News Round-Up
- “What is Labour doing to fix the grooming gangs scandal?” – In the Spectator, David Shipley blasts Labour’s feeble response to the grooming gangs scandal.
- “Labour has failed the victims of ‘grooming gangs’ again” – In the Spectator, Hardeep Singh argues that Labour has once again failed the victims of grooming gangs by prioritising vote-chasing over justice.
- “Labour’s grooming gangs position is contemptible” – In the Spectator, Stephen Pollard slams the Government’s refusal to hold a national inquiry into rape gangs, branding it a cowardly betrayal that prioritises political sensitivities over justice for victims.
- “If Labour buries the grooming gangs scandal, it will be the greatest disgrace in political history” – Instead of a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal, we’re getting a patchwork of council cover-ups, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “The moment in the ‘grooming gangs’ debate that shamed Jess Phillips” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill slams Jess Phillips for her dismissive body language and response to the rape gangs scandal.
- “Hamas uses ECHR to challenge terror group status” – Hamas is using the European Convention of Human Rights to challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation in the UK, reports the Telegraph.
- “Police force blocks white applicants to boost diversity” – West Yorkshire Police has temporarily blocked applications from white British candidates in an attempt to boost diversity, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Reeves rejects ‘Buy British’ campaign as a response to US tariffs” – Rachel Reeves has distanced herself from a campaign urging people to “buy British” in the wake of Trump hitting UK exporters with trade tariffs, reports the Mail.
- “Nandy changes her tune on Trump trade deal” – The Spectator’s Steerpike takes aim at Lisa Nandy for her U-turn on Trump trade talks.
- “Covid made me commit crime, claims drug dealer spared deportation” – A convicted cannabis dealer has been spared deportation after claiming that he only committed the crime because he ran out of money during the Covid pandemic, reports the Telegraph.
- “Who will crack down on Britain’s corrupt prison governors?” – It’s very rare for a prison governor to face justice, no matter what they’ve done, writes David Shipley in the Spectator.
- “What caused Birmingham’s bin strikes?” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark argues that Birmingham’s bin strikes are the direct result of a decades-old equal pay law.
- “The Birmingham bin strike is a symptom of British decline” – The Birmingham bin strike is a mess made by local-government idiocy and ‘equalities’ law run amok, says Hugo Timms in Spiked.
- “The world isn’t admiring Starmer’s Britain, it’s mocking us” – From Diego Garcia to the Elgin Marbles, the Labour Government is simply unwilling to stand up for Britain’s interests, says Annabel Denham in the Telegraph.
- “BBC spends £500,000 restoring paedophile’s sculpture” – The BBC has spent more than £500,000 restoring a controversial statue created by a paedophile that sits outside its London HQ, reports the Telegraph.
- “He’s cost taxpayers £200 million: meet Britain’s biggest Nimby” – In the Telegraph, Jonathan Ford profiles anti-road campaigner Chris Todd who has used judicial reviews to delay road projects worth £2.5 billion, costing the British taxpayer up to £300 million.
- “Are the wheels finally coming off Net Zero?” – So long as Labour continues to trumpet its attachment to Net Zero, it will be painting itself into a corner, warns Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “Merz’s new coalition is bad news for Germany” – The CDU’s Friedrich Merz has just formalised the most spectacular betrayal of centre-Right voters in modern German history, says Henry Donovan in the Spectator.
- “Markets rebound as Trump makes stunning U-turn on tariffs” – White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt says the media – not Donald Trump’s tariffs – was responsible for tanking global markets, leaving tens of millions of everyday Americans fearing for their jobs, according to the Mail.
- “MAGA is shattering before America’s eyes” – The spat between Musk and the President’s trade adviser is symptomatic of a major flaw with the MAGA project, says Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “The hidden logic behind Trump’s market meltdown” – While Trump’s plan remains deeply flawed, that does not mean it is completely ridiculous, argues Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “Why tariffs work” – In electing Trump last year, American voters have called time on decades of elite indifference to industrial production, says William Clouston in the Spectator.
- “These MAGA influencers helped elect Trump. Tariffs have them questioning their faith” – Some loyal soldiers of the US President’s cavalry may be losing faith as their fortunes take a hit, writes Susie Coen in the Telegraph.
- “Donald Trump has just blown up China’s economy” – Trump has upended global trade, and left Xi Jinping with nowhere else to go, says Gordon Chang in the Telegraph.
- “Chinese launch racist humiliation campaign mocking Trump’s tariffs” – A new AI-generated video, believed to have been created by a Chinese TikToker, has depicted a depressing America under Trump’s tariffs, reports the Mail.
- “New Zealand had a plan to be as rich as Australia. Here’s how it failed” – Thousands of Kiwis are leaving the country amid rising unemployment and a gloomy economic outlook, writes Sarah Newey in the Telegraph.
- “Kyrgyzstan will fine women for wearing full-body niqabs” – Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing a full-body niqab under a new plan that is supported by the country’s official Muslim governing body, reports the Mail.
- “Why scientists are resistant to prostate cancer screening” – Excessive treatment of low-risk tumours may do more harm than good, reports the Telegraph.
- “Alarming data reveals sexual orientation at highest risk of self harm” – Alarming new data suggests that bisexual adults are almost three times more likely to suffer self-harm than their heterosexual peers, according to the Mail.
- “Pool body sued by transgender player forced to crowdfund money for defence” – The English Blackball Pool Federation, staffed entirely by volunteers, is crowdfunding its legal defence after being sued by a transgender player it banned from women’s events, reports the Telegraph.
- “The academics incensed by the woke overhaul of Oxford’s 800-year-old graduation ceremony” – A plan to make the Latin wording of Oxford’s 800-year-old graduation ceremony gender-neutral has met stiff resistance from Latin experts, students and university staff, writes Natasha Leake in the Telegraph.
- “Joey Barton made defamatory comments against Eni Aluko” – A judge has ruled that former Premier League footballer Joey Barton was being defamatory when he accused ex-England international Eniola Aluko of being a “race card player” in a bitter online row, reports the Mail.
- “Rachel Zegler breaks cover as Disney braces for $115 million Snow White loss” – Rachel Zegler looked sombre as she was pictured out in New York City this week, following the humiliating box office performance of her latest film, Snow White, according to the Mail.
- “‘It is so obviously political’” – On Times Radio, Sir Trevor Phillips tears shreds out of the Labour Party for their disgusting response to Pakistani rape gangs.
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Insane. But this is the way it’s going in the UK, isn’t it? ”In Great Britain, a nation with deep Christian roots, there is an urgent need for Christians to stand up and speak out. The Labour run Rushmore Council is pushing forward a drastic proposal—a sweeping injunction that could imprison Christian street preachers for up to two years. Under this plan, Christians would be forbidden from praying for others, distributing Bibles or religious leaflets by hand, or even laying hands on someone in prayer, even with their full consent. How can such measures be justified in a country built on Christian values? What’s more troubling is the apparent double standard. Why are Christians singled out, while other faiths—some of whom have openly called for jihad on our streets—face no such scrutiny? This isn’t just an attack on religious freedom; it’s a direct challenge to the Christian heritage of Great Britain.” https://x.com/TheNorfolkLion/status/1910011959090512285 ”A group of street preachers are at the centre of what is believed to be an unprecedented legal battle with a local authority which has tried to impose an injunction, without proper consultation, that would criminalise Christian prayer, singing and evangelism. Following an intervention by the Christian Legal… Read more »
The Red Cross charity shops apparently don’t sell the Bible now. Also, you know how you’d always see a Bible in hotel rooms? Well all these hotels being taken over by migrants will obviously have had to put a stop to that too. Do you think they replace them with a copy of the Quran?
”Video evidence of manager at British Red Cross saying they don’t sell the bible as it’s discriminatory.”
https://x.com/Victoria_Rixon/status/1909930146875719909
‘Discriminatory’? It is utterly disgraceful that the Christian heritage of our land – the culture, shared interests, laws and institutions – is being shackled and veritably put to death in order to appease the subscribers to DEI and to ultimately surrender to the beliefs of those overtaking and consuming our country. Our heritage is being negated. A lamb to the slaughter…
But the Bible is about people from the Middle East, and wasn’t at least one of the three kings from North Africa? And where is the Red Sea whose waves were parted? Has the Red Cross never read their Bible?
Have they not noticed that their name is equally discriminatory?
Right away, I knew it would be a despotic labour run council. Par for the course.
This is heartening to read;
”Church attendance in Britain is rising thanks to Gen Z, new research commissioned by the Bible Society has suggested.
The research, conducted by YouGov, found that last year around 12% of adults attended church at least once a month, up from just 8% in 2018.
Leading the charge, were men aged 18-24, with over a fifth attending church at least once a month, a staggering increase from just 4% of that demographic in 2018. Women in the same age bracket have also been attending church in larger numbers, going from 4% in 2018 to 12% in 2024.
“There are now over 2 million more people attending church than there were six years ago.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/is-the-uk-seeing-a-quiet-revival-in-church-attendance.html
It’s particularly interesting as the government closed the churches for most of 2020, losing them many attenders for foreseeable reasons like agoraphobia and so on.
Yeah ‘cos everyone knows that churchgoers suffer more from colds and ‘flu than other parts of the population. It must be true ‘cos they gather together in those buildings and even shake hands with each other – I believe they even sing! Highly dangerous, ban them.
Pertaining to the article about the racist, DEI-infected West Yorks police force. How multiculturalism destroyed the British police. This is shocking ( but none of us are really shocked by this anymore, are we? ); ”A quick glance at the Metropolitan Police Authority recruitment targets for 2009-10 reveals the liberal insanity that has taken over this pitiful Island. 27% of all new police recruits must be “black and minority ethnic” (BME) and 41% must be female. West Midlands Police Authority has seized upon such directives with glee. What would once have been called racial and sexual discrimination against white males is now called Positive Action, which is why the police are able to recruit black and ethnic minorities in far higher percentage terms than their population warrants. White males will account for a mere 30% of new Metropolitan Police recruits over the next three years, but unfortunately for the powers that be, it is still white males who overwhelmingly apply to join. The result is that they are simply turned away, and the reason given, with no hint of hypocrisy or shame, is because they are white. In 2006, two thirds of white males were turned down for interview by… Read more »
“Are the wheels finally coming off Net Zero?”
Wrong. Carbon (dioxide) is not pollution.
Heartening as the rumours of the wheels coming off the idea is, I think it will take power cuts unequivocally causing deaths to break the stranglehold of the Net Zero fanatics.
“The world isn’t admiring Starmer’s Britain, it’s mocking us” – From Diego Garcia to the Elgin Marbles, the Labour Government is simply unwilling to stand up for Britain’s interests.”
Yes, and here’s another example:
Leicester Square to honour Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol with new statue
If, like mine, your first nonplussed reaction is “Who???”, here’s more:
“The statue, featuring the two stars from the 1995 classic, will become part of Leicester Square’s “Scenes in the Square” trail, alongside other famous figures such as Harry Potter, Gene Kelly, Mary Poppins, and Batman.”
Because diversity…
Question: And during the Tories 14 years in power, what did they do about it?
First of all I am no fan of the Red Cross who are somewhat woke. But just to clarify … Red Cross charity shops don’t sell any religious books or other items from any faith group. As the Red Cross work in various conflict situations, some of which are religious in nature they can’t be seen as anything but absolutely impartial. Nothing anti Christian going on.