News Round-Up
- “£1 billion blow to Starmer’s push for growth” – The owner of P&O Ferries is shelving its £1 billion investment in the London Gateway port – the centrepiece of Labour’s ‘global investment summit’ on Monday – after the Transport Secretary called the firm a “rogue operator”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour’s investment summit is dead on arrival” – The event’s chaotic lead-up illustrates everything that’s going wrong for the Starmer administration, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Qatar dumps £300 million Sainsbury’s stake as Reeves prepares tax raid” – Qatar is the latest international investor to pull out of Britain ahead of Labour’s Budget, according to the Telegraph.
- “Rachel Reeves plan to ‘hike CGT to 39%’ would cost £100 million, say HMRC” – The Chancellor is considering hiking Capital Gains Tax, even though the Treasury has warned it would cost billions.
- “Employers made to foot the bill for union ‘diversity pilgrims’ under Rayner’s reforms” – Employers aren’t happy about the Employment Rights Act, according to the Telegraph.
- “Private school exodus could be twice as bad as predicted” – The author of the IFS report used by Labour to claim their VAT raid on private schools will raise £1.7 billion back tracks on his wildly over-optimistic prediction, according to the Telegraph.
- “The NHS: Where does all the money go?” – In part 10 of their ongoing investigation into the NHS’s habit of spunking taxpayers’ money up the wall, Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson turn their attention to ‘wellbeing boards’.
- “Labour’s betrayal of free speech has had devastating consequences” – The very qualities that make Cambridge University a world-leading institution have been stripped away, says James Orr, with the Freedom of Speech Act being the only thing that can restore them.
- “‘It’s a disgrace’” – On TalkTV, I condemn the cowardice of the Cambridge students who no-platformed Suella Braverman.
- “Starmer’s Government is blinded by ideology” – In CapX, Mark Sidwell says the reason everything is going wrong for Labour is because it’s driven by a misguided ideology: that they know best.
- “Robert Jenrick faces Tory split over his plan to leave ECHR” – The former immigration minister says if we want to deport dangerous criminals we’ll have to repeal the Human Rights Act, according to the Times.
- “UNRWA implicated in Hamas terror attacks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize” – As the Hamas-infested UNRWA is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, the father of a man killed by Hamas in the October 7th massacre says it should receive “a Nobel Prize for Terror”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Global institutions can no longer hide their anti-Western malignancy” – As the example of UNRWA so painfully illustrates, we can’t depend on the post-war framework anymore to keep us safe, says Andrew Roberts in the Telegraph.
- “CBS aired Kamala Harris giving two different answers to the same question” – Harris’s word salad in response to a question on Israel during her 60 Minutes interview was edited out, says the Telegraph.
- “Obama admits ‘brothers’ are not coming out to vote for Kamala” – American’s former President appeals to black men to support Kamala Harris’s campaign by giving them spurious reasons, reports the Telegraph.
- “J.D. Vance Is Right About ‘Experts’” – In the Wall St Journal, Sander Gerber and Stephen Miran say J.D. Vance was right to be sceptical about the views of experts in his debate with Tim Walz.
- “Trump aides are holding their breath, as he makes a final risky gamble” – With less than four weeks to go, this is the closest-fought presidential election in modern history, writes Michael Wolff in the Mail.
- “Where did it all go wrong for Justin Trudeau?” – After nine years in office, the Canadian prime minister’s approval ratings have plummeted and voters are calling for his resignation, reports the Times.
- “Authors of a big new paper on Covid’s heart risks presented its results in a misleading way likely to scare people the paper itself shows are not in danger” – Alex Berenson’s latest Substack post is about a misleading write-up of some research into the heart risks of having Covid.
- “Mandatory vaccines considered as part of Stormont consultation” – For once, BBC News has said the quiet part out loud, pointing out that new laws being considered in Northern Ireland would make vaccination mandatory.
- “Princess Twinkletoes Sturgeon’s tougher Covid rules probably useless” – In his memoir, Boris Johnson says Nicola Sturgeon pursued “policy of gratuitous differentiation” during the pandemic, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Trans activists release cockroaches’ during LGB Alliance conference” – An LGB Alliance conference held in Westminster yesterday was thrown into chaos after trans activists released cockroaches, meal worms and crickets inside the venue, reports the Mail.
- “Pro-life buffer zone residents could face £10,000 fines” – John Swinney’s SNP Government have laid out its rules for anti-abortionists north of the border, and the measures are even worse than campaigners first imagined, says Steerpike in the Spectator.
- “The climate scaremongers: BBC suppresses good news on India’s monsoons” – According to Paul Homewood in the Conservative Woman, India’s monsoon season has been wetter than usual, which is great news.
- “Elton Welsby interview: I’m not afraid to say I don’t think lady commentators are as good as men” – In the Telegraph, veteran sports commentator Elton Welsby says he doesn’t think female pundits are as good as men. Shouldn’t he be referred to Prevent?
- “Female British captain’s gender ‘played no part’ in sinking of navy ship” – The sinking of a Royal New Zealand Navy ship in the South Pacific – the first Kiwi ship to sink since the Second World War – had nothing to do with the fact that the captain is a woman, according to the Telegraph.
- “Ron DeSantis absolutely nukes a reporter who tried to tie yesterday’s tornadoes from Hurricane Milton to global warming” – Ron DeSantis shows what real leadership looks like as he debunks claims that Hurricane Milton was caused by climate change.
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He had previously assaulted her but was let out on bail, only to then go on to murder her. Same old story. If only he’d posted some anti-establishment words on social media ( though with his background I’m sure it’d be overlooked ) he might have been banged up like the other ‘meme terrorists’, and this young woman would still be alive; ”A 26-year-old North African man has been arrested in Dublin in connection with the murder of Mary Ward, a 22-year-old mother of one from Belfast. The suspect, who had legal status in Northern Ireland, is believed to have crossed into the Republic of Ireland shortly after the killing, evading authorities for several days before being tracked down by Gardaí. Mary Ward’s body was discovered in her south Belfast home on Oct. 1, nearly a week after her death. She is understood to have died from multiple neck wounds on Sept. 25. Initially, police considered her death a possible suicide but a murder investigation was launched on Oct. 4 following a post-mortem. The suspect, who had an address in Belfast, was known to the victim and had previously been arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after… Read more »
Despite the fact there’s always been homegrown, native rapists, murderers and whatnot, don’t you sometimes wonder how many less murders, stabbings and sex crimes there’d be had there been no uncontrolled immigration for donkey’s years?, and illegals and lawbreakers actually got deported? And 8 years is apparently a life sentence in the UK. What a sick joke, but at least this victim survived. But neither government wants to get rid of scum like this and this begs the question: why?; ”A homeless Kurdish migrant living in Britain has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 8 years for the attempted murder of a Polish mailman. Brwa Shorsh, 24, was sentenced on Thursday at Inner London Crown Court. He was convicted in July of pushing 60-year-old Tadeusz Potoczek onto the tracks at Oxford Circus tube station on Feb. 3. Potoczek, who was heading home from work, narrowly escaped death by staying on his feet and avoiding the live rail on the Victoria Line track. He was pulled to safety by a passerby just seconds before a train arrived. Shorsh told officers he had pushed the Pole because he had allegedly given him a “dirty look” as he… Read more »
Robert Jenrick faces Tory split over his plan to leave ECHR ‘Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced and repeated that his desire to expel foreigners deemed dangerous would not weaken in the face of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ministry kept its promise. It even went further, in an unprecedented way. On November 14, its services expelled a 39-year-old Uzbek national, Mr. A., even though a decision of the ECHR prohibited him from doing so. And without waiting for the administrative court – seized of an urgent appeal against the expulsion – to rule.’ https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/12/01/la-france-procede-a-l-expulsion-en-passant-outre-une-decision-de-la-cedh-pour-la-premiere-fois_6203343_3224.html Dec. 2023 ‘Greek authorities continue to ignore interim measures by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) as well as distress calls. Turkiye deemed a safe third country by Greece for Afghans and Syrians has increased efforts to return refugees to these countries. Greece continues to apply “systematic detention of asylum seekers” despite mounting international critique.’ https://ecre.org/greece-authorities-ignore-ecthr-interim-measures-and-distress-calls-as-turkiye-increase-return-efforts-of-refugees-systematic-detention-of-asylum-seekers-persists/ Jun. 2022 ‘Recently, for example, Poland refused to comply with an order for interim measures. The applicants were Polish judges of the Warsaw Court of Appeal who were transferred against their will from the criminal division to other divisions of that court, a move that they argued was a… Read more »
Different countries, same problems. Zero excuses for not abiding by the law of land that you presumably want to live in, otherwise why even bother to leave your own country? ”Non-Western immigrants and their descendants are vastly overrepresented in Danish crime statistics. Citing numbers from the Ministry of Justice, Berlingske reports that non-Western immigrants, who make up 8.4% of the Danish population, commit 14% of the country’s crimes of aggravated violence and 24.3% of the rapes, judging by number of convicted. Maybe even more concerning are the figures for second-generation non-Western immigrants. Making up a mere 2.2% of the population, this demographic is responsible for 15.6% of the violent crimes and 8.1% of the rapes. Put together, this means perpetrators of 29.6% of the country’s violent crimes and 32.4% of rapes are from a non-Western background, despite only making up 10.6% of the population. “These are deeply disturbing numbers. Therefore, we must take strong and decisive action against this behavior, which is completely unacceptable,” Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard told Berlingske. “It makes me indescribably angry that individuals we have invited into our country repay us by committing rape and severe violence, which destroys other people’s lives here in Denmark,” he said. Researcher Lars… Read more »
Don’t doubt this data, import the 3rd world, become the 3rd world.. but would the West have less immigration if foreign policies provided more stability in their home countries and wouldn’t it be addressing the root cause, or at least one root cause of migration and the excuse to use the term “asylum seeker”…
Back to the point of the MIC and the banksters again…. Destabilising the globe, bombing countries out of greed…
The fact is, that a more peaceful world without arms industry manufacturing that “stimulates economies” would benefit all…
In dream land maybe it would!
Mankind has defended himself ever since he could pick up a stick, do you really think inbuilt id (lizard brain) is going to change now?
You clearly don’t understand.
The MIC create wars to feed the machine, just like Big Pharma creates Ill health..
You all seem to own a strong sceptical veiw since the scandemic regarding big Pharma but the MIC is no different…. You just haven’t cottoned on to it yet…. Because unlike the scandemic it’s not confronted you yet, but in a way it has, just indirectly but you’re too stupid to see it..
Do you think it right that politicians who are directly involved in foreign policy decisions should have financial interests in MIC???…
Do you think it right the MIC has powerful lobbying?
Do you think it’s right that the banksters promote war so that they can profit from lending?
Or have you never thought about it..
Humans have always fought, but modern wars with all their modern weaponry are promoted…. Period.
The Endless War Machine…
Now apply this to the Gaza genocide…
You clearly don’t understand the human psyche, stupid!
“if foreign policies provided more stability in their home countries”
Why is it the modern advanced nations always seem to be the ones to blame for all the poor 3rd World countries ills?
Why, having had 800,000 years more evolution to promote their own African countries and work to building them into advanced nations, do they seem not to have managed it? so they just decide to leave and come to ours?
Your just another 3rd world apologist
You’re (notice the spelling) just another naive member of this forum… Believing in the Israeli narrative and polarising the debate like so many do.. “Why is it the modern advanced nations always seem to be the ones to blame for all the poor 3rd World countries ills?” That isn’t what I said or implied.. It’s like being on a forum for under 12s.. The point I’m making, is that the corruption within our political systems and the lobbying of the MIC (which is a statement of fact) do not, in the long term provide global stability… You have clearly learnt nothing from the Iraq war as an example, lies to start it (weapons of mass destruction) years of spending billions, million life’s lost, for zero gain… Blair a war criminal and the MIC profiteering was the gain. Afghanistan the same… It’s all about shifting tax payers money into private hands (corporations) And you, in your utter naivety and stupidity support all of this…. Anyway enough of talking to the gullible and naive, I’ve had enough of it on here, honestly it’s pathetic, there’s a few that see through the charade and see the wider picture and understand what’s really going… Read more »
Ho you are such a tosser!
Why is everything about Israel?
I never even mentioned Israel!
Good grief talk about tunnel vision!
You’re another swallower of the propaganda.. Hook line and sinker….
Illegal immigration is facilitated by weak border controls. Weak border controls derive from the conventional disarmament that has taken place in Europe since 1990, resulting in a loss of national self confidence by European nation states. ‘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.’ DeWitt Smith (DWS) That conventional disarmament has encouraged adventurist imperialism by various totalitarian fascist dictatorships. ‘…..makes imperative a stable conventional balance in Europe. Without that stability there can be no political or military counter to expanding (Russian) influence in the Near East, South Asia, Africa, or in the great ocean basins upon which an interdependent world relies. Not the least of these ocean areas are the North Atlantic and North Pacific-vital to North Americans’ DWS ‘During the Cold War, NATO allies invested heavily in conventional, forward-based “shield forces” in West Germany and central Europe. These forces boost the credibility of nuclear deterrence by deterring any incursion which could lead up the escalation ladder toward nuclear use. Yet today, Europe’s conventional forces are underpowered……..years of reductions after the Cold War left European allies… Read more »
“Any Military Industrial Complex that may once have existed, much of it state owned, is long gone.”
Absolute nonsense, it’s just privately owned now.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/confronting-britains-militaryindustrial-complex/
The defence industry in Britain has, historically, been private. The Royal Ordnance Factories were an aberration.
There is a defence industry lobby just as there is a political lobby from every other industry.
But there are no votes in defence so politicians pay little attention to the defence industry lobby.
It is politicians like Blair who take us into wars. They will the mission but, so ineffective is the defence industry lobby, they do not will the means.
That is how we find ourselves without any conventional deterrent while the largest war since Vietnam rages in Europe.
“£1 billion blow to Starmer’s push for growth”
P&O not DEI enough for the two silly little labour girls then?
“Robert Jenrick faces Tory split over his plan to leave ECHR”
If the Tories can’t make up their minds about leaving the ECHR then they are finished.. where have all the conservatives gone?
“Princess Twinkletoes Sturgeon’s tougher Covid rules probably useless”: Boris Johnson
Bollicks to Boris! We don’t need spent has been’s, we need strong new leaders
Johnson is guilty of crimes against humanity and that should always be remembered.
Morning Huxley sweetie.. You’re no longer trolling me about leaving… How come..
“Where did it all go wrong for Justin Trudeau?”
At birth?
“Mandatory vaccines considered as part of Stormont consultation”
Every one of them that ever tried to do this to me would end up with serious contusions and life threatening injuries before they got that filthy f-ing needle near my arm!
I don’t like government and its bureaucracy. But if we have to have it, then I definitely want someone like DeSantis leading it.
https://www.gbnews.com/travel/british-airways-cancels-hundreds-flights
The only reason I can think of for this action is “you must self sacrifice on the alter of climate change”
What other possible need is there for a viable respected company to do this to itself?
“Services have been cancelled, suspended and postponed due to wear and tear on the airline’s engines”
Bullpoo!
That’s like the postman saying he’s got to stop delivering letters because it’s wearing his shoes out!
You’ve posted numours absolutely pointless posts..
Nothing new, nothing interesting just snippets of msm.. Wow..
Yes, just to explain they are called comments, on the comments section!
Glad I could help you out there, it must be difficult for you to grasp, bless
“Ron DeSantis absolutely nukes a reporter who tried to tie yesterday’s tornadoes from Hurricane Milton to global warming”
Brilliant— as Toby Young said,
“RON DESANTIS SHOWS WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE…”
And the bizarre infatuation of American Patriots for the Charlatan AntiChrist Drumpf, and the infatuation of Weedy Wet Liberals for the Charlatan Cackling Kamala, shows what Globalist Brainwashing looks like.