News Round-Up

• “Foreign rapist jailed for six years wins payout for ‘unlawful detention’” – A foreign rapist who Britain has been unable to deport has won “substantial” compensation for unlawful detention, reveals the Mail on Sunday. 
• “Jamaican drug dealer avoids deportation as ‘child only speaks to him’” – A Jamaican drug dealer who beat his partner has avoided deportation after a judge ruled he should stay because his gender questioning daughter only speaks to him, reports the Mail.
• “British voters actually back Trump’s policies – here’s the proof” – A recent poll has found that more than half of those surveyed support a “border emergency” in the Channel, says the Telegraph.
• “Colombia caves to Trump’s tariff threat as humiliated socialist leader offers his own plane to migrants” – Colombia is already caving to Donald Trump after he threatened steep economic and diplomatic sanctions when they refused to accept flights of migrants being deported from the U.S., reports the Mail.
• “Starmer took ‘unequal’ approach to Southport killer and rioters, says Badenoch” – Kemi Badenoch claims that Keir Starmer took an “unequal” approach to the trials of Axel Rudakubana and those who rioted after the Southport killings, according to the Telegraph.
• “Kemi Badenoch blames a lack of ‘integration’ for Southport murders” – Kemi Badenoch has blamed a lack of “integration” in the U.K. for the Southport child-killer, reports the Mail.
• “What police don’t want you to know about election ‘inquiry’” – Shockat Adam’s victory over Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester raised questions about the legality of a leaflet campaign. We’re still waiting for answers, says Gabriel Pogrund in the Sunday Times.
• “Graphic reveals how attacks on Tube spiralling to their highest ever” – Violent crimes on the London Underground have been increasing steadily since Sadiq Khan became Mayor in 2016, with 2023 being the worst year ever on record, reports the Mail.
• “Reeves ‘absolutely happy’ to look at joining EU customs deal” – Rachel Reeves says the U.K. is “absolutely happy” to look at joining a tariff-free trading scheme with Europe after the EU left the door open to British membership, according to Sky News.
• “James Dyson attacks Rachel Reeves’s ‘vindictive’ farm tax rise” – Sir James Dyson has accused the chancellor of “vindictiveness” by changing inheritance tax rules and said that family businesses employing 14 million people were being “fleeced”, reports the Times.
• “Markets have put the U.K. on ‘suicide watch’, warns former Treasury minister” – In an interview with Melissa Lawford in the Telegraph, Lord Agnew reveals that global investors have put the U.K. on “suicide watch” over debt fears.
• “Labour’s seven deadly sins could sink Rachel Reeves” – In the Telegraph, Kamal Ahmed says Peter Hyman’s takedown of Labour’s “seven deadly sins” shows why Rachel Reeves is stuck.
• “Britain’s outgoing trade supremo: ‘Whitehall is deeply resistant to progress’” – In an interview with the Telegraph’s Gordon Rayner, former U.K. trade chief Sir Crawford Falconer slams Whitehall’s inertia, calls Brexit a missed chance and urges Britain to grab a “Yalta moment” with the U.S. to reshape global trade.
• “Rishi Sunak’s honours list: Michael Gove offered peerage” – Michael Gove has been offered a peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list, reports the Sunday Times.
• “Green energy tycoon calls for ban on political donations despite handing £5 million to Labour” – Dale Vince has called for a ban on political donations despite handing over £5 million to Labour, says GB News.
• “Dale Vince’s energy empire slumps to loss after £12 million writedown on ‘vegan gas’ project” – Labour donor Dale Vince’s business empire has swung to a loss after it suffered a £12 million writedown on a “vegan gas” project and global energy prices plunged, reports the Telegraph.
• “Miliband’s £22 billion carbon capture spree is a waste of money, warns Octopus boss” – In the Telegraph, the boss of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson says that Ed Miliband’s £22 billion investment in carbon capture is a waste of money and would be better spent on renewables.
• “The global shift forcing Britain to change course on Net Zero” – Donald Trump’s return to the White House is driving a climate policy divide in the Labour Party, says Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.
• “There is no green energy revolution: pretending otherwise makes us poor” – Fossil fuels are still what sets the world to work – and that is not changing any time soon, writes Bjorn Lomborg in the Telegraph.
• “France urges Brussels to indefinitely delay EU green rules for business” – France is pushing to delay EU rules requiring companies to report on their environmental footprint and exposure to climate risk, reports Politico.
• “Falling birth rate risks adding 7p to income tax, says think tank” – A report by Policy Exchange has calculated that the U.K.’s low birth rate and the ageing population may soon result in government spending rising to 58% of GDP, according to the Telegraph.
• “More ruminations of an old geezer” – On the TTE Substack, Dr. Tom Jefferson calls out the UKHSA and regulators for mishandling the pandemic vaccine rollout.
• “U.K. CV Family’s evidence to Module Four” – The U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance Substack reports that Charlotte Crichton, representing the U.K. CV Family, took the stand at the Covid Inquiry, slamming the MHRA’s failures, government neglect of the vaccine-injured and the Inquiry’s silencing of dissent.
• “Why Novak Djokovic refused to take the Covid ‘vaccine’” – Novak Djokovic sacrificed titles, millions and his shot at being the greatest player in history to stand firm against coercion and refuse a vaccine he believed posed greater risks than benefits, says Steve Kirsch on his Substack.
• “CIA believes Chinese lab leak the more likely source of Covid” – The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, reports CBS News.
• “BBC newsreaders are traumatised about Trump’s return” – In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, never have so many words been uttered by BBC reporters through gritted teeth. One hopes their bosses have a good dental plan, says Ross Clark in the Mail.
• “The origins of American freedom of speech” – Pimlico Journal explains why British and American speech laws diverged.
• “King’s College of cancellations” – The Committee For Academic Freedom reveals how Michael Rainsborough’s pro-Brexit views led to his ousting from King’s College, exposing a culture of ideological conformity.
• “The ECHR is an enemy of free speech” – Strasbourg has ruled that a failure to censor offensive speech is a violation of “human rights”, reports Andrew Tettenborn in Spiked.
• “Musk tells Germans at AfD rally to ‘look past their guilt’” – Elon Musk has told Germans they should be proud of their heritage and should “move beyond” the “past guilt” of older generations, according to the Hill.
• “Among the MAGA avant-garde” – In the Critic, Jaspreet Singh Boparai explores how the dissident Right will shape American culture in the age of Trump.
• “Nurse can refer to transgender doctor as a man in legal victory” – A nurse can refer to a transgender doctor as a man at work in a legal victory, reports the Telegraph.
• “No.10 invited trans activist drag queen who criticised J.K. Rowling to Burns Night celebration” – Keir Starmer has sparked fury after bringing in a drag queen who criticised J.K. Rowling over her views on gender to promote Burns Night, says the Mail.
• “If Oxfam is right about Empire, then where is my $1 million?” – Don’t trust Oxfam’s latest report claiming the U.K. owes India £27 trillion in reparations. Its sums don’t add up, writes Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
• “The myth of an extractive empire” – Oxfam’s attack on the British Raj is historically and economically confused, says Tirthankar Roy in the Critic.
• “Beware the expedient Christianity of the secular Left” – In TCW, Sean Walsh blasts the secular Left’s version of Christianity, calling Bishop Mariann Budde’s recent sermon a shallow attempt to align the teachings of Christ with trendy politics.
• “Neil Gaiman dropped by publisher over sexual misconduct claims” – Neil Gaiman has been dropped by the publisher of his graphic novels and comic books after several women accused the writer of sexual misconduct, according to Variety.
• “The Ofcom song live!” – On X, Dominic Frisby performs a song about Ofcom’s list of 186 banned words – and uses them all.

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