News Round-Up
- “Police ‘hero’ should not have been charged with Kaba shooting, say MPs” – The CPS has come under fire from politicians and the Met Police Chief, the Telegraph reports, with Robert Jenrick describing Sgt Martyn Blake as a “hero” and saying the decision to prosecute him was wrong.
- “Labour campaigner’s oil company joins North Sea exodus amid tax raid” – A Labour campaigner’s oil and gas company is to sell its North Sea assets after concluding Britain is no longer attractive enough for investment, the Telegraph reports.
- “Keir Starmer’s concerning decision to ditch Shakespeare’s portrait” – Keir Starmer campaigned in the most uninspiring, plodding prose imaginable, and has now chosen to govern in what might politely be compared to a child’s first attempt at poetry, says Alexander Larman in the Spectator.
- “Lammy’s China appeasement is a national humiliation” – In the Telegraph, Andrew Orlowski warns that under Labour’s supine approach to China, to fight Beijing we would first need its permission to make some bullets.
- “Rayner’s workers’ rights overhaul to cost employers up to £5bn a year” – Angela Rayner’s sweeping overhaul of workers’ rights could cost employers almost £5bn a year, the Government’s own analysis has found, according to the Telegraph.
- “Left-wing smears against Churchill reveal the agenda of their pedlars” – In the Telegraph, David Frost defends Britain’s great wartime PM from the Left’s anachronistic ravings.
- “Criminals could serve sentences at home” – Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, is drawing up plans for the expansion of community punishments, including “virtual prisons”, says the Telegraph. Forget WFH, now it’s JFH: jail from home.
- “Protesters holding ‘Justice for Chris Kaba’ signs gather outside the Old Bailey after Met marksman who shot him dead is found not guilty of murder – as police release footage of moment officer opened fire” – Demonstrators including Black Lives Matter protesters have gathered outside the Old Bailey in central London holding placards and banners in opposition of the verdict, reports the Mail.
- “Mandatory euthanasia, appoint Tony Blair as health chief… and cinema tickets for all! As Labour launches a public consultation on NHS reform, the website is deluged with not-so-serious suggestions” – The online consultation website, which immediately publishes all responses, has seen Brits flood the site with not-so-serious suggestions, says the Mail.
- “Egypt and Tunisia ‘not interested’ in migrant deals with EU” – Egypt and Tunisia have shown little or no interest in striking deals with Brussels to drive down migrant crossings from North Africa to Europe, according to leaked EU documents as reported in the Telegraph.
- “Why Wes Streeting’s ‘prevention’ agenda is sinister” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark is feeling a sense of alarm at the Health Secretary’s nannying obsession with “preventing” disease.
- “Rayner prepares unprecedented crackdown on Right to Buy” – Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is to take an axe to the Margaret Thatcher-era scheme, despite previously benefitting from it, reports the Telegraph.
- “The Tories need to show they have something fresh to offer – and Kemi may be just the woman to do it” – In the Telegraph, Charles Moore tentatively backs Badenoch for Tory leader.
- “Did Kamala Harris work at McDonald’s? Here’s everything we know” – What has Kamala Harris said? Why has Donald Trump jumped on it? Has McDonald’s confirmed she worked at the restaurant? The Telegraph looks in detail at the latest unexpected U.S. election talking point.
- “American baby boomers race to ‘unretire’ ahead of U.S. election” – Rising costs are forcing American baby boomers to “unretire” ahead of the U.S. election, as President Joe Biden’s green investment boom fails to deliver benefits for ordinary voters, the Telegraph reports.
- “Why black men in Martin Luther King’s hometown won’t vote for Kamala Harris” – The Democratic candidate is struggling to win the support of African Americans, who feel she is prioritising identity over policy, says the Telegraph.
- “On the Constant, Unrelenting and Unhinged Anti-Trump Propaganda of the German Media” – The German public is completely clueless about the true state of the U.S. Presidential race, and Eugyppius knows who is to blame.
- “Moldova’s EU referendum has strengthened Russia” – Moldova’s vote in favour of joining the European Union should have been a source of joy for the country’s pro-Europe President, Maia Sandu, but the extremely narrow margin of victory (50.46% in favour) has distinctly soured the mood, says Bethany Elliott in UnHerd.
- “Thousands evacuate northern Gaza after resurgence of Hamas” – Thousands of Palestinian civilians have been filmed fleeing northern Gaza amid fierce fighting and a resurgence of Hamas activity, the Telegraph reports.
- “Australian Senator who heckled King wore Hamas-style headband” – Lidia Thorpe was pictured wearing a headband in July reminiscent of those worn by the October 7th attackers, reports the Telegraph.
- “Australian Senator posts beheaded King cartoon after bereating him” – An Australian Senator who berated King Charles III and shouted “You are not my King” during a welcome reception has now posted a cartoon of the monarch beheaded, reports the Mail.
- “Covid jabs for mothers-to-be: The lies keep on coming” – In TCW, Dr. Roger Watson is dismayed at the latest Covid vaccine propaganda directed at pregnant women.
- “Indonesia Dumps Climate Politics in Favour of Energy Security” – Indonesia relies on plentiful and affordable power from coal to produce almost half of the world’s nickel, a key material in EV batteries, says Vijay Jayaraj in WUWT. This makes zero ‘climate’ sense.
- “Now woke civil service guide warns against using the phrase ‘Millennial’ because the term is ‘harmful’ language” – Civil servants have been advised against using terms to describe generations of people – such as “Millennial”, “Generation X” and “Baby Boomers” – to avoid offence, reports the Mail.
- “Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling mock SNP over list of 24 official genders” – SNP ministers have been mocked by J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk after the Scottish Government issued an official list of 24 different genders, reports the Telegraph.
- “Transgender darts player hits out at ‘toxic b—–s’ after booking World Championship spot” – Noa-Lynn van Leuven, a transgender ‘woman’ allowed to claim one of two female spots at the PDC World Darts Championship, has branded players who oppose his participation “toxic b—–s”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Parents should be worried about Labour’s trans plans” – If Starmer, Phillipson and Dodds want to signal their virtue, they need to do it in a way that doesn’t risk criminalising people for speaking the truth and hinders others from receiving the help that they need, says Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
- “Microsoft Word ‘censors’ the term maternity leave” – Microsoft Word has been accused of “censoring” the term “maternity leave” because it is not inclusive enough, reports the Telegraph.
- “Met Police special constable admits posting offensive tweets about Jewish and non-Muslim people – but insists she shouldn’t be sacked” – A Met Police special constable has admitted to posting offensive tweets about Jewish and non-Muslim people, but insisted she shouldn’t be sacked, says the Mail.
- “The strange paradox of Britain’s treatment of miscarriages” – The U.K. Government has started sending mothers condolences for the deaths of unborn children under 24 weeks gestation, even though such infants are routinely destroyed by the NHS. This is incoherent, says Rhys Laverty in the Spectator. If the Government now thinks they’re babies it should probably stop killing them.
- “Gulls face being put on contraceptive pill to reduce attacks” – Worcester council proposes a “safe sex for seagulls” plan to cut the number of attacks on residents by lacing their food with birth control drugs, the Telegraph reports.
- “Ten reasons why we must leave the ECHR and take back control of our borders” – In TCW, Matthew Goodwin offers 10 reason to leave the ECHR: 1. Ahmed Ali Alid; 2. Sakhidad Ahadil; 3. Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon… you get the idea.
- “Hezbollah official: ‘We’re currently investing in protests and demonstrations in Western countries, especially among college students’” – On X, Dr. Maalouf posts an old video showing the decade-old plan by Hamas, Hezbollah and Qatar to destroy Europe and America.
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Lammy’s China appeasement is a national humiliation ‘Under Labour’s supine approach to China, to fight Beijing we would first need its permission to make some bullets.’ Oh! I thought Britain’s ‘Military/Industrial Complex’ was so big and powerful that it represented a threat to democracy? That kind of 1960s ‘hey man, far out’ hippy sh*t has not aged well. ‘Successive governments have failed to invest wisely in the nation’s defence capabilities. The Conservatives emphasis on competition and market forces rather than on resilience has resulted a series of defence programme horror stories and a general lack of industrial investment.’ ‘The state of Britain’s air capabilities was brutally exposed in an earlier Defence Committee report. The state of the British Army is no better. But the problem is not just one of equipment. The Services are all struggling to recruit and retain personnel across a number of areas. As a result, many of the army’s infantry battalions are short of personnel whilst the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been unable to crew some of their existing ships. Efforts towards improving the diversity of the armed forces have had limited results whilst the more traditional areas for recruitment have tended to dry… Read more »
The UK military services are apparently suffering from recruitment difficulties because they optimally want their fighting forces to be led by coloured transgender lesbians (or similar) while the UK population is trying to work out which of the dozens of possible genders they belong to. China has vastly more resources and a population of only males and females which is twenty times the size of UK’s. So why should we prepare for war with China? Firstly, what possible reason should we have for attacking China, a country which clearly has no reason nor any desire to threaten us, and is furthermore pretty far distant from our own shores? The days of the glorious British Empire are ever so sadly long gone. Whereas the days of hippies preaching “Peace, brother” may also be over, the basic message should be that peace is always vastly less destructive to all concerned than war. I agree that UK should have a strong defence force but only for defence, whereby I cannot imagine anyone dumb enough to want to take over our country in its current state. And your worries about Moldova (has everybody checked where it is on the map?) are heartening but if… Read more »
The tap on the shoulder….the knock on the door…..
‘There’s a large community of Russian dissidents in the U.K, several of whom are in contact with Scotland Yard about their safety. Some of them live everyday in fear and have to employ heavy-duty security measures. I would have thought it’s only a matter of time before there’s another suspicious death.’
The real risk to them is from our own agencies arranging their demisefor political capital
What makes you say that?
Moldova’s EU referendum has strengthened Russia
‘Scenes of disorder are likely to take place in Moldova in the coming days: authorities believe Moscow was behind a wave of pre-election vandalism against government buildings and have detained around 300 people suspected of being trained in Russia to break police cordons and spark public disorder. However, this is nothing compared to the energy the Kremlin will now likely expend to get rid of Sandu
‘the first round of the presidential election, in which Sandu took 42.3% of the vote. Her main rival, former prosecutor-general Alexandr Stoianoglo, won 26.1% — far stronger than the 10% that he had previously polled.’
‘Moldovan authorities this month accused pro-Russia Moldovan-Israeli tycoon Ilan Shor and his affiliates of funnelling over $15million in Russian funds to around 130,000 Moldovan citizens — roughly 10% of the active electorate. In a Telegram video last month, Shor said he would pay voters for registering with his campaign and even more for voting…’
Coming to a town near you…….
I made this comment yesterday, in response to various commenters who understandably aren’t happy about the DS’s reliance for their content in the Round-Up section on the Telegraph and Mail. Apologies for repeating it, but here seems a better place: “I tend to agree with some of the criticisms here of the Round-Up section and its over-reliance on the Telegraph and the Mail, with only a sprinkling of one or two others – but I’m thinking that perhaps this has been inevitable to some degree, according to subject matter. What I mean is that in the case of something as cut & dry as Climate Change, for instance, hoping to find anything criticizing the ‘official narrative’ is very difficult, other than in the pages of the Telegraph and one or two others. The same goes for material sceptical of the official line on transgenderism, both of these subjects being matters of objective truth. In the case of something as complex and subject to interpretation as the Israel/Palestine question or the US elections, however, surely some views from elsewhere would be welcome – useful even. Personally speaking I’m by instinct pro-Israel and pro-Trump, but reading one or two comments here, I’m… Read more »
God bless the Daily Sceptic.
It does not have much budget and the staff are, doubtless, extremely busy.
I am forever in their debt for the effort that they have put in over the years in order to keep ‘we happy few’ sane.
The articles they reference at the beginning of the day simply point out most of the key topical controversies.
It surely is not too much to hope that most will then do a trawl and make their own contribution to the debate, is it?
Well yes I see what you mean – thanks indeed to them, often expressed by me as by many others over the last few years. But I’m not sure we’re talking about the same section; you mention the “beginning of the day”; do you mean (as I do) the Round-Up section, which comes at the end of the main body of articles? Assuming you do, yes, one would hope that people do a trawl, as you say, and make up their own minds. But do they? Some, for sure – many, probably not. But the very fact that clearly intelligent people are getting so cross about the apparent bias towards the DT and the Mail suggests at least that some awareness of contrary views could be included in the listings, don’t you think?
Everyone is entitled to their view.
It is not one that I share.
Spoon feeding should not, I think, be required by ‘clearly intelligent people’, should it?
I like the way you make your point here – it is how people used to disagree before the internet offered anonymity.
Agree thanks. Suggest a wider net would be appreciated too. Jerusalem Post, @hillelneuer for the UN; National Review, @douglascarswell for US; @michaelxpettis and @hsu_steve for China, @ChrisMartzWX and @NikolovScience for climate; @TheEveryMichael for macro; @Euan_MacDonald and @PhillipsPOBrien for UKR,
or just a sidebar noting DS reads etc. ?
Agree with you, apart from the DT getting their mojo back. You have to wonder when you read Suzanne Moore’s hit piece on Trump. Not exactly a balanced piece to say the least.
But a piece to offer balance to the rest of the paper?
Guardian journalist Ms Moore was no doubt taken on to do exactly that.
Yes, all I meant was that in comparison to they showing during the Covid period, they seem to be back on form. But yes I’m sure they’re still capable of the unexpected.
As was pointed out in comment after comment below the line. These are often what offer the balance, although the DT has a bad habit of getting rid of comments or stopping them altogether.
I believe the Telegraph still receives a good few quid from Billy gates doesn’t it, or was that a one off?
“In the case of something as complex and subject to interpretation as the Israel/Palestine question or the US elections, however, surely some views from elsewhere would be welcome – useful even.“
Where does that end though? Why just “some views” from elsewhere, why not 50:50 balance? Why not 50% views in favour of the Covid vaccines, in favour of transgender ideology, in favour of current climate change policies, etc.
If you want a news source which claims to be balanced and objective, you should go to BBC News.
I don’t want the Daily Sceptic to resemble BBC News.
There’s nothing to stop Daily Sceptic readers reading other views elsewhere.
I gather there is more to the Moldova Eu vote?
I read yesterday that the Moldovians in Moldova voted not to join the EU.
The Moldovans living in the EU swayed this vote to a slim majority to join the EU whilst the Moldovians in Russia were
not allowed to vote?
The difference being that one side apparently has documentary and other evidence for its claims:
‘Moldovan police also previously announced they have seized money and documents allegedly linked to Russian-backed groups looking to confuse the voting process.’
Whereas the other does not (though it is probably confecting some) and would not, in any case, be believed by most.
Some third interested and proximate parties are, meanwhile, finding the whole matter quite entertaining.
‘Russians complaining about unfair elections in Moldova will never stop being hilarious.’
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1848407302031679552?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Evidence like “ money and documents allegedly linked to Russian-backed groups”?
And you claim there was never any interference or any influence from pro-EU sources? Hardly credible in today’s world.
They were, but it was not made easy. There were two polling stations opened in Moscow and that was it.
Interesting. Thank you.
“Gulls face being put on contraceptive pill to reduce attacks”
We need to do this for DOGS.
“Transgender darts player hits out at ‘toxic b—–s’ after booking World Championship spot”
I think Darts is one of a number of sports where the physique of the participant is not relative to their likely-hood of success. Therefore to me it makes little difference if you are Bryan, or put on a tutu and go by the name of Brianna. All that matters is your skill from 8 feet. What does concern me is that there seems to always be an edge to the participation of Trans competitors, as if ability to compete is secondary to some kind of political advantage they have gained..
In darts, yes agree, however, is it fair that a ladies title is given to a faux woman, one with the meat and veg still swinging? Bit like scholarship for ladies being given to ‘modern women, the ones with beards’, not really cricket though is it…..