News Round-Up
- “Two migrants die during attempt to cross English Channel” – Two migrants have died and one is missing after the first small boat crossing since the UK-France deal collapsed, reports Sky News.
- “Moment hotel migrants party at hotel barbecue after allegedly raping 33 year-old woman” – Two migrants from a Brighton hotel have been filmed partying at a barbecue shortly after allegedly raping a 33 year-old woman on the beach, says the Mail.
- “Three more arrested over Golders Green arson attack on Jewish community ambulances” – Counter Terrorism Police have arrested two men, aged 20 and 19, and a 17 year-old boy in the early hours of Wednesday morning at three separate addresses in East London, according to LBC.
- “The elite can’t stand the truth about mass migration” – The elite has launched fierce attacks on Matt Goodwin’s new book because it dares to tell uncomfortable truths about mass migration and its impact on British identity, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer’s catastrophic miscalculation is turning Britain into a laughing stock” – Britain perfectly embodies every delusion and failure of modern Western governance, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
- “Sadiq Khan can no longer deny the truth about lawless London” – Labour’s Mayor is just one of a number of progressives who seem blind to the reality of life in the capital today, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “Police officers face sack after stopping e-bike rider” – Six police officers face dismissal after stopping an e-bike rider during which a teenager suffered a fractured knee, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour is creating a tidal wave of bureaucracy” – Labour has unleashed a tidal wave of new bureaucracy and equality rules that is hammering businesses already struggling with high energy bills, warns our own Laurie Wastell in the Spectator.
- “MPs’ pay and expenses budgets soar by £30 million” – MPs’ pay and expenses budgets have increased by £30 million following a 5% salary rise and higher accommodation allowances, reports the Mail.
- “Richard Tice sues Labour donor Dale Vince for libel” – Richard Tice is suing Dale Vince for defamation as the pair continue to lock horns in a protracted legal battle over false claims the Labour donor supported Hamas, says the Telegraph.
- “Labour MP wife of alleged China spy ‘behaved inappropriately with two naval officers working on top secret nuclear subs’” – The wife of an alleged China spy who is a Labour MP has been accused of behaving inappropriately with two naval officers involved in top secret nuclear submarine work, reports the Mail.
- “Britain to host 35-nation talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz” – Britain is hosting 35-nation talks aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz to get oil and gas flowing again and bring down prices, says the Mail.
- “Plaid Cymru candidate brands Israel a ‘terrorist state’” – Reform UK has slammed Plaid Cymru after one of its Senedd candidates described Israel as a “terrorist state” and Winston Churchill as a “genocidal racist”, according to Nation Cymru.
- “Shocked Trump reacts to Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband” – Donald Trump has reacted with shock after learning that ex-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret cross-dresser who may have compromised national security, reports the Mail.
- “The Federalist scored a huge win for free speech” – The Federalist and Daily Wire have scored a major court victory for free speech by exposing further elements of the censorship-industrial complex, writes Margot Cleveland in the Federalist.
- “Elon Musk’s rocket firm set for staggering $2 trillion stock market launch” – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for a stock market launch that could value the company at $2 trillion instantly making it one of the world’s biggest, reports the Mail.
- “Mass robotaxi malfunction sparks chaos in Chinese megacity” – More than 100 driverless robotaxis suddenly stopped on motorways in a Chinese megacity causing pile-ups and leaving passengers stranded in fast-moving traffic, says the Mail.
- “UK’s new pandemic plan would turn big tech into a mass location tracking network” – The UK has proposed a £1 billion pandemic plan that includes a new Big Tech-powered location tracking system run by UKHSA, reports Reclaim The Net.
- “I’m a GP, and I’m tired of putting children on the ADHD bandwagon” – In theTelegraph, GP Katie Musgrave speaks out against the rush to diagnose children with ADHD warning that financial incentives are driving families onto the bandwagon.
- “New study published in PLOS falsely claims Covid shots reduced risk of sudden death by 43% in ages 12 to 50” – A new study claiming Covid shots cut sudden death risk by 43% in young people has been challenged after paramedics reported no drop in cases and CDC data actually showed a 43% rise, reports Steve Kirsch on Substack.
- “Vaccine definition broadened to push new therapeutics” – Australia has quietly broadened its official vaccine definition clearing the path for monoclonal antibodies and mRNA therapeutics to join the National Immunisation Program, writes Rebekah Barnett on Substack.
- “Half of COVID-19 vaccinated military personnel suffered subclinical heart stress” – A new study has found that nearly half of healthy military personnel experienced significant cardiac stress after two mRNA Covid injections, says Dr Nicolas Hulscher on the Focal Points Substack.
- “Reeves backs North Sea drilling” – Rachel Reeves has backed more North Sea drilling as markets react positively to signs the Iran war may be winding down, reports the Telegraph.
- “EU urges people to drive and fly less as last Middle East fuel tankers arrive” – The EU has urged citizens to drive and fly less as the final shipments of Middle East diesel and jet fuel reach Europe amid ongoing shortages, says LBC.
- “Drink cold tea to save energy” – Ed Miliband has suggested (or has he?…) that people drink cold tea as part of a new campaign discouraging kettle use to save energy, according to the Telegraph.
- “Things the UK has too much of” – The UK has far too much bureaucracy, Net Zero obsession and mass immigration while having too little common sense, affordable energy and border control, says Jit on Cliscep.
- “Italy to postpone shutdown of coal-powered plants” – Italy has decided to postpone the shutdown of its coal-fired power plants by 13 years until 2038, reports Reuters.
- “Breakthrough exposes volcanic corruption of global temperature data for 50 years” – A breakthrough analysis has exposed how volcanic corruption has skewed global temperature data for the past 50 years, with one questionable station influencing the entire global metric, reports Charles Rotter in Watts Up With That?
- “They are dancing while London is burning” – News that Stella Creasy is to host a new current affairs show on GB News has sent the internet’s meme-makers into overdrive.
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Christys to work with Creasy ?
Only on April 1st… when every new dawn delivers a plethora of increasingly unlikely headlines, it’s a real problem spotting the ‘jokes’ these days, isn’t it? 🙄
In an ideal world this toxic and corrupt organization would be disbanded; ”Did you know the United Nations has a roadmap to transform the entire organization into Sharia-compliant funding and projects across every single UN agency and body? These are not individual agency initiatives. This comes from the very top of the organization as a global initiative. And because donations are not enough, they also want to tap into people’s accumulated wealth and property after they die as a source of “funding.” In 2022, a roadmap document detailing how to transition the entire United Nations into Sharia-compliant programs and funding sources was presented. One of the goals is to “accumulate” wealth for the UN and its Sharia programs, including its Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and “the public good.” The UN aims to tap into an estimated pool of money worth more than half a trillion per year, along with an estimated one trillion in already accumulated real estate, wealth, and assets. The goal is to accumulate and manage all that wealth under the principles of “the Holy Quran,” because, according to the document, there is a “paradigm with capitalism.” Currently, four UN agencies (UNRWA, UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM) officially have… Read more »
”One of the most problematic parts of IOM’s role is how it extends beyond humanitarian assistance into the facilitation of illegal migration flows and human trafficking, in particular countries in Europe and the United States. The most troubling part, those states are paying for their own illegal migration and border crisis. The implications are difficult to ignore. Governments are not funding humanitarian relief; they are financing a systems directly contributing to irregular migration dynamics into their own countries. This is not refugee resettlement, which involves legal processes, vetting, and coordinated state participation. It is the large-scale financing of migration corridors. Illegal migrants are supported throughout their journey, receiving logistical and financial assistance to illegally move to the very countries paying for the programs. In practice, this creates a system in which taxpayer-funded programs help sustain and accelerate illegal migration flows into their own countries. In 2024, IOM’s budget reached approximately USD 3.7 billion, up from USD 1 billion in 2022. Nearly all of this funding comes from governments such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, and Canada, alongside institutional donors including the Rockefeller Foundation and Open Society Foundations. While annual reporting varies by year, the largest contributors… Read more »
Bram Kanstein analysed 35 Dutch reports from different governmental organisations to determine the state of the nation. https://x.com/bramk/status/2038981214724317417?s=20 It makes for sobering reading and much of what is written applies to the U.K. as well. I ran it through ChatGPT for translation: I analyzed 35+ government reports using AI. What came out about the Netherlands is something no one wants to hear. The Netherlands is on course for a systemic crisis—and the math doesn’t lie. I’m not an economist and I’m not a politician. I’m an entrepreneur, a father, and I live in this country. And because I have children, I force myself to look beyond next week. To think about what kind of country this will be in ten years, and in twenty years. What I’ve done over the past few days is something anyone can do—but apparently no one does. At least not those in charge. I used AI to combine 30+ reports from serious, established institutions into one coherent picture. Reports from the Central Planning Bureau, Statistics Netherlands, De Nederlandsche Bank, the Employee Insurance Agency, the National Institute for Public Health, Rijkswaterstaat, the Social and Cultural Planning Office, the Court of Audit, McKinsey, the OECD, PwC, the… Read more »
Continued… On February 12, 2026, parliament approved a tax on unrealized capital gains—36% on paper profits. No other country does this. If your portfolio doubles and then crashes back, you still owe tax on gains you never actually kept. Meanwhile, in extreme cases, workers already pay up to 92 cents in tax per extra euro earned. For many, earning more can literally result in less disposable income. The system penalizes working harder—and we wonder why burnout is rising. When it tips over Combining physical, fiscal, and demographic data reveals a timeline: 2026–2030: Physical crisis—aging infrastructure fails 2028–2032: Fiscal crisis—tax system complexity collapses under its own weight 2030–2035: Bureaucratic crisis—overhead consumes public budgets 2035–2040: Social implosion—healthcare overload and labor shortages Around 2040: System maintenance costs exceed total revenue capacity We are currently in what could be called “managed decline.” Everything still appears functional, but the foundations are weakening. Why nothing changes Why doesn’t politics acknowledge this? Partly due to “path dependency”: once a system is set, reversing it becomes politically and administratively too costly. But it’s not just the system. The information has long been available. Institutions warned. Reports were published. Yet leaders consistently chose short-term solutions over long-term action. Temporary… Read more »
The signs that England, where I live, is broken have been around for years. As a country we are declining rapidly to become a 3rd world country, yes you are right, yes many of us ‘know’, we can see, sense and feel that this juggernaut is not only on fire but heading for a cliff, and yes many of us understand that if you continuously break a leg, it will never heal, nor work properly again. But seriously, a ‘solution’? This is one old person armed with a flannel facing a Gengis horde of rabid buffalo. We can all come up with common sense solutions, alas, there is no solution, just temporary fixes to the visible trivia, covering the rot and burning more incense. What should we hope for? A benevolent dictator who will hopefully not murder and steal too much before they are deposed? That a bunch of bored billionaires might swoop in and salvage this rotting carcass, patch things up, reverse years of insane policy and government? With only faux democracy, a political solution is at best laughable, at worst it just keeps pushing an already broken door. I personally would love to be positive and see reality… Read more »
We’ve hamstrung our military now though, they’re more interested in genuflecting to muslims and cross-dressers. We are truly effed, and a cataclysmic collapse basically has to happen at this point.
“Britain to host 35-nation talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz”
I’m baffled! Being as the far east gets 90% of its oil through the straights of Hormuz why is Europe/Britain paying exorbitant prices for fuel and why are Japan, China, Indonesia etc seemingly unconcerned about opening the strait themselves? I smell a profiteering rat!
All this criticism of Matt Goodwin is doing nothing but driving sales of his book up. Before the debate on GBN took place his book was number 6 in the charts, the next day it was at number 2!
Good.
“Two migrants die during attempt to cross English Channel” – Two migrants have died and one is missing after the first small boat crossing since the UK-France deal collapsed, reports Sky News.
A true sad day for engineers and doctors… And I can’t help but wonder: if the French close their eyes (isn’t there some ECHR rule they break, by the way? Wouldn’t they go after French tourists that venture far from the see in a rubber boat?) while the RNLI go above and beyond to taxi them, will the same happen if, hypothetically speaking, waves of immigrants start crossing from the UK towards France?
Starmer’s shambles are very good at holding talks.
Action. No no no. Can’t actually ACT at all.
So is this a fiery, Welsh-speaking Welshman of ancient coal miners stock from the valleys, still reverberating with the beautiful Welsh Male Voice Choirs singing in the chapels?
Errr … No. He’s an Ethnic Indian, a Hardline Communist Activist Hindu named Vivek Thuppil born in Kerala in India, who spent most of his career in the US and Malaysia, before deciding to live in North Wales ONLY SIX YEARS AGO. His academic research was focused on using recorded Tigers Growling to scare Indian elephants away from Indian villagers’ crops, but his real love is stirring up Communist Hatred of Western Civilization.
People keep saying China is “The Real Threat” to the West. … It isn’t. … It’s India.