more »
What are your qualifications for being one of few who understand Russia and allow you to speak on behalf of Putin, apparently knowing what he really means despite all his public pronouncements?
I have heard some commentators speculate that Russia is actually quite daunted by the prospect that they might win this war outright end end up having to deal with the whole of Ukraine! Is there any truth in that observation? If so, there are surely grounds for negotiation albeit that the Kiev regime would have to drop its all or nothing pre-conditions.
Russia is a totalitarian dictatorship supported by a ‘political capitalist’ ruling class.
Political capitalists derive their main competitive advantage through selective benefits from the state.
‘Political scientist Steven Solnick called this process “stealing the state.” Members of the new ruling class either privatized state property (often for pennies on the dollar) or were granted plentiful opportunities to siphon off profits from formally public entities into private hands. They exploited informal relations with state officials and the often intentionally designed legal loopholes for massive tax evasion and capital flight.’
By launching the war in Ukraine, Putin protects and advances the rational collective interests of the Russian ruling class.
Unfortunately, those interests, involving Putin himself, are non negotiable.
The two ‘Soviets’ are engaged in a kind of post USSR civil war for the economic and social direction of travel of post USSR states.
Complete madness.
Fiction from start to finish.
The camera does not lie.
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1817491228860068058?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
And since when has Ukrainian socialist propaganda been an authority on anything?
I can’t see any references that this Oxford academic has returned to assist his homeland.
I guess you want us to excuse Putin and blame his victims?
On the contrary, I am trying every day to point out that Putin’s war is a war of imperialist expansionism that will not stop at Ukraine, aims for a new iron curtain from Kaliningrad to Odessa.
Until Russia becomes a completely different nation, which will take fifty or more years, we must be prepared to constrain Russia’s territorial ambitions.
That means restoring the conventional deterrent in Europe. That requires 5% of GDP on defence.
If not, these invasions will keep happening, Moldova next, then Poland and the Baltic States.
Poland sees it and is buying 1250 or more tanks. Some here are beginning to see it:
‘The problem is that we do not think we have a problem’ General Sir Roly Walker, CGS
What is actually the point of your daily tirades against Russia? What more do you want the (western) world to do in this matter? The West has essentially expended all its weaponry already, sending our most modern materials to Ukraine to be demolished by the Russians: Challenger tanks, the dreadfully expensive Patriot missiles and so on. Ukraine has been firing our Storm Shadow missiles at plenty of civilian targets: it is easy enough to kill pensioners and housewives shopping at local markets, something we should all be proud of (I do not think). USA, UK and EU have all sent billions after billions in cash to the country. And all this is to support a country renowned for its corruption, led by an actor/ex-president famous for ostensibly playing a piano with his penis (for all to enjoy on YouTube). You frequently claim Russia is out to conquer all of Europe but I do not see the logic in Putin waiting in power for 25 years until reaching the ripe old age of 71 to do so. USA has how many military bases around the world? I have heard numbers ranging from 900 to 1,000. And Russia? China? Which country is… Read more »
Amen to all of that.
The point is to make it clear that this site is not completely a freak show.
But I think you are making it a freak show. Every single day you spout out a lot of, sorry, in my opinion, complete nonsense, obviously intended to stir up hatred against Russia. Why? The US, UK and EU governments all do the same: is that not sufficient? They are factually at war with Russia. Should they be, do their populations agree with this? Why are you so intent on promoting baseless government propaganda? Ukraine has had a very simple choice for the past 10 years now: stop killing their own citizens for purely racial reasons in the east, get rid of the neo-Nazi elements in its military and government, and stay out of NATO. Which of those choices do you regard as being undesirable and why? With dreary repetitiveness you claim Putin wants to expand Russia’s borders in all directions for which there is neither any indication nor proof. Russia is fighting an existential war against Ukraine because the latter is essentially owned and directed by USA which intends to line missiles aimed at Moscow all along Ukraine’s 2,000km border to Russia. Do you think that is necessary, desirable, essential for peace? I think it is the opposite for all… Read more »
80% of the public in this country despise Putin as a war criminal.
https://ctgroup.com/uk-perceptions-of-war-in-ukraine/
I post on here, for the most part with references, opinions that coincide with those of the vast bulk of the population.
I do so in order to counterbalance so much unevidenced and frankly weird gibberish that you and others like you post on here in favour of a manifestly barbaric and venal war criminal.
It is no wonder the British public feel the way they do since some of these crimes, including murder by use of chemical weapons, in breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention (which Russia has signed) have been perpetrated in this country.
If you wish this site to continue, you would do well to confine your opinions to those that you can evidence.
Otherwise your assertions will appear eccentric, even dotty.
Sensibly, most will not visit a site that often appears to be entirely populated by mad people.
And if this site is not popular, it will cease…..and there it is…….
“And, to be honest, I am pretty sure the DS readers are tired of both your and my inputs on this matter!”
Too damned right. 👍
The blind Barbie appears to be exactly the same as every other Barbie… with a stick.
Just how this caricature of blindness has escaped the wrath of the ‘woke’, is a mystery? 🤷
“Heads should roll over the electric car fiasco” Some friends of ours recently bought a secondhand ULEZ compliant hybrid Honda Jazz, they are delighted with it. For family reasons they are having to make regular trips from North Devon to Bristol and have to transport their young grandson. The Hybrid Honda Jazz accomplishes this travel requirement with ease and at an average mpg figure of 67 mpg. Re-fuelling a petrol hybrid takes a few minutes compared to the re-charging times for an EV, this is an important consideration when you have a young child in the car. It would be interesting to compare the total environmental cost of this Hybrid Honda Jazz with the total environmental cost of an EV. And for the total environmental cost of an EV one must include all the mining costs and the end of life re-cycling costs. The article talks about consumer nervousness over current EV technology which may soon become obsolete. This whole EV business starts to look as though it is being run on the same principles as a communist collective farm with even less success. This EV business does seem like the issue where fluffy head in the clouds eco pontification… Read more »
Some few years ago (before Covid) the GWPF presented an engineer at an HoL committee room. I expect his paper is on the web.
he did not believe CO2 a problem but showed more of it would be avoided and faster by using hybrids than EVs. The maths has been done but the logic in elite minds has not.
The basic problem with a hybrid is that you are carrying two engines around, meaning extra weight and increased fuel consumption, whereby your 67mpg is very good (hopefully a true value and not just the manufacturer’s value).
A friend of mine had a Toyota Prius which drove all the way to work on petrol and was only able to use the electric part to manoeuvre around the car park when he got there! But that was a few years ago and the Prius was a larger car.
100% your last paragraph – it’s all too ‘neat’ to not be that I think
My trust in the police is not what it was.
My trust in their training, motivation and competence is at a low level.
However we cannot draw conclusions in such a politicised issue without all the information. It is not reasonable to limit the victim (a police officer in this case) when being attacked. I suspect but I do not know that the violence used against him was premeditated.
https://youtu.be/jw6cR53f2ag?si=YOZ0xrx3piQvhafo
Have a watch of this excellent analysis.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/esther-mcvey-warns-labour-will-farm-out-future-pandemic-decisions-to-who/ar-BB1qJyCA
Ms McVey needs to get up to speed. There was no pandemic. Fact is “pandemics” do not exist.
Get in touch with Dr Mike Yeadon Esther.
The irish government really does hate its own people! Anyone and everyone gets preferential treatment over the irish locals and if they cause any trouble, they’ll water canon them!
F@#king disgusting government!
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/all-quiet-at-coolock-protest-as-gardai-borrow-water-cannon-from-psni/a46369379.html
“Kemi Badenoch accuses rivals of tricks over ‘dirty dossier’” So it was OK to eliminate Reform Party candidates over comments from 15 years ago, but not to try the same with Tory candidates like Olukemi. Here are some great DM quotes from the public on the Tory candidates: —“Not a great line-up really, more of a Bargain Basement Britain’s Got Talent.” —“The rabble can’t stop squabbling even now – be gone, the lot of you! You let the voters down and wasted your time in power .. even worse, you allowed Labour in to gerrymander the laws. None of you, thanks.” —“Picking Badenoch will be the final extinction event for the Tories.” —“Creatures fighting at the bottom of the swamp. It doesn’t matter who wins. The party will remain in the swamp.” —“Dame Priti Pa what? Show me any talent in this line-up of has-been, ramshackle collection of small-time wannabes, wanting to ruin this country’s image locally and globally.” —“Any chance of an Anglo-Saxon as Conservative leader?” —“If Lying Badenoch is elected leader the Tories won’t stand a chance! This is the woman who lied to parliament that the Tories hadn’t told the Post Office to deny compensation payments to subpostmasters… Read more »
“Manchester Airport CCTV footage released”
Thanks for posting that provided by Chris Rose.
It does show how easily one criminal can floor two female police officers, though, leaving their stronger male colleague to finally immobilise the b*stard, even though he had been severely punched up himself.