News Round-Up

• “Islamophobia codes would bring back blasphemy laws” – Dominic Grieve’s working group does not seem to grasp that an Islamophobia definition forged for Muslims by Muslims is inherently divisive, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “‘Attempts to define Islamophobia endanger free speech and public safety’” – The Christian Institute warns the Government that defining ‘Islamophobia’ could undermine “healthy debate and democratic discussion”.
• “‘Help me to defeat Labour’s rigged ‘Islamophobia’ consultation’” – Nick Timothy MP urges the public to help him challenge what he calls a rigged government consultation on ‘Islamophobia’, warning it will impose backdoor blasphemy laws and silence legitimate criticism of Islam.
• “How the debate about Islam in Britain is playing out in planning rows over mosques” – A planned mosque in a Cumbrian town has sparked local unease, revealing deeper tensions over faith, identity and change in modern Britain, writes Judith Woods in the Telegraph.
• “Tim Davie turns on BBC staff over Bob Vylan failings” – Tim Davie has blamed BBC staff on the ground for failing to cut the livestream of Bob Vylan’s incendiary Glastonbury performance, reports the Telegraph.
• “The BBC has proven itself to be institutionally blind to antisemitism” – Can our national broadcaster’s coverage of Gaza ever be trusted again? wonders Danny Cohen in the Telegraph.
• “How the BBC is fighting the ‘symbolic annihilation’ of East Asians on screen” – On Substack, Charlotte Gill welcomes readers to yet another BBC diversity scheme.
• “Neo-Nazis and black extremists ‘forming antisemitic alliances’” – White and black nationalists are finding common ground over their hatred of Jewish people, reports the Times.
• “Palestinian uses ECHR to enter UK for medical treatment” – A Palestinian woman has been granted entry to the UK for medical treatment after a tribunal ruled that denying her a visa breached her right to a family life under the ECHR, says the Express.
• “Southport killer Axel Rudakubana makes further threat to prison staff” – Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has made further threats against prison guards after dousing one with scalding water from a kettle, reports the Mail.
• “Shh, don’t tell anyone about the tax! Reeves tight-lipped on Budget” – Rachel Reeves is dodging questions over who’ll be hit by Labour’s looming ‘wealth taxes’, just as the Bank of England warns that firms are shedding jobs, says the Mail.
• “Billionaires are fleeing the UK – and wealth tax could make more quit” – Britain lost more billionaires than any country in the world over the past two years, raising fears that more will flee abroad if the Government introduces a wealth tax, according to the Times.
• “Rachel Reeves has bled her golden geese dry” – Going after the wealthy with further tax rises won’t solve the Chancellor’s problems, says Eir Nolsøe in the Telegraph.
• “Rayner’s employment law forcing ‘stealth tax’ on workers” – According to analysis by the Institute of Economic Affairs, Angela Rayner’s employment law reforms will act as a £5 billion “stealth tax” on workers, reports the Sun.
• “It’s never paid better to be out of work” – In TCW, Bruce Newsome says Britain pays more to stay idle than to work – and no party is brave enough to stop it.
• “We must finally bury the absurd idea that Keir Starmer is honest” – The PM’s political career has been defined, in large part, by disowning views he previously held, writes Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “Dads call for ban on smartphones in schools across England” – Two fathers have announced they will seek a judicial review against the Department for Education as part of a campaign to get smartphones banned in schools, reports the BBC.
• “Labour scraps plan to stop under-nines being taught sex education” – Labour will scrap Tory plans banning sex education for children under nine, with new RSHE guidance dropping the Year Five minimum, says the Mail.
• “Ben Habib on what Advance UK stands for” – In TCW, Sally Beck profiles Ben Habib, whose new party Advance UK vows to restore sovereignty, cut immigration and scrap Net Zero.
• “This is how justice has gone so awry in 21st Century Britain” – The concept of anarcho-tyranny explains the way our state goes after the law-abiding while coddling the dangerous, writes Neil O’Brien in the Telegraph.
• “Will Ed Miliband’s climate change speech be a ‘radical truth’?” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark takes aim at Ed Miliband’s “radical truth-telling” speech, arguing that it’s not the climate but the cure for our supposed climate ills that’s wrecking Britain.
• “Miliband’s climate statement not so much historic as histrionic” – In the Telegraph, Tim Stanley says Ed Miliband’s “historic” climate speech had few MPs watching and even fewer convinced.
• “Drivers to be given up to £3,750 to switch to electric cars” – The cost of a new electric car will soon be reduced by up to £3,750 after the Government introduced grants to encourage drivers to move away from petrol and diesel vehicles, reports the BBC.
• “Labour’s Net Zero blackmail will crash Britain out of the modern world” – If young generations have anything to fear about the future, let them fear Ed Miliband, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “Million customers hit by Thames Water hosepipe ban” – Thames Water is introducing a hosepipe ban across Swindon, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire, reports Sky News.
• “The UK should not have to ration water” – In a wet, temperate climate like ours there is absolutely no reason we should have to ration water, says David Shipley in the Spectator.
• “Farage urges Reform councils to ditch ‘virtue-signalling’ Net Zero targets” – Nigel Farage has urged Reform UK-led councils to ditch climate emergency targets amid concerns they are “massive diversions of time”, reports GB News.
• “A Net Zero parable: the widget factory in the village” – In TCW, our own Dr Tilak Doshi tells a parable of a village forced to swap reliable energy for unreliable renewables – until soaring costs and cold homes sparked a revolt and a return to common sense.
• “Why American energy must meet the AI moment” – In RealClearEnergy, Ann Bluntzer Pullin warns that the US must urgently modernise its energy infrastructure and prioritise reliable sources like natural gas to meet rising AI-driven demand.
• “Turns out most Americans still don’t buy the climate hype” – On ClimateRealism, Linnea Lueken reports that most Americans aren’t worried about climate change, with concern dropping since 2000 despite heavy media alarm over events like the Texas floods.
• “More gaslighting from the psychologists” – In Climate Scepticism, John Ridgway argues that climate sceptics, not supporters, are the true ‘silent majority’ forced into secrecy by an activist establishment.
• “‘China is building the [renewable] future… building coal-fired power stations… because it has to’” – Building communist coal power stations is apparently okay and necessary, but it is very wrong when President Trump does it, notes Eric Worrall in WUWT?
• “New study: Africa’s Atlantic coast sea levels were still one meter higher than today 2,000 years ago” – On NoTricksZone, Kenneth Richard reports that sea levels along Africa’s Atlantic coast were still over a metre higher than today during the Roman Warm Period, dealing another blow to the CO₂-driven sea level narrative.
• “Bake sales for Gaza could stoke Jew hatred, EU warns” – The EU’s antisemitism tsar has warned European ambassadors that holding bake sales for Gaza in Brussels could stoke Jew hatred, according to the Telegraph.
• “Spanish voters are embracing remigration” – Rising immigration and stretched public services are driving Spain’s shift towards hardline Right-wing populism, writes Miquel Vila in UnHerd.
• “Trump threatens Putin with a 50-day ultimatum on Ukraine peace deal” – President Trump says the US will slap 100% tariffs on Russia if Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to a peace deal with Ukraine within 50 days, reports the Mail.
• “Putin has just discovered the scale of his latest miscalculation” – Not all of Donald Trump’s new measures against Russia will be effective, but new sanctions are a cost the Kremlin cannot easily afford, writes Samuel Ramani in the Telegraph.
• “These Democrats believe Kamala won the election – in an alternate universe” – Left-wing conspiracists claim the universe split at 4am on November 6th and are on a mission to ‘jump back’, says Cameron Henderson in the Telegraph.
• “WHO regional head placed on leave amid corruption allegations” – A regional director of the WHO has been placed on leave after being charged with fraud, forgery and misuse of power, reports the Telegraph.
• “Inside the Vaccine Trials – Lived Experiences” – A new film offers an intimate look into the lives of vaccine trial volunteers: individuals who came forward with hope and trust, only to encounter serious, lasting health complications.
• “How political ideology corrupted science” – Science as presented to the public has taken a decidedly Left-wing turn in recent years, and in many cases has been contaminated by hyper-liberal ideology, writes Patrick West in the Spectator.
• “The Left finally faces a reckoning for anti-conservative discrimination” – Progressives are reaching for ever more ridiculous arguments to fight attempts to restore viewpoint diversity at the likes of Harvard, says Eric Kaufmann in the Telegraph.
• “The great AI delusion is falling apart” – New research suggests the chorus of techno-optimism is based on falsehoods, writes Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
• “Why is the NHS spending hundreds of thousands of pounds attacking women?” – The woke gender cult’s witch hunt of nurse Sandie Peggie is a taxpayer-funded farce, says Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Trans former Tory MP demanded £350,000 from his wife” – A former Tory MP has been handed a community order after admitting harassing his ex-wife, according to Sky News.
• “‘No Irish, no blacks, no dogs’: the myth that will not die” – In the Telegraph, Michael Murphy debunks the myth of the “No Irish, no blacks, no dogs” sign, showing it oversimplifies the largely successful Irish immigration story in 20th Century Britain.
• “‘I thought cannabis should be legal, until I got psychosis and started eating out of bins’” – Amid moves by Sadiq Khan to legalise cannabis, those whose lives have been devastated by it share their stories with the Telegraph.
• “‘TV has become a dangerous place for working-class men’” – Gregg Wallace says that “there will be more casualties” as he launched a scathing attack on the BBC, according to the Sun.
• “Gregg Wallace: is this the tragic last hurrah of #MeToo?” – Greg Wallace behaved badly, but the digital crucifixion of him feels a little extreme, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “John Torode has allegation of using racist language upheld against him” – Gregg Wallace’s fellow Masterchef presenter John Torode was also accused of misconduct – but denies all wrongdoing and refuses to quit, according to the Mail.
• “Why shouldn’t we call children ‘naughty’?” – Banning the word “naughty” won’t stop tantrums – but it might stop parents doing their job, says Naomi Firsht in the Spectator.
• “‘It’s about frightening you’” – On GB News, Director of Net Zero Watch Andrew Montford slams a Met Office report which shows UK weather extremes are due to become the norm.

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