News Round-Up

• “All the times David Lammy has attacked ‘deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic’ Trump” – David Lammy’s past tirades against Trump now create a diplomatic headache for Keir Starmer in safeguarding the special relationship, writes Genevieve Holl-Allen in the Telegraph.
• “Minister dodges on whether Donald Trump has ‘Neo-Nazi sympathies’” – Labour’s Pat McFadden repeatedly dodged the question of whether he agrees with David Lammy that Trump has “Neo-Nazi sympathies” during a recent LBC interview, according to the Mail.
• “Rayner called Trump a ‘buffoon’ who has ‘no place in the White House’” – Angela Rayner has spoken to J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President-elect, in an effort to improve relations after previously calling Donald Trump a “buffoon”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Guardian offers free counselling to staff after Trump win” – According to Guido Fawkes, Guardian editor Katharine Viner has mobilised a transatlantic support network to help her devastated staff cope with Trump’s victory,
• “The unbelievably hilarious meltdown of the centrists” – Let us all enjoy the bewilderment of the podcast ponces (a.k.a. Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell) in response to Trump’s victory, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “In defence of the liberal elite” – Liberals should stop beating ourselves up, stop whimpering about how we failed to address populist concerns, and face millions of good but deluded men and women with honest argument. They are wrong and we are right, writes Matthew Parris in the Spectator.
• “Will Trump block deal handing Chagos Islands to China-ally Mauritius?” – Donald Trump might kill off Keir Starmer’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius over fears it will help communist China, reports the Mail.
• “American titan: inside Donald Trump’s remarkable political comeback” – Even Trump’s bitterest enemies should recognise him for what he is: an American titan and the most extraordinary politician of our time, writes Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
• “George Clooney blasted by fans after Donald Trump’s election victory” – Devastated Democrats have rounded on George Clooney after the actor demanded that Joe Biden quit before Donald Trump’s election victory, reports the Mail.
• “Will these celebs really leave the U.S. over Trump?” – The Spectator’s Steerpike casts an eye over the list of top celebs who claimed they would leave the States if Trump emerged victorious.
• “Jimmy Kimmel holds back tears after ‘terrible night’ for America” – Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel fought back tears reacting to former President Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s election, reports the Hill.
• “Harvard professors cancel classes as students feel blue after Trump win” – Harvard professors called off classes as students mourned the dawn of a second Trump era, according to the Harvard Crimson.
• “Brief comedy note” – On Substack, Chris Bray says that if people want a good laugh they should check out the video made by the New York Times op-ed crew catastrophising about what’s going to happen in the upcoming Trump administration.
• “‘We need to be ready for a new world’: scientists globally react to Trump election win” – Trump’s decisive defeat of Kamala Harris has triggered fears about the future of the United States among many scientists, according to Nature Magazine.
• “Elon Musk and RFK Jr. set for key administration roles as Trump turns to loyalists” – Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are set to be handed key administration roles, amid expectations that Donald Trump will pack his new cabinet with loyalists, reports the Telegraph.
• “If anyone can do the impossible and rewire U.S. government, it’s Elon Musk” – The tech titan wants to colonise Mars. He may find that an easier task than transforming Washington, says Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
• “Elon Musk’s trans son says he’s leaving the U.S. amid Trump’s win” – Elon Musk’s estranged transgender son has announced that he’s planning to leave the U.S. following Donald Trump’s win, reports the Mail.
• “How Barron Trump helped his dad win the ‘bro’ vote” – Donald Trump’s youngest (and tallest) son played a crucial role in introducing his dad to Gen Z men through online podcasts, writes Henry Bodkin in the Telegraph.
• “How a celebrity squirrel became a harbinger of Trump’s return” – When agents seized P’Nut, an OnlyFans couple’s pet squirrel, at their New York home they had no idea what they were setting in motion, says Edward Helmore in the Telegraph.
• “U.S. voters may have just saved the West” – Trump’s victory means other Western leaders will wake from their stupor and finally pay their way, writes Con Coughlin in the Telegraph.
• “Reeves stops farmers sharing inheritance tax relief with spouses” – Rachel Reeves has dealt another blow to farmers by preventing them from sharing their £1 million tax relief with spouses or civil partners, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour usually loves strikes – but it won’t like this one” – Britain’s downtrodden farmers now hold Keir Starmer’s fate in their hands, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Donald Trump’s hostility to green power could benefit the U.K.” – British renewable energy schemes and green investment could be boosted if Donald Trump abolishes any U.S. climate change policies, reports the Times.
• “The tranquil corner of England about to be lost forever” – Explore the charms of East Lincolnshire before the sound of birdsong is replaced by the crackle and hum of electricity transformers, says Christopher Winn in the Telegraph.
• “Dam shame: what really caused Valencia’s floods?” – Who is to blame for the devastating floods that hit Valencia on October 29th? Charts of rainfall in Spain show no trend towards a higher frequency of extreme downpours, writes Matt Ridley in the Spectator.
• “The celebrities whose jet pollution is 500 times the average person’s” – Researchers analysing celebrities’ private aviation found most flights were taken for leisure – and there was a spike for the UN climate conference, reports the Times.
• “Saudi Arabian desert turned into winter wonderland” – For the first time in history, the region of Al-Jawf, which lies at the northern edge of the Al-Nafūd desert, has experienced a snowfall, says the Metro.
• “Almost all Channel migrants arrive in U.K. without passports” – Nearly every Channel migrant arrives without a passport as smugglers tell them it’s the key to staying in the U.K., reports the Telegraph.
• “Two in five GP practices cut appointments in ‘work to rule’” – Two in five GP practices in England have begun cutting the number of appointments available to patients as part of their industrial action, says the Mail.
• “Hallett: what will the Inquiry achieve?” – The Hallett Inquiry’s refusal to publish critical clinical evidence, instead favouring irrelevant testimonies and protecting government missteps, makes it a whitewash, says Dr. Andrew Bamji on his Substack.
• “Did lockdown make children overweight?” – Something really is going badly wrong with the health of our children, writes Simon Cook in the Spectator.
• “How much did lockdown and mRNA regret drive voters toward Trump?” – The hard-blue states with the toughest lockdowns and vaccine mandates saw by far the biggest electoral shifts; the link may not be coincidental, says Alex Berenson on his Substack.
• “Southern town locked down after 40 monkeys escape from science lab” – Dozens of macaque monkeys are on the loose in a small town in South Carolina after escaping from a medical research facility, reports the Mail. 
• “Germany is disintegrating before our very eyes” – Events in Berlin this week have uncanny parallels with how a previous Social Democrat chancellor fell in 1982, notes Daniel Johnson in the Telegraph.
• “France a ‘Mexicanised narco-state’ with drug wars across the country” – Rampant drug-fuelled violence in France is turning the country into what has been dubbed a “Mexicanised narco-state” by a leading politician, according to the Mail.
• “Outrage as Iraq stands poised to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine” – Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children, reports the Telegraph.
• “Actors do not have to be Tudor ‘lookalikes’, says director of diverse Wolf Hall” – The director of Wolf Hall has defended colour-blind casting of Tudor characters, saying actors do not have to be “lookalikes” of the real people they play, according to the Mail. 
• “The problem with Dawn Butler” – For Dawn Butler, describing someone as white or as trying to be white is clearly a great insult, writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
• “‘Not so fast, Dale Vince’” – On X, Guido appeals to readers for their support in helping to stop Dale Vince from blocking you from reading Guido Fawkes.
• “Pub called The Midget changes name after lecturer says it is offensive” – A pub called The Midget will be rebranded after a lecturer with dwarfism called the name offensive, according to the Oxford Mail, even though it was named after the MG Midget.
• “Oxford student killed himself after being victim of ‘cancel culture’” – An Oxford student took his own life after being “cancelled” by his peers, who ostracised him over an unreported allegation, reports the Mail.
• “‘You know she’s gonna win this, right?’” – On X, Collin Rugg introduces us to “political analyst” Dr. Arlene, a former poli-sci professor and TikTok “influencer” who proudly taunted grocery store clerks about Harris’s guaranteed win – until, after the loss, she blamed it all on racism and misogyny.

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