News Round-Up
- “Six hostages’ bodies retrieved, Israel’s military says” – The bodies of six hostages being held by Hamas have been retrieved from an “underground tunnel route” inside the Gaza Strip, says the BBC.
- “Rioter who shouted in a police dog’s face jailed for 20 months” – A rioter who shouted at a police dog has been sent to prison for 20 months, reports the Telegraph.
- “Starmer’s red dawn” – The Government has taken on the role of judge, jury, and executioner for anyone daring to oppose unrestricted immigration, writes Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “U.K.’s draconian ‘online safety’ laws are turning traditional values into criminal ‘hate speech’” – New U.K. surveillance measures could criminalise encrypted messaging and other private communications as part of a broader effort to suppress dissent, says Frank Wright in LifeSiteNews.
- “Keir Starmer faces fresh questions about the influence of union barons” – Some 13 union barons sit on the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee, including the boss of the rail union that called strikes just 48 hours after accepting a deal that gave his union a 14.25% pay hike, reports the Mail.
- “Getting talent back into the political clown show” – On Substack, Ed West agrees with Dominic Cummings’s guide to fixing Britain which involves, among other things, slimming down the Civil Service and paying top Civil Servants more.
- “Labour are setting the stage for a Tory revival” – There has been a positive change in morale in the Conservative Party, notes Bruce Anderson in CapX.
- “People of the lie” – Evil flourishes in a world grown comfortable with constant lying, writes John Leake on the Courageous Discourse Substack.
- “PM continues to face backlash over scrapping winter fuel payments” – Keir Starmer is continuing to face a backlash over scrapping winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners as he boasts of making Britain an “energy superpower”, reports the Mail.
- “Angela Rayner overrules Labour council to approve airport expansion” – London City Airport has been given the green light to fly millions more passengers each year after Angela Rayner overruled the Labour-run Newham Council, says the Express.
- “Council forces households to use 10 bins for rubbish and recycling” – Families in some parts of the country are forced to sort their rubbish into as many as 10 different bins and bags, reports LBC.
- “Ultra-processed food and elite opinion” – Simon Wroe’s article in the FT, which calls for bans on ultra-processed foods, is just another flashy idea that misses the mark on tackling obesity, says Christopher Snowdon on his Substack.
- “‘Disaster’ for locals as motorists shun car park after 600% tariff hike” – A council has been accused of “raking it in” at the expense of local businesses and residents after hiking charges in a car park by close to 600%, reports Kent Online.
- “New Gail’s store at centre of gentrification row announces opening” – The new Gail’s store at the centre of a gentrification storm in Walthamstow has put up signs featuring a bearded hipster to announce it’s opening, despite a petition from locals to shut it down, says the Mail.
- “Silent prayer could soon become a crime” – Labour’s plan to beef up the buffer zones around abortion clinics would literally criminalise the thoughts in your head, warns Andrew Tettenborn in Spiked.
- “Fenced in by fear: our world is run by the anxious” – Across Britain, we see all sorts of things fenced off, our way constantly barred by some local official, writes Spaceman Spiff on his Substack.
- “Pupil laptops axed to fund pay rises” – The SNP has been accused of “shamefully” breaking its flagship manifesto promise to give every pupil a laptop after using the cash for pay deals instead, reports the Scottish Express.
- “Scotland’s drug deaths still worst in Europe after 12% rise” – The number of people who died due to drug misuse in Scotland has risen sharply, according to the BBC.
- “The ‘toxic’ chat show powering the French far-Right” – What do you get when a Tunisian Jew walks into a TV channel owned by an ultra-conservative billionaire? You get one of the most popular chat shows in France, which in July lost its broadcasting licence due to thousands of complaints, writes Rose George in the Telegraph.
- “Australia’s eSaftey Commissioner gives the censorship game away on Q+A” – Amid bipartisan calls to tighten the screws on social media platforms in Australia, an appearance by the eSafety Commissioner on the TV panel show Q+A accidentally gave the game away, says Rebekah Barnett on her Substack.
- “Lucy Letby’s case must be urgently reviewed, says Dorries” – Former nurse and ex-Tory Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has urged the Justice Secretary to “become involved” in a growing debate over Lucy Letby’s convictions, reports the Telegraph.
- “Doctors sue British tabloid for libel and win first battle round” – Two doctors have scored a major victory in the U.K.’s High Court, highlighting how journalists cover scientific issues and discredit those who challenge the official narrative, says Dr. Maryanne Demasi on her Substack.
- “Doctor who earned £10,000 moonlighting at two hospitals returns to work” – A trainee doctor who pocketed almost £10,000 in sick pay while moonlighting at two different hospitals 160 miles away has been cleared to return to medical duties, reports the Mail.
- “The rise of ‘super healthy’ young women with colon cancer” – Oncologists across the world are alarmed by an obvious, and thus far unexplainable, spike in colon cancer rates among under-50s, says the Mail.
- “Biden’s swan song convention speech is delayed until the dead of night” – President Joe Biden cried and then stumbled over his words during his swan song speech at the DNC before being bumped off primetime, reports the Mail. How the mighty…
- “Transgender Paralympian breaks silence on criticism ahead of Paris” – The first transgender Paralympian has issued a defiant statement about being a “role model” ahead of competing at Paris 2024, says the Mail.
- “Creator of BBC drama Sherwood to make the Sheriff of Nottingham queer” –Sherwood creator James Graham is hoping that a “young, queer and female” Sheriff of Nottingham appearing in season two of the series will help modernise the ancient fable, according to the Mail.
- “Star Wars’ $180 million-budget prequel series The Acolyte cancelled by Disney+” – The ‘go woke, go broke’ mantra rings true as The Acolyte gets the chop amid dismal ratings, reports GB News.
- “National Gallery hires social media influencers to attract Gen Z” – The National Gallery has hired social media influencers in a bid to attract Gen Z visitors and promote its art to a new audience, says the Mail.
- “BookTok row after influencer complains her novel has ‘so many words’” – A row has erupted on BookTok – a TikTok subset hailed for “making reading cool again” – after an influencer complained that the novel she was reading had “too many words”, reports the Mail.
- “How Gen Z uncancelled Michael Barrymore” – Thirty years ago a man’s death at his home ended Michael Barrymore’s career. But now ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ has reinvented himself as the darling of TikTok, say Abigail Buchanan and Natasha Leake in the Telegraph.
- “Security for Sussex faux royal tour cost poverty-hit Colombia £1.5 million” – Local media claim Harry and Meghan’s four-day quasi-royal tour of Colombia cost eight billion pesos, sparking outrage in a country where a third live below the poverty line, reports the Mail.
- “Wise words from Timandra Harkness” – An UnHerd journalist explains why you need to tolerate disagreeable speech if you believe in free speech at Free Speech Union event.
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https://tass.com/world/1831053
Berlin has so far allocated funds for Kiev’s military support and committed to future spending in an amount of about 28 billion euros.
“The reports to the effect that we will limit support are simply incorrect,” Wolfgang Buechner, a spokesman for the Cabinet, told a news briefing. He said Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s pledge that Germany’s support for Ukraine would continue for as long as necessary remained in force.
What’s really going on?
‘More information, more discussion, more speech…….’
The comrades have no clue as to what is really going on……
‘Responding to rumours about a possible Ukrainian offensive in Zaporizhzhia, Rogozin says that “it reeks of the British a mile away in Kursk forests”, arguing that an operation of this kind would be impossible without the involvement of British intelligence.’
https://tass.com/politics/1831533
‘Russian servicemen have developed a cheap ground drone, capable of machine gun and grenade launcher fire and ammunition delivery.’
What’s really going on?
‘As part of the special operation ‘Ocheret’, conducted by the ‘I Want to Live’ project and the Freedom of Russia Legion, a Russian Drone pilot with the call sign Silver blew up the headquarters of the Storm Z battalion officers and defected to Ukraine.
Silver decided to cooperate with Ukraine in the winter of 2024, having contacted the Russian Freedom Legion.
He made this decision after witnessing war crimes and abuse by the Russian command.
Waiting for a convenient moment, Silver threw a grenade into the ventilation hole of the basement of the headquarters, where Russian officers, including his commander, were sleeping.
After completing the mission, the Russian soldier fled via a pre-arranged route and crossed into Ukrainian-controlled territory.
He has now joined the Russian Freedom Legion to fight against Putin’s regime.’
Nobody is interested. Why don’t you just give up?
Coincidentally, there is a pertinent article on pseudo-reporters from the Russian Foreign Ministry, dated 19th August. It regards the presence of western reporters in the Kursk region: “ … criminal proceedings have been instituted against a number of such representatives from foreign media outlets for illegally crossing the state border of the Russian Federation. All such incidents are carefully recorded, and appropriate action will be taken against violators. “From the journalistic perspective, these pseudo-reporters can only be regarded as traitors to the profession who have stooped as low as direct involvement in the fabrication and dissemination of Ukrainian Nazi propaganda. The nature of the stories published following their forays, including staged videos with Bandera followers holding POWs and civilians at gunpoint and interviews with militants openly flaunting Nazi stripes, clearly indicates the true purposes of this media operation on the occupied Russian lands – to whitewash the criminal Kiev regime, conceal the crimes it commits against the civilian population, further destabilise the information landscape by manipulating public opinion, rehabilitate Nazism and create enabling climate for the West’s continued support of the terrorist Kiev clique. “It is quite telling that when such journalists are caught demonstrating Nazi symbols (which is a… Read more »
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/britons-back-ukraine-support-fearing-more-invasions-if-putin-wins-7bz0x9md8
No doubt Britain’s Strategic Defence Reviewers will have noted that when the comrades are given a good kick up the backside, they tend to lose the plot.
‘More information, more discussion, more speech…..’
‘Security issues are perceived to be high on the issue agenda (+78 net importance for peace in Europe and +69 net importance for national security).’
‘There is an expectation that Russia will likely (57% likely) invade NATO countries should they win the war in Ukraine, but 44% believe NATO is unprepared for such a full scale war.’
CT Group Insights: UK Perceptions of War in Ukraine
Where do you think Russia/Putin will stop?
At a line from Kaliningrad to Odessa. That incorporates Belarus, East Ukraine, Moldova and the Suwalki corridor, a coherent defensible new iron curtain and a Russian ‘Union State’ of circa 250 million people, a new Russian ‘superpower’; phased, the timeline up to fifty years.
OK, and after that what threat would Russia/Putin pose to the UK, over and above the threat they currently pose?
They will attempt to dominate British and European foreign policy. Their paid fellow traveller political parties in Britain will attempt to dominate domestic British politics.
Well as all nations* probably do to a lesser or greater degree, they will use their influence to better their own position, and I suppose it’s possible Russia might be in a slightly stronger position to do so when they have finished all these conquests – though it seems unlikely as making war is expensive and empires usually turn out to be rather troublesome.
*The UK seems keen to buck that trend – our government loves to try and make us worse off.
As to “fellow traveller political parties” in the UK, I am far more worried about the disease of woke socialism that has taken hold, which seems in part influenced by repellent ideas from the US and in part by weird utopianism that I cannot fathom.
Fellow traveller parties who sing the patriotic soviet song “We’ll keep the red flag flying here” at their party conference?
Personally I think we have more to worry about with China. Their Belt & Road Initiative has been going on for years, it’s ubiquitous. Plus BRICS expansion shouldn’t be overlooked.
It is a lot more popular with the participants that the US technique of fomenting colour revolutions, which just appeals to the corrupt officials who are happy to accept the cash for influence deal which does absolutely nothing for the average pleb.
We wouldn’t have anything to worry about at all if we still possessed a credible conventional deterrent in Europe. ‘Strategic nuclear parity, coupled with conventional superiority in Europe, could lead to temptations…….But of equal concern to the West is the political leverage and freedom of action this condition would provide (Russia) in other areas of the world. An Atlantic community paralyzed by its military inferiority in Europe could only wring its hands as (Russian) power and influence moved unimpeded into the so-called Third World, portions of which provide the materials upon which the industrial, economic, and social health of the industrial West depend.’ ‘Erosion of the effectiveness of the Atlantic (NATO member forces) army will inevitably result in an erosion of political will, strategic flexibility, and freedom of action.’ ‘As a bare minimum, it is the role of the Atlantic army to replace the strategic nuclear deterrent as the instrument with which the attack option is foreclosed to (Russia). But that is a bare minimum. In a modern strategy the Atlantic army must provide for the West a sense of security to a degree that will encourage it to act and react in respect to global events with confidence. That… Read more »
We wouldn’t have anything to worry about at all if we still possessed a credible conventional deterrent in Europe. ‘Strategic nuclear parity … The age-old belligerent mantra, propping up the Military Industrial Complex: they have more and better weapons, so we need to make even more and even better weapons. Putin, while still fresh in office, told Clinton there was an opportunity to cut out the competition completely by Russia aligning itself with the West. But USA could not have that, could they? Just what would have become of NATO? And your long quote from Smith’s “Land Forces in Modern Strategy” is even older, from 1977, i.e. 12 years before the fall of the Iron Curtain. Times have changed but I am sure you can find a more modern version from some other US general. However, the quote “An Atlantic community … could only wring its hands as (Russian) power and influence moved unimpeded into the so-called Third World, portions of which provide the materials upon which the industrial, economic, and social health of the industrial West depend” is very revealing as to the true reason why USA (Ukraine) is fighting Russia: to get their hands on all those rare-earth and… Read more »
“The age-old belligerent mantra, propping up the Military Industrial Complex”…
Quite, one thing that has struck me in regards to Monro is that I have often wondered how heavily invested he is within the MIC..
I would not worry about BRICS. Countries are looking for partners that want to work together, without being exploited. And look at how dictatorial the EU has become, led by an unelected woman who was facing charges of corruption in her previous political position. There has to be something better.
It’s quite the dilemma for Dictator Starmer. What to do when you badly want to send meme terrorists to jail but the actual criminals you released early are reoffending and being recalled? This article only mentions Nottingham prison but it’ll surely be an issue across England;
”Inmates being released early in a bid to reduce overcrowding at a prison are reoffending and being recalled, an inspection has found.
The early release scheme – known as the end of custody supervised licence (ECSL), was brought in by the previous Conservative government in a bid to ease prison overcrowding.
Now a new report has revealed a quarter of HMP Nottingham prisoners released under the scheme were homeless, leading to “inevitable recalls”, said chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor.
Mr Taylor said while it was “uncertain how many had been recalled”, the number of inmates who were homeless when they were released early was “astonishing”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx29nwk2z39o
More on the early release of prisoners here;
”Around 2,000 prisoners will be freed early on just one day next month. A further 1,700 will then be released in October.
This is after the new Labour government changed the law to allow prisoners to be released after serving just 40% rather than the current 50% of their sentences.
On paper, the move is designed to free up prison space after the Conservatives mismanaged the service so badly. However, senior figures in the government have also made it clear that too many people are going to prison in the first place.
Criminals convicted of violence—although not sexual offenders or terrorists—who have been jailed for less than four years will be among those released on September 10th.”
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/uk-thousands-of-criminals-being-released-from-prison-many-will-be-replaced-by-rioters/
I wonder how many years it would have taken to persuade the Home Office staff to agree to increased prison capacity. It has been clear since before Priti Patel’s time that Ministers have not been in charge there for many years.
Planning consent, consultation, objections, High Court involvement to say nothing of incompetent procurement. I guess 20 years for a new prison and it would by too small when completed, just like a primary school in my town where portacabins were needed from the start.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/uks-draconian-online-safety-laws-are-turning-traditional-values-into-criminal-hate-speech/
I would urge every person reading DS today to read and absorb the contents of this article.
The UK Parliament is now blatantly nothing more than an outpost of the One World Government. We are in deep doo-doo.
I am very, very worried.
Absolutely no silent prayer either…..
There’s that old Gary Larson cartoon. What we say to dogs and what they hear.
What we say: an elderly woman scolds ger dog. “Fido, stay out of the trash!”
What they hear: puzzled dog: “£$!(*&^@”.
Or as in the case of the disturbances, what people say to dogs and what they say back.
Rioter to police dog: “Canine scum! Yesterday you were man’s best friend, now you’re just a pig!”
Police dog: “You’re nicked, son!”
If private conversations are made criminal offences and thoughts too I’m for the slammer.
Aren’t we all?
I keep thinking about the ever more visible and ever-expanding totalitarianism, and wonder what we can possibly do to resist it. I then think about the surveillance, the clampdown on speech and the growing scrutiny of thought, the DNA they almost certainly harvested from testing during Covid, the data they’ve mined, the cross references they’ve made, the AI they’ll have used to remove the anonymity of handles. I think about the organs of the military, the police and the coordination of MSM propaganda at their disposal. I think about how only a minority can even see and understand the evil approaching anyway. I think all this and I think: if there is a God, please help us, because without divine help we are truly f*cked.
Alas people generally will be too compliant, led blissfully to the slaughter, we could all abandon all social media, switch off our smartphones, wear baseball caps (facial recognition and grainy CCTV thwarted), buy less junk, avoid fast food, stop buying newspapers, refuse to watch state media channels, stop paying the BBC tax, but we know that won’t ever happen, kiss goodbye to the England we were born to, there is nothing we can do without solidarity, and education has over the years corrupted that, keep wondering if we will live to see a Spartacus moment, or the fall of another Berlin Wall, I always thought of myself as truly English, but I no longer recognise England….
I’m so glad that Malcolm Kendrick has won the first part of the defamation case. A clear hatchet-job and I’m pleased the judge saw it this way.
I first found Kendrick during the pseudo-pandemic. A sane voice and very readable. His book ‘Doctoring Data’ is excellent at highlighting the abuse of clinical trial stats.
Is it just me? I find myself becoming increasingly irritated by the term ‘elite’ when referring to those who wish to control us and turn us into functionaries of the state,
We do know that this is how these people perceive themselves but do we need a more pejorative term that better describes what they are. In my view they are certainly not elite. I know there are a number of words which might come immediately to mind (!) however, I’d be interested in whether others share my irritation.
I always refer to “the elite” in a rising tone to signify that I question their claim to the title.
It is slowly become a term of abuse in the same way as “the science”.
“the science”
Surely that should be “the $cience.”
bertie, I agree with you and rarely refer to ‘the elites. My preferred catch all as most DS readers will know is Davos Deviants because the awfulness contained in ‘deviants’ is entirely appropriate. Sometimes I refer to the ‘WEFfers” but I try always to refrain from ‘elites.’ The people to whom we refer might be “elites’ in their own universe but as far as I am concerned they are just evil.
I rather like “The Borg”
I suppose it depends on your interpretation of ‘elite’ within the context of global governance. My definition of ‘elite’ is: “a filthy, evil, parasite that believes they are superior but are, in fact, the kind of sh*t that even bleach won’t get rid of as it clings desperately to the sides of your bog”. Not intended to be a compliment.
Imagine the hospitals,prisons,roads and infrastructure you could supply if foreign aid was abandoned!
https://www.gbnews.com/news/uk-foreign-aid-british-government-spending-china-regions-richer-than-britain
Would mean Gates fake meat filth was banned as well…
“The rise of ‘super healthy’ young women with colon cancer” — But what about the rise of colon cancer in young men? — What has happened to people born since 1990 to cause this? — Vaccines? Including the HPV vaccines? — Are many cases just false diagnoses from dodgy tests, resulting in deaths from cancer treatment rather than cancer itself? The Rise in Young Men’s Colon Cancer – Colon Cancer in Men (menshealth.com) ” In 2017, a large American Cancer Society-funded study of invasive colorectal cancers found that PEOPLE BORN AROUND 1990 HAVE DOUBLE THE RISK of developing colon cancer and QUADRUPLE THE RISK of developing rectal cancer compared with those born around 1950—a finding worrisome enough to prompt the ACS to lower its recommended screening age for people of average risk of colorectal cancers from 50 to 45. ” If the trend continues, a study in JAMA Surgery predicted, by 2030 the rate of colon cancer will rise by 90 percent and that of rectal cancer by a staggering 124 percent in people ages 20 to 34. Research published in January 2024 found that colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men younger than age 50. That’s up from… Read more »