- “Fujitsu bosses to be questioned by MPs over Post Office scandal” – MPs have called in bosses from Fujitsu to answer questions in Parliament about the company’s role in the Post Office scandal, says the Guardian.
- “Pressure on Ed Davey over knighthood after Post Office boss hands back CBE” – Shamed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has bowed to pressure to hand back her CBE over anger at her role in the Horizon IT scandal, reports the Telegraph.
- “Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted ‘glad’ Paula Vennells hands back CBE” – Furious sub-postmasters, wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal, say they are “glad” that ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is handing back her CBE, according to the Mail.
- “‘Complacent’ Ed Davey faces growing calls to quit over role in Post Office scandal” – Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey faces growing calls to quit over his role in the Post Office Horizon scandal, reports the Telegraph.
- “Ed Davey can make history – by resigning” – The Lib Dem leader has the chance to become a symbol for those who want someone brought to book for the Post Office scandal, says Daniel Finkelstein in the Times.
- “MPs demand campaigning ex-subpostmaster Alan Bates is given an honour” – MPs are demanding Alan Bates is given an honour after shamed ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells finally handed her CBE back, reports the Mail.
- “Worker sacked by Lloyds Bank for saying racial slur during training session is awarded damages” – The Free Speech Union has secured hundreds of thousands for one of its dyslexic members who was unfairly dismissed after a workplace free speech row, reports the Epoch Times.
- “An £800,000 lesson in how not to do diversity training” – Lloyds are paying the price for firing Carl Borg-Neal, says Freddie Attenborough in the Critic.
- “Social worker suspended over gender belief wins landmark claim” – A social worker, suspended by council bosses over her belief that a person “cannot change their sex”, has won a landmark victory against them and her profession’s regulator, reports the Mail.
- “Corbyn to join South Africa’s delegation accusing Israel of genocide” – Jeremy Corbyn will join a South African delegation at the International Court of Justice for the country’s forthcoming genocide case against Israel, says ABC News.
- “JN.1 Covid wave ‘may be biggest yet and masks might be key to tackle it’” – A leading virologist has warned that the latest Covid wave could be the “biggest yet”, according to the Sun.
- “Dr. Anthony Fauci’s damning testimony” – On Substack, Dr. Robert W. Malone provides the key highlights from day one of Dr. Fauci’s testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
- “‘Major flaw’ of doomsday Covid modelling revealed” – Analysis suggests that Neil Ferguson’s Covid modelling which spooked ministers into lockdown had a “major flaw”, according to the Mail.
- “Lockdowns and vaccines had no impact on Covid ‘cases’ or ‘deaths’ – seasonality did” – On Substack, Prof. Norman Fenton discusses a new study of six northern European countries which suggests that the seasonal nature of coronaviruses influenced Covid numbers more than government interventions.
- “FDA Commissioner promotes products off label, an illegal pharma marketing scheme long criticised by Democrats” – With both the FDA Commissioner and CDC Director now promoting Covid vaccines off label, have companies been given permission to break the law, asks Paul D. Thacker on Substack.
- “Smokescreens – Part Seven” – Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson explore uncertainties surrounding Covid deaths, questioning if the virus is solely responsible.
- “Reflections on the Bret Weinstein interview” – Brownstone Institute’s Jeffrey A. Tucker reacts to Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with biologist and podcaster Bret Weinstein.
- “Poll shows Reform U.K. in third on 11% in blow for Rishi Sunak” – Tory nerves will be jangling after a poll showed Reform U.K. in third place amid rumours of a Nigel Farage comeback, reports the Mail.
- “‘We need to take back control from the ECHR’” – In Spiked, Brendan O’Neill talks to David Frost on why Brexit was just the beginning of the democratic change we need.
- “Rishi Sunak faces Rwanda Bill revolt by at least nine former Cabinet ministers” – Rishi Sunak faces a revolt by more than 30 Tory MPs over his Rwanda Bill, according to the Telegraph.
- “Why the Rwanda Bill doesn’t go far enough” – Amendments to the Rwanda Bill being proposed by Tory MPs are proportionate and consistent with our international obligations, write Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates in the Telegraph.
- “I exposed woke Whitehall – then found out what civil servants really think of me” – In the Telegraph, Steven Edginton reacts to revelations from the Ministry of Justice after submitting subject access requests asking to see their conversations about him.
- “Guilt-ridden liberals are condemning white boys to irrelevance” – Progressive TV executives don’t really want their companies to reflect modern Britain, only their own prejudices, says Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
- “2024 is the year of the New Right” – Europe’s populists are on the cusp of real power, writes John Lloyd in UnHerd.
- “The strange tale of Prince Andrew’s ‘sex tapes’ and Epstein victim’s allegations” – Epstein victim Sarah Ransome’s claim that she has seen a video of Prince Andrew having sex will make for more unpleasant reading at Buckingham Palace, says Victoria Ward in the Telegraph.
- “Jeffrey Epstein deposition unsealed in latest dump of documents” – In a newly-unsealed deposition, Virginia Giuffre – who went public with her claims against Prince Andrew in 2011 – says he wasn’t the only royal she was “trafficked to” by Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Mail.
- “Jeffrey Epstein’s brother lists the evidence he claims feds are covering up about paedophile’s death” – The brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein continues to push for the real story of what happened at the Manhattan Correction Centre on the night the sex-offender died, reports the New York Post.
- “Ban government involvement in sex trafficking” – It’s wrong for the people who are supposed to be protecting us to be involved in sex trafficking, says Michael Shellenberger on the Public Substack.
- “Germany faces winter of discontent in worst strikes since WWII” – Farmers in Germany have blocked traffic with their tractors to protest against a Government plan to scrap tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture, according to the Mail.
- “Survey: 69% of Germans support the farmers’ protest” – Undeterred by the protesting farmers’ popularity, the German press continues its smear campaign, says Eugyppius on Substack.
- “EDF to extend life of U.K. nuclear power plants” – EDF is seeking to extend the life of four ageing nuclear power stations as the shift to Net Zero creates greater demand for green energy, according to Oilprice.com.
- “France drops renewables targets, prioritises nuclear in new energy bill” – Critics are deriding a new French energy bill that favours nuclear power and avoids setting targets for renewables, reports France 24.
- “India’s plans to double coal production ignore climate threat” – India is setting new targets to use more coal, despite committing to transitioning away from fossil fuels, says Bloomberg.
- “Gladiators goes woke! Reboot axes cheerleaders and ‘skimpy’ outfits” – The new BBC reboot of Gladiators has gone woke after axing both cheerleaders and ‘skimpy’ outfits, reports the Mail.
- “How Roger Scruton foresaw our woke new world” – Four years on from his death, the great conservative thinker Roger Scruton’s work seems more prescient than ever, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “‘From Ed Davey, this at the very best is a gross error of judgement’” – On GB News, Nigel Farage asks if Ed Davey can survive as the Lib Dem leader after receiving £5,000 per month as a consultant with the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, which represented the Post Office in its battle with the sub-postmasters.
'From Ed Davey, this at the very best, is a gross error of judgement.' @Nigel_Farage asks can Ed Davey survive as Liberal Democrats leader after being paid £5,000pm by Herbert Smith Freehills.
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Sadly, monetary expenditure doesn’t matter when it comes to “saving the planet”. It’s more important to be seen to be “doing the right thing by the environment” regardless of the cost. OK, the population may be saddled with crippling taxes, OK, the economy might crash, OK, society might crumble under the pressure, but we’ll be able to hold our heads up high as a nation and say “We did our bit by reducing the world’s carbon emissions by 1%”. And then sit back and realise that all the pain it’s inflicted on us has had no effect on the climate after all.
Yep, you got it in one.
Cost per house? “We do not have an accurate cost per property to provide this information”
This is a lie, obviously. They must have paid invoices for equipment and installation. Ergo, the cost is grossly disproportionate to any alleged benefit.
Weasel words – ‘We don’t know accurately the cost per property because we know we can’t just add it all up and divide by eight because some properties had PV and some had thermal solar panels. Therefore, it’s technically true that we can’t give an accurate cost per property.’
The fact they’ve refused suggests they’ve spent more than £60,000 x 8 = £480,000. If not, they’d be patting each other on the back about the massive savings they’d made.
I hope the information commissioner does not back the refusal of the FOI request on the basis that revealing the costs would be too controversial.
Yes, they lie.
Or it was paid to a few councillors mates?
Milton Friedman’s 4th way of spending money illustrated perfectly. Spending other people’s money on other people means you are not interested in either price or quality. Government spending in a nutshell – just spend it.
172 years? Nonsense. It’ll only take 12 years (if energy prices increase at 50% per year).
Exactly the same as my council. The only eco-focused properties in the borough are those built by the taxpayers’ £££s. No intention to find out if it’s value for money.
Such standards are classed as “nice to have” where private housing is being proposed, despite the declaration of the climate crisis. Hypocrisy writ large.
It isn’t supposed to be monitored they make the momey upfront because the agenda is purpose built to funnel money that way to the appropriate parties. They did well out of it. Never mind that it is fading now they are pulling money out and making money on the way down just look at electric cars.
This is par for the Net Zero course. Net Zero was waved through parliament with no discussion of cost/benefit. There was no debate and no vote. The Political Class have imposed this on us all under the false pretences of a climate crisis in order to comply with the UN’s Sustainable Development goals. Our governments are simply local administrators implementing globalist mandates, and taking their instructions from the UN/WEF. We are simply an inconvenience to them and any concerns we have are brushed aside.
All dead but we pay anyway. Can you even conceive of a way that we would get the lost money back from the last forty years. The best we can do is stop it and never allow it to happen again.
I can conceive that if they re-introduced gladiatoral combat, with the Uniparty clowns who gave us all this crap and the eco-profiteers who paid them, scrapping with hungry tigers and lions, the ticket sales would make a very big contribution to the lost money.
And hugely enhance public jollity.
I think we have to be a bit more aggressive in our response to this sort of obfuscation. When people complete these schemes, and refuse to reveal their results, we should be saying, very loudly indeed, that the only possible reason is that they have failed. And asking not what the results really were, but why they refuse to admit failure.
With Socialists it’s money no object so long as it’s not their own.