News Round-Up

• “Thousands of criminals to avoid prison to tackle overcrowding” – Thousands of criminals, including drug dealers and sex offenders, will avoid jail under new plans set to be introduced by the Government to tackle overcrowding in prisons, reports LBC.
• “Migrant hotels told to house foreign criminals” – Asylum hotel operators have been told to house convicted foreign criminals including arsonists, says GB News.
• “The Labour-run town at the centre of the migrant hotel revolt” – In the Telegraph, Rosa Silverman reports from Tamworth, where protests over a migrant hotel reveal deepening tensions,
• “Our town is overrun by ‘pot-smoking’ migrants dumped on us by greedy landlords” – Despairing residents say Labour’s ’Operation Scatter’ is wreaking havoc, according to the Sun.
• “Seven in ten say Keir Starmer is handling migration badly” – A YouGov poll for the Times has found that 71% of voters believe that the PM is handling the asylum hotel issue badly, including 56% of Labour voters.
• “We live in ‘most dangerous’ uni town plagued by gunpoint ambushes and sex attacks” – Gunpoint ambushes, sex attacks and street robberies have been carried out by balaclava-wearing gangs in the Cardiff suburb of Cathays and nearby city centre, reports the Sun.
• “Fury as top London stores forced to take drastic action to tackle shoplifting” – Stores on London’s Strand have imposed a “locked door” policy, forcing customers to knock before being let in due to rampant shoplifting, says the Sun.
• “If painting the St George’s Cross on things will get the Government to fix them, I’ve got a list…” – Potholes, bin bags, unruly children – daub an England flag on them all and maybe they will magically disappear, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “The rise of ‘censory smearing’” – In the Spectator, Adrian Hilton coins the term “censory smearing” to describe the modern tactic of shutting down debate with hyperbolic slurs that smear opponents into silence.
• “The deculturalisation of Britain” – It’s not just the cost-of-living crisis that’s killing pubs – changes are afoot in Britain, culturally and demographically, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
• “Taking back control” – In Free Speech Backlash, clinical psychologist Dr Carole Sherwood warns that Labour’s policies are fuelling fear and urges people to “take back control” through resilience, action and supportive communities.
• “Abolish all of New Labour’s legal reforms, or we’ll never take back control” – The creation of the Supreme Court and abolition of the Lord Chancellorship has weakened our constitution, writes Amar Johal in the Telegraph.
• “Farage U-turns on mass deportations” – Farage may or may not be the right person come 2029, says Frank Haviland in the New Conservative, but even if he is the wrong person, right now he’s making the right noises.
• “Has Farage got what it takes to be a hero?” – In TCW, Andrew Hunt argues that Nigel Farage could rise as a political hero, combining charisma, audacity and timing to challenge the establishment.
• “Labour’s winter fuel raid will hit 600,000 disabled pensioners” – Some 600,000 disabled pensioners will still be stripped of their winter fuel payment despite Labour’s about-turn on eligibility criteria, reports the Express.
• “How Salcombe’s house price bubble burst” – Salcombe’s “Chelsea-on-Sea” housing boom has fizzled, with taxes, council premiums and falling demand leaving second-home owners slashing prices, says the Telegraph.
• “Too many young people signed off for struggling with hard work, says employment tsar” – The Government’s worklessness tsar Sir Charlie Mayfield says that a mental health crisis among the young is being made worse by GPs writing sick notes for stress or anxiety caused by difficult tasks at work, reports the Telegraph.
• “Nigel Farage to champion Lucy Connolly’s story at US Congress” – Nigel Farage will tell Lucy Connolly’s story to members of Congress in the US in a bid to secure American support for free speech in Britain, says GB News.
• “America’s rebuke ought to sting” – For America to chastise Britain over free speech is a reversal that ought to sting, writes Paul Coleman in the Critic.
• “Ofcom is turning the UK into an international laughing stock” – The UK is coming across as a would-be bully that wants to control the internet, says Andrew Tettenborn in CapX.
• “Daily Mail owner calls for crackdown on Google AI after traffic tanks” – DMG Media has called for a crackdown on Google’s AI search after warning that early tests of the tech were causing web traffic to crater, reports the Telegraph.
• “Gates Foundation: digital IDs are an effective tool against poverty” – In Off-Guardian, Kit Knightly exposes how the Gates Foundation is pitching digital IDs as a cure-all – from poverty to pandemics – via its MOSIP platform.
• “Wales’s 20mph speed limits ‘scaring off tourists’” – Penderyn CEO Stephen Davies says Welsh Government measures, from speed limits to tourist taxes, are making the country less appealing to visit, according to the Telegraph.
• “The Net Zero drive is worrying the markets” – Miliband’s push for 95% clean electricity stretches belief, and investors seem to have their doubts, warns John Redwood in the Telegraph.
• “Electric vehicle charging revolution stalls” – The roll-out of charging points for electric cars has slammed into reverse, according to This is Money.
• “Germany is not just falling behind – it risks collapsing” – Germany’s energy woes, brought on by its failed attempt at transitioning to green energies, continue to mount, writes P. Gosselin on NoTricksZone.
• “Climate zealots must be stopped from abusing courts” – In TEA, Gary Abernathy warns that climate activists are increasingly abusing the courts to push political agendas that failed in the legislature, and judges must stop them.
• “Calculating the savings from Trump’s repeal of Biden’s greenhouse gas regulations on power plants” – On Substack, Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling calculate that scrapping Biden’s greenhouse gas rules could save Midwestern power users over $500 billion while keeping the lights on.
• “Yes, the US should put a nuclear reactor on the Moon” – The new space race isn’t about who gets to the moon first, says Iulia Lupse in RealClearEnergy; it’s about who stays once they get there – and the key to staying is energy.
• “ARI vaccine registration trials” – On the TTE Substack, Prof Carl Heneghan argues that decades of flawed vaccine registration trials demand a complete overhaul to restore trust.
• “Welfare state is not sustainable, says German chancellor” – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for urgent reform of Germany’s social welfare spending, reports DW.
• “Hungary is right: Ukraine should not join the EU” – Viktor Orbán is right to block Ukraine’s EU bid, says Rafael Pinto Borges in Brussels Signal, warning it would bring debt, corruption and risk of war to Europe.
• “Oh Canada… Nurse fights anti-free speech tribunal over transgender views” – On his blog, Jonathan Turley covers the latest free speech crackdown in Canada.
• “Canada is still burning witches” – Nurse Amy Hamm’s case exposes the rot in Canada’s professional bodies, writes Jo Bartosch in Spiked.
• “‘The Church told me to sell my home. Now I’m condemned to pension poverty’” – “Indefensible and unchristian” pension cuts and a dearth of housing are pushing retired clergy into penury, says Rob White in the Telegraph.
• “We have filed our case!” – Sex Matters has asked the High Court for a judicial review of the decision to let Hampstead Heath’s ponds operate on the basis of gender self-identification.
• “Arguing with trans activists is like explaining Einstein to my dog” – In the Telegraph, Tracy Edwards, skipper of the first all-female crew in the Round the World Race, talks to Oliver Brown about her fight for women’s sport.
• “Sir Stephen Fry: court jester for the cultural elite” – Stephen Fry, a product of the ‘alternative’ comedy scene, is now firmly ensconced in the establishment, writes Michael Collins in Spiked.
• “Disney wants ideas for movies that will appeal to young men. I have a few” – Making original films for young men isn’t that hard, but you have to quit pushing gay race communism and appeal to masculine virtue, says John Daniel Davidson in the Federalist.
• “The Secret Ruling Class… who are they?” – On the Gorilla Science YouTube channel, Martin Durkin exposes the Blob – the unelected, unaccountable New Class whose lust for power and money threatens private property and individual freedom.
• “The dangers of the unlived life” – On Substack, Spaceman Spiff warns that ignoring your true ambitions leads to bitterness and urges us to start living the life we really want.
• “Prime Minister of the pub, of the pint, of the people” – On X, Nigel Farage has a little bit of fun with AI.

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