News Round-Up

• “BBC’s pro-trans bias damaged our children” – 650 parents of children who believe they are trans have accused the BBC of damaging their children with a “constant drip-feed of one-sided pro-trans programmes”, reports the Telegraph.
• “BBC accused of more anti-Trump bias in coverage of persecution of Christians due to ‘institutional dislike of the US President’ amid claims it is systematically ‘under-reporting and mis-framing’ Nigeria crisis” – The BBC has been accused of more anti-Donald Trump bias over its coverage of the persecution of Christians due to an “institutional dislike of the US President”, the Mail reports.
• “‘Uninvestable’ UK takes 30 years to do a nine-month project, says billionaire” – Britain is increasingly “uninvestable” because straightforward projects can take decades to complete, a billionaire heir of a diamond mining dynasty has said, the Telegraph reports.
• “This record-breaking brain drain will be the death of Britain” – Instead of attracting ‘the best and brightest’ from abroad, we’re losing the best and brightest from Britain, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “The Chagos deal is not just something I disagree with but something that’s made me angry” – The Chagos Bill currently before Parliament gives effect to the most disgraceful act by a British government since – well, since the removal of the Chagossians from their archipelago nearly 60 years ago, says Daniel Hannan in ConservativeHome. “Every aspect of the treaty stinks.”
• “Starmer on edge as rebel MP vows to give up Commons seat for Burnham” – Left-winger Clive Lewis has saidhe is willing to give up his Commons seat so Andy Burnham can return to lead Labour as he does not believe the PM can recover from dire polls, reports the Mail.
• “Moment dinghy migrant gives victim thumbs up before sexually assaulting her and telling cops ‘I’ve done nothing wrong’” – In the Sun, watch the shocking moment illegal dinghy migrant Hawre Mohamed confronts a terrified student before launching a sex attack on a train.
• “French police to use nets to stop small boat Channel crossings” – The Telegraph reports that French police are to use nets to stop small boats leaving the country’s waters in a shift to more aggressive tactics. Yeah, right, we’ve heard that before.
• “Why is France pushing for its women to be segregated?” – A measure purporting to protect the safety of women is in fact an admission of ideological capture, says Gavin Mortimer in the Telegraph.
• “Why I’m suddenly swooning over Shabana Mahmood” – The crank Left is – once again – enraged by a woman of colour who dares to speak for the masses on immigration, says Julie Burchill in Spiked.
• “Ten reasons to be sceptical about Mahmood’s migrant measures” – In TCW, Bruce Newsome is underwhelmed by Mahmood’s asylum crackdown.
• “Nearly 500 migrants a day signing up for benefits” – Nearly 500 migrants a day are signing up for benefits as claims by foreign nationals hit a record high, the Telegraph reports.
• “Britain has a 75% chance of going full banana republic” – The odds of a Right-wing reformist government being elected are only 50-50 – and then it needs to defeat the Blob, warns Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “Russian spy ship is spotted ‘on edge of UK waters’ with lasers aimed at RAF pilots – as Defence Secretary John Healey warns Putin, ‘We see you, we are ready’” – A Russian spy ship designed to ‘gather intelligence’ shone lasers at RAF pilots who flew overhead to surveil it as it arrived on the edge of British waters, the Defence Secretary has said, the Mail reports.
• “Trump ‘will force Zelensky into accepting peace deal with Russia that hands over land and slashes Ukraine’s army’” – The United States has signalled to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that he will be forced to accept a deal with Russia that would see Ukraine hand over land to Russia, reports the Mail.
• “Ukraine told to accept cash-for-land deal with Putin” – Ukraine could be forced to lease part of its territory to Russia under a US plan to end the war, the Telegraph reports.
• “Europe can’t fix Ukraine’s cash crisis” – Who will pay for Ukraine’s war effort now the Trump administration has turned off the financial taps, asks Owen Matthews in the Spectator.
• “Miliband’s energy plan ‘means higher bills into the 2030s’” – A report says that households will continue to pay more in levies for green infrastructure than they will save from the ‘cheaper energy’ it creates for years to come, reports the Times.
• “The SS Greenpeace is harpooned at last” – Greenpeace USA owes hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the oil pipeline company Energy Transfer and is facing bankruptcy, says Bill Ponton on American Thinker.
• “Unelected UN Bureaucrats Threaten Global Growth With Carbon Tax Push” – Unaccountable United Nations officials are advocating global carbon taxes, risking global growth while ignoring economic reality, says Climate Change Dispatch.
• “Five Harsh Realities Shatter The ‘Climate Change’ Orthodoxy” – Tech elites, China, energy costs and real science all expose the so-called climate orthodoxy as more dogma than truth, says Victor Davis Hanson in Climate Change Dispatch.
• “American-Japanese Pact Signals Ascent of Energy Realism” – The US and Japan are shedding the paralysis of irrational climate policies with a strategic pact covering rare-earth minerals, critical components for semiconductors and next-generation nuclear reactors, says Vijay Jayaraj in WUWT.
• “Eco-anxiety and Solastaglia” – On Trust the Evidence, Dr Tom Jefferson dissects the latest climate scare nonsense from the UK Health Security Agency.
• “Green quango accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over waste mountain” – Campaigners have accused the Environment Agency of being “asleep at the wheel” after the quango failed to stop criminals creating what is thought to be Britain’s biggest illegal dump despite knowing about it since at least July, the Telegraph reports.
• “New Zarah Sultana row could collapse Your Party founding conference” – Zarah Sultana, Your Party’s co-founder with Jeremy Corbyn, claims she has been frozen out of the planning of its inaugural conference at the end of this month, leaving it at risk of collapse, the Telegraph reports.
• “This is why Jeremy Corbyn’s project was doomed from the start” – Your Party cannot sustain its awkward coalition between trans activists and traditional Muslims, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “More Your Party splits as Sultana snubs Corbyn” – Jeremy Corbyn has not been invited to a rally on the eve of the conference hosted by the party’s co-founder Zarah Sultana, according to the Spectator.
• “Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look” – Transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on what they look like, according to new equalities guidance seen by the Times.
• “What is the new gender guidance on single-sex spaces and sport?” – The Times looks at several elements of the equality watchdog’s code, which advises organisations on how to interpret the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act.
• “Law is clear, Labour isn’t: trans guidance delay reignites party row” – A report on implementing the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex is unpublished after three months and some are pointing the finger at Bridget Phillipson, says the Times.
• “The Guardian’s desperate smears about Farage’s school days” – An awful lot of mud is going to be flung at Farage over the next few years, says Niall Gooch in the Spectator. “He is Public Enemy Number One of a dying centrist regime, after all.”
• “The Guardian’s smears against Nigel Farage show the liberal elite is in panic mode” – Dredging up playground gossip from 50 years ago to try and wound a politician in 2025 is not journalism, says Brendan O’Neill in the Telegraph.
• “Doctor who gave evidence against Letby resigns after 28 families complain” – A key expert witness in the Lucy Letby case has resigned from her job as a consultant paediatrician on Guernsey following reports that she would be named in a submission to the Criminal Cases Review Commission after complaints about her were raised by 28 families on the island, reports the Telegraph.
• “Sending photo of scantily clad dancer in work chat was racist, judge rules” – The Telegraph reports on the latest loony race ruling from an employment tribunal.
• “The Tinpot Gods of the West” – On the Political Ponerology Substack, Spaceman Spiff explores “the characteropathic use of ideology, pathological egotism, ponerization, negative/counter-selection and socio-occupational maladjustment”.
• “Disney has broken the spell of wokeness” – Audiences want entertainment, not PC lectures, says Lauren Smith on Spiked.
• “Town declares Boxing Day hunt ‘not welcome’ after criticism from Chris Packham” – A traditional Boxing Day hunt in Devon has been declared “not welcome” by the local council after Chris Packham labelled it “ethically and morally bankrupt”, the Telegraph reports.
• “Peers call for RedBird IMI to be blocked from Telegraph sale process” – Peers (including Toby) have called for the UAE fund that mounted a failed attempt to take control of the Telegraph to be blocked from overseeing an onward sale of the newspaper.
• “Why is the State still persecuting Lucy Connolly?” – In TCW, Gavin Innes reports on a Westminster Hall debate initiated by Rupert Lowe’s petition to scrap prison terms for social-media offences.
• “Our free-speech documentary has been cancelled” – The Rich Mix cinema in east London has banned the premiere of Spiked‘s free speech documentary Think Before You Post because it does not align with its ‘values’.
• “Officers should not be policing online posts, says Home Secretary” – Shabana Mahmood has appointed Lord Macdonald to review how public order powers are applied online after a series of “egregious” arrests, according to the Times.
• “The ill-advised remarks by teacher that ended with him losing his life” – A public school teacher accused of making a joke on a school trip was later sacked and killed himself, the Daily Mail reports.
• “Oxford Union protesters accused of mimicking deaths of Israeli soldiers” – Two pro-Palestinian protesters have been accused of mimicking the deaths of Israeli soldiers when they disrupted a speech at the Oxford Union, reports the Telegraph.
• “SAS soldiers threaten legal action over Labour’s Troubles Bill” – SAS soldiers have threatened Labour with legal action over its Troubles Bill, warning that the legislation does not provide adequate safeguards for veterans, reports the Telegraph.
• “The Pressure To Be Single” – On Substack, Freya India says she has only ever felt pressure from those around her to stay entanglement-free.
• “Eighteen Days to Die.” – Laura Dodsworth reflects on how we lost respect for life, from birth to death and beyond.
• “What do experts think of the assisted suicide bill?” – Watch on X almost every professional body that gave evidence and numerous groups representing vulnerable people express profound concerns with major aspects of the assisted suicide Bill at the recent House of Lords select committee.

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