- “Anders Tegnell’s lesson for the Covid Inquiry” – A written submission to the Halett Inquiry by Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s former State Epidemiologist, contains a barrage of uncomfortable facts, says Freddie Sayers in UnHerd.
- “BBC locked in antisemitism row after exec hugged pro-Palestine protester” – The BBC has been plunged into an antisemitism row after a Palestinian film maker was allowed to rant against Israel at a film festival and was then hugged by one of the broadcaster’s executives, reports the Express.
- “BBC’s choice for Eurovision called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ responsible for genocide” – The BBC has been urged to drop Britain’s entrant at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after it emerged he’d signed a letter calling Israel an “apartheid regime” and criticising “Zionist propaganda”, reveals the Telegraph.
- “The silence of the anti-racists” – It’s high time we ignored the confected race rows that clutter public debate and confronted the very real hatred in our midst, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
- “Why universities target jews” – Elite U.S. schools are increasingly monocultural institutions that reject free thinkers, writes Levi Troy in City Journal.
- “Britain’s only growth area is regulation and red tape” – Our economic prospects are under serious threat – it’s time to rein in the regulators, says Matthew Lesh in the Telegraph.
- “Political gremlins lurk in the OBR’s immigration numbers” – The Government is doubling down on a political economy its 2019 voters don’t want, argues Karl Williams in CapX.
- “Macron has been humiliated by Marine Le Pen” – Marine Le Pen celebrated what she called “an ideological victory” after Emmanuel Macron’s Government finally had its controversial immigration Bill approved, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
- “EU countries, lawmakers agree major reform of asylum system” – EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to a major overhaul of the bloc’s laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, according to DW.
- “Donald Trump cannot run for President, state court rules” – Colorado’s highest court has ruled Donald Trump is disqualified from holding office and removed him from the state’s 2024 ballot due to his ‘incitement’ of the January 6th ‘insurrection’, according to the Telegraph.
- “Colorado undermines democracy in the name of democracy” – For years, we’ve been told that Donald Trump is a ‘worse-than-Hitler’ threat to democracy, says Peter Meijer in the Free Press. It’s odd, then, to now be told that the best way to save democracy is by banning Trump from the ballot.
- “The lawfare against Donald Trump is increasingly farcical” – Does kicking a popular candidate off the U.S. electoral ballot protect democracy? Or is that, in fact, deeply anti-democratic, asks Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
- “The American Left can’t hide its hatred for Britain” – By shelving talks over a free trade deal, Biden has confirmed all our worst fears about the Democrats, says Douglas Murray in the Telegraph.
- “Major Scottish battery factory enters into administration” – AMTE Power has seen its finances tip into the red due to a lack of orders and investment, reports the National.
- “New tax on older boilers could be blocked by Tory MPs in bid to keep energy bills in check” – Rishi Sunak is facing another New Year rebellion as Tory MPs plan to block new taxes on older boilers, says the Sun.
- “Ørsted to press ahead with world’s largest offshore wind farm in North Sea” – Ørsted is going to press ahead with developing the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the North Sea after the U.K. increased financial support for the sector, reports the FT.
- “What would Roger Scruton make of 15-minute cities?” – Roger Scruton would have viewed the 15-minute cities brouhaha with mournful puzzlement, says Samuel Hughes in CapX.
- “Flawed trans guidance shows the need to change the law” – While it makes significant progress in some areas, the Government’s trans school guidance is far too vague on some critical issues, argues Miriam Cates in the Telegraph.
- “SPOTY fans brand award a ‘sham’ after Mary Earps wins public vote” – Disgruntled sports fans claim that the achievements of the other Sports Person of the Year nominees “far outweigh” those of Lioness goalkeeper Mary Earps, according to the Mail.
- “Who’s on the naughty list?” – Prince Andrew’s sex accuser has hinted “a lot of people will be nervous” after a judge ruled more than 170 of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates are to be named, reports LBC.
- “Benjamin Zephaniah… ‘a titan of British literature’?” – Benjamin Zephaniah, in death, has been granted a public importance that seems a little out or proportion to his literary achievements, writes Duke Maskell in the New Conservative.
- “Woke books and sensitivity readers have destroyed publishing” – If traditional publishing houses want to stay profitable, they should learn from heterodox independents, argues Madeline Fry Schultz in the Telegraph.
- “Why the Jonathan Majors conviction just made Disney’s very bad year infinitely worse” – As villain Kang the Conquerer, Jonathan Majors was the lynchpin of Marvel’s ‘next phase’. But his real-life villainy could ruin it all, says Robbie Collin in the Telegraph.
- “From Michelle Mone to Harry and Meghan, it was a year of utter shamelessness” – The Telegraph’s Allison Pearson presents her ‘awards’ for the year, including gongs for ‘Abuse of the English Language’ and ‘Least Convincing Female’.
- “The problem with the Covid Inquiry” – On X, Together spokesman Francis Hoar identifies two key matters that the Covid Inquiry has failed to look at: The failure to follow pandemic plans and the failure to enquire into the necessity of lockdowns.
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The oddest thing about Welby is his mixture of nihilism and atheism.
His true faith is Globalism.
So Catholic Peter Harris wants to replace Welby with a Catholic woman Helen Ann-Hartley, one of many Catholics subverting the Protestant Church of England, to drag everyone back into worshipping the Impostor Goddess of the Fake Virgin Birth and her Stolen Child, instead of Almighty God.
We know from the New Testament what St. Paul’s view of women preachers was, but modern politics easily sweeps that aside.
“Bishop” Helen Ann-Hartley and her fellow Bishop Martyn Snow were criticised by Reverend Dr. Thomas Woolford for promoting the church blessing of Sodomite Marriage, sodomy being the reason God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, for which the practice of sodomy was named. “Sodomy” is a very useful English word for unnatural sexual relations between males with males, females with females, and humans with animals. No need for all the confusing and ridiculous labels like LBGTQ-whatever, when the one English word “Sodomy” suffices for all.
Well I’ve no time for the organised church of any and all persuasion.
They’re nothing but parasites, sucking at the teat of the poor, living in palaces decorated with the greatest works of art and preaching poverty.
Here’s the Marxist Pope praying before his new Vatican Nativity Set, featuring Stolen Baby E-zus lying on a MUSLIM PALESTINIAN SCARF!
Vatican Nativity Scene Features Baby Jesus on Palestinian Scarf
My god what a horror show.
Shame!
What am appalling bell-end he is.
Not called Justin for nothing.
I do think the name ‘Justin Isobel End’ does have a certain refined ring to it.
Let’s hope that whoever becomes his successor understand the following: Past injustices can’t be remedied by committing present-day injustices. The duty of the church is to its congregations and to the cultural heritage which is part of itself. It’s not to people who nowadays demand money for something which never even affected, let alone harmed them. Sins of dead people and what – if anything – is to be done about them belong to realm of God and not man. So, take care of your present-day duties, that is, don’t be so injust to punish, if only indirectly, church members of today for supposed sins of people who died long before their birth. Let God deal with what is rightfully his own and tell the reparation spongers to go pester someone else for spare millions.
The photographer clearly caught up with him at the weekend.
Basically, yet another entitled, out of touch, member of the establishment, blinded by his own vanity but still considers himself to be some form of egalitarian expert.
If Hartley is raised to the Canterbury See,
That will be the end of the CofE!
As a practicing Christian. For some time I’ve thought of Welby as Satan’s acolyte.
I wonder why so many old Etonians – that most Establishment of Establishment educational institutions in the UK – seem to be implementing a mission to destroy the public’s respect for ALL our ancient governmental Institutions?
When you look at the list of those who are responsible for the clusterfcuk the UK has become, it is noticeable how many went to that school.
A loathsome character. He probably feels misunderstood and unfairly treated. Let him crawl under a rock.
Welby is just the current symbol behind the fact that religions and their institutions are the problem. Whoever replaces him, more abuses will occur and we’ll be reading about them in the future & how those in charge chose to protect the organisation’s survival and reputation over the safety and well being of the public.
Just like mosques.
I did say religions.