News Round-Up
- “The true horror of the Rotherham grooming scandal – and the shameful failure to stop it” – It’s hard to fathom how so many young girls could be abused for so long without the authorities intervening, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “Two schoolgirls promote Wales to migrants” – A video of two young schoolgirls welcoming refugees to Wales, shared by the Welsh Refugee Council, has sparked outcry after Elon Musk re-shared it on X, reports the Telegraph.
- “Ministers warned of ‘ruthless’ spending curbs amid market meltdown” – The U.K. was battered by the markets again today as ministers were warned they must find “ruthless” spending curbs, says the Mail.
- “‘I have full confidence in Rachel Reeves’” – Keir Starmer has insisted that Rachel Reeves will remain as his Chancellor until the next election, according to GB News.
- “Trump tariffs ‘to cost British industry £2.5 billion’” – Sectors already hammered by energy prices and looming labour costs are bracing for £2.5 billion in U.S. tariffs, reports the Telegraph.
- “No room at the swearing-in for our man in DC” – While Nigel Farage will have a prime seat at Donald Trump’s swearing-in as 47th President next Monday, there will be no room for Peter Mandelson, writes Andrew Pierce in the Mail. Or, indeed, for Sir Keir Starmer.
- “Trump 2.0 is more than a ‘vibe shift’” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle comments on the dramatic shift in how people view Donald Trump.
- “Could Farage’s autocratic streak wreck Reform?” – There are legitimate questions to be asked both about Reform’s structure and the way that Farage’s personality impacts upon it, says Nigel Jones in the Spectator.
- “Labour’s kowtowing to China will cost Britain” – Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves, appear to be competing to see who can kowtow the lowest before China’s Xi, writes Ian Williams in the Spectator.
- “Petition: Review decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius” – Sign the petition demanding a review of the decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
- “Catastrophe Keir unveils Labour 4.0” – In the Telegraph, Tim Stanley slams Keir Starmer’s latest reset speech, mocking the PM’s attempt to harness AI for everything from potholes to tax avoidance.
- “Nicola Sturgeon divorces SNP chief husband” – Scotland’s former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she has split from her husband, Peter Murrell, according to Sky News.
- “The moral disintegration of Britain” – Many of us have been warning that the rot in our institutions will eventually lead to a national crisis and as 2025 dawns it appears we have arrived at this point, says C.J. Strachan on his Substack.
- “Just Stop Oil spray paint Charles Darwin’s grave at Westminster Abbey” – Two Just Stop Oil activists spray-painted “1.5 Is Dead” on Charles Darwin’s grave inside Westminster Abbey, according to GB News.
- “2024 registrations of new electric cars plummet 27.5% in Germany” – How’s the Green New Deal working out in Germany? Not very well, writes P. Gosselin on NoTricksZone.
- “‘Stop medicalising ups and downs of life’, Tony Blair says” – Tony Blair says that there is a danger of telling too many people going through life’s normal challenges that they are suffering a mental health condition, according to the Mail.
- “People harmed by Covid jab to tell of ‘devastating results’” – People harmed by the Covid jab are set to testify about the “devastating results” of the vaccination rollout, reports the Telegraph.
- “AHPRA and the Medical Board’s reign of terror” – Australia’s medical regulator AHPRA and the Medical Board have become not just failed watchdogs, but an active threat to public health through their ruthless enforcement of government policy in the teeth of scientific evidence, writes Kara Thomas in the Spectator Australia.
- “Starmer’s AI dreams will require ‘an extra nuclear power station’” – Experts warn that AI’s soaring power demand could soon eclipse a nuclear plant’s output, just as Keir Starmer kicks off a data centre blitz, reports the Telegraph.
- “AI won’t save Britain with one quick trick” – You can guarantee that when a government starts trying to pick winning industries it is going to lose out, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Will Labour ban X?” – In Spiked, Hugo Timms reacts to news that a backbench MP has suggested blocking British users from accessing Elon Musk’s platform.
- “Why Elon Musk loves Britain but hates Keir Starmer” – On his YouTube channel, Dr. David Starkey explains why Elon Musk is so interested in the affairs of the U.K.
- “Elon Musk’s AfD livestream has sent the German elites into meltdown” – The reaction of German elites to Musk’s interview with Alice Weidel, the AfD’s candidate for Chancellor, has been little short of hysterical, says Sabine Beppler-Spahl in Spiked.
- “Why Europe fears free speech” – The EU has decided that draconian censorship is the best way to neutralise the threat of Right-wing populism, says Wolfgang Munchau in UnHerd. But it’s not working.
- “New Zealand Government proposal seeks to require universities to protect freedom of speech” – New Zealand’s universities will soon be required to strengthen freedom of speech protections under proposed changes to the Education and Training Act 2020, according to Christian Daily.
- “Author Neil Gaiman ‘raped nanny in outdoor bathtub’, report claims” – Author Neil Gaiman has been accused of raping his son’s nanny in the outdoor bathtub of their New Zealand home, reports the Mail.
- “Spain is stoking Europe’s migrant crisis” – On a continent where governments who take a hardline on illegal immigration are increasingly being voted in, Spain is seen by the people smugglers as the softest of touches, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
- “Israel and Hamas ‘on brink of’ signing ceasefire deal” – Joe Biden says that Israel and Hamas are “on the brink” of signing a ceasefire deal that would see the remaining hostages being released and mean a resumption of aid into Gaza, according to the Times of Israel.
- “Zuckerberg vindicates Justice Alito” – Mark Zuckerberg’s recent statements highlight the dereliction of the Supreme Court in their failure to uphold the First Amendment against the winds of political pressure, says the Brownstone Institute.
- “Meghan condemns Facebook for scrapping fact-checkers days after her social media return” – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say that they are “deeply concerned” by Meta scrapping its third-party fact-checking and loosening content moderation, according to the Mail.
- “Could California’s wildfires bankrupt the state?” – The California wildfires could have a catastrophic economic impact – and tank Gavin Newsom’s presidential ambitions, says Philip Pilkington in the Telegraph.
- “LAFD’s diversity chief blames fire victims in shocking viral video” – An alarming video shows a DEI leader at the Los Angeles Fire Department appear to blame helpless fire victims as massive blazes continue to tear through the City of Angels, according to the Mail.
- “Apple rejects shareholder proposal to scrap diversity programmes” – Reuters reports that Apple’s board has urged investors to reject a proposal to ditch its diversity programmes, breaking rank with Meta and Amazon.
- “Pubs ‘could ban patrons from talking about trans rights’” – Pubs could ban customers from discussing religious views or transgender rights over fears of falling foul of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms, says the Times.
- “Asking people for ‘Christian’ names could be offensive, says council” – Sutton council in South London has been slammed for advising staff not to ask for “Christian” names, reports the Sun.
- “‘If you said today that Kylie had buttocks like a racehorse you’d be hearing from her lawyers’” – In the Telegraph, Jon Peake talks to Martin Clunes about his new ‘county lines’ drama, inappropriate comedy and why Men Behaving Badly is unlikely to return.
- “Net Zero for the developing world is an immoral project… for us it’s rather stupid” – David Frost tells Julia Hartley-Brewer why Net Zero is such an idiotic and costly policy.
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“Net Zero for the developing world is an immoral project… for us it’s rather stupid”
14 years waving through all kinds of legislation to make the Nett Zero commitment almost impossible to reverse out of, and yet we need another another lecture about the dangers of what we saw years ago.. Asleep at the wheel.?
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-latest-labour-net-zero-ed-miliband-china-rachel-reeves
Two-tier saying Reeves will remain his chancellor until the next election must mean he’s finally realised his poxy government tenure will be short lived!
The entire Labour Party are sharing a brain cell, so who else could he choose if she’s the best he could find?
Sadly I feel things are going to get a lot worse until we get something better than the Uniparty. I like Reform but there are too many that will vote Lib/Lab/Con in again and again. I used to think that no one would fall for the Convid but was soon disabused of that idea, there are a too many turkeys voting for Christmas now.
Reform have got momentum but Farage appears to be doing his best to scupper them.
Have any SNP politicians yet gone to prison for corrupt accounting in party finances. I seem to recall there was money missing and unexplained camper vans.
Interesting perspective and insight from a second generation British Pakistani who isn’t a Muslim. **Trigger warning for the resident whingebags: It’s LONG 😮 ** “Over the past few weeks what I’ve been seeing about the grooming gangs has really made me confront some hard truths being 2nd gen British Pakistani. “Please use my words how you see fit but please keep my identity secret as for reasons I will state later. “My earliest memory was watching my mum beaten at knife point by my uncle, auntie & grandmother when the family found out my mum (1st gen Pakistani immigrant) was dating a white man (my step dad). “She divorced my blood dad from a forced, arranged marriage as he was abusive (go figure). This is probably the main reason why I’ve never practiced islam and consider myself a coconut. “Also having a white step dad growing up made me realise who are the true racists. I got bullied at school by the other Muslim kids because of this. “Moving on, my extended family are in the drug business in a northern town & I can’t help by feeling some “6 degrees of separation” from these gangs. “They used a pizza… Read more »
Top comment. Drugs and sex-trafficking are where it’s at, evidently;
”I know an upstanding and highly respected British Pakistani family whose head is considered a pillar of the local community. He is involved with local charities, advises the local council and lives in a lovely house that was entirely paid for by one of his son’s drug dealing.”
Long but informative.
The plight of ex muslim apostates and others who want to move on and integrate is another massive issue which will never be sorted properly until the Overton window shifts a little bit further.
Who knows how many people find themselves in the same position as this lady?
My guess is that these “silos” replicate rural Pakistani village life in urban Britain, but without the poverty. They are now funded by the state and drug money.as they have the indigenous people of our country to prey on.
Thanks for posting Mogs.
But what is the point of your daily tirades against Muslims?
I used to know a Pakistani couple who owned a chemist shop: they were perfectly normal people. I recently worked with two Indians, both with arranged marriages but very intelligent and kind to their wives and children. I know an Indonesian who is also very kind, intelligent and devoted to his European wife.
I have had more than one girl friend who was surprised I did not hit her after an argument, and their previous boy friends had always been purest white.
My point is that importing primitive people, foreign to our ways of life, into the country will probably cause problems. Importing criminals into the country will certainly cause problems.
But it is our white politicians who are responsible for the immigrants coming here. It is our white policemen and women who are responsible for ignoring cries for help. It is our white judicial system that bows down to white political causes.
We need to sort out our own problems before we criticize the rest of the world.
You can exchange “white” for “Christian” if it is less racist!
I’ve always interpreted Mogwai’s posts as pointing out exactly what you state the problems are with “multiculturalism”.
Good stuff from Lord Frost. But ultimately a waste of time until, in any discussion about Net Zero, he clearly says that the catastrophic climate change story is a hoax.
Otherwise people will continue to be told that sacrifices need to be made to “save the planet” and if saving the planet is what really were at stake, you couldn’t fault them for going along.
This is really what the Musk – Farage dust up was really about. Do you go all in and expose the entire truth about things come hell or high water, or do you fudge it and go half the distance in order to remain acceptable to the establishment?
Blair’s Britain is now in plain sight. ‘Charles Murray described in “the Emerging British Underclass” that it was spreading “like a plague through our social fabric.’ But Blair knew better…the Blairite view: ‘…there is no doubt that proponents of the underclass concept have operated from a contentious evidence base, one that relies upon impressionistic and composite definitions – which in practice generally consist of vivid descriptions of degraded social life in a kind of ethnographic overload, all of which anticipate particular policy solutions.’ But it isn’t contentious anymore, is it? ‘……fewer and fewer English children have been socialized to norms of self-control, consideration for others, and the concept that actions have consequences. One of the leading reasons that they have not been socialized to these norms is that fewer and fewer English children are being raised by two mature, married adults. It is as simple as that, and as intractable, which brings us to the last and most important indicator of an underclass: births to unmarried women.’ ‘….young males need to learn that the state will hold them responsible for the maintenance of their children’ The Elephant in the room? The Elephant is that this is not complicated. ‘YouGov found… Read more »
Bliar bloody well promoted single motherhood. Him and Brown couldn’t get enough of it.
There is only one polite term for Bliar, he’s a complete and utter Next Tuesday.
If 1.5 is dead, then it is too late. We might as well give up net zero and enjoy what time we have left (several million yerars by my estimate)..
“Israel and Hamas ‘on brink of’ signing ceasefire deal”
Headline should read:
“invisible US president Biden claims credit for 4 years of inaction.. Trump forces surrender of Hamas and release of hostages within a week of inauguration”
The credit goes to Trump’s reputation not gaga Brandon.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/13/californias-wildfires-could-bankrupt-the-state/
Marvellous. This would be a perfect example of ‘go woke, go broke.’
Here’s a cheerful “Lefties Get Their Comeuppance” news report:
French leftist theatre faces bankruptcy after opening its doors to 250 African migrants for a free show… and they refused to leave and remain in the building five weeks later | Daily Mail Online
“The migrants all claim to be under age 18, meaning they would be considered unaccompanied minors and given the right to be housed and assisted by local authorities.”
“The sanitary conditions are deteriorating day after day.”
Even a Muslim Algerian immigrant is complaining:
“‘They are ruining my business,’ the manager Elia, herself the daughter of Algerian migrants, told The Times.
‘They hang around outside my terrace, smoking joints and fighting among themselves. Not only do we no longer get theatregoers because the theatre is shut but we don’t get passers-by either. They’re being frightened away by all these young men.'”
Hahahaha! I shouldn’t laugh!