News Round-Up

• “Half of depraved Rotherham grooming gang has been released” – Five of the six members of one of the most depraved Rotherham grooming gangs have been released or have parole hearings coming up, reveals the Mail.
• “How the grooming gangs scandal was covered up” – The child victims of rape were denied justice and protection from the state to preserve the image of a successful multicultural society, say Sam Ashworth-Hayes and Charlie Peters in the Telegraph.
• “Time for action on grooming gangs” – The Head of Public Policy at Christian Concern Tim Dieppe comments on how political correctness and the fear of offending Islam have led to young girls being sacrificed to rape gangs.
• “Lucy Allan exposes how authorities hid the truth on grooming gangs” – On X, Matt Goodwin highlights a chilling account from Lucy Allan, former MP for Telford, revealing the steps authorities took to suppress the truth about grooming gangs.
• “Why don’t the white working class matter to progressives?” – Why is the abuse of white working-class girls ignored? asks Paul Sutton on his Substack.
• “Britain’s grooming gangs scandal is shattering the ultra-liberal world-view” – In the information age, progressives can no longer spin false narratives – and their fear is palpable, says Nick Timothy in the Telegraph.
• “Jess Phillips’s honour more important to Starmer than the rape of young girls” – In the Telegraph, Tim Stanley accuses the PM of missing the mark in his press conference yesterday, which focused more on defending MPs from criticism than addressing the grooming scandal.
• “Labour’s hypocrisy over Jess Phillips attacks” – The Spectator’s Steerpike calls out Labour hypocrisy as Starmer defends Jess Phillips while conveniently ignoring the attack ad he approved in 2023, which accused Rishi Sunak of not believing convicted child sex offenders should be jailed.
• “Starmer: Calls for grooming gang inquiry are ‘far-Right bandwagon’” – Keir Starmer has been accused of “smear tactics” after claiming those wanting an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal were jumping on a “far-Right bandwagon”, reports the Mail.
• “Teach children to identify as Muslim instead of British, says frontrunner for Islamic body” – The frontrunner to lead the Muslim Council of Britain says that children in the Islamic community should be taught to identify as Muslim rather than British, according to GB News.
• “‘Disturbing’ views of Muslim Council candidates” – One of the two candidates vying to lead the Muslim Council for Britain has praised Iran and the other has said mixed gender New Year celebrations were “un-Islamic”, reports the Times.
• “The Schools Bill: pure vandalism” – On Wednesday, the Schools Bill faces its second reading. It’s a disaster, says Neil O’Brien MP on his Substack.
• “Bridget Phillipson’s educational agenda must be opposed” – The Department for Education is taking aim at standards in British schools, warns James Price in the Critic.
• “Educashun, educashun, educashun” – The blob is back, and it wants to dumb down the curriculum, says David James in the Critic.
• “What’s up with U.K. academia?” – On her Fairyland Substack, Ella Dorn shows how U.K. universities are prioritising social justice over open inquiry in the humanities.
• “Tulip Siddiq refers herself to watchdog on ministerial standards” – Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the PM’s ethics watchdog over links to a Russian deal with her aunt, the former Bangladesh Prime Minister, and properties linked to her political party, reports Sky News. How long before she resigns?
• “Is it time to lay off Tulip Siddiq?” – In the Spectator, Sam Leith argues that Tulip Siddiq’s property perks might be being overblown – after all, who among us hasn’t been given a gift by a generous aunt?
• “A restaurant apocalypse is looming” – Labour has put the collapse of the dining sector back on the menu, says Lucy Burton in the Telegraph.
• “Farage says Elon Musk doesn’t ‘know full story’ about Tommy Robinson” – Nigel Farage says that Musk’s support for Tommy Robinson suggests the Tesla billionaire doesn’t know the “full story” about the activist’s political and criminal past, according to the Mail.
• “How Jordan Peterson interview with Tommy Robinson led to Musk’s bust-up with Reform” – Reform insiders are convinced that Musk’s support for Robinson stems from his conversations with Dr. Jordan Peterson, reports the Telegraph.
• “Keir Starmer’s speech may be the last gasp of a floundering Government” – The PM has made a grim mistake by doubling down on his strategy of pretending that you’re either on his side or ‘far Right’, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “Ministers tell Musk to get off social media as they hint at X boycott” – The PM’s Cabinet allies say that Musk needs an online “detox”, and have even hinted at a boycott of X, according to the Mail.
• “Police force ‘quits’ Elon Musk’s X as latest organisation to leave” – Derbyshire Police has announced it is joining the exodus from Elon Musk’s X after being bombarded with abuse from internet trolls, reports the Mail.
• “Elon Musk is neither our saviour nor our destroyer” – Musk doesn’t pose a threat to our democracy, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked. He’s more like the world’s richest pub bore.
• “Boss issued apology after he accidentally followed Tommy Robinson on X” – The boss of a speech and language therapy group has been forced to issue a grovelling apology following a five-month investigation – because he followed Tommy Robinson on X, reports the Mail.
• “Why Elon Musk cares about Britain’s sinking reputation ” – Given his British ancestry, Musk has a right to speak up about what’s happening in the Old Country – and he’s right to notice how bad things have got, says Ed West in the Spectator.
• “New polling data confirms Musk effect on support for Alternative für Deutschland” – On Substack, Eugyppius reports that Musk’s “AfD can save Germany” hype is driving their support to new highs, with even unlikely voters backing the party.
• “Starmer is failing to capitalise on the death of Europe with his delusional ‘reset’ plan” – The EU has never been in worse shape, but Labour’s Europhilia is blinding them to reality, says Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
• “Starmer has just months to salvage this wreck” – Enough of the ‘milestones’ and resets. Labour must urgently learn how to run a country or it’s doomed, writes Iain Dale in the Telegraph.
• “Quarter of Labour voters suffer buyer’s remorse” – There’s more bad news for Labour as new polling by More in Common for LBC has revealed that a quarter of those who backed Keir Starmer’s party in last year’s election now regret their decision, reports Steerpike in the Spectator.
• “The year that will make or break Kemi Badenoch” – As they return to Parliament this week, many Tories will expect to see some evidence that Badenoch can turn back the tide of Reform, writes Gordon Rayner in the Telegraph.
• “Blundering DWP pays half a billion pounds to dead people” – The Department for Work and Pensions has accidentally paid £500 million in state pension payments to dead Britons in just five years, reports GB News.
• “MPs to debate petition demanding fresh General Election” – MPs are set to debate a petition demanding a fresh General Election after it was signed by more than three million people, says the Mail.
• “Labour MP under fire for claiming General Election petition was product of ‘foreign interference’” – A Labour MP has come under fire for claiming a petition demanding a fresh General Election was driven by “foreign interference’’, reports the Mail.
• “Labour ditches plans to ban new gas boilers from 2035” – Labour has ditched plans to ban new gas boilers from 2035, despite its obsession with heat pumps, says the Mail.
• “Trains cancelled after union tells drivers not to walk on snow” – Train services were axed after Aslef told drivers to avoid walking on snow on their way to work, halting Avanti West Coast routes between Liverpool and London, according to the Telegraph.
• “Norway doubles down on oil and gas” – Norway’s oil and gas investment is expected to reach a record high in 2025, driven by new exploration activity and increased demand for Norwegian gas, reports Oilprice.com.
• “Did FDA know a child had died in Moderna’s Covid jab clinical trial? If so, what did the agency do about it?” – On his Substack, Alex Berenson probes the FDA’s silence over a child’s death in Moderna’s Covid vaccine trial, questioning whether the agency knew but chose to cover it up.
• “Labour uses AI bunnies to promote NHS in bizarre promo video” – A bizarre Labour Party TikTok video featuring AI-generated bunnies to promote NHS reforms has been slammed for using technology that threatens the creative sector, reports the Express.
• “Labour’s TikTok video song: young girls ‘sit on d*ck’ and ‘punching’ p**y” – Guido discovers that the lyrics of the Brazilian song, featured in Labour’s AI TikTok video promoting NHS reforms, are anything but wholesome…
• “Royal Society of Literature Director quits after free speech rows” – The Royal Society of Literature’s leaders are set to step down following a civil war between writers over diversity and free speech, reports the Telegraph. Another case of Go Woke, Go Broke?
• “‘It was a political figure that brought the charge against Tommy Robinson for contempt” – On GB News, Ben Habib tells Nana Akua why Starmer’s Attorney General turning Tommy Robinson’s civil contempt charge into a prison sentence makes the former EDL leader, prima facie, a political prisoner.

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