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by Richard Eldred
4 October 2024 1:11 AM

  • “Starmer’s Chagos betrayal is unforgivable” – In giving away Britain’s Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Keir Starmer would do well to remember that the objective of foreign policy is to make our country safer, richer and more influential – not to impress judges, journalists and NGOs, writes Sam Tidwell in the Telegraph.
  • “‘America will be furious and Beijing delighted’: how Starmer handed Chagos to China” – Critics are describing the decision to give back the Chagos Islands, a vital national asset, as a “strategic disaster”, write Nick Gutteridge and Dominic Penna in the Telegraph.
  • “Labour’s Chagos surrender shows we need a stronger China strategy” – The surrender of the Chagos Islands exposes Labour’s foreign policy of “progressive realism” for what it really is – a recipe for putting their reputation among the global diplomatic elite above Britain’s national interests, says Robert Jenrick in the Telegraph.
  • “Keir Starmer’s EU reset is built on a lie. It won’t bring a better deal for Britain” – One can only fear the worst from Keir Starmer’s plan to “reset” the UK/EU relationship, which seems to have begun in earnest, writes David Frost in the Telegraph.
  • “Why Labour now fears Reform more than the Tories” – As Starmer’s honeymoon period draws to a close, polling shows Farage’s party has been capitalising on Labour’s summer woes, says the Telegraph.
  • “‘U.K. needs referendum on ECHR’” – Boris Johnson says there is now a “strong case” for Britain to have a referendum on its membership of the European Convention on Human Rights, according to LBC.
  • “In defence of Rosie Duffield” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle explores the apparent problem which Left-wing men have with women.
  • “The baffling decision to defund a national academy for mathematics” – It is hard not to conclude that the only reason the Government is not supporting a powerful new voice for mathematics is that they don’t want to listen to it, says John Armstrong in the Spectator.
  • “Reflections on 15 years in the editor’s chair” – In the Spectator, Fraser Nelson looks back on his tenure as editor of the esteemed magazine.
  • “Did Michael Gove mean what he said?” – In the Spectator, Toby Young reveals the behind-the-scenes drama of Michael Gove’s surprise editorial takeover at a dinner hosted by Fraser Nelson.
  • “Hugh Grant, Mary Beard and Damian Lewis attack ‘disastrous’ sale of the Observer” – Hugh Grant, Mary Beard and Damian Lewis are among dozens of celebrities who have hit out at the Guardian over “disastrous” plans to sell the Observer, says the Telegraph.
  • “How Ed Miliband plans to conjure electricity out of nothing” – The Government plans to repeal a couple of laws, making electricity cheaper at a stroke. Which laws? Why, the first and second laws of thermodynamics of course, writes Matt Ridley in the Spectator.
  • “West Ham owner says super-rich are fleeing the country ahead of Reeves Budget” – West Ham United chairman David Sullivan blames the Government’s crackdown on non-doms for driving the super rich out of Britain, reports the Telegraph.
  • “How deadly eye-bleeding ‘Marburg virus’ could reach the U.K. in weeks” – Infectious disease experts warn that the Marburg virus, which kills up to 9 in 10 people it infects through horrific bleeding from the orifices, could soon reach Britain, according to the Mail.
  • “The lessons of the Lucy Letby case” – In part four of Private Eye’s special report, Dr. Phil Hammond assess the prospects of Lucy Letby’s appeal, should it be granted.
  • “Northern Ireland Public Health Bill: what is going on?” – On Together’s YouTube channel, Paul Frew, a Northern Ireland Assembly Member, discusses the proposed Public Health Bill and what people can do to oppose it (whether you live in Northern Ireland or not).
  • “Israel was right to ignore the West” – The wisdom of the international community is that ceasefires are always desirable and that violence is never the answer. As so often, these wise voices have no idea what they’re talking about, says Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
  • “Why you’re probably Islamophobic” – There’s genuine pain in ‘Muslims Don’t Matter’, a polemic by Baroness Warsi, but her concept of Islamophobia remains a threat to free speech, writes Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph.
  • “Israel’s iron prime minister” – Benjamin Netanyahu has combined devious foreign policy with devious domestic politics, say Niall Ferguson and Jay Mens, admiringly, in the Spectator.
  • “‘Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump was president’” – Speaking to the Telegraph, Boris says that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump had been president and that the world is a better place when the U.S. has a strong leader.
  • “Don’t blame Ukraine for not giving up” – Ukraine may never have a better opportunity to fight off Putin than it does now – until Russia replenishes its losses, says Svitlana Morenets in the Spectator.
  • “Tim Walz is weird” – On Substack, Eugyppius reacts to the recent U.S. Vice Presidential debate and the weird gestures, facial expressions and syntactic entanglements of Tim Walz.
  • “They do not hide it: another top politician wants to clamp down on free speech” – John Kerry is not the only top figure in the Western political world who wants to clamp down on free speech, says Hannes Sarv on the Freedom Research Substack.
  • “John Kerry and the circuitous assault on free speech” – Enemies of the First Amendment have vowed to “hammer it out of existence” and are prepared to circumvent legal protections, warns the Brownstone Institute.
  • “Fresh doubts raised over Gary Lineker’s future at Match of the Day” – Fresh doubts are swirling over Gary Lineker’s future as host of Match of the Day, with the Mail reporting that his time on the show may be nearing an end.
  • “Britain has completely lost the plot” – On X, Ian Miles Cheong flags up a video from a U.K. council training module which urges employees to inform on members of the public for having anti-mass immigration views.

Britain has completely lost the plot. They’re creating a new form of woke Stasi and they want you to inform on your friends, family and neighbors for having anti-mass immigration views.

This video is from a council training module. pic.twitter.com/xy7vyD0tX6

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 3, 2024

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
3 years ago

Oh well never mind.

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Unutterably Pistoff
Unutterably Pistoff
3 years ago

Damn. Some twitter feeds were sometimes genuinely interesting. I had hopes. Now? To hell with it.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
3 years ago
Reply to  Unutterably Pistoff

Read substack.

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Prole
Prole
3 years ago

I don’t know why anyone would want to buy Twitter. Not only is the whole set up rotten to the core, you now have the deep state gunning for it. Its a poison chalice, and I believe its past its peak. I wouldn’t join Twitter if you paid me.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
3 years ago
Reply to  Prole

I think Musk eventually figured that out.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
3 years ago

It was always a publicity stunt. The man is a charade. A con man.

I couldn’t give a hoot about Twitter. It’s a private network, they can do what they like with people’s tweets. Under Musk it would have been worse, though.

Last edited 3 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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The Dogman
The Dogman
3 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

I know Musk has a few bob to spare, but a billion dollars on a publicity stunt? I am sure if he wanted publicity that much there are better ways to spend a billion dollars.

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JohnK
JohnK
3 years ago
Reply to  The Dogman

It could be a publicity stunt without having to pay – unless he loses in court, in which case he could lose a lot more. As Brett says, it’s good business for the legal trade.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
3 years ago
Reply to  JohnK

Musk will not lose in court. Twitter thought they could somehow hide their bots.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
3 years ago
Reply to  The Dogman

Round and round the money goes.
Where it comes from, no-one knows.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
3 years ago
Reply to  The Dogman

His “few bob” are completely wrapped up in the TSLA scam.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
3 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Oh dea another nay sayer. Musk is this or that or whatever. Envy, jealousy is such a waste of time. Musk is hardly a charade. But you must think whatever it is you like.

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Brett_McS
Brett_McS
3 years ago

Looks like being Lose-Lose-Win. The later being the lawyers.

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YouDontSay
YouDontSay
3 years ago

Patrick Boyle was always sceptical that the purchase would go ahead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfXoCj4TLk

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
3 years ago
Reply to  YouDontSay

Why have I never heard of Patrick Boyle? On the strength of this video alone, he seems to see Elon for exactly what he is – a charlatan whose word nobody serious really trusts.

Thanks for the intro, YouDontSay.

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YouDontSay
YouDontSay
3 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

He’s good at wry financial commentary 🙂

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JXB
JXB
3 years ago

Calm down dears.

This is usual choreography during acquisitions where the buyer is trying to beat down the acquisition price after due diligence reveals all is not quite as originally presented by the seller.

We’ll see.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
3 years ago
Reply to  JXB

Doubt it. Elon has no intention of buying Twitter. He doesn’t have the cash – his net worth is almost all TSLA paper, and it would be difficult to sell $42Billion’s worth without triggering a TSLA selloff, which would be a self-reinforcing downward spiral (because TSLA trades on green unicorn juice, green dreams and green rainbows and the word of Elon Himself The Almighty Who Is Tesla and Tesla is Elon).

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Covid-1984
Covid-1984
3 years ago

Musk was never going to buy Twitter. He’s just exposed and undermined their trustworthiness. Job done. Well done Elon 👏

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marebobowl
marebobowl
3 years ago

Great decision Mr. Musk. Twitter is effectively done.

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