News Round-Up

• “Nigel Farage reports Alaa Abd El-Fattah to counter-terrorism police” – Nigel Farage has reported Alaa Abd El-Fattah to counter-terrorism police over historical social media posts, reports the Express.
• “Deport Egyptian extremist who called Brits ‘monkeys’, say Tories” – The Conservatives have called on the Government to deport an Egyptian-British activist after a string of his xenophobic and antisemitic posts came to light on social media, says the Mail.
• “Starmer did not know about tweets by ‘extremist’” – Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure to revoke the British citizenship of an alleged Islamist extremist, reports the Telegraph.
• “The Tories are also to blame for the Egyptian ‘extremist’ fiasco” – It wasn’t a Labour home secretary who granted citizenship to Alaa Abd el-Fattah, notes Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
• “Starmer must deport this vile Egyptian ‘extremist’ immediately” – In the Telegraph, Robert Jenrick calls for decisive action over Alaa Abd el-Fattahto to demonstrate the seriousness of British law.
• “Why should Britain rescue an enemy?” – El-Fattah’s release at the behest of the Prime Minister exposes his moral emptiness, argues Sohrab Ahmari in UnHerd.
• “Keir Starmer will regret gushing over Alaa Abd el-Fattah” – The Abd El-Fattah saga feels like a turning-point scandal, writes Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
• “Fear of offending minorities is putting the public in danger” – The Government’s anti-terrorism programme is in need of a serious overhaul, says Suella Braverman in the Telegraph.
• “Nigel Farage is right to go after civil servants who let in sex offenders” – If we are to thrive again, our public servants must be held to the very highest standards, writes David Shipley in the Spectator.
• “No country for young women” – In Britain, broken borders, empty feminism and suicidal empathy are putting women at risk, warns Georgina Mumford in Spiked.
• “The last of the gamekeepers spells doom for countryside industry” – Proposed Labour legislation threatens traditional rural industries, says Patrick Galbraith in the Telegraph.
• “Benefit claimants’ ‘travel struggles’ cost an extra £750 million since pandemic” – According to Policy Exchange, rising disability benefit claims have significantly increased welfare spending, reports the Telegraph.
• “Keir Starmer is confused about kids” – In the Critic, Adam James Pollock accuses the PM of incoherence on family and childhood.
• “Hairdressers join the banning of Labour MPs” – Hairdressers are following in the footsteps of publicans by banning Labour MPs over what they’re calling the Government’s business rates betrayal, reports the Mail.
• “David Lammy invited criminal who spread homophobic smears to his swearing in” – David Lammy invited a disgraced ex-Labour politician convicted of spreading homophobic smears to his official swearing-in as Lord Chancellor, says the Sun.
• “Will Britain lose something when hereditary peers exit the Lords?” – The looming removal of hereditary peers prompts Eleanor Doughty in the Sunday Times to reflect on what may be lost from Parliament.
• “Fury as charity says it’s not illegal for British Indians to abort babies because they are girls” – A birth control charity’s interpretation of abortion law has sparked outrage and political pushback, reports the Mail.
• “Swedish lessons: our Covid Inquiry is costing 131 times more than theirs” – Britain’s Covid Inquiry is an expensive folly compared to Sweden’s far cheaper approach, notes Paul Goodman in the Telegraph.
• “The ghosts of Christmas present, past and future” – On the TTE Substack, Dr Tom Jefferson questions what happens when debt-fuelled policies finally run out of money.
• “Nine people arrested in Italy for allegedly funding Hamas through charities” – Italian authorities have arrested nine suspects over alleged terror financing via charities, reports ITV News.
• “Bardot leaves controversial legacy of activism for France’s far-Right” – The death of Brigitte Bardot has reignited debate over her political and cultural legacy, says France 24.
• “Brigitte Bardot on Muslims, men and ‘horrible’ humanity” – France24 looks back on some of Brigitte Bardot’s most famous (or infamous) utterances.
• “The Christmas Mass broadcast by German public television depicted the Baby Jesus as a slimy monster” – German Catholics tuning into a Christmas Eve mass on Germany’s public broadcaster were confronted with a Nativity scene showing a grotesque creature wrapped in a translucent membrane, according to Infovaticana.
• “How the first Palestinian leader became a Nazi war criminal” – A historical reassessment has flagged uncomfortable links between an early Palestinian leader and Nazism, writes Yardena Schwartz in the Spectator.
• “US and Ukraine ‘a lot closer’ on peace deal, Trump says after meeting with Zelensky” – High-level talks have brought Washington and Kyiv closer on a possible peace framework, says Reuters.
• “Putin and Trump do not support European-Ukrainian temporary ceasefire idea, the Kremlin says” – Moscow has rejected proposals for a temporary ceasefire backed by European leaders, reports Reuters.
• “In which the Trump administration imposes visa sanctions on five very precious hate speech complainers and the EU has a big impotent retarded sad” – On Substack, Eugyppius reports on the tensions between Washington and Brussels over free speech.
• “We reject Brits who censor the US” – Sarah Rogers, America’s Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, defends sanctions against Britons accused of restricting free speech, reports Katy Balls in the Sunday Times.
• “Zohran Mamdani feuds with Elon Musk and MAGA over his decision to appoint woman with no firefighting experience as FDNY chief” – Incoming NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has sparked fury after appointing an LGBTQ+ activist with no firefighting experience as the new head of the FDNY, says the Mail.
• “Cocaine-carrying migrants were destroying this Arizona ranch. Then Trump stopped the crossings” – Trump’s border crackdown has been credited with restoring safety to a rural community, writes Cameron Henderson in the Telegraph.
• “Families of Bondi Beach terror attack victims pen open letter to Albo” – Bereaved families have urged Australia’s PM to launch a royal commission over the Bondi Beach massacre, reports the Mail.
• “Among savage tribes” – Napoleon Chagnon meticulously documented the customs of a tribe where violence was sexually rewarded. Some of his academic colleagues never forgave him for it, writes Peggy Sastre in Quillette.
• “Cost of turning off wind farms if network cannot cope hits £1.5 billion” – Grid constraints have driven soaring costs for curtailing renewable energy, reports the Times.
• “Britain pushed ahead with green power. Its grid can’t handle it” – Britain’s rush into renewables has outpaced the capacity of its electricity grid, writes Rebecca Feng in the Wall Street Journal.
• “Death rates in hybrids ‘three times higher’ than petrol cars” – New analysis of transport data suggests hybrid vehicles are linked to far higher fatality rates than petrol cars, reports the Mail.
• “How the ‘Green Doom’ narrative of climate change has been a disaster for activists – here’s what they should have done instead” – Apocalyptic messaging has backfired politically for environmental campaigners, argues Paul Clements-Hunt in the Mail.
• “‘Rise in deaths’ predicted as amber cold health alerts issued in northern England” – Cold weather alerts have prompted warnings of increased mortality among the vulnerable, reports the Guardian.
• “Wiggle your toes to stay warm during cold snap, council tells elderly” – A council’s advice to pensioners to wiggle their toes to stay warm has drawn ridicule, says the Telegraph.
• “Banging the same old drum” – In CLISCEP, Mark Hodgson takes a critical look at Christian Aid’s annual climate disaster reports.
• “Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say” – Scientists have argued climate change outweighs renewable projects as a biodiversity threat, reports ABC News.
• “BBC: India’s solar boom faces a hidden waste problem” – Rapid solar expansion in India has raised concerns over toxic waste, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
• “Trans mob’s plot to smash up the offices of senior politicians” – A militant trans activist group has threatened to target the offices of senior politicians, including the Prime Minister’s, reveals the Mail.
• “Wetherspoons staff ‘refused to serve gender-critical campaigners’” – Staff at a JD Wetherspoon pub have been accused of refusing to serve gender-critical campaigners who were there celebrating their Supreme Court win, reports GB News.
• “NHS allows trans patients in single-sex spaces in English hospitals” – Hospital managers have continued to rely on outdated guidance to permit trans people access to single-sex spaces, says the Mail.
• “The trans blob is still waging war on women” – Despite some major victories on TERF Island, gender ideology is far from defeated, warns Jo Bartosch on Spiked.
• “MPs urge Church of England not to spend £100 million on slavery reparations” – A group of MPs and peers have urged the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury to stop the CofE spending £100 million on slavery reparations, reports ITV News.
• “The BBC’s Christmas collapse is nothing short of catastrophic” – The BBC’s festive output is emblematic of its decline, argues David Keighley in the Conservative Woman.
• “We should bring back the death penalty” – In the Telegraph, Christopher Biggins sits down with Guy Kelly to discuss crime, Reform UK and panto.
• “The New Conservative Dishonours List 2025” – In the New Conservative, Franks Haviland roasts the political and cultural figures blamed for a disastrous 12 months.
• “Our joint belief in democracy, rule of law and free speech” – On GB News, Toby says the US-UK trade agreement should include a preamble committing both sides to defending free speech.

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