News Round-Up
- “Reeves has lost all trust. She must resign” – With the clarity afforded by hindsight, it is impossible to see the Chancellor’s behaviour in recent weeks as anything other than a deliberate attempt to mislead both the British public and the financial markets, says the Telegraph in a leader as it calls on Reeves to resign.
- “The bricklayer exposing working-class fury at Britain’s benefits bill” – A viral video lamenting the UK’s welfare spending has captured the widespread anger of workers towards shirkers – and towards Labour’s Budget, says the Telegraph.
- “The Moses Budget” – On Substack, Dr David McGrogan says the Budget is the latest example of a modern state being as totalitarian as it can get away with.
- “Families paying inheritance tax to double by 2031” – The number of families forced to pay inheritance tax will double by 2031 as a result of Rachel Reeves’s stealth raid, according to the Telegraph.
- “After the almighty pummelling she gave the hapless Reeves, my advice is to buy shares in Kemi” – Kemi demolished Labour’s Budget and sent Reeves and Starmer limping from the chamber, says Boris Johnson in the Mail.
- “Doctors ballot for more strikes as they demand a 26% pay rise” – The British Medical Association would be free to inflict chaos on the NHS until August if members back the move in a major blow to patients, reports the Mail.
- “French police ‘will finally start intercepting UK-bound migrants’ after Keir Starmer ‘pleaded with Macron to take action this month’” – French police are, supposedly, going to start intercepting UK-bound small boats in the English Channel, according to the Mail. Though apparently they’ll only be stopping empty boats, before any migrants actually get into them.
- “Trump to hand Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories” – The United States is poised to recognise Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories to secure a deal to end the war, according to the Telegraph.
- “Trump’s offer is ugly. But is it ugly enough to end the war?” – The Telegraph asks whether Trump’s latest offer will be acceptable to both sides.
- “Zelensky’s Chief of Staff quits hours after anti-graft investigators raided his home amid £75 million energy kickback and ‘golden toilet’ scandal” – Volodymyr Zelensky’s under-fire chief of staff dramatically quit on Friday afternoon, hours after anti-graft investigators searched his home amid a deepening corruption crisis in Ukraine, reports the Mail.
- “London’s demographic change is unprecedented in peacetime” – In the Telegraph, Sean Thomas worries about the future of London, where nearly two thirds of the population now has roots in other parts of the world.
- “The strange death of England” – What happened to England, the England that, if you’re over 50, you grew up learning about, the England that controlled the world, the England that ran the largest empire in human history at the end of the first world war, asks Tucker Carlson in the Spectator.
- “Why Electricity Costs Keep Climbing Despite Falling Energy Prices” – The Daily Caller looks into why US electricity prices continue to climb despite Trump’s pledge to slash them.
- “Canada’s Carney Sparks Cabinet Resignation With Climate Policy Reversal” – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces his first major political setback, as a member of his cabinet stepped down Thursday after Carney cut a deal with the energy-rich province of Alberta that suspends environmental rules aimed at curbing oil-and-gas carbon emissions, reports the Wall Street Journal.
- “German Court Slaps Climate Activists With $1.28 million In Damages Over Airport Chaos” – A German court has ordered Last Generation climate activists to pay over $1.28 million for causing airport chaos, lost fuel, passenger refunds and trip cancellations, reports Climate Change Dispatch.
- “The EV scam is straight out of a drug dealer’s playbook” – Miliband teases you into driving electric, and then the Treasury fleeces you when you’re hooked, says Andy Mayer in the Telegraph.
- “Green campaigners lose battle to block North Sea licences” – Green campaigners have lost their attempt to block new North Sea exploration licences after a landmark High Court ruling dismissed their claims, reports the Telegraph.
- “Marriage is the real rebellion” – The Spectator‘s Madeline Grant, who got married in the summer, praises the commitment of “till death do us part” as the real rebellion in a commitment-phobic age.
- “NHS doctor goes on anti-Jewish rant after suspension” – NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan, who was suspended for antisemitic comments, responded by attacking “the Israeli and Jewish lobby” in a rambling social media post, reports the Telegraph.
- “Non-binary NHS worker unsuccessfully sues Trust after being deadnamed” – A judge has told a non-binary health worker who tried to sue her NHS Trust over being ‘deadnamed’ and ‘mis-pronouned’ that she should not have been so offended, reports the Mail.
- “Would you go to prison for free speech?” – In UnHerd, Andrew Doyle gives a cautious defence of Enoch Burke, who has just been sent to prison for a fourth time after refusing to use the ‘preferred pronouns’ of a pupil.
- “Regret my burka protest? Hell no! Jenny Johnston speaks to Pauline Hanson, the Aussie politician who wore Islamic garment in parliament after being denied a debate on banning it” – The Mail interviews the bold Australian Senator.
- “Sally Rooney is not a victim of censorship” – In UnHerd, Julie Burchill isn’t buying the cries of ‘censorship’ after Sally Rooney told the High Court that as a supporter of the banned group Palestine Action she would no longer be safe publishing in the UK.
- “Sally Rooney’s smugness is boundless” – The Irish author is the personification of luxury beliefs, says Brendan O’Neill in the Telegraph.
- “The Nazi Cult and the German Speech Police” – Eugyppius gives his take on the police raid on the home of C.J. Hopkins.
- “Europe’s new war on privacy” – Chat Control will violate fundamental rights, says Thomas Fazi in UnHerd.
- “‘Dianarama’ – the conspiracy of deceit exposé that should sign the BBC’s death warrant” – In TCW, David Keighley says former BBC journalist Andy Webb’s scorching book Dianarama, published last week, should be the point of no return for the corporation.
- “‘He’s not lily-livered’: The BBC chairman under siege from woke colleagues” – While external pressure mounts on Samir Shah, his young Left-wing staff are unhappy he won’t back pro-Gaza, pro-trans views, says Anita Singh in the Telegraph.
- “This is the most jaw-dropping four minutes and 21 seconds you will watch this year” – On X, Camus clips an interview with Nicole Shanahan, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who spills the beans on how the ‘tech mafia wives’ were co-opted into pushing the Davos ‘Great Reset’ agenda.
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“Kemi demolished Labour’s Budget and sent Reeves and Starmer limping from the chamber, says Boris Johnson in the Mail”
Shut your trap DePfeffel. Whatever entitlement you might once have had to pontificate on political matters or anything else come to think of it has been long since forfeited after your Covid treachery not to mention the “Boriswave”.
Some politicians struggle harder to establish themselves as senior statesmen than others. Some never make it.
I can’t think of many worthy of the term “statesman”
As I recall his new idol was a member of successive Tory Cabinets when so much harm was done. Boris might have had wives who readily forgave extra marital bad behaviour but we won’t forgive the Tory damage to our country.
I don’t recall her speaking up when it mattered
I am in complete agreement tof.
I was a big fan of Boris Johnson. He was a bit of a jester, but seemed to shoot from the hip, an attribute I respect and agree with. After his covid response, I can honestly say that I hate him, along with every other politician who went along with it, but a special depth of hate is reserved for Johnson and Hancock.
Same here
“non-binary health worker who tried to sue her NHS Trust”
Sorry but there is no such thing as a non binary person. This is presumably a woman who claims to be “non binary” which is a meaningless bullshit term designed to corrupt, confuse and deceive. Please don’t use the language of the enemy. Language matters.
Deadnamed = called by her correct name
The gestapo that enforce Clown World logic in Brazil would disagree. A Supreme Court ruling has now made so-called ”transphobia” a criminal offence, grouping it in with racism. So all the pervert men can ring the police if a woman dare stick up for her sex-based rights and tell him to sling his hook out of their private spaces and she’ll be the one getting arrested. Victimhood on steroids; ”A female university student in Brazil was arrested after telling a male who identifies as “non-binary” to leave the women’s restroom. According to a press release from the Military Police, the incident occurred at Darcy Ribeiro Campus of the University of Brasília (UnB) on November 11.” The article then goes on to describe how the toilets have been ”debinarized” by activist groups. It sounds more like a lunatic asylum than a university, where reality has long since left the building. This is what happens when these nutty narcissists are pandered to, though; “Yesterday at UnB, we marked trans territory. At the ICC Center — above the Academic Center of Sociology, we de-binarized a bathroom by decorating the space, affirming our presence in a place from which they always tried to expel us,”… Read more »
If it is non-binary, why is it being given a female pronoun? Surely that is some kind of microaggression?
“Reeves has lost all trust. She must resign”
As much as I would like to see this dreadful liar resign her position, I’d like to point out that the Prime Minister and many members of the cabinet have let the Black Hole do the heavy lifting on blaming the Tories (there was enough to kick the Tories without inventing stuff) for our lamentable finances. Perhaps he should consider his position too.?
“Doctors ballot for more strikes as they demand a 26% pay rise”
But, Wes said they were mates when he spunked them a big wage rise the moment he took office, and they would be satisfied with the last giant pay rise.
Are we talking about GP’s here? The people many think are part of the NHS, however are actually independent employees or contractors of limited companies that run doctors surgery’s, and contract (sell) their services to NHS as suppliers… if they want a pay rise, they should discuss it with their thousands of employers… not the state or the NHS
Friday Shinfield
When we were out with our Yellow Boards, someone walked past Sylvia and said, “Honk! Honk!!” She said that he looked just like Peter Whittle of the New Culture Forum.
When we got home, we heard that he had died. It’s extremely sad. We can’t afford to lose people like Peter.
Unfortunately Peter has passed away ,RIP Sir 😇🙏
I like the new “Reform” turquoise colour of the name tags 👌
“Trump’s offer is ugly. But is it ugly enough to end the war?”
Well if not, fight on, and on, and on!
Keep throwing men and money at an unwinable war
I am glad you were not advising Churchill in 1940-42.
Had Germany not attacked Russia, then the war in the West was eminently winnable, although it would probably ended up as some kind of Vichy in the UK.
On the other hand Churchill felt that he could get the USA on side, and that would turn the tide, and that is how it came to be.
Germany pushing west and the USA staying home would have left us throwing men and money at trying to protect our little islands.
Are you comparing the Ukraine/Russia war to the 2nd world war?
Are you seriously suggesting that Ukraine can beat Russia, without western help? If Ukraine hadn’t had western help the war would be over long ago
Its nothing like comparable to Churchill’s situation!
““After the almighty pummelling she gave the hapless Reeves, my advice is to buy shares in Kemi” – says Boris Johnson” If it was anyone else saying this I might applaud, but not for this blond bombastic double speaking charlatan.
Or in other words ‘please keep the Uniparty in power’
Akin to a recommendation from. T. Bliar.
“NHS doctor goes on anti-Jewish rant after suspension”
Why hasn’t this thing been struck off yet??
‘First, do not harm’
She is itching to do harm! get rid of her, she is an embarrassment to the practice of medicine!
Doctors and engineers indeed! 🤣
Interestingly, it was described as “rambling” – perhaps a drug/drink test would be in order?
Spot on Dinger 👍
Well done to Will Jones & the DS & the Mail for featuring this crucial protest by one of Australia’s National Treasures: Senator Pauline Hanson.
The most important reason for banning the burqa in the West is that it is a REAL SECURITY RISK, as has been proven many times in the past, because Muslim Men have worn it to pretend to be women, easily concealing their identity and weapons when committing criminal acts, not only for terrorism committed by both Muslim men and women.
As Senator Hanson rightly said, that’s why security guards are required to remove their helmets in banks.
“The strange death of England”
“No one is preventing the West from reproducing. ” says Tucker Carlson.
He has left out two crucial things:
1) Islam allows every Muslim man to have FOUR WIVES, as long as he can financially support them and their 25 children, which is ridiculously easy in the West, where polygamy is illegal, but 3 of his wives claim to be “single mothers” to get their own multi-bedroomed free council house and welfare benefits for life. No monogamous Christian culture can ever compete demographically with that, especially one that guilt-trips young White women into avoiding motherhood (always White Women, not other Ethnic groups) “to save the planet from over-population”.
2) Allowing Big Pharma & doctors & nurses to stab your babies and toddlers with 72 vaccine needles, often containing bits of several different diseases, is horrifically decimating the mental and physical health of entire generations of White People. Older generations managed to survive and thrive WITHOUT any of this.