News Round-Up

• “Lammy to scrap half of all jury trials” – Half of all jury trials are to be scrapped under David Lammy’s plans to tackle the record Crown Court backlogs, according to the Telegraph.
• “Labour revolt as Lammy says jury trials only for most serious crimes” – David Lammy has been brutalised by Labour MPs for a ‘Putin-esque’ assault on liberties after he sounded the death knell for trial by jury, reports the Mail.
• “Robert Jenrick issues dire free speech warning over David Lammy’s jury trials revamp: ‘Shameful!’” – Robert Jenrick has unleashed a furious tirade against David Lammy after the Lord Chancellor announced plans to scrap some jury trials, according to GB News.
• “David Lammy’s jury reforms aren’t bold – they’re brazen” – Lammy is easy to paint as a clown but today he achieved something which most of Britain’s more corrupt and tyrannical leaders could only dream of, writes Madeline Grant in the Spectator.
• “Furious Labour MPs compare David Lammy to Putin as he says right to trial by jury will be abolished” – David Lammy was brutalised by Labour MPs in Parliament yesterday for a “Putin-esque” assault on our liberty as he sounded the death knell for trial by jury, says the Mail.
• “Mr Lammy claimed the Victims’ Commissioner backed his proposal. In fact, she died a few weeks ago” – Quentin Letts, parliamentary sketch writer for the Mail, describes David Lammy’s disastrous performance in the House of Commons yesterday.
• “A jury took 17 minutes to find Jamie ‘not guilty’. I hate to think what a Left-wing judge would’ve done” – Ex-Marine Jamie Michael’s farcical trial over a Facebook post proves why David Lammy’s reforms are so dangerous, warns Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
• “Lammy admits 12 prisoners mistakenly released in past month” – David Lammy has confirmed another 12 prisoners were accidentally released in the last month, with two still at large, reports GB News.
• “Why won’t Lammy tell us about prisoners released by mistake?” – David Lammy needs to stop trusting these HMPPS officials or he will soon be a failed former Justice Secretary, warns David Shipley in the Spectator.
• “The £16 billion lie at the heart of Starmer’s Budget defence” – Starmer talked about a £16 billion “black hole”, but as Amy Gibbons shows in the Telegraph, higher inflation and tax takings meant there was no hole at all.
• “The hidden £1.3 trillion debt bomb in the Budget” – On The Daily T podcast, Sir John Redwood uncovers more dishonesty from Rachel Reeves.
• “Ed Miliband is waiting in the wings” – The Prime Minister’s failures have provided a perfect opportunity for the Tribunite Left to reassert itself, says Tom Harrris in the Telegraph. Will the next occupant of Downing Street be… Ed Miliband?
• “Labour are almost as deluded as the Your Party faithful” – They may not sport woolly rainbow hats and nose studs, but Labour MPs are more comparable with Your Party than they would like to think, writes Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
• “Without the Gaza war, the hard-Left will shatter into little pieces” – With the Israeli ceasefire, the tensions between socially conservative Muslims and woke progressives will boil over, predicts Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
• “The scandal of the Maccabi ban must not be allowed to fade” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill calls out West Midlands Police for inventing lies to justify banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.
• “Yvette Cooper removed portrait of Queen in favour of painting called ‘Life Gets Harder, Trackies Grow Thicker’” – It seems Labour Cabinet ministers just hate looking at paintings of the late Queen, says Guido.
• “Lucy Connolly’s daughter does not deserve to be punished for her mother’s actions” – Petty people with power in education are far too comfortable hurting children because of their parents’ beliefs, writes Celia Walden in the Telegraph.
• “Britain should stand up to US on free speech, says counter-terror tsar” – The UK’s terrorism tsar Jonathan Hall KC insists the UK should hold its nerve against those who oppose the Online Safety Act, according to the Telegraph.
• “Farage and the forty-year-old Sieg Heil” – The nation is not interested in Farage’s past – they’re far more concerned about his future, specifically his ability to effect genuine change once installed as PM, writes Frank Haviland on his Substack.
• “Scandal of surge in school absence” – Ofsted has raised the alarm over a “national attendance scandal” after the number of children abandoning school jumped by nearly a fifth in a year, reports the Mail.
• “More than 800,000 under-5s on social media” – Nearly 800,000 under-fives are on social media in the UK, raising fresh worries about how well the country can keep its youngest safe online, says City AM.
• “Instructor who forged security training certificates spared jail” – An instructor who nearly shut down Birmingham Airport after forging 85 documents for airport workers, including security staff, has been spared jail, reports the Mail.
• “UK to end flagship anti-FGM programme” – Britain will no longer fund a major international programme to stop female genital mutilation, says the Telegraph.
• “Education or indoctrination?” – On Climate Scepticism, Mark Hodgson warns that climate education risks becoming political indoctrination rather than balanced teaching.
• “Remember when they told you climate change was causing a ‘mass extinction’? Never mind!” – A new study shows extinction rates peaked a century ago and have since declined, challenging claims of a current mass extinction, writes Anthony Watts in WUWT?
• “Ignoring EV pollution for fake climate crisis” – On PJ Media, Vijay Jayaraj explores the hidden pollution of EVs and the dark side of the Green agenda.
• “The warming stripes that kill the hockey stick” – On Substack, Dr Matthew Wielicki shows why a little known tree ring study discredits climate alarmism.
• “Bill Gates funds ‘geoengineering’ to dim the sun – after saying climate change is not a threat to humanity” – Bill Gates is funding research into cooling the sun with solar geo-engineering despite his U-turn away from doomsday climate warnings, reports Lucas Nolan in Breitbart.
• “AI is killing Australia’s CO₂ emission plans” – A surge in data centre demand is forcing Aussie politicians to revise energy transition roadmaps, says Eric Worrall in WUWT?
• “Why the Great Reset failed” – Technocrats are getting stupider, writes Mary Harrington in UnHerd.
• “Vote to rename Dublin park honouring Israeli President scrapped after backlash” – A proposal to rename a Dublin park named after a former president of Israel has been removed from the Dublin City Council’s agenda, reports the BBC.
• “Dublin is quietly becoming a Jew-free city” – This is not about a park – it’s about whether Ireland still believes its Jewish citizens belong, says Rory Hanrahan in the Spectator.
• “I’m ready for war” – Vladimir Putin has warned he is ready for a war with Europe, according to the Mail.
• “Why Putin thinks destiny is on his side” – Putin has good reason to believe that his opponents and rivals are in worse shape than he is, says Owen Matthews in the Spectator. 
• “Russian Porsches immobilised” – Hundreds of Russian Porsche owners have found their cars immobilised across the country, amid fears of deliberate satellite interference, reports the Mail. 
• “Minorities feel BBC represents their lives more than white viewers” – New research reveals ethnic minorities believe the BBC reflects their lives more than white viewers do, says the Telegraph.
• “Why doesn’t the Royal College of Nursing change its name to the Communist College of Nursing?” – The egregious treatment of black Christian nurse Jennifer Melle by the RCN shows that it has been captured by a neo-Marxist ideology, writes Julian Mann in Anglican Mainstream.
• “The celeb ‘trans rights’ concert could hardly be more tone-deaf” – In March of next year, London’s Wembley Arena is set to host ‘Trans Mission’ – a star-studded charity concert in aid of ‘transgender rights’. Please, no, says Georgina Mumford in Spiked.
• “Scrap the OBR and the rest of the unelected outfits ruining Britain” – Politicians have handed over power for policy decisions they should be making themselves – and they’re still not trusted, writes Philip Johnston in the Telegraph.
• “Jaguar Land Rover designer behind woke rebrand ‘escorted from office’” – The designer behind Jaguar’s controversial woke rebrand has reportedly been dismissed from the carmaker just days after a new chief executive took over, reports GB News.
• “Barrister seeks to overturn ‘disproportionate’ ban for sexual misconduct” – A barrister found guilty of sexual misconduct after having consensual sex with a younger woman shadowing him for work experience is seeking to overturn a lifetime ban, claiming the decision was “disproportionate”, according to the Telegraph.
• “Sorry, being a drunkard as a father is a moral failing” – My dad was an alcoholic, writes Michael Mosbacher in the Telegraph. No one will ever convince me that his behaviour should not be stigmatised.
• “If Lammy gets his way and jury trials are scrapped, you’re far more likely to be banged up for hurty words. We cannot let this happen” – In the Lords, Toby asks the Justice Minister to guarantee that at least people accused of speech crimes have the right to a jury trial. She declines.

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