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News Round-Up

by Richard Eldred
15 February 2024 12:37 AM

  • “Dozens of Palestine activists surround house of Tory MP Tobias Ellwood in ‘wholly unacceptable’ protest” – As many as 80 pro-Palestine protesters surrounded the home of Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood to accuse him of being complicit in genocide, reports LBC.
  • “Gaza protesters disrupt opening of Yoko Ono’s new exhibition” – Protesters demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza disrupted a private viewing of Yoko Ono’s new exhibition at Tate Modern, says the Standard.
  • “The problem with the ‘paraglider girls’ ruling” – Three women were convicted of terror offences for wearing clothes or carrying signs that appeared to glorify Hamas – and they were let off virtually scot-free, writes Laurie Wastell in the Spectator.
  • “Judge admits liking post branding Israel a ‘terrorist’” – A row has broken out after the judge who decided to let the three women wearing parachute images walk free admitted to liking a social media post branding Israel a “terrorist” state, reports the Mail.
  • “David Cameron’s patronising advice would doom Israel to defeat” – David Cameron has virtually called on Israel to surrender to Hamas as it prepares to destroy the terrorist group in Rafah, says Richard Kemp in the Telegraph.
  • “There’s nothing funny about Jew-baiting” – When did it become acceptable to hound Jewish audience members out of a comedy show? asks Simon Evans in Spiked.
  • “Women in Armed Forces ‘feel unsafe’ after Grant Shapps comments” – Women in the Armed Forces have been made to feel “unsafe” in the wake of the Defence Secretary’s comments over the diversity row engulfing the military, according to the Telegraph.
  • “Our debilitated Armed Forces need money, not diversity” – The upcoming Budget will be a new test for the Tories. Do they recognise the threats we face? asks Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
  • “Labour poll lead falls by seven points amid antisemitism crisis” – Labour’s poll lead over the Tories has tumbled by seven points in a fortnight amid a major row over the anti-Israeli views of its election candidates and its green energy U-turn, reports the Mail.
  • “France investigates U.K. Coastguard over migrant deaths in Channel” – French prosecutors are investigating the British Coastguard following the deaths of four U.K.-bound migrants in the English Channel, according to the Telegraph.
  • “Elon Musk urges U.S. not to send Ukraine aid as ‘no way in hell Putin loses war’” – Elon Musk urged Republican senators to oppose a Ukraine aid bill on the eve of a critical vote because “there is no way in hell” Vladimir Putin could lose the war, reports the Telegraph.
  • “iNews bizarrely choose private school abolitionist as their ‘fact-checker’” – If you wanted an unbiased fact-check about private schools, you wouldn’t ask the Private Education Policy Forum, says Mr. Chips on Substack.
  • “‘I am fighting for my school’s survival’” – Katharine Birbalsingh explains to Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill why she won’t back down on her school’s prayer ban.
  • “Journalists are out to censor the French GB News” – France is already quietly one of the most censorious countries in Europe, remarks Jonathan Miller in the Spectator.
  • “Heat pump and electric car charger size limits scrapped” – The installation of bigger heat pumps and electric car chargers the size of phone boxes will be allowed without planning permission under Government plans, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Supersized heat pumps look set to invade England’s suburbs” – At the rate the rules are changing, we might soon have huge heat pumps with a single tiny apartment attached to them, writes Matthew Lyn in the Telegraph.
  • “Eco-vandals puncture the tyres of Range Rovers, Bentley and Porsche” – Residents in a quiet West London street have been left fuming after eco-vandals deflated the tyres of more than 20 luxury SUVs in their latest environmental protest against ‘petrol guzzler’ cars, reports the Mail.
  • “Are the wheels coming off Net Zero?” – Net Zero demands the closure of all industry, with the U.K. intent upon leading the way, says Tom Ed on Substack.
  • “When it comes to sex, my generation is screwed” – With today’s young men and women increasingly polarised over politics, Gen Z is facing a sexual apocalypse, writes Rikki Schlott in the Free Press.
  • “The sinister Steyn verdict” – Don’t question us, ever – you won’t win, there’ll be years of legal torture and then you’ll be whacked with a $1 million bill at the end of it. That’s the takeaway from the peculiar jury verdict in the Mann v. Steyn defamation trial, writes Kerry Wakefield in the Spectator Australia.
  • “Australia’s Communications Minister threatens X with ‘big trouble’ if it doesn’t censor ‘misinformation’” – The Australian Government is increasing its overreaching social media demands, says Didi Rankovic in Reclaim The Net.
  • “Whose rights are actually being protected here?” – On X, the Campaign Against Antisemitism has shared a video of a Scottish police officer asking a Jewish bystander at a pro-Palestine rally in Edinburgh to hide his Star of David to avoid “triggering” the protesters.

At a rally in Edinburgh, a @PoliceScotland officer asked a Jewish bystander to hide his Star of David, to avoid “triggering” the protesters.

The police officer is clearly worried that he and his colleagues are heavily outnumbered and that these protesters could pose a threat to… pic.twitter.com/kI8As7KNCm

— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) February 14, 2024

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A breath of fresh air picked this up from HYS bbc someone posted this link
Thank you and for what its worth Prof Ferg should be jailed and his laptop taken of him

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