- “Pro-Palestine protest chaos breaks out amid vote in Parliament on Gaza” – Pro-Palestine protesters climbed the Hyde Park war memorial, shut down streets and swarmed around an elderly couple’s car on Wednesday night, reports the Mail.
- “Pathetic! MP blasts Met as war memorial is trampled on” – The Met claims they were powerless to stop yobs clambering over the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park, says the Mail.
- “BBC apologises after ‘incorrect’ report stated Israeli troops targeted Gaza medical team” – The BBC has apologised after an anchor mistakenly stated during a live broadcast that Israel was deliberately targeting medical staff and Arabic speakers, according to Politico.
- “Christmas display cancelled in Bethlehem as Palestinian authorities ban tradition in birthplace of Jesus” – Bethlehem has cancelled its annual Christmas display in deference to Palestinian “martyrs”, reports GB News.
- “Jewish D-Day veteran, 98, tells of his despair at tragic October 7th Hamas attack” – Speaking to the Sun, Jewish D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh fears another war could be on the horizon, and the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation could be in vain.
- “Why don’t celebrities care about the Israeli hostages?” – Why did the abduction of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in 2014 capture the attention of global megastars, while the recent kidnapping of Israelis by Hamas did not, asks Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “The battle for the truth about the October 7th pogrom” – Why are so many people in denial about Hamas’s atrocities, asks Frank Furedi in Spiked.
- “Progressives appeal to base emotions” – The BLM brigade joining the ghastly Muslim chant of ‘Glory to our martyrs’ makes perfect sense, says Lionel Shriver in the Spectator.
- “The Genius of Israel, even still” – Dan Senor and Saul Singer’s The Genius of Israel, written before October 7th, charts the path for Israel’s renewal post-October 7th, writes Bret Stephens in his review for Commentary. Well worth a read.
- “Covid lockdowns were no more effective than Swedish softer approach” – A major Oxford University-backed study suggests that Covid lockdowns were no more effective at controlling the pandemic than letting people adapt their own behaviour to meet the threat, reports the Mail.
- “Inside EcoHealth Alliance’s closed-door congressional testimony” – In the U.S. Spectator, Matthew Foldi reveals that Peter Daszak, head of the controversial EcoHealth Alliance, was summoned to a closed-door interview in the House of Representatives. What has he got to hide?
- “FBI is purging Christians, conservatives and Covid skeptics, new whistleblowers allege” – New disclosures show a massive politicisation of federal law enforcement, writes Alex Gutentag on the Public Substack.
- “The Covid wars” – Will America revert to lockdowns and panic again? On their website, Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff weigh up the different schools of thought.
- “The Covid caper gradually unravels” – In the Epoch Times, Jeffrey A. Tucker examines the uncertainties and inconsistencies surrounding the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- “Panel discussions from Brownstone’s third annual conference: Rebuild freedom” – The Brownstone Institute has shared a video from its third annual conference, where hundreds of scholars, writers, researchers and supporters convened to discuss the civilisation-wide trauma we have collectively experienced since March 2020.
- “Scientists warn catastrophic ‘Factor X’ virus waiting to be unleashed, might wipe out humanity” – In the latest fear porn scare, scientists are warning of a deadly ‘Factor X’ pathogen lurking in the Earth’s permafrost, waiting to be unleashed, says WION.
- “Tories turn fire on U.N. agency that ‘torpedoed’ Rwanda asylum plan” – Senior Tory MPs have turned on the U.N.’s refugee agency, accusing it of bias and hypocrisy over evidence that influenced the Supreme Court’s Rwanda judgment, reports the Telegraph.
- “Tinkering with a failed plan will not stop the boats” – In the Telegraph, Suella Braverman sets out the five tests that Rishi’s emergency Rwanda legislation must meet if it’s to be fit for purpose.
- “Galling as it is, the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Rwanda plan may yet force us to break the chokehold of the European court” – Dr. Bryn Harris, the Free Speech Union’s Chief Legal Counsel, argues in the Mail that in light of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Government’s Rwanda plan we now have no choice but to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
- “Exit Suella, pursued by democracy” – Despite numerous attempts, outdated election mechanisms have struggled to counterbalance the strength of horizontal power networks in the information age, argues John Wycliffe in TCW.
- “The Establishment wins again” – The people who are almost always wrong about almost everything will always have their way in the end, says Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
- “U.K. Government proposals would allow it to mass surveil all users of an internet service within specific timeframe” – The U.K. Government is planning legislation that would give authorities the right to carry out mass surveillance of an internet service within a specific timeframe, reports Reclaim The Net.
- “Civil servants told to stop being ‘TWaTs’” – Senior civil servants have been told to come into the office more than 60% of the time to promote “strong visible leadership”, says the Telegraph, and stop being TWaTs, which means people who only come into the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- “Nigel Farage is a gameshow king” – The latest round of Westminster court drama and reality-TV antics are, in essence, the same story, argues Mary Harrington in UnHerd.
- “Labour’s socialist experiment in Wales should terrify us all” – The Welsh administration has been quietly doing everything it can to make life in the country as difficult as possible, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Price paid for offshore power to rise by 66%” – The price paid to generate electricity by offshore wind farms has been raised by more than 50% as the Government tries to entice energy firms to invest in this dead-end sector, reports the BBC.
- “Chris Packham should stop lecturing us and leave the Scottish countryside to its own” – Chris Packham, the self-styled saviour of the natural world, has been at it again, bashing his favourite target, the ‘country set’, writes Alan Cochrane in the Telegraph.
- “Is Net Zero leading to economic ruination?” – On the Spectator’s Americano podcast, Freddy Gray discusses with author Robert Bryce the economic implications of Europe’s Net Zero targets and the case for nuclear energy.
- “GQ Men Of The Year list sparks fury as over half honourees are female” – GQ’s ‘Man Of The Year’ list has sparked outrage over the number of female honourees featured, with some deeming the choices “disgraceful”, reports the Mail.
- “Protesters in Indonesia call for Coldplay concert to be scrapped over band’s support of LGBTQ community” – Hundreds of conservative Muslims protested outside Coldplay’s first ever concert in Indonesia have clashed with police and booed concertgoers over the band’s support for the LGBT community, according to Sky News. Queers for Palestine, anyone?
- “Schools want to turn kids into identitarian activists” – Scotland’s ‘Read Woke’ literacy scheme is bound to foster division and resentment, says Alma Sehgal Cuthbert in Spiked.
- “This is a savage attack on Bill Gates – but it’s doomed to fail” – Tim Schwab’s investigative book, The Bill Gates Problem, talks a detailed and pugnacious game, but its arguments don’t survive scrutiny, writes Ben Wright in the Telegraph.
- ‘The Jewish machine is so strong. It doesn’t allow you to talk’ – A video on X captures the moment when a woman is told to “get the f**k out of my cab” by a taxi driver who’d had enough of her antisemitism.
“The Jewish machine is so strong. It doesn’t allow you to talk.”
— Heidi Bachram
An antisemite assumes this taxi driver will agree with her hate.
Taxi driver: “Right you can get the f**k out of my cab. Out!”
More ppl need to stand up for Jews. Well done that man. pic.twitter.com/0Oh6IR6hHY(@HeidiBachram) November 16, 2023
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Built a fortune from the pharma and biotech industries….So this chump made millions poisoning and killing people. How noble, how intelligent, how diligent, how hardworking, how ‘American dreaming’….Why would anyone vote for another fascist-enabling corporate stooge? Wasn’t Drumpf the quackcine salesmen enough? Or that idiot Biden the military salesman with his endless wars?
Farage is clueless about many things including the Rona Fascism and the $cientism of our world which seeks the destruction of just about everything. Maybe instead of ejaculating praise he can analyse the world for what it is.
I share your suspicion of anyone capable of emerging out of the whole rotten system.
However if this guy is a fascist enabling corporate stooge he’s brazenly lying to everyone because he openly calls for a greatly reduced state, eliminating corporate welfare, fiscal prudence. These are the opposite of a fascist agenda.
He could of course be lying through the teeth. How could we know either way other than by voting him in and seeing what he does?
I tend to agree. My preference would be for DeSantis as he has a proven track record in Florida. Trump would be better than Biden but his execution was poor last time and he was unsound on covid.
Voting solves nothing.. if it did they’d ban it..
Whilst certainly a yellow flag, not all pharma and biotech is evil.
What an odd choice that would be. Not sure why DeSantis is not doing better in this process. Perhaps he is too much of a risk to this who like to influence what happens
DeSantis is no risk.. he’s owned by Israel lock stock and barrel. Watch what they do, not what they say. Politicians are liars.. professional liars.
Personally, I have been watching DeSantis and he has been doing ok from my perspective. The media support, however he is “owned” has definitely changed so perhaps some of the other people “owners” do see him as a risk.
They’re all owned Graham.. politicians are just puppets.. told what to do..
Indeed. Guilded slaves.
If they’re all professional liars, how do you suggest we pick a leader then?
It’s OK to bad mouth everyone but please suggest an alternative!
Do you need a politician as a leader.. I certainly don’t. Never have, never will.. perfectly able to lead myself thanks.
As for bad mouthing.. you appear to have learnt nothing over the past three years about the political class, both in UK and abroad, but don’t fret.. you won’t have to worry soon.. your precious politicians are leading you towards the Great Reset, and New World Order, then you’ll be enslaved to a World Governing Technocracy.. should be fun..
FWIW George I am in complete agreement.
Tah Hux.. on reflection I think I was a bit hard on Dinger.. I got spiked.. haha
Blimey.. all the 11s.. I must be popular.. I’m keeping that one..
Not wanting to be negative Toby.. but American presidents are chosen.. yes.. Trump too.. he was no maverick.. a little research into his son-in-law Jared Kushner will put you on the right track. There will be no saviour from the wings.. especially one from an established political party like the GOP.
Politicians that get to power are bought and paid for, those that aren’t languish on the sidelines.
Just like UK.. voting for a politician is not going to get America or any other country out of the mess we are in. The only way that will happen is from the grass routes, the bottom up. The populace have to realise what has happened to them, what has happened to their countries, and whose been responsible. The ‘gilet jaune’s’ in France were an example of ordinary people rising, and look how brutally they were put down. The put down was brutal because TPTB knew that there is real danger to them when the common people are united.
Sadly.. Gramsci’s long march through the institutions has taken place over decades, and been largely successful. Groups like Common Purpose have infiltrated every institution. Our culture’s have fundamentally changed. Those leaving our universities are carrying a cultural Marxist banner. A slick wealthy politician of any persuasion is not going to change that in five minutes.
As the late great comedian George Carlin says.. we have owners.. we are owned. Watch the video.. The American Dream.. its an education..
https://youtu.be/acLW1vFO-2Q
Carlin’s monologue points out it could all be fixed with a truthful media.—-Fat chance!
Well at least with a truthful media people would know what the f*ck was going on and be able to make decisions based on that knowledge.
The media is the most powerful tool in powers control.. because it does the controlling for them..
Our salvation is not going to arrive via the ballot box.
I need to ‘tm’ this phrase.
The idea of the grassroots revolution is, I think, a myth.
I can’t think of any revolution that wasn’t led by a group of elites, generally a different one to those already in power.
The only grassroots revolution i recognise is mass non-compliance which doesn’t look very revolutionary as it generally entails not doing rather than doing something.
Yes.. Richard I’m afraid you’re right about revolutions and the leadership of them.
If you’d been with me during the rise of the Gilet Jaune’s though I’m sure you’d have thought one was taking place, especially if you were manning the many roundabout encampments or facing off against totally unwarranted tear gas volleys.
No.. what that was, was a groundswell demonstration against Macron and his cronies. People sick to death of being pushed around. It scared them rigid and that’s why it was brutally put down..
“… [Ramaswamy] built a fortune via the pharmaceutical and biotech industries…”
What could possibly go wrong?
Working on a new covid jab maybe..
Its a bit disappointing to see him written off by my fellow posters because he is involved in pharma. I’ve seen very little of the guy to be able to tell you who’s pocket he is in, but on the principle that there is no ‘independent’ candidate, I will wait and see. Scepticism doesn’t mean you have to be negative about everything.
My post didn’t mention pharma Neil.. he’s a politician.. if you expect a politician to solve problems, and make life better for the ordinary man on the street, I’m afraid you’ll have a very-very long wait.. oh.. and that includes DeSantis..
I certainly don’t expect any politician to “solve” any problem. The best we can hope for is that there are some who create fewer problems by leaving law abiding citizens alone.
Yeah.. I’d rather have cancer than the plague..
Sorry George, but I didn’t think I was replying to you. I have no expectations of politicians at all. They are all bought and paid for, but some are worse than others…
Believe it not I agree Neil.. thank God for Andrew Bridgen..
I understand where you’re coming from, Neil, but given our experiences over the past three years, is it any wonder that people aren’t getting overly excited by what seems an already moulded product of the system – Harvard, finance, pharma and biotech? We should all know by now that Presidents and their VPs are frontmen for the real power. Anyone getting into the prime position of US politics won’t be because of a popular uprising.
Thats true, But the current Democrats are beyond appauling, I suspect as Labour would be if they win the next GE. I was very disappointed that Trump, for all his faults, didn’t win in 2020. I’d like to see him win in 24, with a running mate who can win the next two after that. I still think that a rejuvenated Republic party is the medicine the USA needs right now, and the western world with it..
Trump did win in 2020 and accepting the lie that he did not simply reinforces that lie.
Don’t dump desantis just yet!…watch this space
I have read interviews and listened to Vivek Ramaswamy speaking and I think that he talks sense, if I had a vote he would get mine, and in my opinion he doesn’t need Trump.
He’s a politician, of course he talks sense.. it wins votes. What happens when they get into power though is nearly always the exact opposite, the many promises made seem to vanish as if by magic..
Might he fare better if he changed his name to Victor Ramsden?
Just asking…
He also wants to raise the voting age to 25, so he will alienate a pretty big chunk of the population. Probably that’s because he knows that such voter suppression is the only way his party could win without blatantly cheating nowadays. Even if it would require a constitutional amendment to do it. That said, 18-24 year olds are known for the subpar voter turnout. So it really is “use it or lose it”.
I really have lost all faith in Farage’s judgement.