News Round-Up
- “Scandal of shoddy military homes as cash is lavished on asylum seekers” – In the Conservative Woman, Roger Watson rages about cash being spent on asylum seekers while veterans are neglected.
- “Veteran says winning WW2 ‘wasn’t worth it’ because of UK’s state” – Alec Penstone, a 100 year-old World War Two veteran, shared his feelings about the state of the country in the lead up to Remembrance Day on Good Morning Britain, reports the Mail. And they weren’t favourable.
- “West Midlands Police surrendered to the Jew haters” – On the field, last night’s losers were Maccabi Tel Aviv, beaten 2-0 by Aston Villa in their Europa League match. But the city of Birmingham was the real loser last night, writes Stephen Pollard in the Spectator.
- “Labour to target pensioners with income tax raid” – Millions of retirees are set to be hammered in Reeves’s Budget, with many facing extra bills as high as £2,500, says the Telegraph.
- “Pub seen in Reform video told to paint over St George’s Cross” – A Lib Dem council has demanded a pub remove the St George’s Cross painted on its white exterior an hour after it was featured in a Reform UK promotional video, reports the Telegraph.
- “Pride drops in Starmer’s Divided Kingdom: Poll shows happiness decline” – In findings which will send alarm bells ringing in Downing Street, eight in 10 Britons said they felt the nation was divided – up five% from two years ago and 10% since 2020, says the Mail.
- “Labour fourth in new poll and set for worst election in a century” – Modelling by Find Out Now predicts Nigel Farage would enter No 10 if its latest poll was replicated at a general election. Labour are a distant fourth, according to the Mail.
- “Vibe shift could put the Tories back in play” – In the Times, Fraser Nelson says electorates on both sides of the Atlantic are looking for economic competence in their political leaders – a vibe shift that could benefit the Conservatives.
- “Make migrants pay back asylum claim costs, says Red Wall chief” – Immigrants “should be billed for housing and benefits” to recoup the billions being spent by the UK, according to Jo White, who heads a group of 50 Labour MPs in Red Wall seats, reports the Telegraph.
- “Spare us Blair: Trump warned against picking former PM to run Gaza” – Donald Trump must not allow Sir Tony Blair to turn Gaza into a Western colony, senior Palestinian officials have warned, says the Telegraph.
- “The Truth about Trump” – On his Substack, David McGrogan writes about the BBC disinformation scandal and what it signifies.
- “Trump goes to war with ‘fake news’ BBC” – The White House has branded the BBC a “Leftist propaganda machine” over biased doctoring of the President’s speech on June 6th 2021, according to the Telegraph.
- “BBC gender correspondent tried to block coverage of trans criticism” – The BBC’s “gender and identity correspondent” sought to block coverage of a campaign group aiming to protect women-only spaces, reports the Telegraph.
- “I broke the BBC bias story. Its silence proves there is a serious problem” – Ignoring the Telegraph’s revelations will not make the claims go away, writes Gordon Rayner, the Associate Editor.
- “The new BBC bias evidence is shocking even to experienced Corporation watchers” – In a leading article, the Telegraph says our national broadcaster must be jolted from its complacency.
- “Boris Johnson: I’ll stop paying BBC licence fee” – The ex-PM urges people not to pay the annual levy unless Tim Davie gives a “convincing explanation” for bias row, according to the Telegraph.
- “‘Death, death to the IDF’: My night with the Bob Vylan zealots” – The punk-rap duo’s first UK tour since their controversial Glastonbury performance was one long, shambolic rant, writes Liam Kelly in the Telegraph.
- “The cancer of anti-Semitism is tainting the American Right. It’s an export Britain can do without” – In the Telegraph, Charles Moore weighs in to the scandal engulfing the American conservative movement triggered by Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes.
- “AI concerns wipe almost $1trn from value of big US tech firms” – The Magnificent Seven had their worst week since April as investors questioned reliance on debt and the sky-high valuations of companies like Nvidia and Meta, reports the Times.
- “The death of Teen Vogue was inevitable” – Reading the magazine, which folded this week, is like stepping back in time – into an era when white women were Karens and the phrase ‘non-prostate owner’ was normal, writes Kat Rosenfield in the Free Press.
- “Now the cancel mob cries victim They deserve little pity” – In UnHerd, Kathleen Stock has little sympathy for the crocodile tears of the woman won branded Kate Clanchy ‘KKKlanchy’.
- “Labour forced the green transition on us, and now it wants us to pay for it” – The Chancellor is clobbering the very group of voters who have dutifully done exactly what this Government demanded, writes Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
- “Giant cable factory in doubt after Miliband rejects energy link with Morocco” – Industry insiders criticise the Energy Secretary for blocking a new factory, forcing the manufacturer to cuts jobs, says the Telegraph.
- “We appreciate you, Prince of Wales tells indigenous people of the Amazon” – The Prince of Wales – in Brazil for the climate change jamboree – has told some indigenous people in the Amazon that “we deeply appreciate everything you do” to protect the planet, according to the Telegraph. He’s as bad as his father.
- “Udder chaos: cows ollapse After Eating Danish Gov’t’s Methane-Lowering Feed” – Danish cows are collapsing after the gov’t pushes methane-lowering, greenie-drugged feed, sparking outrage among farmers, writes Climate Change Dispatch.
- “The Cops have failed: it’s time for a big dose of climate realism” – Ed Miliband is the latest Energy Secretary to focus on a Net Zero policy that doesn’t add up, writes Dieter Helm in the Times.
- “NHS’s ‘insane’ £1.4 billion push for Net Zero” – The NHS has spent at least £1.4 billion of taxpayers’ money on Net Zero schemes without reducing its carbon footprint at all, the Telegraph reveals.
- “Lula’s diesel-guzzling hotel boat heads to COP30 climate summit” – Brazilian President Lula’s hotel boat will burn 4,000 litres of diesel to attend COP30, highlighting climate hypocrisy, reports the Climate Change Dispatch.
- “Joey Barton found guilty of ‘offensive’ social media posts against Eni Aluko, Lucy Ward and Jeremy Vine” – The former Premier League footballer has been found guilty of sending six ‘grossly offensive’ messages, says GB News.
- “Telegraph bidder strengthens UAE ties with insurance deal” – The US private equity firm bidding for control of the Telegraph has strengthened its financial ties with the UAE by teaming up with the Gulf autocracy for a $4.1 billion (£3.1 billion) insurance takeover, writes the Telegraph.
- “Notes from the asylum” – Social media has turned public discourse into a madhouse of mutual incomprehension, writes Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
- “James Watson, Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered the structure of DNA with Francis Crick” – He chronicled the search for ‘the secret of life’ in his bestseller The Double Helix but damaged his career with his controversial views, says the Telegraph in its obituary of James Watson.
- “Gender-critical film worker sues former employer over trans rights speech” – Sara Morrison, who has received support from JK Rowling in the past, is claiming constructive dismissal and discrimination after speaking at a women’s rights event, reports the Times.
- “It’s time to legalise pepper spray” – In the Spectator, Clarissa Hard says we need to consider legalising pepper spray so women can protect themselves from rapists and murderers.
- “Sydney Sweeney is an American icon” – Geiger Capital praises Sydney Sweeney’s effortless deflecting of a passive aggressive interview.
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“Sydney Sweeney is an American icon”
“In this political climate, falsely manufactured by me and my friends, as a white woman, the ones who have largely driven this woke DEI nonsense, I want to give you an opportunity to apologize, although it is not within my gift, for saying you have good genes, genes that you have absolutely no control over one way or the other.”
Reminds me of that fatuous woman who interviewed Jordon Peterson (not Newman, the other one), who kept going on about writing her book about the Patriarchy, (and other fallacies). She’d have been better sticking to reading Thomas the Tank Engine…
I feel tainted by hearing the question.
In that 27 second clip she says none of what you’ve quoted. Why are you misrepresenting the woman?
Its my interpretation of her words direct from my imagination.
So you made it up based on your own, personal bias. Figures…
Oops, looks like I’ve offended the ‘Manosphere Massive’ with an inconvenient, counter viewpoint, as per. It’s what I do best.😁🏆
Tally-ho, chaps! 👎👎👎👎👎👎
But FGS, avoid stringing a reasoned response together using the written word, whatever you do. Do not, I repeat: DO NOT break the habit of a lifetime. Be proud and embrace your true cowardly selves.🤗
Crikey. Triggered.
They always are. I’ve got the knack. What can I say? You either have it or you don’t. 😏🤭
He just added the quiet part that she didn’t say, but which is a significant part of the underlying truth.
“…but which is a significant part of the underlying truth.”
And your supporting evidence…?
Are you denying men have anything whatsoever to do with DEI and they’re completely absolved of all responsibility?
Absolutely not, there is an extensive roll of dishonour packed with “centrist dad” types and swivel-eyed “progressive” men who are every bit as guilty of promulgating this guff. The two are not mutually exclusive – the questioner in this instance happens to be a woman (although she probably calls herself a “cervix-owner” or something).
You’re remiss in failing to mention that most organizations have men in charge. For instance: all of the armed forces and 30 of the 49 police forces in England and Wales ( and we know these have been badly infested with the woke virus and discriminate against white men ) have men at the helm. 95% of local authorities in the UK have men in charge and approx 90% of CEOs ( FTSE 100 ) are men. Here is a handy graph to illustrate; ”Much has been made of the gender imbalance among the UK’s biggest listed firms. BT Group’s Allison Kirkby is scheduled to become the ninth female FTSE 100 chief executive before February 2024, which would make her only the 22nd woman ever to hold such a job if no other female CEO is appointed in the meantime. While the picture is more balanced across all businesses in England and Wales, men still far outnumber women at the top.” https://www.raconteur.net/responsible-business/how-diverse-are-britis-ceos https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/03/men-dominate-local-authorities-britain-local-elections-councils This is perhaps the part where the misogynists want to start banging on about HR departments being dominated by women. To that I would counter with: To my knowledge HR is a department, just like any other within… Read more »
The Channel four woman who Peterson made look what she is. A bigot and ignorant.
I’ve absolutely no idea who you’re on about or what point you’re trying to make. Are you seriously referring to a singular female and using this as some sort of illogical confirmation bias in order to prove something? Because we could all do that until the cows come home, couldn’t we? For instance: ”Men shouldn’t be allowed to run the country because Keir Starmer”. See how that works? That’s me using your own special brand of ‘logic’ right back at you. But as I’m not the one with an axe to grind or a default position of scapegoating the opposite sex for everything that goes tits up, it’d never occur to me to seriously say that. Here’s another one, and you might want to take note of the DEI-pushing blokes in charge of the country at the time of this legislation being introduced, as well as this particular police force boss. Yes, MEN. Men in positions of leadership. Ain’t reality a bitch when it doesn’t support your bias? ”For context, the Equality Act 2010 makes it illegal to treat someone less favourably based on race. But Section 159 of that Act contains a now-infamous clause: “positive action.” Introduced by the Gordon Brown… Read more »
“It’s time to legalise pepper spray”
Clarissa Hard (made up name.?) seems to suggest that only women need protection above that which you can summon through your fists. Seems like she forgot about the other 50% of the population. In any case, these products, like pepper sprays, and cattle prods invariably end up in the hands of, and being used by, the attackers.
You are right that both men and women need some way of protecting themselves from attacks by humans and dogs. In 2024, for example, there were 31,920 dog attacks recorded by police in England and Wales.
Men and boys must also be taught that they ARE allowed to hit back at women in SELF-DEFENCE, if the woman hits them first.
Pepper spray and cattle prods should be legalised, and it is ludicrous to keep people helplessly disarmed by claiming attackers would also use these things, when they already use knives and machetes illegally.
“Boris Johnson: I’ll stop paying BBC licence fee”
Not so long ago, Boris, you actually had it within your power to ensure we ALL stopped paying the BBC licence fee. You’re just reminding us of your failure to act, amongst a long list of ‘Failure to Act’.
“NHS’s ‘insane’ £1.4 billion push for Net Zero”
We found out 40 years ago with Health and Safety, once you take the responsibility out of everyone’s hands and give it to a small group, whose mortgages now rely on finding things unhealthy and unsafe, they will do so to infinity. The law of diminishing returns was repealed, and the less and less that needed attention, the bigger the empires grew to service it.
There really shouldn’t be any surprise that the DEI sham and now Nett Zero has gone the same way. Nett Zero is important, because the people who have a vested interest in Nett Zero tell us so.
“Vibe shift could put the Tories back in play”
The Telegraph still trying to raise the dead.
Once more this morning we see Fake Conservatives (Alexander “Boris” Johnson) and their deluded supporters (Fraser Nelson) flapping their gums about how terrible everything is and how the Tories will sort it all out. Sod off. You had 14 years. Anything coming out of their traps must be met with contempt unless preceded by a grovelling apology and recognition of their failures and treasonous betrayal of this country, their voters and of conservative principles.
Hopefully when the Contory party is finally buried we will bury the final edition of the Torygraf with it.
“The cancer of anti-Semitism is tainting the American Right. It’s an export Britain can do without”
Carlson has a habit of interviewing people with difficult views. Nothing wrong in putting Fuentes in the spotlight and asking him to explain himself. We don’t challenge anyone’s thinking by ignoring it. We listen, then we use what we know and critical thinking to see if it has merit. Declaring this with considerable hyperbole as the next ‘cancer’ to hit the UK.? Maybe Charles hasn’t been out much recently…
So this is horrendous, and if this man wins then it will set a very immoral and concerning legal precedent. When I first glanced at this picture I thought it was a load of clay sculptures, sort of like the Terracotta Army; ”The European Court of Human Rights will rule on a case brought before the court by Khaled Al-Anesi, a Yemeni polygamist who was granted asylum in the Netherlands. He initially brought his first wife and their eight children to the Netherlands under family reunification rules. He then decided not to request the arrival of his second and third wives, knowing that polygamy is prohibited in the Netherlands, but requested that the five children he had with them be allowed to join him. The Netherlands refused this new request because of the ban on polygamy, arguing that these children did not need to come to the Netherlands because they already enjoyed good living conditions in Turkey, where they were refugees with their two mothers. The authorities had already asked him to choose which of his wives he wanted to bring over, along with their children. Which he did. But he is now suing his host country before the European… Read more »
Agree. The whole thing could be put to bed by giving Mr Al-Anesi and his entourage some free tickets back to Yemen.
When the ECHR finds in favour of this POS the floodgates will really open and this country will not escape the flood.
“We appreciate you, Prince of Wales tells indigenous people of the Amazon”
Oh ffs! 🤮🤮🤮
100% Dinger.
As I keep pointing out the Russian solution best suits the Windsor problem.
““Vibe shift could put the Tories back in play” – In the Times, Fraser Nelson says electorates on both sides of the Atlantic are looking for economic competence in their political leaders – a vibe shift that could benefit the Conservatives”
Apart from the fact that recent Tory governments have been beyond incontinent with our money eh?
Boris Johnson is such a ridiculous figure.
He’s now pretending to be some sort of rebel, outraged by BBC bias.
He’s either an idiot because he’s only just discovered the BBC is a biased propaganda machine or he’s an idiot because he’s pretending he’s just realised it and has picked this moment to exhibit his faux outrage.
Either way, he’s a joke.
Maybe he’s just been told by “her indoors” that he has to pay for it with his own money?