News Round-Up

• “The guilty men: the ideologues who undermine Britain” – In the Spectator, Michael Gove takes aim at the Starmerite lawyers who put international law above Britain’s national interest.
• “Police stop migrants from being smuggled out of Britain” – Police have stopped a lorry heading for France and discovered 23 Bangladeshi nationals hidden inside, reports GB News.
• “Migrant ‘linked to Muslim Brotherhood’ can stay in Britain” – An Egyptian migrant with suspected links to the Muslim Brotherhood has won a UK asylum appeal after running over a policeman in his home country, reports the Mail.
• “Men took photos as they raped 12 year-old girl in broad daylight in cul-de-sac, court told” – Jurors have heard harrowing details of a daylight sexual assault by two Afghan nationals on a schoolgirl in Warwickshire, says the Mail.
• “Sex crimes soar to record levels with average of 588 every day, while drug offences and shoplifting continue to rise in new official stats” – Official figures have shown sexual offences hitting a record high alongside rising theft and drug crime, reports the Mail.
• “When will the Left admit the truth about the dangers of asylum?” – Britain’s asylum system shields criminals while putting women at risk, warns Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “‘Hero’ bus driver is sacked for chasing down a thief who stole female passenger’s necklace before knocking him out ‘in self-defence’” – A London bus driver has lost his job after chasing and confronting a suspected thief who stole a necklace from a passenger, reports the Mail.
• “Paedo headteacher who ‘loves young girls’ caught with 30k indecent images avoids jail” – A former headteacher who told paedophiles online he loved “young girls” has been handed a suspended sentence, according to the Mirror.
• “Murder rates plunge as more people stay at home” – Britain’s murder rate has fallen to its lowest level in decades as nights out decline, says the Telegraph.
• “Assisted dying supporters threaten to force Bill through Parliament” – Campaigners have floated using an obscure parliamentary tactic to push the assisted dying Bill past the Lords, reports the BBC. Happily, they don’t have the power.
• “Letby is innocent, says Beverley Allitt detective” – A veteran detective claims that Lucy Letby’s conviction could be the worst miscarriage of justice this century, according to the Sun.
• “Great Ormond Steet surgeon harmed nearly 100 children, report finds – as victim says bungled op left him in ‘horrifying’ pain” – A damning review has found a Great Ormond Street Hospital orthopaedic surgeon seriously harmed dozens of children over several years, reveals the Mail.
• “Councils face revolt over cancelled elections” – Councillors have launched a revolt after Labour cancelled local elections for 4.6 million people, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour rules out Waspi payouts after fresh review” – Ministers have once again shut the door on compensation for women hit by pension age changes, says the Mail.
• “I fought in Iraq. Starmer tied our hands” – Britain has been left weak abroad and vulnerable at home by strict adherence to the ECHR, argues Tom Tugendhat in the Telegraph.
• “Xi tells Starmer ‘twists and turns’ in relationship harm Britain” – Sir Keir Starmer has sat down with China’s President amid rising unease over Beijing’s influence, reports the Telegraph.
• “We’re both Reds! Communist Xi Jinping tells Starmer he prefers Labour governments and grants Brits visa-free travel – as ‘kowtowing’ PM pitches for trade in Beijing” – Starmer has spent hours in talks with Xi Jinping, pitching for closer trade ties and easier travel, according to the Mail.
• “Keir Starmer accuses Donald Trump of flip-flopping over his support for Labour’s controversial Chagos deal” – The PM has accused Trump of flip-flopping over his support for Labour’s controversial £30 billion give-away of the Chagos Islands, reports the Mail.
• “Damning new video shows Alex Pretti running at ICE agents and screaming in their faces before smashing feds’ tail light” – Newly surfaced footage shows Alex Pretti taunting ICE agents for carrying pepper spray while daring them to “soak me, motherf***er” just 11 days before the ICU nurse was fatally shot, reveals the Mail.
• “Iranian protesters: Trump promised to save us. He has blood on his hands” – Iranian protesters say Donald Trump has “blood on his hands” after encouraging them to take to the streets where thousands were gunned down, reports the Telegraph.
• “Russia’s forces advance slower than any army in the past century” – Russia’s grinding advance in Ukraine has been slower than even many First World War offensives, says the Telegraph.
• “At WEF, economic anxiety pushes climate fears to the back seat” – Economic worries have pushed climate alarm down the agenda at Davos, notes Brad Slager in Townhall.
• “Burning ember – part 4” – In Cliscep, Mark Hodgson takes a sceptical look at Ember’s EU renewables report, highlighting rising energy costs, heavy reliance on Chinese imports and the ongoing need for gas and subsidies.
• “Has Earth seen its last ‘Ice Age’?” – In WUWT?, Ross Pomeroy argues that future glacial periods may be pushed far into the future by natural and human influences.
• “Two decades of inconvenient inaccuracies” – Issues & Insights revisits Al Gore’s hysterical climate predictions, two decades on.
• “Right-on CofE bishops have vowed to give £100 million in reparations for historic links to the slave trade. Now they’re facing the great anti-woke revolt in the pews” – Church leaders have sparked a backlash from worshippers fed up with progressive activism, writes A.N. Wilson in the Mail.
• “Trans swimmers can use Hampstead ladies’ pond” – Judges have thrown out a challenge aimed at keeping biological men out of the women-only swimming pond, reports the BBC.
• “Tyranny and desire” – On Substack, Dr David McGrogan argues that modern power ends politics not with terror, but by seducing people into dependence.
• “Can superintelligent AI be regulated?” – In the Spectator, Toby ridicules efforts in the Lords to put pressure on Her Majesty’s Government to stop the emergence of superintelligent AI.
• “In praise of Nick Gibb, the schools minister you’ve never heard of” – In the Spectator, Theo Hobson lavishes praise on Nick Gibb, the unsung hero of the Conservatives successful education reforms.
• “You talk about the politics of division. But you created it. You did this to Britain and you will reap the whirlwind” – Konstantin Kisin socks it to Douglas Alexander on Question Time.

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