News Round-Up
- “Liz Truss is about to relinquish her mantle as agent of economic chaos” – The ex-Tory leader has a worthy successor snapping at her heels for the title of economy crasher, according to Liam Halligan in the Telegraph.
- “Labour left embarrassed by ‘total cock-up’ ahead of Budget” – The Government announced it would create five new freeports in the Budget when, in fact, it won’t. This is being described by Downing Street as a “total cock-up with the comms”, according to the Mail.
- “Hundreds of entrepreneurs prepare to quit Britain ahead of Budget tax raid” – Businesses worth £2.6 billion to the U.K. economy are exploring moving abroad, reports the Telegraph.
- “Jeremy Hunt accuses spending watchdog of ‘political bias’ over critical report” – The former Chancellor gets his licks in early ahead of an OBR report that’s expected to be critical of him and lending some support for Rachel Reeves’s ‘black hole’ allegations, says the Telegraph.
- “Morgan McSweeney in power struggle with Angela Rayner after Sue Gray ousted” – Starmer’s new Chief of Staff, having vanquished Sue Gray, now has Angela Rayner in his sights, reports the Telegraph.
- “U.K. Labour Cabinet’s long history of anti-Trump hatred” – According to Guido Fawkes, senior Labour politicians have been suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome for a long time.
- “Why Kamala Harris could pose a greater threat to democracy than Trump” – Niall Ferguson in the Mail says Kamala Harris would pose a greater threat to democracy than her Republican opponent.
- “The three hilarious hours that won Donald Trump the election” – Joe Rogan, the podcast legend, didn’t give Trump an easy time. But the former President was coherent, free-wheeling and characteristically funny, says Poppy Coburn in the Telegraph.
- “Canada is disintegrating” – In the Telegraph, Eric Kuafmann surveys the terrible damage Justin Trudeau’s woke policies have done to Canada’s sense of national identity.
- “Israel hit Iranian nuclear test sites, satellite reveals” – Israel’s recent attack on Iran appears to have damaged its nuclear programme after all, reports the Telegraph.
- “Queer running club ‘barred Israeli photographer for refusing to say he was pro-Palestine’” – An LGBT running club has been accused of discriminating against Omer Ga’ash on political grounds by excluding him because he wouldn’t denounce Israel, says the Telegraph.
- “Inside the anti-woke university where you can’t be cancelled” – At the University of Austin Texas, students are encouraged to speak their minds amid concerns campuses elsewhere have become too polarised, according to the Telegraph.
- “Fears thousands of managers could become ‘banter bouncers’ with reform” – According to the Mail, the Worker Protection Act, which requires employers to protect their employees from third-party sexual harassment, is going to make life more difficult for Britain’s beleaguered hospitality sector.
- “Sir Geoffrey Cox: Kemi Badenoch’s anti-woke crusade makes her the perfect Tory leader” – Geoffrey Cox, the former Attorney General, has praised Kemi Badenoch’s “sheer bloody mindedness” and willingness to avoid “politeness towards absurdities”, says the Telegraph.
- “Jenrick accuses ministers of complicity in ‘institutional cover-up’ over mass migration costs” – Robert Jenrick has claimed that the absence of statistics on the number of crimes committed by foreign nationals is due to a “fear of harming social cohesion”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Jenrick: Garbage personal attacks by Badenoch will destroy Tory party” – Robert Jenrick hits back after Kemi told a Sunday morning interviewer that he didn’t object to Britain’s immigration policy before his resignation from the last Cabinet over the issue, reports the Telegraph.
- “Vaccine injury is treatable: let us start trials now!” – In the Conservative Woman, Professor Angus Dalgleish says vaccine injuries are treatable and we should start trialing different treatments now.
- “Addressing allegations that DNA contamination in the mRNA shots is ‘misinformation’” – In her Substack, Rebekah Barnett makes short work of the claim by Australia’s drug regulator that reporting on the excessive synthetic DNA contamination in the modified RNA (mod-RNA) Covid vaccines is tantamount to publishing “misinformation”.
- “England’s medical chief ‘backed Scottish doctor who broke lockdown rules’” – Sir Chris Whitty was one of a group of senior figures who lamented loss of Catherine Calderwood, the Scottish Chief Medical Officer who resigned after being caught breaking lockdown rules, reports the Telegraph.
- “Busting the fossil fuel subsidy myth” – The claims that fossil fuels are receiving more subsidies from the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland than renewables are disingenuous nonsense, says David Turner on his Substack.
- “Sardinia’s wind farm nightmare – and what it means for Britain” – The island has imposed a moratorium to stop 3,000 turbines being constructed, starting a battle that could have an impact far beyond Italy, according to the Telegraph.
- “New Study: The Southeastern United States Has Been Cooling For The Last 120 Years” – According to Kenneth Richard in the No Tricks Zone, the southeastern U.S. has been cooling, not warming, for the last 120 years. Ditto Central China since 1770.
- “The crisis gripping the U.K.’s ‘offensive’ museums” – The divisive issues of human remains, looted artefacts and depraved artistic legacies are causing headaches for the woke curators of Britain’s museums, says the Telegraph.
- “German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck calls for a comprehensive internet censorship programme to stop people disagreeing with him” – The German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck used his appearance at a meeting of the German Council on Foreign Relations to call for more internet censorship, says Eugyppius on his Substack.
- “The Guardian’s latest pro-EU fear-mongering on Brexit energy costs doesn’t add up” – In yet another predictable display of anti-Brexit bias from the Guardian, journalist Lisa O’Carroll claims Brexit is costing British consumers up to £370 million a year in higher energy bills, says the Conservative Post. But her sums don’t add up.
- “Chris Kaba was victim of two-tier justice, claims head of teachers’ union” – Daniel Kebede, the super-woke head of the National Education Union, says Chris Kaba and not Tommy Robinson was the victim of ‘two-tier justice’, according to the Telegraph.
- “‘Virtue-signalling’ banks accused of endangering national security” – HSBC and NatWest are among several banks according of refusing bank accounts to defence companies, reports the Telegraph.
- “Former trans charity chief’s new company offers puberty blockers” – Susie Green, who left the transgender charity Mermaids in 2022, has launched Anne Trans Healthcare, promising puberty blockers to under-18s, reports the Times.
- “The latest ‘no brainer with Angela Rayner’” – The Intel Lady with her latest bulletin from Angela Rayner. Very funny.
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Unreal that people were forced to get poisoned & yet via Irelands new under discussion Health Bill you be forcibly jabbed !
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2024/10/moldova-elections-results?lang=en What is going on in Georgia? This: ‘..at most of the polling stations I visited, groups of people hovered outside watching voters come and go, creating an air of surveillance. They were often large, intimidating-looking men, in groups of three or four, not talking but simply watching.’ ‘…inside every single station I visited I witnessed a small video camera pointed at the voting booths or at the ballot boxes. I was told they were set up by Georgian Dream or election officials, purportedly for security and to prevent ballot stuffing. This all sent a very clear message: We are watching.’ Eoghan Murphy, head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) ODIHR election-observation mission, concluded that the parliamentary elections were not “in line with international democratic principles.” Considering the typically restrained standards of the OSCE’s commentary on elections, the ODIHR statement was remarkably critical for a diplomatic organization and outlined evidence that supports many of the claims made by national organizations and international observers. I echo Zourabichvili’s assertion that the elections were a “Russian special operation,” https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react-georgia-just-concluded-a-contested-election-with-the-countrys-future-at-stake-now-what/#laura Why? ‘Georgia provides partial control over Azerbaijan and Türkiye. For example, the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline runs through Georgia. In short, Georgia can disrupt a lot… Read more »
Our enemy is within.
The enemy within is emboldened by the success with impunity of our enemies without.
British prosecutors charged two Russians, who likely used the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, with the nerve agent poisoning of a British citizen and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury. However, within weeks, the leaders of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom concluded the Russian government was behind the attack, noting there is “no plausible alternative explanation.” Three months later, a British couple in Amesbury, England, fell severely ill after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing the same poison that affected the Skripals. The woman later died. She had sprayed the substance on her wrist, thinking it was perfume.’ Russian officials and state-run media spread several false claims after the incident including: Someone else did it: The United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom and exiled Russian oligarchs planned the attack. It was not Novichok: It was a “NATO toxin,” or Skripal was smuggling chemical weapons. The attack never happened: NATO used reports of the poisonings as a ruse to justify a budget increase, and the U.K. used them to distract from Brexit. Three weeks after the attack, two-thirds of social media posts about it came from Kremlin-supported sources, according to 2018 analysis from the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research… Read more »
Not Skripal again?! UK Column has many interesting reports on the matter. If there really was some extremely poisonous material being passed around, it can only be a huge coincidence that Porton Down, not far from Salisbury, gaily experiments with research into such poisons.
‘Dr Vil Mirzayanov exposed the existence of Novichok agents in the early 1990s, after working for 26 years as a chemist in the State Scientific Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology in Moscow, where they were developed.
His final job was to try to ensure that the secret work on chemical weapons would not be detected.
He said, “Slowly over time I came to the conclusion that I was participating in this criminal enterprise. And after that, I decided to go to the public with revelations.”
He was shocked the USSR continued to develop chemical weapons despite having signed an agreement in 1990 with the United States to stop producing and testing them.’
They were often large, intimidating-looking men, in groups of three or four, not talking but simply watching. OSCE observers? Georgians? If they were only watching, maybe they had nothing better to do? I witnessed a small video camera pointed at the voting booths or at the ballot boxes … What is wrong with wanting a record that voters and ballot boxes were not interfered with? If there were a camera pointed at the voter’s face and monitoring which box he ticked, that is a completely different story but that is not what is written here. The Kremlin’s attempted interference in Moldova’s and Georgia’s elections is the latest exhibition of its malign intent towards the West … You mean the ‘supposed’ interference, just as there is no possible reason for suspecting western/EU interference (ha, ha). And why would the Kremlin possibly have a malign intent towards the west? What possible reason could there be for such an attitude? Because dozens of countries in the West support USA’s military attempt to overthrow the Russian government? Because USA and NATO want to line missiles all along Ukraine’s 2,000km border to Russia? No, surely not! The warning signs are clear. From Ukraine to Georgia,… Read more »
‘Vladimir Putin won the presidential election for the fifth time, receiving a record 87% of the votes in the history of modern Russia, with an equally record turnout of 77%. With it comes a record level of falsifications. Cedar’s team has studied the detailed results of 12 federal elections during Putin’s reign and documented various types of violations using electoral statistics methods. This is how Russian elections transformed from being relatively fair to a complete imitation of the voting process.’
https://cedarus.io/research/evolution-of-russian-elections
And who is Cedar, questioning Putin’s success? Cedar’s “team consists of independent researchers, data scientists and journalists who have been studying Russia for many years and are now working in exile”. It is sad they are in exile but, whereas protesting against war is a good thing, countries actually at war and under existential threat have little patience with such people – as was the case, for example, in UK during WWII.
The media did not question Putin’s success at the time because western polls were expecting exactly such a result.
Putin has, however, been in power for 25 years which should normally raise eyebrows. The problem is that he is highly intelligent and an experienced and successful diplomat. He is also surrounded by highly intelligent individuals: Lavrov, Peskov, Zakharova.
If only UK could boast being led by intelligent individuals determined to benefit the country instead of destroying it!
“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.’
Russia is now ranked in fourth place in the list of economically most successful countries (from fifth place).
“Name one kidnapped child!” was the response of one of Judging Freedom’s commentators (Larry Johnson?).
I imagine many Ukrainian parents sent their children to safety in Russian schools – something that they would not want to admit to any Ukrainian authorities. Now why is that?
‘The face of the campaign portraying the Russian leadership as the savior of Ukrainian children is Mariya Lvova-Belova. The Russian children’s rights commissioner reports directly to the president, chosen by Putin to embody the family spirit, faith and patriotism. The 38-year-old is married to an Orthodox priest, has five biological children and is the guardian of several others. Lvova-Belova has never made a secret of the abduction of Ukrainian children. On the contrary: Her Telegram channel provides a rich source for investigators in The Hague. Business trips to the occupied territories and meetings with Ukrainian children in holiday camps are well documented there. Back in July, the first 14 children who had been placed with Moscow foster families received their Russian identity papers.’ ‘About Defendant Born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation. Accused LastName Vladimirovich Putin Accused FirstName Vladimir Charges Allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022. There are reasonable grounds… Read more »
Yes, the US ICC. Whatever happened to Netanyahu’s arrest warrent?
Sorry, warrant.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering a prosecution request for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and two Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Israel also faces charges of alleged state responsibility for violations of the 1948 Genocide Convention in the war in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Russia is huge, and different regions have different average salaries.
The average monthly salary for the whole Russia is about 70 000 rub (~$780 for today, but USD exchange rate is dropping like a stone in Russia).
The median monthly salary in Russia is about 40000 rub (~$440–450).
A minimum monthly salary (now 20000 rub, about 220 USD) is just about the living wage in Russia.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/chris-kaba-playing-the-victim/
Frank Haviland with a thoughtful but restrained view of the Kaba case. Sadly, all the attention is on the deceased thug when common sense dictates that it is Police Ohfficer Martyn Blake who deserves our consideration. Owing to a vindictive judge his life and that of his family has been ruined.
The Khant plays a starring role as usual attempting to wind up the bleks. I do hope the day comes when he relies on actual Police protection and it magically fades away. He’s a bloody cancer on the country.
Do we know why the judge saw fit to release the name of the policeman? I’m not following this case closely so I didn’t know if the justification had been mentioned anywhere. As far as I can see there is zero rationale for him doing this, in fact it just comes across as an act of malice. As I said in my original post, I’m not sorry if some hardened criminal has been ‘offed’, and the way I see it, it’s a case of ”you live by the sword, you die by the sword”, and it’s a fitting end for somebody who seemed quite comfortable with being at the other end of the gun and pulling the trigger. If it wasn’t the policeman it would surely have been a fellow black gangster at some stage, and then who’s going to cry ”racism!”? The Khant’s statement in that article is truly delusional. But we know how much he loves the London crime scene, going by the worsening crime stats under his watch. It’s what happens when you ingratiate yourself with the black community and brown-nose the migrants. Blimey, will there ever be a white London mayor again? 😮
Richard Tice !! On GB News states that Reform want “ Nothing To Do “ with “That Lot “ meaning all the ordinary People at Saturdays London Rally organised by Tommy Robinson ! The attendees will have voted for Reform you F-cking Clown !!!…
Tice is a moron and could do Reform a massive solid by foxtrotting oscar.
Reform have largely blown their chances of significant electoral progress after this weekend. Obviously they don’t really want the gig.
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After this weekend I will not be lending any support to Reform. I have a friend who has been asked to stand for Reform and we tend to share similar views. I will have to let him know that where Reform are concerned I’m out.
Yes I didn’t see the Tice interview but there’s plenty of twitterings on X, and many people are saying they’re going to stop supporting Reform now. It’s like Farage not defending Tommy as well. I just get the distinct impression none of them have seen any of Tommy’s excellent and top quality documentaries and they’re just harking back to his ancient EDL days, and want to distance themselves from him on that skewed and illogical basis, because they still judge him to be some football hooligan, extremist type. I understand TR may be a contentious figure, but that’s just because he’s all in when it comes to exposing the failures and corruption of the establishment, therefore he’s deemed public enemy number 1 as a result. But you can’t say you’re for the people and not acknowledge somebody’s humongous efforts, to massive personal cost to himself, to support the British patriots and give ordinary, censored and silenced people a voice. They need to watch one of his documentaries and then I doubt they’d be so hasty to judge. I think the thing with the Tice interview was his dismissive and insulting ”that lot” comment, which went down like a ton of… Read more »
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/27/rachel-reeves-replace-liz-truss-symbol-economic-chaos/
Wrong Mr Halligan and you know it. Liz Truss was undermined by the Bank of England. Secondly, she was in office for only 47 (?) days and for half of those the country was in mourning for Queen Elizabeth.
Lazy journalism.
Putting material behind a paywall on your page is a bit frustrating: paying the Telegraph for their effusions, even the odd interesting one, is akin to paying Goebbels’ pension! The legacy media are not our friends and we would do well to let them die in the cold….
This goes to the heart of a major challenge facing ordinary people. We all know good people who have been compromised, often through no egregious fault of their own, by their association with the forces that seek to enslave us. Lockdown Skeptics are still in the crosshairs of the enemy. I am banned from expressing my opinions on the Telegraph since 2021. The paper lies fluently and agressively in common with the other so-called legacy media. So any good news from them goes out with the stinky bathwater!!