News Round-Up
- “Angela Rayner blasted for housebuilding plans that will mainly benefit migrants” – The Conservatives have pointed out that the “majority” of Labour’s massive new housebuilding programme, which will bulldoze vast swathes of the countryside, will mainly benefit new migrants, reports the Express.
- “The working population is being squeezed dry to pay for Rachel Reeves’s benefits state” – The working population is being bled dry to prop up a welfare system that rewards grift over graft, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “Chagos deal could stop U.S. housing nuclear weapons on military base” – The Chagos Islands deal could strip the U.S. of its nuclear foothold, with experts warning Mauritius could block weapon deployments at the base, reports the Telegraph.
- “Stop blaming civil servants for your failings, Ed Balls tells Starmer” – Speaking on his Political Currency podcast, Ed Balls has told Keir Starmer to stop scapegoating civil servants and start delivering, says the Telegraph.
- “Kemi Badenoch on where she plans to take the Tories” – In an interview with the Spectator, Kemi Badenoch sets out her bold vision for the Tories. No sandwiches!
- “How Kemi Badenoch and J.D. Vance plan to change the future of conservatism” – The Tory leader’s relationship with America’s Vice President-elect could be key to the Conservative Party’s relations with the White House, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “Press watchdog accused of ‘blatant political activism’ amid trans row” – The Independent Press Standards Organisation has been accused of “blatant political activism” for backing a complaint by trans author Juno Dawson over a Spectator article describing him, accurately, as “a man who claims to be a woman”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Father found dead after ‘making racist gesture’ at match” – A father-of-one has taken his own life after being mobbed on social media for making racist gestures towards a black footballer at a local derby, according to the Mail.
- “Judge and social workers who handed Sara Sharif’s father custody given anonymity” – The judge and social workers who agreed that Sara Sharif’s father could have custody of her have been granted anonymity due to concerns about a “social media pile-on”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Vegan couple starved son, 3, to death in ‘breathtaking’ case of neglect” – A couple have been jailed for causing the death of their three year-old son after forcing him to endure an “extreme” vegan diet, says Sky News.
- “The absurdity of ‘buffer zones’” – It’s a strange world where holding a Bible verse outside an abortion clinic gets you convicted, writes Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
- “U.K. ‘commits’ to forcing cattle to consume anti-flatulence feed additive” – The U.K. Government’s plan to shove methane-suppressing additives into cattle feed by 2030 has critics slamming it as dangerous meddling in farming and food safety, says Leslie Eastman in WUWT?
- “The H5N1 vaccine UKHSA purchased from CSL/Sequirus LTD” – The UKHSA quietly backed a pandemic flu vaccine linked to 17 deaths in trials (vs 1 in placebo) – but don’t worry, nothing to see here, say Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan on the TTE Substack.
- “‘The public sector is the illness’: Javier Milei on his first year in office” – The Spectator’s Kate Andrews sits down with Javier Milei as he declares war on the public sector, insisting that its dismantling is the only way to save Argentina from economic ruin.
- “The counter-revolution begins” – On Substack, N.S. Lyons offers seven principles for the Trump revolution if it wants to win bigly.
- “Library that promotes ‘trans joy’ refuses Afghan women’s rights poster to avoid ‘bias’” – A council library that promoted “trans joy” has refused to display an anti-Taliban women’s rights poster in order to remain “unbiased”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Scotland caves to U.K. puberty blocker ban” – Well, well, well. It now transpires that the Scottish Government will follow Westminster’s lead on the U.K. puberty blocker ban, writes Steerpike in the Spectator.
- “‘These are civilisation-ending bad ideas’” – On the Free Press podcast, Kemi Badenoch sits down with Bari Weiss to explain why fighting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Critical Race Theory is a hill worth dying on.
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Oh look, three articles on how brilliant Kemi Badenoch is. Just more evidence of how stupid they think we all are.
The Conservatives have been promoting state socialism and radical progressive ideology for pretty much 30 years now.
And no number of articles trying to portray Kemi Badenoch as a champion of conservatism is going to change that.
Sorry, too late.
Unfortunately true. They had years in power. The gender in schools guidance was good but came as a draft at the very last moment and everyone ignores it because it’s a “draft”
I agree it’s too late. She was a covidian and she has failed to properly recognise the scale of the betrayal perpetrated by the Tories during their time in government. Shame as I think she is mildly conservative and comes across well – doesn’t back down when challenged.
Agreed.
It seems very sad to me how most people in the UK do not realise that the country has become socialist over the last 30 years and that socialist policies are the cause of many problems.
And at the same time, it is infuriating that the champagne socialists believe the country’s problems are down to its being right wing because they are too ignorant to notice that a political party named the “Conservative Party” which was right wing has been left wing for far too long. They don’t realise that socialist policies are the cause of the problems because they’re blinded by hatred of Maggie.
I’m sure most of them do realise but why give up a stick with which to beat your opponent.
The Conservative Party is now nothing more than a piece of our history, for however long we retain any history, and it’s supine collapse which has greatly contributed to the destruction of this country will ensure that it remains so. Good riddance.
Hear, hear! Nigerian Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke’s latest weird, sneering declaration is
“Lunch is for wimps!”.
I feel sorry for her henpecked Scottish husband and kids, browbeaten into not eating lunch at all. Is it because she can’t be bothered to prepare lunches for them at home on weekends and holidays? Or she’s on some new fasting diet, so forcing everybody else to “fast” like she does?
What a great way to encourage eating disorders in children. She’s very much in the same mould as Ethnic Indian Subcontinental Priti Patel, whose Jewish husband called her “My Personal Piranha”.
Regarding the top story, we’ve got Rayner specifically saying in interviews that nobody should be sleeping rough when there’s plenty of housing but then the Labour housing plans are blatantly prioritising the migrants. Not only that, it’s not the migrants who are freezing their arses off, on the whole, because they don’t have a roof over their heads. They get hotels, luxury accommodation, student digs etc. Another homeless man died in a tent in a car park yesterday. Here he is reciting a poem he wrote, and if you put the sound on it’s heartbreaking actually because it’s like he’s foretelling his own death. I wish I knew his backstory and how he came to be in that situation, but it should never ever be the way how foreign incomers are given a place to live while native citizens are left out in the cold. They can’t all be unpredictable, dangerous drug addicts and alcoholics that are refused entry to shelters due to the risk they pose to others; ”John Finch, died homeless in a tent while our government prioritizes luxury accommodations for illegal immigrants over its own citizens. His poem was a cry for help, a plea that fell… Read more »
This is a completely shameful statistic. How many of these people sleeping rough will be migrants compared with natives? We all know who the government prioritises to keep safe and warm; ”At least 354,000 people, including 161,500 children, will be homeless across England this Christmas, according to new estimates from housing charity Shelter, as homelessness has surged in 2024. Analysis of official homelessness figures and freedom of information requests revealed one in 160 people are now homeless across England, up from one in 82 people in 2023. A sharp rise in people sleeping rough and families trapped in temporary accommodation is behind that increase. A total of 326,000 people are in temporary accommodation – rising by 17% in one year – while an estimated 3,900 people are sleeping rough on a given night – itself representing a 10% increase on 2023 levels. There are a further 16,600 single people in hostels or other homeless accommodation. Overall, an additional 44,500 people are experiencing homelessness this year, the charity said. Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: “As the country prepares to wind down and celebrate the festive season in our homes, it’s unimaginable that 354,000 will spend this winter homeless – many of them forced… Read more »
The key thing to remember is that, since the native population is suffering demographic decline, all new housing is, in effect, for immigrants and their offspring.
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“U.K. ‘commits’ to forcing cattle to consume anti-flatulence feed additive”
We need something stronger than a boycott. The UK FIRES report says we ought to reduce meat and dairy consumption. The green loonies will be entirely happy if Arla and other dairy companies are driven out of business over this.
This anti meat and dairy business does then tend to link with the item;
“Vegan couple starved son, 3, to death in ‘breathtaking’ case of neglect”
When your quasi religious eating beliefs are more important to you than the life of your children then you are seriously enthralled to a death cult.
I think reducing meat and dairy consumption is the goal, a lot of these businesses are the test beds in lock step with government food planning for the future, they’ll be well rewarded for absorbing the initial financial blow for the long term sake of the ‘common good’
This is a well thought out false flag operation to put the public off eating and meat and dairy products, yet another covert attack on the farmers!
Spot on Dinger.👍
Is that the same Badenoch that signed off on DEI guff when she was a minister?
Charlatan.
Chagos deal could stop U.S. housing nuclear weapons on military base” Here’s your problem; right here: ‘Hannay, the former U.K. ambassador, is ultimately supportive of the outcome Britain has landed on. “I think we’re probably in the right place where we should have been anyway,” he said. “I don’t think anybody any longer disputes that the removal of the Chagossians way back by the government was quite wrong, unjustified and contrary to human rights.’ The only principle in Foreign Policy is to have no principles. In any case, the ‘human rights’ of the Chagos islanders have been completely ignored. This matter, on its own, no doubt lost Mr Cleverly a tilt at the Conservative leadership. The members would simply not have voted for him in any numbers because of his stance on these islands. The Reform Party is sound on this: ‘“So far, there has been a non-binding advisory opinion and nothing to suggest that we will breach any form of international law. At a time of increasing global conflict, will the foreign secretary explain to the House why there is such urgency to do what he is proposing? It seems to be a case of acting in haste and… Read more »
Given our falling GDP which includes ever growing public sector and ever declining real economy, a monetary MoD budget would be better. We should also not fiddle the numbers by deceptively moving expenditure formerly elsewhere into defence just for PR purposes.
I only find the stretched comparison of Badenoch to Thatcher convincing on one matter. The left in her party will remove her when they feel strong enough.
The comparison is poor on several fronts but one that struck me as serious is the length of time and depth of work done before taking up the role. Mrs T was a ferocious worker who had help from committed thinkers for years. Her policies did not appear from an autocue
Despite some differences later with Howe, she had a cadre of strong support on the most urgent areas of policy. Where the Tory left held office least progress was made.
The one aspect which is similar is the majority of MPs in the globalist left in their parties. There is no Howe, Lawson or Tebbit to support Badenoch, even if she eventually discovers free markets, liberty and private property rights.