News Round-Up
- “Last night I was arrested for a tweet” – On Substack, Pete North recounts being dragged from his home at night over a “Fuck Hamas” meme and grilled by clueless cops about Tommy Robinson.
- “Man arrested over anti-Hamas social media post” – The Telegraph reports on Pete North’s arrest for a tweet. Lord Young of Acton is quoted saying: “Pete North is a member of the Free Speech Union, something he’s made the police aware of, so I’d be surprised if he’s charged.”
- “Labour has turned our constables into commissars” – In the Telegraph, the Daily Sceptic’s Laurie Wastell says the offence of stirring up racial hatred has turned out police into thought crime officers.
- “Immigration pushes UK population to 69.3 million – up 755,300 in a year” – Immigration has pushed the UK population to 69.3 million, with numbers rising by 755,300 between mid-2023 and mid-2024 – the second-biggest annual increase since 1950, reports the Mail.
- “Starmer takes huge gamble on compulsory digital ID cards” – Keir Starmer has called digital ID cards an “enormous opportunity” to tackle illegal immigration, says the Mail.
- “Calls for Starmer to clarify how ID scheme will work” – Sir Keir Starmer is facing major questions over how his “mandatory” digital ID scheme will actually work – after flailing ministers denied it was compulsory, reports the Mail.
- “Starmer’s nightmarish digital ID plans won’t solve illegal migration” – Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that every adult in Britain will be forced to have a digital ID card should leave you with no doubt that his time is up, says John Power in the Telegraph.
- “Digital IDs are a nightmare of Tony Blair’s making” – “Has Starmer really thought through the practical consequences of digital ID cards?” wonders Ross Clark in the Spectator. He certainly doesn’t seem to have thought through the political consequences.
- “Brit card to Brit cage” – Is the UK’s digital ID a passport to totalitarianism? asks Laura Dodsworth on her Free Mind Substack.
- “Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards” – Sign the petition demanding that the UK Government abandons its plans to introduce digital ID cards.
- “Election watchdog facing backlash for refusing probe into Starmer aide” – The Electoral Commission is facing a backlash after it rejected calls for a fresh investigation into claims Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff “hid” more than £700,000 in donations, reports the Mail.
- “Immigration is turning entire cities Muslim, Danny Kruger claims” – Reform’s newest MP says the UK is becoming segregated and that Islam “expects you to live in a certain way”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Labour got it wrong on migration” – Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that Labour “got it wrong” on migration, and “shied away” from the concerns of the British public, reports GB News.
- “One year of failure, four to put it right. If Labour aligns with British workers, it can still win” – In the Telegraph, Charles Moore says Labour could still win the next election, but only if it embraces old-fashioned, working class patriotism.
- “NHS doctor who ‘denied Holocaust’ keeps job” – A trainee doctor who claimed that the UK is “occupied and controlled by Jewish supremacy” has escaped a suspension, says the Jewish Chronicle.
- “Reeves needs to save the London Stock Exchange” – The City is facing extinction, but there is still no sign that Rachel Reeves will do anything to rescue it, writes Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “Rick Stein coffee shop closes as his empire is hit by Reeves’s tax raid” – Rick Stein’s coffee shop in Cornwall has shut its doors permanently amid mounting losses and a customer slump in the chain’s restaurant empire, reports This is Money.
- “Benefits bill unsustainable, says Starmer’s right-hand man” – Sir Keir Starmer is targeting Britain’s “unsustainable” benefits bill, with his Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones warning in the Telegraph that the welfare system traps people in a lifetime of dependency.
- “How Burnham used taxpayer cash to fill Manchester with luxury skyscrapers” – Andy Burnham pitches himself as Britain’s saviour, but is his Manchester record all it’s cracked up to be? ask Emma Taggart and Pui-Guan Man in the Telegraph.
- “The case against Andy Burnham” – What fundamental change would Andy Burnham make to this Labour government? wonders John McTernan in the Spectator.
- “The literal Nazi and the cuddlecrat prince” – With Labour and the Tories flailing, Reform and the Lib Dems are positioning themselves to replace the Conservatives and Labour as the two main parties, says Dr David McGrogan on Substack.
- “Ørsted in talks to sell stake in £8.5 billion UK wind project to Apollo” – Ørsted is reportedly in talks to sell a 50% stake in its UK Hornsea 3 project, among the world’s largest offshore wind farms, to US investment fund Apollo Global Management, according to the FT.
- “Tesla’s UK sales plunge by £500 million as drivers boycott Elon Musk” – Tesla saw its UK sales drop by £500 million last year after drivers boycotted the electric car brand in response to Elon Musk’s political opinions, reports GB News.
- “The greenlash is here: Britain cannot afford Net Zero and democracy at the same time” – Britain can’t have Net Zero and affordable energy at the same time – and the fallout is shaking democracy, warns Maurice Cousins in Net Zero Watch.
- “RIP Dr Michael Connolly (1949-2025)” – Dr Michael Connolly, co-founder of CERES, has passed away leaving a legacy of groundbreaking science, writes Anthony Watts in WUWT?
- “Food for thought” – Are the Czechs the greatest climate-policy sceptics? asks Mark Hodgson in Climate Scepticism.
- “Epic climate speech by Trump at the UN in New York” – Donald Trump’s address to the UN was the most awesome and important climate and energy speech of his presidency, says Marc Morano on Clintel.
- “Quit promoting mad schemes, New York Times, blocking the sun is a dangerous climate gamble” – Blocking the sun to fight climate change is a reckless gamble with unpredictable consequences, from crop failures to acid rain, warns Anthony Watts in Climate Realism.
- “Get out your bingo cards – natural gas is taking centre stage at NYC Climate Week” – World leaders are changing their tune on the importance of natural gas, and the policymakers’ shift has never been clearer than at Climate Week in New York City, writes Nicole Jacobs on EID Climate.
- “Jilted Aussie green hydrogen investor accuses President Trump of lying” – Australian mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest slammed Trump for lying on climate while, at the same time, writing off $244 million in failed clean energy projects, says Eric Worrall in WUWT?
- “How the judiciary took down Nicolas Sarkozy” – The law in France is being used not just to punish, but to shape politics, writes James Tidmarsh in the Spectator.
- “Macron comes under pressure to pardon his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy” – Emmanuel Macron is facing mounting calls to pardon Nicolas Sarkozy after he was sensationally found guilty of criminal conspiracy, reports the Mail.
- “Israel could be voted out of Eurovision before it even begins” – Israel could be eliminated from the Eurovision Song Contest before it even begins after organisers announced that a vote will be held in November to decide which countries can participate in the musical event, according to the Mail.
- “Delegates storm out of UN assembly as Netanyahu begins speech” – Delegates from around the world walked out of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to deliver his speech defending Israel’s war in Gaza, reports the Mail.
- “Do not dismiss Trump’s Gaza plan” – Trump has rolled out a serious Gaza peace plan, from hostage releases to a technocratic Palestinian administration, but Netanyahu and Hamas may scupper it, writes Yossi Melman in the Spectator.
- “Jimmy Kimmel’s return draws record ratings despite limited showing” – Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night TV after a near week long suspension brought his show its highest ratings in a decade, reports the BBC.
- “The ‘hustle kingdoms’ where African men are taught to defraud British women” – Young African men are being taught how to defraud elderly British women through underground crime schools known as “hustle kingdoms”, says the Telegraph.
- “Secretary Kennedy addresses the UN” – RFK Jr has called out the UN’s overreach on chronic disease, writes Dr Robert W. Malone on Substack.
- “The century of forgotten vaccine hot lot disasters” – On Substack, A Midwestern Doctor points out how the mantra of ‘safe and effective’ has let dodgy products slip through unchecked and left us stuck with the same medical disasters on repeat.
- “The gay men banned for their gender-critical views” – A potential court case over a cancelled booking at a Brighton pub has shed light on a forgotten group in the trans debate, writes Jill Foster in the Telegraph.
- “Louis Theroux set to ‘front new Adolescence-inspired doc for Netflix’” – Louis Theroux could be set to front a new Adolescence-inspired documentary for Netflix, which is reported to explore online misogyny, toxic masculinity and their impact on young boys, according to the Mail.
- “Keir Davros Starmer’s Brit card” – On X, Keir Starmer has turned into an evil Dalek overlord, and he’s rapping about his new digital ID scheme – the Britcard.
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I am at a loss why this insufferable dross – a song contest – is still going on. Who on Earth devised this ongoing punishment of the masses, year in, year out?
Surely there’s a case to be fought to protect and defend our human rights against this infernal creation? Please?
They feed us mediocrity to make us mediocre.
I suspect it is sponsored by the EU, albeit nothing officially to do with them.
I never watch it. I only wish I could not watch it more.
I don’t watch it either but there is all the nauseating build up to the non-event. It is dire.
I must add- nobody has to listen to it or watch it.
Don’t want to upset you further, however it’s run by the EU broadcasting union, of which we pay a large chunk… despite no longer being in the EU
Sounds about right.
Correction – the EBU predates the EU by many years. We still pay a large chunk however due to technical capability etc
The French have ID cards and droves of illegal immigrants.
The Germans have ID cards and droves of illegal immigrants.
The Italians have ID cards and droves ofnillegal immigrants.
The Spaniards have ID cards and droves of illegal immigrants.
I think that covers all the major European nations.
To introduce ID cards under the pretext of controlling illegal immigration when it can be so easily proved to be nonsense, and we know it, and they know it and they know we know it….
The ruling establishment can’t even be bothered to hide its contempt for the general public. I even wonder whether part of their satisfaction is treating us like idiots to our faces and watching is not be able to do anything about it.
Because immigrants can still find a way of making money of course. Unless. Unless we then introduce digital currency – the obvious next step for anyone paying the slightest bit of attention. And then the noose is closed. Together with the masses surveillance system they’ve already erected, we’ll begin our lives in a new digital prison where every single aspect of our lives is surveilled and controlled. Or, more correctly, our children will begin their new lives – we’ve at least lived a very different one. And for all those that still think Reform is the answer: assuming the creature Starmer gets this through, which he almost certainly will, do you honestly believe the system will spend the billions needed to introduce digital IDs if it’s going to be reversed at the next election in a few years time? It doesn’t make any sense. None. Either the thing knows Labour will get a second term or it knows digital IDs will not be reversed once introduced. And, yes, I do believe they’re enjoying mocking us. I think they’re getting some twisted pleasure in the whole charade. I now genuinely believe we’re dealing with some form of evil that’s infected almost… Read more »
Yes, it’s just another excuse for ID cards. Everybody knows the only valid justification for them is climate change…
Stewart, I have pinched the top half of this post and sent it on to over 100 whatsapp colleagues.
Thanks very much.
It was a cracker wasn’t it?
And we already have digital ID, in the form of the NI numbers, which are supposed to be unique. It’s just that we are not required to carry cards, or reveal them to all sorts of bureaucrats and opportunists for wider reasons. The area of concern is what would they want to do with it, that they do not already do with us?
Plenty of other associated numbers on file as well – passports, DVLA licences etc; a list as long as your arm, so what do they really want to do? Simplify the departments by deleting the clutter? Only joking!
The petition number was 1,833,336 a few minutes ago.
“One year of failure, four to put it right. If Labour aligns with British workers, it can still win”
Charles Moore is delusional. Where is Labour are the brains to ‘put it right’? Burnham? Don’t make me laugh.
He really needs to retire, or to be retired.
“Macron comes under pressure to pardon his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy”
Of course he is.
“The greenlash is here: Britain cannot afford Net Zero and democracy at the same time”
We can’t afford Nett Zero and anything at the same time. Yet its been talked about for so long and pushed by politicians, journalists and idiots, that the well meaning fools cannot see what is right in front of their faces.
“Louis Theroux set to ‘front new Adolescence-inspired doc for Netflix’”
I look forward to having our young males demonised again for the crime of wanting a future they can participate in.
“Rick Stein coffee shop closes as his empire is hit by Reeves’s tax raid”
For every Rick Stein venture there are hundreds of other businesses closing their doors.
“Immigration pushes UK population to 69.3 million – up 755,300 in a year”
Completely unsustainable
“Benefits bill unsustainable, says Starmer’s right-hand man”
Nope, Darren, its not just Benefits. Its everything. Someone in Government has to work out that spending public money never results in ‘growth’. It is just more petrol on the bonfire.
If anyone believes that the population of the UK is under 70 million, I do have a bridge that is surplus to requirements…
Exactly.
Yes, it was estimated at 80 million nearly twenty years ago, in 2007:
City Eye: Facts on a plate: our population is at least 77 million | The Independent | The Independent
… so it must surely be over 100 million by now…
Logic suggests the population probably 85 mill plus.
“Tesla’s UK sales plunge by £500 million as drivers boycott Elon Musk”
And how do they know sales are down because of that rather than because people are going off electric cars, as every other brand is discovering?
There is a lot more choice in lower priced electric cars nowadays. Maybe Tesla is just too dear for those people who stretched themselves to buy last time around.
Anyone else noticed that Digital ID is being systematically removed from the public consciousness? Check any MSM outlet, the biggest outright attack on civil liberties in our lifetimes doesn’t so much as get mention. Anywhere. Now you see it, now you don’t. We mustn’t think about it you see, let alone talk about it. Propaganda by silence.
For those of you who have missed it, there is a map attached to the ID card petition which shows how people voted by constituency. It has morphed into a patriotic map of Britain showing where British identity is least supported. London and Birmingham are amongst the least, but surprisingly, or perhaps not, so are Oxford and Cambridge.
Yes very instructive
When millions of us just say NO, what on earth can they do?
So. Just say NO.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
1,634,000+
“Immigration pushes UK population to 69.3 million – up 755,300 in a year”
BOLL@CKS! It’s already above 80 million
Food and sh!t proves it!
Yes! See this article from The Independent, 28th October 2007.
That was nearly twenty years ago, so it must surely be over 100 million by now…
” So don’t forget you read it here first: the population of the UK is presently [2007] somewhere between 77 and 80 million.”
City Eye: Facts on a plate: our population is at least 77 million | The Independent | The Independent
“Delegates storm out of UN assembly as Netanyahu begins speech”
They don’t even want to debate! It tells you more about them than Netanyahu!
“Macron comes under pressure to pardon his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy”
Go on, do a Biden! Talk about a bezzy boys club
Government could buy car parts to protect Jaguar Land Rover suppliers.
I think this was missed from the round-up yesterday. So, after a series of bad business decisions (stopping production to go all-electric in an uncertain market and an abhorrent rebranding), we’re now supposed to pick up the bill? After we’ve been accused of “vile hatred and intolerance” and told that Jaguar just “isn’t for everyone”, so I guess they don’t need our money if we’re too stupid to understand their vision?
And what the hell is the government supposed to do with the car parts, just stock them up and hopefully JLR will need them someday?
Madness
It’s all to give the Indian Billionaire owners of Jaguar, Tata Steel, even more of British Taxpayers’ money.
17.00 no to digital ID petition went over 1.9 million. Keep spreading the word.
May I add this cheerful bit of patriotic history news from today, picked up by Breitbart, but ignored by the British mainstream media:
Britain Marks 200th Anniversary of World-Changing Rail Journey
“Overall, it played a pivotal role in Britain becoming the global industrial and economic powerhouse of the 19th century that helped fuel the rapid expansion of the British Empire.”
“It was amazing to see it moving,” said Louise Jones, 39, who watched the replica train begin its journey. “My dad used to work on the railways. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see what it would have looked like 200 years ago.”
I’m not personally religious in the way that is normally understood but amid the miracle of existence and creation and consciousness the sheer marvellousness of England and of our British and European cousins is extra special.