News Round-Up
- “Elon Musk says ‘enough is enough’ after dog walker’s fatal stabbing” – Elon Musk has declared “enough is enough” as he responded to the Uxbridge stabbing by sharing a tearful phone call from a woman who says she is now too frightened to leave her home, according to the Mail.
- “The Uxbridge killing is the final straw” – Which politicians will say Wayne Broadhurst’s name today? Which of them will say his life mattered? asks Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
- “Channel migrant murdered man at random after asylum rejected” – A Channel migrant who was known to police in four countries murdered a restaurant owner at random after his asylum application was rejected, reports the Mail.
- “Record number of illegal migrant workers arrested” – Arrests of illegal workers have reached their highest level since records began after London barbershops, delivery drivers and restaurants were targeted in raids, says the Standard.
- “Scores of ‘one in one out’ migrants plot return to the UK” – More men deported under Labour’s ‘one in, one out’ deal are planning to return to the UK, according to Guido.
- “Reform UK leader Nigel Farage calls Britain to quit ECHR” – Nigel Farage has vowed to “take back control of our borders” by unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR, reports the Mail.
- “Southport killer ‘ranted to social services about Taliban’” – Axel Rudakubana was “obsessed with the Taliban and risked becoming a Left-wing extremist” aged just 15, says GB News.
- “Kirsty Gallacher breaks down as she reveals stranger assaulted her” – Television presenter Kirsty Gallacher has told how she was physically assaulted by a masked attacker in Central London as she walked back to her car in the dark after she finished work, reports the Mail.
- “Sarah Pochin is being hounded by the same people who turned a blind eye to the grooming gang scandal” – The Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts lacked tact, but she was pointing out facts that are staring all of us in the face, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “Developer drapes huge Union Jack on former council HQ” – A defiant property boss has draped a massive Union Jack flag across a former council HQ – after officials ordered him to tear down a smaller version for breaking planning rules, according to the Star.
- “The useful idiots of Tower Hamlets” – Left-wing activists once again find themselves cheering for those who despise everything they claim to defend, writes Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
- “The radical Left and Islam – a marriage heading for the rocks” – In TCW, Robert James argues that the radical Left’s long flirtation with Islamism is falling apart.
- “Reform is fascist. We must stop Nigel Farage” – In the Times, Alice Thomson sits down with Michael Heseltine, who compares Nigel Farage to Oswald Mosley and Enoch Powell.
- “Rachel Reeves broke housing law by renting out her home” – Rachel Reeves has broken housing regulations by unlawfully renting out her family home without a licence after entering Downing Street, reveals the Daily Mail.
- “I gamed the system to get people on benefits” – Reform UK’s Lee Anderson has admitted he used to “game the system” to help people get on benefits and accused Citizens Advice of continuing to do so, reports the Standard.
- “Education officials are clueless about education” – Education reform is stalling because officials don’t get schools, warns Amanda Spielman in the Spectator.
- “Red flags over RedBird: the spymaster, Beijing’s banker and the Telegraph” – In the Telegraph, Christopher Williams reports on fears Britain’s free press could be up for sale to China.
- “‘Secretive’ court system prosecuting hundreds for innocent mistakes” – Campaigners have called for the reform of a ‘secretive’ fast track court system after a dementia sufferer received a criminal conviction over £43 of unpaid car tax, reports the Mail.
- “Miliband admits wind power less reliable than expected” – Ed Miliband has been accused of overseeing “bogus” Net Zero claims after he slashed forecasts for the amount of electricity being generated by wind farms, says the Mail.
- “Miliband’s offshore wind dream in tatters as industry pushes for more cash” – Ed Miliband’s £1.08 billion plan for offshore wind falls far short of his Clean Power 2030 target, writes Jonathan Leake in the Telegraph.
- “Miliband will not achieve Net Zero, public believes” – Labour’s own research has found more than two-thirds of Britons think Ed Miliband’s Net Zero drive will increase their cost of living, reports the Mail.
- “BBC lie about Hurricane Melissa” – On NoTricksZone, Paul Homewood slams the BBC for claiming Hurricane Melissa proves intense storms are on the rise – NOAA data says nope, not true.
- “Creative accounting” – On Climate Scepticism, Mark Hodgson dismantles the Guardian’s latest “wind power saves billions” claim, arguing the numbers don’t add up.
- “Activist dubbed ‘anti-Greta’ seeks asylum in US with help of Elon Musk” – A conservative German activist known as the “anti-Greta Thunberg” says she fears for her life and has applied for asylum in the US with Elon Musk’s backing, according to the Mail.
- “How to try and suppress free thinking and dissent with Government policy” – Neil O’Brien MP and his “information warrior” pals tried to police Covid sceptics online, but the dissenters, say Dr Tom Jefferson and Prof Carl Heneghan on the TTE Substack, are still very much alive and kicking.
- “Dr Steven Hatfill – senior HHS advisor fighting mRNA corruption – has been fired in apparent coup attempt” – Dr. Steven Hatfill – one of the few men of integrity within the US Health and Human Services – has been fired in what he describes as “a coup to overthrow Mr Kennedy”, led by Chief of Staff Matt Buckham, writes Nicolas Hulscher on the Focal Points Substack.
- “Fiery debate with Mark Cuban on Covid mandates” – On the Illusion of Consensus podcast, Rav Arora grills Mark Cuban on Covid jab mandates.
- “How safe is safe?” – The WHO’s 5G safety reviews are riddled with flaws – and we may be far less ‘safe’ from radiation than we’re being led to believe, warns HART on its Substack.
- “Danish commercial warns white citizens about breeding with other whites” – On ZeroHedge, Tyler Durden says we’ve hit peak woke, after a Danish government TV ad tells white couples not to have kids together.
- “Belgium is becoming a narco-state, warns judge” – A senior judge has warned that Belgium is becoming a narco-state with drug kingpins rivalling the police for control of the country, reports Politico.
- “Wilders banks on Trump-style migration gamble in election” – Geert Wilders is betting big on a Trump-style anti-migrant crusade, but as James Crisp reports in the Telegraph, the “Dutch Trump” could still find himself locked out of power.
- “Chinese microchip row threatens to shut down European car industry” – European carmakers are days away from halting production as a diplomatic spat between China and the Netherlands causes a major shortage of microchips, says the Irish Examiner.
- “Inside alleged sexual misconduct of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan” – In the Times, Gabrielle Weiniger tells the story of the staff member who accused ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct.
- “Biden’s autopen signatures were illegitimate, Congressional committee finds” – The House Oversight Committee has urged the Justice Department to investigate executive actions taken by President Joe Biden’s administration, stating that some orders were issued without his explicit approval, according to Breitbart.
- “Israel accuses Hamas of reburying hostage’s body to stage discovery” – Israel has released a video appearing to show Hamas temporarily burying a corpse to fake the discovery of a deceased hostage, reports the Sun.
- “Expect no apologies for the propaganda spread about Gaza” – In the Telegraph, Jake Wallis Simons dismantles the UN-backed myths of Gaza’s “famine” and “genocide”, arguing the data simply doesn’t add up.
- “This is the real genocide the West doesn’t care about” – The lack of moral indignation over Sudan compared to Israel is striking, says Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan demands Stanford turn over documents relating to foreign censorship scheme” – In 2023, the US Cyber Policy Center was caught covering up and lying about its work with the Department of Homeland Security, demanding that social media platforms take down election and Covid information, reports Michael Shellenberger on the Public Substack.
- “Charlie Kirk and the folly of censorship” – In Quadrant, Toby warns that even populist heroes like Trump risk becoming hypocrites if they curb free speech in the name of fighting the Left.
- “Lib Dem civil war breaks out over trans rights” – The Lib Dems are at war over trans rights after the leadership defied its members and banned biological men from taking women’s posts in the party, reports the Telegraph.
- “Trial reveals Darlington nurses were further victimised when NHS bosses prioritised equality and diversity over fire safety” – NHS bosses put “diversity” before fire safety, forcing Darlington nurses into unsafe makeshift changing rooms after they refused to undress with a man, reveals Christian Concern.
- “Where the streets have no name” – From Tiger Bay to “Glasgow South”, our world’s being scrubbed of soul and history, warns Niall McCrae on his Substack.
- “Why the BBC and other MSM are beyond help” – Our MSM signed their own death warrant when they decided the good opinion of peers mattered more than customers, says Colin Brazier on his Substack.
- “The Love Island star turned Right-wing ‘philosopher’ conquering the podcast world” – In the Telegraph, Chris Bennion explores how Chris Williamson’s ‘bro science’ podcast Modern Wisdom has won him an army of fans.
- “Speaker Series: an evening with Bernard Cornwell” – As part of the Spectator Speaker Series, Toby sits down with Bernard Cornwell to discuss his new book, Sharpe’s Storm, and to delve into his remarkable life and career.
- “Together 4th Anniversary Event! With special guest speakers including Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Allison Pearson, Alex Phillips, Kaizen Asiedu, Phil Booth, Andrew Orlowski plus more TBA” – Together’s 4th Anniversary Event is coming up on Sunday November 16th in London with speakers including Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Lord Tony Sewell, Allison Pearson, Alex Phillips, Kaizen Asiedu, Andrew Orlowski, Phil Booth of NO2ID, Laila Cunningham, Dr Clare Craig and panels on Digital ID, the World Health Organisation and the State of Britain. Daily Sceptic readers can get £4 off tickets with code SCEPTIC at checkout.
- “When Louis met Adolf” – On X, Tony Lapidus lampoons Louis Theroux’s recent BBC interview with ‘Adolf’ Vylan.
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“Reform is fascist. We must stop Nigel Farage”
Bit of Enoch bashing from Heseltine I see. There is, on Youtube an extended interview Powell did with Dick Cavett in the 1960’s and a debate with Jonathan Miller. I suggest anyone who thinks Powell is a racist should listen to this brilliant and eloquent man explaining himself.
Agreed 👍
Powell was anything but racist!
Seems Heseltine is just another ‘useful infidel’ for the Muslim cause
Tarzan is not fit to tie Enoch Powell’s boot laces.
“Rachel Reeves broke housing law by renting out her home”
How fortunate we are to be governed by people with a firm grasp of their responsibilities.
And it shows that the Chancellor can get away with things that others cannot, perhaps.
I am sure her resignation letter is already with the Furher.
“Sarah Pochin is being hounded by the same people who turned a blind eye to the grooming gang scandal”
Her statement about advertising might be a little awkward for some, but it is an accurate observation.
The furore around what she said underlines the importance of context, which her critics are only too happy to ignore.
She should have refused to apologise. Why should we dance around instead of stating blunt truths?
100% – why did she, and why did Farage roll over – you’ll never satisfy a baying (spelling?) mob
The weird thing is that Nigel drove Reform candidates out of the party for saying things like Pochin did, even when they had said them 15 years previously!
“How safe is safe?”
Another conspiracy theory turns out to have some substance. Conspiracy theorists currently lead 24-0
I am still not convinced that Mrs Macron is a bloke.
Of course she isn’t! Her own daughter by her first marriage has reported the distress these false accusations have caused her mother. This was all supposed to be settled in court in October, so why the delay?
Creative Accounting Creates Climate Change
Just as a reminder. It’s not your imagination. This from Grok: Twitter AI bot;
”Over the past decade, UK data indicates foreign nationals (about 10-15% of population) account for roughly 20-25% of homicide convictions, equating to hundreds of British victims killed by migrants—far exceeding per capita expectations. In contrast, homicides of migrants by British nationals number in the dozens, often domestic or intra-community rather than anti-migrant. Official Home Office and ONS figures show the asymmetry: British safety concerns from migrant violence outweigh the reverse, challenging narratives of predominant native threat.”
https://x.com/grok/status/1983549247623753749
I seem to recall that Heseltine consistently held wrong opinions and Farage has consistently held correct opinions. So some old Tory Grandee has little basis for such a comparison.
He caused much mirth saying the secret to restoring the Conservatives’ fortunes is rejoining the EU.
Ah – so those guys in black in Tower Hamlets are actually Farage’s thugs. Who would have thunk?
Tarzan has lost the plot. Go and sit down Michael, the tea trolley will be through shortly.
I have never understood why Heseltine is given the time of day. He has been a PIA since birth.
I think that the number of people who think Heseltine is somehow relevant and what he has to say worth listening to is dwindling close to zero.
At best he is preaching to a choir, of a certain age, basically Robert de Niro type boomers who are so attached to the world they’ve always lived in that they will never accept that world is gone.
I can see how for them a Heseltine interview is like a sort of drug that helps keep them in that state of delusion.
““Sarah Pochin is being hounded by the same people who turned a blind eye to the grooming gang scandal” – The Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts lacked tact””
Why worry about tact when dog walkers are having their throats cut in the interests of diversity?
Spot on.
“Creative accounting” – On Climate Scepticism, Mark Hodgson dismantles the Guardian’s latest “wind power saves billions” claim, arguing the numbers don’t add up.
says The Guardian.
£104bn? That’s a lot!
Let’s see…
£104,000,000,000 over 15 years = £6,933,333,333 per year
£6,933,333,333 per year over 28,000,000 UK households = £247.62 per household per year.
Smaller households using less energy will get a lesser reduction, bigger households, more.
All bullshit, of course. The £104bn claimed saving is based on predicting the price of natural gas would be that much higher if we didn’t use windmills (yes, I know they don’t mill anything except birds, bats and insects).
At least Ed Milliband won’t have to dig too deep to save each household the additional £52.38 to make it up to the £300 per year he promised.
Did I say ‘make it up’? Oh. Silly me.
I asked Chatgpt about Reform UK and fascism. This is its somewhat long response = Final Review: Reform UK on the Political Spectrum (as of 2025)1. Core IdeologyReform UK is a right-wing populist party rooted in: Nationalism and sovereignty — prioritising British identity, independence from supranational bodies (like the EU or ECHR), and opposition to mass immigration. Economic liberalism — advocating low taxes, deregulation, and small government. Cultural conservatism — opposing “woke” politics, gender ideology, and what it sees as political correctness. It positions itself as a “people vs. elite” movement, claiming to represent ordinary citizens against the political establishment. 2. Authoritarianism and State Control Aspect Reform UK stance Fascist comparison Comment Democracy Operates fully within UK parliamentary democracy; calls for electoral reform (proportional representation). Fascism seeks to abolish democracy. ✔ Democratic populist, not authoritarian. Individual freedoms Frames itself as pro-freedom and anti-state interference. Fascism suppresses individual liberty. ✔ Libertarian tone. ID cards / digital identity Strongly opposed. Nigel Farage has publicly denounced digital ID proposals, saying they enable state surveillance and control; he vowed to resist them outright. Fascism enforces compulsory identification and state monitoring. ✔ Opposes, not supports, state control. Law and order Calls for tougher policing and sentencing — but within normal legal structures. Fascism fuses police, party, and military… Read more »
Ask in what way Reform are authoritarian on cultural issues? Utter nonsense.
She is absolutely right in her observation. But I think this is a completely ridiculous debate.
Adverts have never, ever, ever reflected reality. They are always completely idealised scenarios with completely unreal people having the most ridiculous artificial conversations that don’t reflect reality in any way but rather some aspirational image of the world which the product for sale is supposedly going to get you closer to. They’ve always been total deceitful fantasy.
So who cares if ads are full of black people? That just says that people in advertising think that people will buy more of their product if there is a black person in there. And there are two possibilities. They are either right and that just reflects where we are as a society. Or they’re wrong and that reflects how detached the advertising industry is from reality.
Either way, I couldn’t care less. I don’t watch ads.
I don’t watch ads either at least on terrestrial TV, but they get shoved down our throat on hoardings or on the sides of buses and public transport stations or in print media, including the recent bus shelter I saw with an advert for mortgages featuring 2 Middle Eastern looking (implicitly) gay men buying a home together. They will not allow us to avoid it.
Ads have always been shoved in our faces.
So why suddenly is an MP or anyone else for that matter smeared for complaining about them?
Oh, I think that is unconscionable. It’s outrageous that she should be hounded for stating an opinion let alone a fact.
But I think her point was silly for the reasons I stated.
The whole thing is demented.
A rare occasion on which I disagree. It’s a key part of a wider, insidious pattern.
The thing is I know where she’s coming from, I agree that it’s part of a much bigger pattern of elevating so called minorities and diminishing white people. I agree with all of it.
I just think that this isn’t the instance that matters or is worth fighting over for two reasons.
1. Everything in advertising is fake, as I’ve explained already. For example, advertisers tend to show good looking people. The proportion of physically attractive people in ads doesn’t in any way represent the population. Nothing that the advertising industry has ever shown is properly representative of anything.
2. There is no imposition here. It isn’t DEI where the discrimination against white men has a real very negative consequence. This has no repercussions on anyone except maybe adding to a vibe. By complaining about this, what do we want to achieve? Force the ad industry to make their ads properly represent the people? So what, more ugly people? Some disabled people? That’s not what advertising is supposed to do.
I agree with the broader idea that whites are being demonised. I just think this is completely the wrong battlefront.
Of course it is fake. Actually now less fake than before in many ways as there are more fat, ugly people. I don’t care about exact representation and that is not really the point.
It has very real negative consequences- for white especially white male actors, for the general public who are being preached and and either believing it or hating it.
Before, advertising was about selling product. Now it is a political platform.
This is one of many battlefronts and actually a good one to pick as it is so visible.
I certainly don’t think the advertising industry should be forced to do anything, though I despise them with a passion, but there’s nothing wrong with calling it out and normalising in public what many of us think in private.
So I still think you’re wrong- but thanks for your reply and always a pleasure
👍🙂
Good point!
Silly? Well she was calling out the sinister anti white racist gaslighting of the UK population which is designed to legitimise a new diverse normal. Which is very much along the same lines as the psychological warfare waged against population by the government funded nudge unit during the COVID lockdown, masking, testing and injecting experiment. I image it is not so silly if you are out walking your dog and the blood vessels in your head are suddenly and violently disconnected from your neck. In the interest of diversity, which apparently is our greatest strength.
Interesting points… I hear in other countries, particularly Scandinavian ones, they have a far different demographic in their ads. Assuming this is because it’s who their target audience is and this differs to the UK target?
Perhaps only black and Asian people can afford to buy the products?
There is a possibility as others are suggesting that the advertising industry is pushing a political agenda in detriment of its own interests. It is certainly possible. I’m just not sure it’s very likely.
My guess is that they do it because it works or they think it works and are mistaken, jaded by their own ultra progressiveness.
I can’t believe that in general it works BETTER than not deliberately including lots of black people (and if you notice, not many Far East Asians and not many from Indian Subcontinent either). Whether it’s WORSE, I don’t know. Possibly for a lot of products you just need to push the name and the content of the ad, or at least the actors, is not that important. I suspect it gives them a good feeling and they probably don’t care much how well it works as long as they can get away with it. What client is going to say “er, sorry, ditch all the blacks, it’s not working”?
I wish we would all stop using the word “blacks” instead of what they are: Ethnic Africans, no matter where they happen to live, or which nationality or passport they have obtained.
And “Asians” is only used in Britain, and should be changed to “Ethnic Indian Subcontinentals” or just “Subcontinentals”, as opposed to “Ethnic Orientals”.
Yes your terms are more accurate and clearer
Asians is used by the police and the media to mask the real identity of the r@p€ gang members.
“Danish commercial warns white citizens about breeding with other whites”
This is horrific! Yet more WHITE GENOCIDE being openly advocated, just like former French President Sarkozy once threatened the indigenous French with “state sanctions” if they refused MISCEGENATION!
Dear White People, Ethnic Europeans, members of The World’s Smallest Ethnic Group, now only 7% of all the people on the planet, DO NOT CONSENT TO EXTERMINATE YOURSELVES.
May I ask a question about this latest news just now:
Buckingham Palace statement in full as Prince Andrew stripped of all titles by King Charles – Mirror Online
The final paragraph of the statement says:
“Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”
That is excellent, but does it also apply to the victims and survivors of the PAKISTANI MUSLIM RAPE GANGS that have destroyed the lives of THOUSANDS OF BRITISH CHILDREN?
I don’t remember any royals ever referring to that in the past, so I’m not sure if they are now, or only to Virginia Guiffre.