News Round-Up

• “Poll shows Labour and Tories behind the Greens for the first time” – A Find Out Now survey shows Britain’s two historically main parties tied on 16% while the Greens inch ahead of them for the first time on 17%, reports the Mail.
• “The deluded liberalism of Michael Heseltine” – Driving in a golf buggy around the grounds of his 18th century manor, set within a rural village of 74, Tory grandee Michael Heseltine explains why mass immigration is so good and Nigel Farage is so wicked. Laurie Wastell takes him to task in the Spectator.
• “Farage is comparable to Hitler, Zarah Sultana suggests” – Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South who has founded a new political party with Jeremy Corbyn, has suggested Nigel Farage has “all the features of a fascist politician” and is comparable to Adolf Hitler, reports the Telegraph.
• “Human rights scepticism is now mainstream” – When Nigel Farage introduced a bill in the Commons requiring the UK to leave the ECHR, it was clear that something has changed in British politics, says Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
• “Small boat asylum seeker raped woman after marching her out of club” – Eid Anwar Fathi Najjar, who is originally from Egypt and arrived in the UK illegally on a small boat three years ago, faces a lengthy prison sentence after admitting raping a woman in an alley in York city centre, reports the Mail.
• “I’ve seen Britain’s future if it fails to end mass migration” – As an outsider, it’s easier to spot how a country is changing, says the Heritage Foundation’s Simon​​​​ Hankinson in the Telegraph. “But the UK doesn’t have to accept its current, worrying trajectory.”
• “Man freed from prison under early release scheme charged with murder” – A man who was released early from jail for knife crimes under Labour’s scheme has been charged with murder following an incident in London, reports the Mail.
• “Hamas’s return is revealing Gaza’s true colours” – When a society teaches its children to spit on naked corpses, when it gathers in the streets to exalt murderers, when it builds a culture on death and vengeance, we should condemn it, says Jonathan Sacerdoti in the Spectator.
• “Only Muslim soldiers will serve as peacekeepers in Gaza” – Only Muslim soldiers will be deployed to patrol in Gaza as part of a peacekeeping force, diplomatic sources have said, according to the Telegraph. What happened to the benefits of diversity?
• “Miracles in the (In)famous Pfizer Trial” – Prof Eyal Shahar revisits the original Pfizer trial and finds strong indications that vaccine effectiveness was exaggerated through the intentional omission of Covid cases among the vaccinated.
• “Surge in rooftop blazes sparks concern over Miliband’s solar panel boom” – A surge in house fires caused by solar panels and their batteries is sparking safety concerns over Ed Miliband’s plan for millions more rooftop installations, the Telegraph reports.
• “Boiler tax to rise to £100 as Miliband pushes heat pumps” – Ed Miliband has announced an increase in the ‘boiler tax’, which will add an estimated £100 to the cost of replacing a gas boiler, as he doubles down on his despised heat pump push, reports the Telegraph.
• “Sydney Bans Gas Barbecues In Latest Push Toward ‘Net Zero’” – Sydney’s Net Zero crusade now extends to the backyard, with the city banning outdoor gas barbecues to save the planet, reports Climate Change Dispatch.
• “The £52 million road to nowhere in Guyana being paid for out of UK climate aid” – A £52 million ‘road to nowhere’ through the Amazon jungle is being built using British aid that is intended to help the climate, the Telegraph reveals.
• “Refuting the idea that Weather-Dependent Renewables are much cheaper than Conventional power generation” – Ed Hoskins busts more renewables myths.
• “New Report: Five Foreign Charities Funnelled Billions Into Extreme US Climate Activism” – A new report shows how a group of foreign ‘charities’ has spent almost $2 billion bankrolling policy fights and pushing an extreme climate agenda, says Climate Change Dispatch. The Green Blob in action.
• “Trans activist ‘deliberately provoked Graham Linehan’” – A transgender activist deliberately provoked Graham Linehan, the Father Ted co-creator, by putting a camera in his face, a court has heard, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why is the army’s top brass waging war on private members’ clubs?” – The British Army is at its smallest size since the 1770s and facing the most challenging period in its history, yet the Deputy Chief of the General Staff has decided a priority is to clamp down on soldiers joining ‘exclusive’ clubs. This is not going to help, says Eliot Wilson in the Spectator.
• “The assisted suicide bill’s backers are abysmal ” – In the Spectator, Madeline Grant is dismayed to see assisted suicide supporters in the Lords unmoved upon hearing every single expert present declare their bill unsafe.
• “More than half of UK businesses changing DEI approach due to Trump’s criticism” – More than half of UK businesses are changing the way they approach DEI policies and practices because of the Trump administration’s criticism of the ‘woke’ agenda, reports the Guardian.
• “The luck of the Irish is finally running out” – As the US counts costs, not cousins, Ireland’s mix of moral posturing and strategic freeloading will wear ever thinner, says Harry Halem in the Spectator.
• “SNP’s sick note Scotland exposed as record number of Scots not even seeking work due to illness or disability” – The number of working age Scots who are economically inactive because they are ill or disabled has hit record levels, at one in 12, reports the Scottish Daily Express.
• “Poppy sellers called racist while raising flags for Remembrance Day” – Veterans volunteering for the Poppy Appeal were called racist while hanging Remembrance Day flags in a Welsh town earlier this month, with police investigating abuse of two volunteers, the Telegraph reports.
• “Harris: Biden was a fully competent President” – Joe Biden was a “fully competent President”, Kamala Harris has insisted to much incredulity, reports the Telegraph.
• “Russia deploys 170,000 troops in battle for Pokrovsk” – Russia has deployed 170,000 troops to Donetsk to bolster resources in the battle for Pokrovsk, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, with fears the city will soon fall, the Telegraph reports.
• “Ukraine’s exodus of young men could be fatal” – Ukraine’s young men are fleeing the country, and that’s potentially fatal news for its increasingly desperate war effort, with officers complaining that frontline units are operating at half strength, says Owen Matthews in the Telegraph.
• “Who will save Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk?” – In the Spectator, Svitlana Morenets fears a massacre when the city falls with troops unable to flee.

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