A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
Donald Trump has announced tariffs on the UK and other European countries for their opposition to a US takeover of Greenland as he ratchets up the pressure in his move to acquire the Danish Arctic territory.
Two wind farms championed by Keir Starmer last year and backed by BP are at risk of being scrapped after finding themselves snubbed for Government contracts in Ed Miliband's latest round of renewables subsidies.
Net Zero policies are slowing the global economy, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned.
Labour Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster is under fire for allowing the Chief Constable behind the Israeli football fan ban to retire instead of sacking him.
Sir Keir Starmer is ready to impose a social media ban on under-16s after dropping his opposition to Australia-style restrictions backed by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.
The eight Darlington nurses were subjected to a "hostile, humiliating and degrading environment" by the NHS after a transgender male colleague was allowed to use female changing rooms, a judge has ruled.
Lucy Connolly says she is being threatened with a return to prison after probation officers sent her a warning letter about her social media posts in recent weeks, including a tongue-in-cheek post about Venezuela.
Robert Jenrick has defected to Reform UK, saying the "Tories broke Britain", after being kicked out of the Conservative Party this morning by party leader Kemi Badenoch, to whom he lost 2024's leadership contest.
Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick for "plotting to defect", saying she has seen "clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to the Conservative Party".
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