News Round-Up

• “Woman ‘is seen running along street covered in blood amid crowbar rampage’” – A violent incident outside a hospital has resulted in the arrest of a 20 year-old Afghan man after multiple people were injured, reports the Mail.
• “Migrant brandished knife at police officer after avoiding jail three times” – A violent asylum seeker who dodged jail with a series of slap-on-the-wrist punishments has finally been locked up at the fourth attempt – for having a knife outside a migrant hotel, says the Mail. 
• “Freed prisoners commit record number of violent crimes” – Newly released offenders have been linked to a surge in serious violence, reports the Telegraph.
• “Asylum seekers should be tagged, says policing chief” – Sussex’s Police and Crime Commissioner has proposed electronic tagging despite Home Office concerns about human rights, says the Express.
• “The shock details of 27 prisoners accidentally released from Scotland’s jails” – New figures reveal that 27 prisoners have been mistakenly released from Scottish jails, reports the Scottish Sun.
• “Sister of Egyptian ‘extremist’ praised October 7th attackers” – Sir Keir Starmer has been told that Britain must strip Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his British citizenship before Cairo removes his Egyptian one, says the Telegraph.
• “Alaa Abd el-Fattah joked about killing Egyptian newspaper editor” – Alaa Abd el-Fattah joked about killing the editor of an Egyptian state-owned newspaper, while his sister praised the “imagination” of Hamas’s October 7th attacks, reports the Times.
• “As an Egyptian, I know this truth: deranged antisemitism is normal in the Arab world” – Britain’s approach to tackling anti-Jewish hatred is dangerously inadequate, warns Hesham Shehab in the Telegraph.
• “We need to talk about Islam” – Liberal societies must face the uncomfortable link between Islam and Islamism if they want to defend themselves, says Jonathan Sacerdoti in the Spectator.
• “Labour appoints pro-migrant activist to human rights watchdog” – Ali Harris has joined the Equality and Human Rights Commission after opposing Tory attempts to control immigration, reports the Telegraph.
• “Aborting baby girls proves Britain’s multiculturalism experiment has failed” – Why is a leading charity protecting the barbaric tradition of ‘sex-selective’ terminations? asks Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Britain suffers lowest investment in G7 under Starmer” – Britain has recorded the weakest investment performance in the G7 amid planning delays and policy uncertainty, reports the Express.
• “Starmer will be finished in 2026. When will Streeting break ranks?” – The Health Secretary is the most gifted of all the Prime Minister’s potential successors, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph. He must not let his loyalty get in the way of his leadership ambitions.
• “Labour will destroy special forces, warn ex-SAS chiefs” – Ex-SAS chiefs warn that new laws could drag soldiers through courts and embolden Britain’s enemies, reports LBC.
• “I’ve never known Britain feel gloomier. Here’s how Reform can give every voter hope next year” – In the Mail, Nigel Farage offers a sombre assessment of Britain’s mood and lays out his vision for hope.
• “The universities where all students are given extra time in exams” – Frustrated lecturers say they’re being told to make allowances in tests, give exemptions from presentations and approve essay extensions, according to Julie Henry in the Telegraph.
• “Accountancy body reverts to in-person exams over AI cheating fears” – The UK’s accounting body plans to end remote exams amid concerns about AI-assisted cheating, reports City AM.
• “Britain’s ‘biggest fly-tip’ spewing toxic fumes” – A vast fly tip has been spewing toxic fumes across a family farm attraction for seven years, reveals the Mail.
• “Landlord exodus forces New Zealand and Portugal to rethink crackdown” – As other countries row back on buy-to-let red tape, Labour is creating more of it at home, reports the Telegraph.
• “She burned down her house but rebuilt Italy. Can Meloni rescue Europe?” – Giorgia Meloni has reshaped Europe’s migration debate and repositioned Italy as trail-brazer, writes James Crisp in the Telegraph.
• “The rise of homonationalism” – Gay voters across Europe have increasingly aligned with populist Right-wing parties, notes Albie Amankona in Spiked.
• “Iranian security forces beat protesters who cried ‘death to Khamenei’” – Iranian security forces have beaten up and fired tear gas at protesters as the Islamic Republic struggles to contain its biggest outbreak of unrest in years, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why I’m leaving Harvard” – In Compact, James Hankins reflects on giving his last lecture after 40 years as a Harvard history professor.
• “Somalis gonna Somali” – On Substack, Alex Berenson shows how Somali clans in Minnesota exploited open government programmes, turning tribal loyalty into a massive fraud scheme.
• “Green charge on gas boilers will subsidise heat pumps” – Gas boiler owners will face a green levy to subsidise heat pump users as part of a £15 billion plan set to be unveiled by Ed Miliband in the new year, reports the Times.
• “Ed Miliband’s Net Zero home is silly, says top Labour green donor” – Labour’s biggest green donor Dale Vince has described a Government push for “zero-bill homes” as a “silly concept” and called for poorer households to be singled out for support, says the Times.
• “Shropshire sinkhole? Blame it on climate change!” – The media has wrongly attributed a canal collapse to climate change rather than engineering failure, writes Paul Homewood on Not A Lot of People Know That.
• “Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’” – Measures like banishing cars from city centres can lead to “unintended negative effects” even among environmentally inclined people, reports the Times.
• “The saxifrage in the shattered rock” – A new environmental indicator has been presented as an early warning sign for climate alarmism, writes Jit in CLISCEP.
• “Offshore wind farms produce much less energy than projected, study finds” – A major study has cast doubt on optimistic offshore wind targets across Europe, reports Brussels Signal.
• “The 2023 climate event revealed the greatest failure of climate science” – An unprecedented climate event has exposed fundamental weaknesses in prevailing models, reveals Javier Vinos in Climate Etc.
• “Climate activists vs the US energy industry: cases to watch in 2026” – Anti-oil and gas activists are pursuing “woke lawfare” which critics argue threatens US energy independence and will have sweeping impacts on every American. Climate Scepticism reviews some of the key cases.
• “Civil servants ‘defying Supreme Court trans ruling’” – The Civil Service is still operating under outdated 2019 transgender guidance that defies the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling from April, reports GB News.
• “WI faces split over call for trans-inclusive ‘sisterhood’ meetings” – The Women’s Institute is facing a potential schism after one of its leaders advised members to hold “sisterhood” meetings to get around a ban on trans women, reveals the Times.
• “Starmer welcomes Alaa Abd El-Fattah…” – On X, Sir Keir Starmer (AKA comedian Andrew Lawrence) explains why we should all be delighted that Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been given British citizenship.

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