News Round-Up

• “‘Asylum seeker’ kills boy, two, and adult, injuring two in knife attack” – A boy, aged two, and a man, 41, have been stabbed to death in a horror attack in Germany after a suspected asylum seeker armed with a knife ambushed a nursery group, reports the Mail.
• “Granddad of girl knifed in Southport says families were ‘abandoned’” – The grandfather of a girl who survived being stabbed by Axel Rudakubana has demanded the sacking of everyone who failed to realise the deadly threat he posed, says the Mail.
• “Axel Rudakubana should never have been free to kill” – Axel Rudakubana was aided and abetted not by online retail practices, but by decades of liberal policy, writes Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
• “Are we missing the point about the ‘Amazon killer’ Axel Rudakubana?” – Rather than confront the state’s absolute failure to protect its citizens, it is blaming online shops and shadowy corners of the internet, says David Shipley in the Spectator.
• “Breaking news: Southport stabbings are the knife’s fault” – On Substack, Konstantin Kisin slams the absurdity of blaming knives, Bezos and Musk for the Southport tragedy.
• “Angela Rayner under pressure to apologise for suggesting Southport attacks were not terror-related” – Nigel Farage has demanded that the Deputy Prime Minister retract her claim that he spread “fake news” about the Southport murders, reports the Telegraph.
• “’This feels like a proper scandal’” – Labour councillor Ricky Jones was arrested last summer after a video went viral in which at an “anti-fascist” rally he talked of “cutting throats”. The delay in bringing his case to trial feels like a real two-tier event, says Kelvin MacKenzie on X.
• “Grooming victim’s father in tears after world ‘ripped apart’” – A heartbroken father broke down in tears after he revealed how his world was “ripped apart” when police officers told him his daughter had been raped and trafficked by a grooming gang, according to the Mail.
• “The rape gangs are worse than you think” – On the Academy of Ideas Substack, Dominic Frisby argues that we need to face the unpalatable truth about the scale and horror of the rape gang scandal – and links to the verbatim play he’s recorded in which he plays the part of the judge in the Oxford rape gang trial.
• “One in 12 in London is an illegal migrant” – Alarming figures have suggested one in 12 people living in London are illegal migrants, reports the Express.
• “‘If you don’t like how we’re dealing with this, then sue us’” – On GB News, the daughter of Sir David Amess reveals the shocking treatment she received from the Conservative Government after her father’s murder.
• “U.K. borrowing soars as Reeves woos business elite in Davos” – Official figures showed the public sector racking up another £17.8 billion of borrowing last month – even more than analysts had expected, reports the Mail.
• “Millionaire exodus same as losing half a million taxpayers, study shows” – The U.K. lost 10,800 millionaires to overseas countries in 2024, more than double the number who left in 2023, says the Telegraph.
• “This was Badenoch’s best PMQs yet” – In the Spectator, Isabel Hardman applauds Kemi Badenoch for challenging Keir Starmer on the controversial Schools Bill.
• “The Schools Bill: school leaders speak out” – School leaders are speaking out against the Schools Bill, citing concerns over the loss of freedoms on curriculum, recruitment and pay, warning it could stifle innovation and hurt schools, writes Neil O’Brien on his Substack.
• “Labour to amend its flagship education Bill after backlash from schools” – The Government will amend its own flagship education Bill after a backlash from school leaders, Sir Keir Starmer has announced, according to the Telegraph.
• “Braverman: Tories and Reform must unify” – Suella Braverman says that the Conservative Party needs to “unite” with Reform U.K. to defeat Labour, according to GB News.
• “Attorney General tried to stop no-deal Brexit” – Attorney General Lord Hermer acted for Liberty, the human rights group, in an attempt to prevent Boris Johnson leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement in 2019, reports the Telegraph.
• “What the hell is wrong with young folk now?” – On Substack, Paul Sutton ridicules Yvette Cooper’s attempt to blame the Southport murders on Amazon.
• “Wind power collapses to less than 1% of U.K. electricity” – Near-zero wind speeds and low temperatures have left the U.K. dependent on imported energy from France, Norway, Belgium and Denmark to keep the lights on, reports the Telegraph.
• “Economic growth must ‘trump’ Net Zero, signals Reeves in split with Miliband” – Rachel Reeves is preparing to face down Cabinet colleagues over Net Zero as she pushes for a potential expansion of Heathrow, says the Express.
• “Rachel Reeves has just admitted the Net Zero emperor has no clothes” – The Chancellor has sent Ed Miliband a message from Davos: growth trumps Net Zero, writes William Atkinson in the Telegraph.
• “The farmers taking a stand against vegan-pushing councils” – Plans to encourage consumers in Gloucestershire to go vegan have been met with a backlash, with some accusing local authorities of “plant-based dictatorship”, says the Telegraph.
• “Nuclear fusion breakthrough: China’s artificial sun sets world record” – China’s “artificial sun” reactor has set a new world record, inching humanity closer to limitless clean energy, reports the Mail.
• “Fresh wildfire rapidly spreads in Los Angeles” – A new wildfire has erupted close to Los Angeles sparking thousands of evacuation orders, says the Telegraph.
• “Trump ‘has Starmer over a barrel on U.S.-U.K. trade deal’” – Keir Starmer’s hopes of a growth-boosting U.S. trade deal have been hit by claims that Trump believes he can dictate the terms of an agreement with Britain, according to the Mail.
• “Britain is being systematically lied to by our delusional political elite” – Donald Trump has shown that another world is possible. Unshackling the economy can still turn us around, says Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “BBC claims Donald Trump’s election victory fuelled by ‘fear’” – The BBC is embroiled in a fresh row over bias after it reported that Trump’s election was built on “fear” and a “misconception” over illegal migration, reports the Telegraph.
• “Can we please Make Britain Great Again?” – Populism was the winner in the recent elections in America. Who’s to say it could not be the same in the U.K., too? says Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “Why we Brits envy the U.S. having Donald Trump” – It comes to something when things are so dire that our dearest wish is that The Donald takes pity on us and adopts the dear old country as the 51st state of America, writes Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
• “Trump sends threat to Putin to end war in Ukraine” – President Trump has warned Vladimir Putin that he faces taxes, tariffs and sanctions if Russia does not sign up to a deal to end the war in Ukraine, reports the Mail.
• “Trump goes biblical on ‘nasty’ bishop for pushing radical Left sermon” – President Trump has issued a scathing rebuke of Bishop of Washington Mariann Budde after she went viral with a wild political sermon at the National Prayer Service, says the Mail.
• “This woke bishop’s pathetic attack on Trump sums up why he won” – The woke Bishop of Washington’s sermon was the sort of liberal grandstanding that perfectly explains Trump’s victory, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Why can’t the Left understand restrictions on immigration?” – On Substack, Alex Berenson argues that the U.S. has no obligation to let in unskilled migrants, and the media’s failure to grasp this is likely why Trump is now President.
• “Inside Musk’s White House power grab” – In the Telegraph, James Crisp reveals how Elon Musk sidelined Vivek Ramaswamy to consolidate power over Trump’s government-slashing Doge initiative.
• “Four big wins for Trump in 48 hours” – On the Illusion of Consensus Substack, Rav Arora celebrates Trump’s swift moves to reinstate unvaccinated troops, exit the WHO, safeguard free speech and dismantle DEI policies – all within 48 hours of taking office.
• “Trump eyes ‘school choice’ tax break, a longstanding conservative goal” – President Trump is poised to enact a dramatic expansion of “school choice” programmes next year that would make it easier for hundreds of thousands of parents to send their children to private school, reports Reuters.
• “DEI isn’t just a waste of money. It’s dangerous” – Trump’s war on DEI is vital if the rise of contemporary antisemitism is to be combatted, says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “How Hamas became invisible” – Hamas has certainly been diminished by the past 15 months of conflict, but there can be no doubt that it is still there – and is still the ultimate cause of the Gazan tragedy, writes Tim Black in Spiked.
• “The MHRA papers – part 15” – The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s secretive vaccine review process, riddled with redactions, data gaps and unanswered questions, raises serious concerns, say Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan on the TTE Substack.
• “MHRA removed minutes from their website” – In the Commons, Esther McVey’s Point of Order draws gasps from MPs as she reveals that the MHRA had removed minutes from its website after she referenced them during Thursday’s House of Commons debate.
• “Smoke, mirrors and ghost writers” – The need for accountability, transparency and rigorous inquiry into vaccine safety signals remains critical, says HART on its Substack.
• “COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ mandates for legal immigrants eliminated” – “One of the last remaining tools for the Biopharmaceutical Complex to increase genetic injection uptake has been removed,” says Nicolas Hulscher on the Courageous Discourse Substack.
• “Harry climbs down after vowing to never give up anti-media crusade” – In the Telegraph, Victoria Ward highlights Prince Harry’s crusade against the tabloids ending in an eight-figure settlement he once vowed he’d never accept.
• “After Prince Harry’s settlement, let’s hope the onslaught on press freedom is at an end” – In the Telegraph, Isabel Oakeshott slams Prince Harry as a self-obsessed crusader whose endless vendetta against the press has worn out the U.K.’s patience.
• “Keir Starmer ‘put down the bong!’” – In a devastating slapdown of Keir Starmer, Louisiana Senator John Kennedy tells him to “stop dipping into your ketamine stash” and “put down the bong” and don’t give away the Chagos Islands.

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