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by Will Jones
17 October 2024 1:17 AM

  • “Starmer would lose majority if Jenrick were Tory leader, poll shows” – A survey by Electoral Calculus suggests Robert Jenrick could wipe out Labour’s majority by taking 57 seats off Labour, more than the 30 his rival Kemi Badenoch would gain, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Clear and honest, Kemi Badenoch is best placed to lead the Tory revival” – She has the spirit and attention to detail that a leader of the opposition needs and can restore the party’s reputation for competence, argues ex-Tory Chairman Patrick McLoughlin in the Telegraph.
  • “Only Jenrick has the conviction to pull us out of ECHR, say Right-wing Tories” – The grassroots Popular Conservatives faction has backed Jenrick because of his “determination” to leave the ECHR, according to the Telegraph.
  • “Plans for Tory leadership debate on BBC collapse” – Plans for a BBC debate between Tory leadership rivals Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick appear to have collapsed, the Telegraph reports, after the party refused to sanction the event – though Jenrick is still indicating he’d be willing to go ahead with an unauthorised debate, as occurred in 2022, but Kemi is saying no.
  • “Farage is going for Labour. Now Reform and the Tories should become the best of frenemies.” – The next Conservative leader should ape Nigel Farage’s new tactic by not getting fixated about him and simply pounding this awful Labour Government every single day instead, argues Patrick O’Flynn on Substack.
  • “Reeves’s Budget to be biggest tax raiser in history” – Rachel Reeves is poised to launch the biggest Budget tax raid in history, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Reeves’s web of lies can no longer conceal her dystopian plan for Britain” – The game is up, says Allister Heath in the Telegraph. Labour’s tax increases – justified by a confected fiscal crisis – could be the largest on record, shattering its manifesto pledges.
  • “Labour appoints 200 ‘cronies’ to Civil Service” – Labour has appointed more than 200 “cronies” to the Civil Service without competition since the General Election, the Telegraph reveals.
  • “Science Secretary broke ministerial code by hiring donor firm employee, say Tories” – Top frontbencher Peter Kyle has been accused of breaking the ministerial code over the hiring of a businesswoman whose firm donated £67,000 to Labour, reports the Telegraph.
  • “What happened to ‘Mr Rules’? Keir Starmer won’t refer himself to his own standards adviser to check whether he broke rules as row over Taylor Swift’s VIP police escort deepens… as yet another minister discloses free gig tickets” – Downing Street said the Prime Minister would not be asking Sir Laurie Magnus, his Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, to look into the matter, reports the Mail.
  • “Peter Kyle is sixth Cabinet Minister to admit taking Swift tickets” – The Technology Secretary declared a gift of two tickets worth £584, reports the Times.
  • “Drug dealers, fraudsters and burglars among 1,000 inmates to be freed next week” – Drug dealers, fraudsters and burglars will be among more than 1,000 prisoners jailed for over five years who will be freed early to ease jail overcrowding next week, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Baroness Finlay: ‘Labour’s assisted dying bill is dangerous – it could have unintended consequences’” – The Lords’ only resident palliative care expert warns Labour’s bill risks a “slippery slope” to coercion by relatives and “doctor shopping”, the Telegraph reports.
  • “If we legalise assisted dying, we’ll bitterly regret it” – Campaigners may be acting with the best of intentions, but legalising assisted suicide breaks every ethical code we have, says the Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon, with other countries clearly showing where it quickly leads.
  • “Where the Archbishop has called it right” – In a leading article, the Telegraph agrees with Justin Welby that jurisdictions that have legalised assisted dying have often found themselves on a “dangerous slippery slope”.
  • “Russia retakes half of lost Kursk territory in blow to Zelensky” – Russia has recaptured half of the territory it lost to Ukraine in Kursk, a region central to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plan to defeat Vladimir Putin, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Israel labels Macron a ‘disgrace to the French nation’” – Emmanuel Macron is a “disgrace to the French nation”, Israel’s Defence Minister said on Wednesday after Paris banned Israeli firms from exhibiting at a weapons show, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Influential MP reveals astonishing insights on Covid Govt.” – Senior Tory Graham Brady sits down with Lucy Johnston of Collateral Global to discuss his book Kingmaker and the terrible legacy of pandemic-era measures, many of which he opposed at the time.
  • “Thank you for your trust and support!” – Alex Berenson gives an update on his U.S. free speech and Government censorship case, Berenson v Biden.
  • “Britain’s lax immigration policy is making it an outlier” – In the blink of an eye, Britain has gone from being the whipping boy of liberal media and pro-migration NGOs alike, to the only major European country supporting a status quo that renders borders largely illusory, says Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator.
  • “Sadiq Khan seizes hundreds of non-Ulez-compliant cars from drivers – and sells them off” – Transport for London says more than 1,400 vehicles were seized by bailiffs in 12 months for non-payment of ultra-low emission zone fees, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Fires, Pollution and Slavery: EVs’ Ugly Truth” – The romanticisation of EVs is one more fabrication of a green delusion that presents more threats than benefits to public health and safety, says Vijay Jayaraj in WUWT.
  • “I’m buying a generator. Who would want to invest in blackout Britain?” – The threat of power cuts loom over the Christmas holidays. Blame Mad Ed Miliband and his destructive Net Zero obsession, says the Telegraph‘s Allison Pearson.
  • “Just Rule Everything” – The crime is humanity; the punishment is soup, says Dr. David McGrogan on his News From Uncibal Substack.
  • “Not saying hello to a colleague could break law, says judge” – A tribunal has ruled in favour of an unfair dismissal case in part because a boss’s lack of greeting was “likely” to have “undermined the confidence” of the employee, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Hair-Trigger Warning” – Trigger warnings for “expressions of Christian faith” in Chaucer? This week’s prize for the stupidest university in Britain goes to Nottingham University, says Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
  • “Elon Musk and woke capital are locked in a battle for the future of America” – This election has exposed the sharp divisions between the U.S.’s new feudal elites, says Joel Kotkin in the Telegraph.
  • “Samuel Paty was killed on October 16th, 2020” – The MyBodyThisPaperThisFire Substack marks the fourth anniversary of the gruesome killing of Samuel Paty, the teacher who was stabbed and beheaded by an Islamist militant near the school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, outside of Paris.
  • “Woke Is Here To Stay” – The fallout over Tony Dokoupil’s interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates shows that woke ideas have permeated the institutions, says Sam Kahn in Persuasion.
  • “Samaritans suspends volunteer who criticised trans activists” – Samaritans volunteer Robert Laverick was suspended after he publicly called on the charity to sever its ties with a radical trans activist group, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Army veteran convicted over silent prayer for aborted son outside clinic” – Army veteran Adam Smith-Connor has been convicted and fined £9,000 after praying silently outside an abortion clinic for his own unborn son, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Why British Black Africans are so patriotic” – A new report by Policy Exchange has found that Britons of Black African origin are one of the most patriotic and socially integrated ethnic-minority groups in the modern U.K., with Christian faith being central to that dynamic, says Rakib Ehsan in UnHerd.
  • “Labour is in denial about knife crime” – The party ignores the causes of urban warfare, says David Matthews in UnHerd.
  • “Judge judged for ‘ill-judged’ jokes” – A judge has been reprimanded for sharing jokes, anecdotes and moral lessons with a court employee. Sadly, the ruling didn’t provide any examples, says Jamie Hamilton in Roll on Friday.
  • “Importance of cosmic rays and clouds in recent warming” – Watch Stephen Andrews on the Tom Nelson Podcast talking about the overlooked science that counters the alarmist climate narrative.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago

Well I am impressed with this article. It gives a very thorough and up to date overview of the situation in the Netherlands regarding the farming crisis;

”The only way out for farmers seems to be to accept the offer by the government to sell their ownings for 120 percent of the value with a restriction not to be allowed to start another farm within the EU area. Many farmers still refuse the offers made. ‘Even when they pay 400 percent of the value I won’t leave, my son is going to be the next generation farmer.’
The draft agreement does not present information on effects on farmers’ income and consumers’ behavior. The advisory report from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) writes that they cannot advise on this topic as they do not have the information. With the reduction of cattle, farming land and a transition to regenerative farming they will be able to meet the goals on climate change. However, 30,000 jobs will be lost and €6.5 billion of added value.

Dutch citizens will be financing the €28 billion climate plan by extra taxes on food prices for example on milk products, meat, compounds for vegetation protection, and fertilizers while inflation is high and purchases are expensive. 
Also, a prepared law for zero taxes on vegetables and fruits to promote healthy foods supposed to pass for January 2024 seems to make a U-turn. According to a report from SEO Economic Research it will be too complex and too expensive and it is not sure the introduction of this law will promote health. However, keeping taxes on vegetables and fruit will generate €550-950 million in income for government.”

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-future-of-traditional-farming-and-healthcare-in-the-netherlands/

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
1 year ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Will the changes in Government help bring a halt to this madness ?

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago
Reply to  Freddy Boy

Not holding my breath, Freddy. The opposition want Rutte out immediately and a caretaker PM installed until elections take place in the autumn. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for any updates in the meantime. Also hopefully JaneDoe might be able to give her insights as I don’t follow politics too closely tbh, but I expect whoever fills Rutte’s shoes to still have the Agenda 2030 requirements very much as their objective.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
1 year ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Yes the WEF maniacs will take some stopping .

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Myra
Myra
1 year ago

https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1731/rr-2
This may be a game changer?
Turns out Pfizer changed it’s manufacturing process between the trial and roll-out.
Change in DNA template for the mRNA and change in LNP manufacturing.
The ‘roll-out’ vaccine was only tested on 250 people.

There is now a question about Informed Consent, as the product changed and the information was based on a different product.
Interesting times.

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Myra
Myra
1 year ago
Reply to  Myra

my apologies if this is old news, I only came across this over the weekend.

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Chris P
Chris P
1 year ago
Reply to  Myra

Andrew Bridgen and Neil Oliver tried to debate the subject with a doctor on GB News. All the doctor could do was insult people. I’m glad he is not my doctor: –

https://rumble.com/v2yw4ac-andrew-bridgen-mp-and-dr-david-lloyd-discuss-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine.html

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
1 year ago

It’s often been pointed out but just imagine a non freak person making a similar speech !!!

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Jon Garvey
Jon Garvey
1 year ago

“God the Father” isn’t sexist

The sad thing is that the good bishop made a reasonable pastoral point, that in teaching that God is our Father, one has to be aware of those whose earthly fathers or stepfathers have let them down.

But that is a completely different matter from tossing words like “abusive patriarchy” around. The fact that the church of England’s bishops are a disgrace to the gospel doesn’t entail that episcopacy itself is a bad thing, but merely that earthly authority of all kinds can be abused.

Funnily enough, one seldom hears bishops taking a similarly apologetic line on abuse when 1 Peter 2:25 refers to Jesus as “the shepherd and bishop of your souls.”

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago

“Mark Harper calls for review of unpopular LTNs” – Transport Secretary Mark Harper warns that low traffic neighbourhoods have set “people against each other” and risk putting voters off Net Zero, reports the Telegraph.

On the subject of LTNs:

Mr Harper fears the schemes have radicalised groups of people against cycling and risk stoking opposition to broader aims such as net zero.

– Eh, what? ‘radicalised groups of people against cycling‘? Where’d he pull that idea from? (No doubt the same place too many government (all levels) ideas are pulled from). I used to work in Southwark twenty-something years ago; some cyclists were a real danger to pedestrians then. LTNs aren’t the cause of people’s disapproval of some cyclists.

– ‘…risk stoking opposition to broader aims such as net zero‘. So, not all bad then?

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TheGreenAcres
TheGreenAcres
1 year ago

Substitute ‘Terf’ for the J word (rhymes with huw) and you can see that we’ve been in this situation before. It doesn’t end well.

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Roy Everett
Roy Everett
1 year ago
Reply to  TheGreenAcres

On a more general note, H L Mencken pointed out in the 1920s that pragmatic politicians inflame anxieties about *or even create a perception of imminent serious harm from) “imaginary hobgoblins”, and then claim success when the harm does not materialise. Eventually the populace realises it has lost power (by more authoritarian legislation) and money (by way of taxes needed to defeat the hobgoblin) and tries to restore the balance, possibly by armed conflict. However, the next generation repeats the process, albeit with different hobgoblins.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago

Interesting MD4CE meeting yesterday evening, exploring how to disrupt the narrative, presented by Jonathan Engler of HART.
He made some interesting observations about how some individuals on this side of the situation are inadvertently still supporting the narrative. He use Dr McCullough’s ongoing support for the need for pandemic preparedness as an example & some ATL articles on this site. Plus that articles written to counter what was published ATL re no flu in 2020 were denied publication. There were a lot of comments BTL regarding supporting the official limited hangout agenda.

Worth a watch: https://rumble.com/user/cbkovess

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

“The left’s war on correct grammer has betrayed the poor”

This excerpt is from the CEO of Coca-Cola,
talk about a grammatical word salad! this even has rocket and cold potato thrown in!

“We are keeping consumers at the centre of our innovation and marketing investments, while also leveraging our expertise in revenue growth management and execution.
“Our growth culture is leading to new approaches, more experimentation, and improved agility to drive growth and value for our stakeholders.”

And the translation of all that shyte is as follows:

Mr Quincey added: “There will be price increases across the world in 2023.

Well why didn’t you just say that?

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

I bet this guy could describe the inside of a ping pong ball using no less than a thousand words!

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

With pictures.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  soundofreason

🤣🤣🤣
Here’s the picture, look in-between the next set of brackets!
(

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

Wow that’s realistic!

Don’t ask me how I know.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

“If you see a TERF, punch them in the f——— face!”

Said Hitler in drag!

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

And right there is hate speech!!!
The police reaction???
(Tumbleweed blows past, crickets chirp in the distance!)

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

This is also incitement to violence. The Home Sec needs to get chief plod in for a severe talking to.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago

Ooops! Who’d have thunk that the BBC would stoop so low??? Good to see that they’re being called out on this.

(Major sarc alert)

https://insiderpaper.com/syria-revokes-bbc-accreditation-ministry/

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

So now the BBC is not even honest enough for a country like Syria? Wow, that is low

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago

From today, 10 Jul 2023. File under N.S.S.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world

Johannesburg has seen its first snowfall since 2012, as cold weather is sweeping across much of the country. Residents are being advised to take extra precautions to stay warm and farmers to provide shelter for livestock.

South Africa’s weather service said snow has also been reported in Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga.

“The public is advised to keep warm during these conditions,” said the South African Weather Service (Saws) in a statement.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/woke-before-wicket/

Cricket – the defining sport of this country, the very essence of Englishness being set up for bastardisation and collapse.

They cannot destroy the country without destroying cricket. Of course the ECB will oblige.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

https://off-guardian.org/2023/07/10/the-bbc-nonce-the-acceptable-face-of-pedophelia/

I don’t know who the ‘nonce’ is but Kit Knightly rips into the MSM in a satisfying style.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Well the BBC do have a nonce statue as the main emblem on the front of broadcasting House so what should we expect?

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

“Hottest days ever? Don’t believe it”

I dont! This record temperature was measured half way up the tailpipe of a F35 jet!

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