News Round-Up
- “Scrapping non-crime hate incidents has helped us stop real criminals” – According to the Met Chief Sir Mark Rowley, scrapping non-crime hate incidents has freed up police time and helped officers solve more real crimes, says GB News.
- “Asylum seeker accused of gang-raping woman claims ‘rape is sex’” – An asylum seeker accused of gang-raping a woman on Brighton beach has claimed in court that “rape is sex”, reports the Mail.
- “Teen bravely waives her anonymity to reveal horrific sexual assault by Iranian migrant” – A 19 year-old woman has waived her anonymity to speak out about her horrific sexual assault by an Iranian small boat migrant, says the Mail.
- “M&S accuses Sadiq Khan of being soft on crime” – Marks & Spencer has warned that lawlessness is putting shoppers and staff at risk, reports the Telegraph.
- “The state completely failed Valdo Calocane’s victims” – The state completely failed the victims of Valdo Calocane’s Nottingham rampage by allowing a known dangerous schizophrenic to roam free, writes Ed West in the Spectator.
- “Starmer pulls offer of extra training places for striking doctors” – Keir Starmer has withdrawn his offer of 1,000 extra training places for junior doctors after strike talks broke down, reports the Telegraph.
- “NHS to overhaul staffing” – The NHS is planning to overhaul staffing to reduce reliance on striking junior doctors, says the Mail.
- “165,000 homeowners to be hit with mansion tax” – Labour’s controversial “mansion tax” is rapidly unravelling after Britain’s official forecaster warned nearly half of homeowners who appeal the levy would successfully overturn it, reports the Telegraph.
- “The blood of Denby pottery is on Labour’s hands” – What does it say about us that we can’t even seem to make our own tableware? asks Alec Marsh in the Spectator.
- “Labour’s shooting crackdown threatens to hollow out the countryside” – Labour’s planned restrictions on shooting could devastate rural businesses and traditions across the countryside, warns Patrick Galbraith in the Telegraph.
- “Premeditated industrial destruction?” – The UK has deliberately destroyed much of its industrial base through energy policy and now needs a clear plan to reverse the damage, says the Great British Business Council.
- “King Charles ‘warned Keir Starmer against appointing Peter Mandelson’” – King Charles reportedly warned Keir Starmer against appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, delivering yet another humiliation for the Prime Minister, says the Mail.
- “Farage sacks Reform’s housing spokesman” – Nigel Farage has sacked Reform’s housing spokesman after just a month amid a row over his complaint that regulations brought in after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire were too tough and “everyone dies in the end”, reports the Mail.
- “Nigel Farage commits to keeping ‘triple lock’ for state pensions” – Nigel Farage has committed to keeping the triple lock on state pensions if he becomes Prime Minister, while Reform UK considers cutting gold-plated civil service pensions, says the Mail.
- “Reform is wrong: the state pension triple lock must go” – Reform UK is wrong to defend the state pension triple lock as it has revealed itself as just another version of the old politics it claims to oppose, writes Tom McPhail in the Telegraph.
- “Hamas should not be treated as terrorists, says Green activist” – The architect of a Green Party attempt to equate Zionism with racism said Hamas should not be treated as a terrorist group and claimed it was only banned in Britain to undermine “armed resistance” to Israel, reports the Mail.
- “Why the keffiyeh classes have forgiven Kanye West” – In the eyes of the keffiyeh-smothered windbags of the cultural elite, praising Hitler is a more forgivable moral error than hanging out with a Jew from Israel, writes Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
- “Britain’s top private schools in Middle East teaching pupils to beat their wives” – Britain’s leading private schools in the UAE have been using textbooks that teach Muslim pupils the “right way” to beat their wives, reports GB News.
- “Trump’s made a mess in the Middle East” – Kemi Badenoch has slammed Trump for creating a mess in the Middle East and called on him to fix the oil supply crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, says the Telegraph.
- “Trump is right: this is Europe’s war” – The continent has allowed its distaste for the US President to cloud the geopolitical and economic threat Iran poses, writes Stephen Daisley in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer has thrown away the US alliance” – Keir Starmer has damaged the vital US alliance with Britain, and put Nato at risk, warns the Telegraph in a leading article.
- “US begins secret talks for new military bases in Greenland” – The US has begun secret talks to establish new military bases in Greenland, seeking access to three additional sites for airfields and ports, reports the Sun.
- “Trump sacks Bondi over handling of Epstein files” – Donald Trump has sacked Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files following a heated argument, according to ITV News.
- “Nasa vows America will never give up the Moon after first launch in 53 years” – Nasa has vowed that America will never again give up the Moon following the successful launch of its first crewed lunar mission since 1972, reports the Telegraph.
- “Why Mark Carney’s Canadian liberals are going to war with the Bible” – Mark Carney’s Canadian liberals are pushing a new law that removes religious defences against hate crime charges, which critics say is aimed at silencing biblical criticism of progressive policies, says the Telegraph.
- “Jim Ratcliffe backs Tory plans to scrap Net Zero taxes” – Chemicals tycoon Jim Ratcliffe has backed Tory plans to scrap Net Zero taxes to help British industry compete globally, reports GB News.
- “Rachel Reeves opens rift with Ed Miliband by backing North Sea drilling” – Rachel Reeves has opened a clear rift with Ed Miliband by publicly backing North Sea oil and gas exploration, according to the Times.
- “SNP backs North Sea drilling in U-turn” – The SNP has performed a major U-turn by backing North Sea drilling, reports the BBC.
- “Where’s my free BMW?” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle highlights the absurdity of modern green policies.
- “Low intensity tornado wrecks major solar farm, creating a potential toxic dump” – A low-intensity tornado has wrecked a major solar farm, raising concerns it could create a toxic dump from damaged panels, according to No Tricks Zone.
- “Britain is quietly awakening to full-fat supernatural Christianity” – Britain is quietly experiencing a revival of full-fat supernatural Christianity with growing numbers returning to church after years of decline, notes David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Boss of London Pride parade is sacked” – The boss of London Pride has been sacked after allegedly spending £7,000 of donations on luxury perfumes and Apple products, reports the Mail.
- “BBC falls for hoax about death of world’s oldest tortoise” – The BBC has fallen for a hoax claiming the world’s oldest tortoise has died, quoting a fake vet account on X, says the Telegraph.
- “Judge delivers brutal slapdown of Blake Lively” – A judge has delivered a major pre-trial win for Justin Baldoni by dismissing all of Blake Lively’s sexual harassment and fat-shaming claims against him, reports the Mail.
- “Salaam alaikum” – King Charles III won’t be putting out an Easter message this year – but somehow still found the time to wish Muslims well for Ramadan.
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“Asylum seeker accused of gang-raping woman claims ‘rape is sex’”
Although, to be fair feminists, like Dworkin, have been saying ‘sex is rape’ for years… perhaps he’s just got his wires crossed, him being from a different culture where they don’t understand these things?
M&S accuses Sadiq Khan of being soft on crime”
Another import from America where, in some areas, the result has been to create retail deserts, which have been declared racist because that’s what not allowing feral youths from the ‘community’ to loot your stores apparently is…
It’s actually a Bog-Standard Import from Communism, as mass looting was used as a tool for destruction in the Russian and Chinese Communist “revolutions”.
“The state completely failed Valdo Calocane’s victims”
Lest we forget, ‘the state’ is made up of any number of anonymous individuals, social workers, medics, judges and others, who are never exposed to the light and, at worst, are simply shuffled out of the door with a handsome payoff.
Things will never change, until those responsible are brought to book and penalised.
The report also begs questions about why he has schizophrenia and how that came to the attention of the authorities. As an observation, the condition often arises after repeated use of cannabis.
You are absolutely spot on, as this new article supports:
German Health Minister: Legalization of Cannabis ‘Was a Mistake’
Moral hazard is an economic and insurance concept that refers to a situation where one party takes on more risk because they do not bear the full consequences of that risk or because someone else will pay the costs if things go wrong.
This describes “the State” – those in it are protected, and behave more recklessly or less carefully than they otherwise would, because the costs of failure are shifted to the general population.
Recent examples: CoVid/vaccination, failure by the State over Pakistani rape gangs, Post Office scandal, and looming… Net Zero.
Same with spending our money.
I’ve read elsewhere that the cleanup of Churchill’s statue includes the hire for a day of a scissor lift, at a cost of £1500.
Meanwhile, one plant hire company, chosen at random, has them at a daily rate of £63.60… 🤷🏼
That’s the power of local government procurement right there! 😉
“Starmer pulls offer of extra training places for striking doctors”
That was a narrow escape for him, he’d only have found out they could afford it, if they’d taken him up on it.
Ironically, perhaps, one reason we are where we are is the BMS’s 2013 decision to block the government’s attempt to address the number of ‘homegrown’ doctors by increasing medical school places, on the grounds that: “allowing too many new doctors into the market would risk devaluing the profession and make newly qualified doctors prey to “unscrupulous profiteers.” A glut of doctors would undermine competition and would therefore lower standards and ensure mediocrity.”
Pretty poor that the king can’t be arsed to put out an Easter message .
A gross failure by his piss-poor advisors to read the room.
It’s a gross failure by him, never mind his ‘advisors’.
How on earth can The Defender of The Faith and head of the Church of England ‘forget’ that it’s Easter, arguably the most significant time of year in the Christian calendar?
He shouldn’t need an advisor to tell him that…
That’s quite true, perhaps I was being excessively charitable to him.
Maybe the next time he heads off for a media show of church attendance they should close the door in his face. I would.
Perhaps he could go to the pub with Starmer instead? Oh, wait…
“Trump’s made a mess in the Middle East: Kemi”
Perfect example of the so called tories showing, yet again, they are in lockstep with Labour!
If Kemi the anchor baby wants to see a real mess, let Iran develop a viable nuclear weapon and see what a mess that will make! the silly little cow
One interesting aspect of Trump’s foray into the Middle East, is the apparent belief that he’s acting alone and that he’s somehow sidelined his advisors and the Pentagon?
I do wonder though if he’s not simply giving voice, in his inimitable way, to what the American top-brass really think about ‘the Europeans’ and their military?
I’m also pretty sure the reason we weren’t consulted about the action is that they just don’t trust us to keep our counsel…
But, to your point, it’s pretty clear the main factor for the position being taken is that it’s him doing it.
Imagine if Biden or kamala had done it they’d have been all over it like a cheap suit…
I had a chat with a mate who was bemoaning the current situation who short-circuited when I asked if he honestly believed things might be better if Harris had won?
Unfortunately, for both of us, we don’t have access to the parallel universe where the result was reversed but, honestly I can’t imagine it could be anything but worse.
Incidentally, I’ve seen a claim that after years of begging the Americans to bomb the deep research bunkers in Iran, without much significant response, the Israelis told the Trump administration that things had got to the point where an imminent attack demanded a pre-emptive strike and if the US didn’t do it, they’d do it themselves and go nuclear?
As I have posted before I am sceptical to say the least about the wisdom of attacking Iran. I also agree that it’s “not our war” both in the sense that we didn’t start it and that I don’t think it’s in our interests. Others here I know have a very different view. However we are where we are and if Europe wants or needs shipping lanes open then regardless of whose “fault” it is that they are being disrupted, Europe needs to try and sort it out or stop moaning and suck it up. Throwing a tantrum about who started it is primary school stuff.
I find your post contradictory. You appear to say we should not have done anything about Iran and nor should US but now the straights are semi-closed we should see they are opened.
The first point to note is closure was always an Iranian threat against any action against its nuke development.
Secondly if Iran had nukes there would be no way short of all out war that Iran could be controlled. Its proxies would wreck havoc, western politicians would bend the knee again and Israel would cease to exist, as would certain Arab states that Iran disapproved.
It seems to me there were and are two choices. Either become a supplicant to whatever authoritarian state gets you first or prepare snd defend. I have always thought the latter.
My point was that regardless of the rights and wrongs of what is happening, the Straits being disrupted is very much our problem and we can either try to do something about it or shut up. Moaning that it’s Trump’s fault is just pathetic.
On whether the action was justified or not, I don’t think we will ever know for sure. Time will tell whether the objectives will be achieved.
Its absolutely our war. The idea that Europe can unilaterally absolve itself of it is absurd.
No, it’s not our war, and neither is the Meatgrinder ‘Cull-the-Slavs’ War in Ukraine.
Half our oil & gas supplies come from the USA, and the other half from Norway. Most of the oil going through Hormuz is bound for the Orient, supplying Japan, China, etc. It’s THEIR PROBLEM, not ours.
The wisdom, or otherwise, of attacking Iran, rather depends on what one knows, I guess?
I’ve seen somewhere today a claim, by someone claiming to be ex-CIA, that Israel have been lobbying successive US governments to take out Iran’s ‘deep bunker’ facilities, culminating in the latest action which was, he claims, a result of Israeli intelligence anticipating an imminent attack, which they were so concerned about, they were prepared to go nuclear.
The argument is that Trump took the action to avoid that and the triggering of WW3 that might result.
Obviously, the ‘claims’ are doing a lot of heavy lifting here in these allegations and, with AI and general BS conspiracy theories now common currency, who knows?
I certainly don’t know
Kemi is that type of leader who waits to see which way the herd is moving, then whatever the direction, rushes to lead it.
It is currently “popular” among the Great Unwashed to be against the Iran War and of course disparaging of OrangeManBad. (Oddly Iran is “not our war”, but Ukraine’s is “our war”. Nowt s’queer as folk. Propaganda applied to mindless blobs I expect is the culprit.)
The “wisdom” is that Reform UK’s support has “peaked”, “fallen back” because of Nigel’s support for the war and his BFF Trump.
So, the Badenough creature thinks there’s political capital to be gained and she can differentiate the Tories from Reform UK by opposing the war, having done a “Me-Too” with respect to its other policies.
The trouble with/for the Tories is they now stand for everything they didn’t 5 minutes ago, criticise Labour for continuing policies that they introduced when in Government, copy Reform’s popular policies, then slag them off for being “populist” aka Far Right.
What exactly is the Tories raison d’être?
Much as it pains me to admit it, yours is a brilliant post.
“Oddly Iran is “not our war”, but Ukraine’s is “our war”.”
Doubly odd too that the anti-Russia movement is led by an outfit that still sings The Red Flag at their annual jamboree…. 🤷🏼
Well, he is the head of the Commonwealth, which has far more Muslims than it does Christians.
Obviously by far the biggest number are Hindu, but they’re not as troublesome, so they don’t get as much attention. (Or maybe he sent a diwali message which I missed.)
But KC3 does have another, older title as defender of the faith here in England (by extension also throughout his dominions). This is a very bad unforced error but by whom.
Did TTK advise on this matter.
I wouldn’t be listening to it anyway, but its a poor show.
Read all the current posts before letting rip, before I explode. What about the news that the EU will demand marmalade – marmalade FGS! – be renamed “citrus marmalade” FFS. I HOPE this is a missed April Fool but the online pieces I have seen are from late yesterday/today. WTAF? Kill me now.
“Scrapping non-crime hate incidents has helped us stop real criminals”
As there is no crime, and as there was no obligation to ‘police’ NCHI’s, it has always been in the scope of the Chief Constable (since 2014) to just say ‘Thats it chaps, we’re not doing this anymore, get on with chasing burglars’. Did they, even when it became clear that it was a total absurdity.?
“Britain is quietly awakening to full-fat supernatural Christianity”
… says David Frost, recent convert to Maryolatry, and now keen to help the Vatican crush humanity once more under the Jackboot of the Counter-Reformation, and get the people crawling on their knees again before statues of The Impostor Goddess and her Stolen Child.
Also helping with this project is the treacherous Closet Catholic Zealot Archbishopette of Canterbury, married to an Irish Catholic who likes making Catholic Pilgrimages to Rome. She was chosen to deliberately “Empty the Pews” of the Protestant Church of England, and the Vatican Jesuits are gleefully rubbing their little hands together in anticipation, positively drooling at the prospect of seizing all that Protestant Property.