- “Washington Post Editor Quits, Staff Has Total Meltdown After Non-Endorsement Of Kamala Harris” – In response to Jeff Bezos’s decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate this year, staff are having a total meltdown, liberals are cancelling their subscriptions and Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan (husband of Victoria Nuland) just quit, reports ZeroHedge.
- “Trump on Joe Rogan: ‘Don’t believe the polls, I am going to win the election’” – Appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience, Donald Trump has declared he doesn’t believe the polls and is on the verge of victory in the U.S. Presidential election, the Telegraph reports.
- “Trump: The Last American Hero?” – The Kamala coup gifted us the perfect symbolic election, says Nick Dixon on Substack.
- “The three hilarious hours that won Donald Trump the election” – Joe Rogan didn’t give him an easy time, but Trump was coherent, free-wheeling and characteristically funny, says Poppy Coburn in the Telegraph.
- “Free speech is second most important issue for U.S. voters” – A strong majority of Americans rate free speech as “very important”, with the issue ranking second only to inflation in its influence on Americans’ votes, according to a new poll, reports UnHerd.
- “Donald Trump will ‘unleash all-out war’ on Keir Starmer if he wins U.S. Presidential race after row over Labour helping out his rival Kamala Harris” – Donald Trump will unleash “all-out war” on Sir Keir Starmer if he returns to the White House, a senior Conservative source told the Mail: “Do not underestimate the damage Starmer has done to relations with the U.S. – the Trump team are ready and waiting to unleash all-out war on him, because he is perceived as anti-American and a whingeing, liberal bore.”
- “Businesses shut up shop ahead of Rachel Reeves’s ‘growth Budget’” – Thousands of businesses are closing ahead of this week’s Budget, which economists fear will amount to one of the biggest corporate tax raids of the modern era, according to the Telegraph.
- “Sir Keir Starmer accused of telling a ‘double lie’ after insisting Budget will not be a ‘war on Middle Britain’ and party will not break manifesto pledges” – Robert Jenrick said last night that Starmer “has lied not once but twice by claiming not to have breached his manifesto promises on tax and by insisting that his Budget will not be an assault on the heartlands of Middle Britain”, reports the Mail.
- “Welcome to feudal Britain: Only today the tax-grabbing barons are public sector fat cats… and you’re the peasant funding their gold-plated pay rises” – Rachel Reeves is effectively reinventing the feudal system whereby one class is taxed heavily and another is not only partly exempted but gets to spend the taxes donated by the others, says Matt Ridley in the Mail.
- “Rich fleeing capital gains tax raid can ‘f— off’, says top Labour donor” – Rich people threatening to flee Britain to avoid tax rises should “f— off,” top Labour donor Dale Vince has said, claiming it’s “profoundly stupid” to think higher taxes will hurt entrepreneurialism, according to the Telegraph.
- “Britain loses reparations battle as Commonwealth leaders make formal demand for slave trade justice” – Sir Keir Starmer has been pushed into reparation talks with Commonwealth leaders after failing to block official calls for slave trade compensation, the Telegraph reports.
- “Singling Britain out for reparation demands perpetrates a historical scam” – Those demanding reparations base their case on a narrative that is not merely one-sided but a caricature of the past, says Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
- “Tommy Robinson supporters chant ‘We want Tommy out!’ as their figurehead is held in a police cell – while police clash with protesters on both sides and violent demonstrators are arrested” – Thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters packed into central London on Saturday and repeatedly chanted his name as the activist remains in custody, the Mail reports.
- “Murdered MP Sir David Amess’s daughter breaks family’s silence on their ‘unbearable pain’ – and asks: ‘How was a terrorist free to kill Dad?’” – David Amess’s daughter says she just wants “to make him proud by fighting back against being told no to something that we should be allowed to know: how was a terrorist free to kill Dad?” the Mail reports.
- “Jailed Iraqi goat herder is a parable of Britain’s broken asylum system” – The Welsh town of Aberystwyth has been flooded with Class A drugs by criminals, some of whom arrived illegally on small boats, says the Telegraph.
- “Syrian bank robber allowed to stay in Britain because of ECHR rules” – A foreign armed bank robber has won the right to live in Britain after an immigration tribunal judge rules the risk of him being persecuted in Syria breaches his human rights and outweighs the public interest of deportation, reports the Telegraph.
- “How Spain’s PM is opening the country’s door to illegal migrants” – Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez intends to grant an amnesty to half a million illegal migrants and make it easier for them to get jobs, reports the Telegraph.
- “Black Brits are not ‘traumatised’ by the Chris Kaba case” – ‘Anti-racist’ activists are desperate to lump all of us in with violent criminals, says Inaya Folarin Iman in Spiked.
- “Israel launches double wave of strikes on military targets in Iran” – Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Iranian military sites in the early hours of Saturday morning, killing two soldiers, says the Telegraph.
- “Iran threatens citizens with 10 years in prison for sharing videos of Israeli strikes” – Iran has threatened citizens with lengthy prison sentences for sharing footage of Israeli strikes while officially confirming attacks on military facilities across three provinces, the Telegraph reports.
- “Israel does not want full-scale war with Iran” – The nature of last night’s attack shows that Israel is not interested triggering an escalation into full-scale war with Iran, says Limor Simhony Philpott in the Spectator.
- Compensation scheme could be set up for thousands ‘left disabled’ by AstraZeneca jab” – A Covid vaccine compensation scheme could be set up by the Health Secretary after thousands claimed they have been left disabled as a result of the AstraZeneca jab, the Telegraph has learnt.
- “Six ex-BART workers get over $1 million each after jury said they were denied Covid vaccine exemptions” – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District must pay $7.8 million to six former employees after a jury found the agency discriminated against the workers who sought religious exemptions to the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
- “Pubs ask: Can someone tell Gen Z how to order a pint?” – Pubs across the U.K. are putting up signs instructing customers not to queue but to approach the bar after lockdown led to a change in behaviour especially among those who came of age in the pandemic, says the Telegraph.
- “Why I believe Lucy Letby has been subjected to one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history” – The 34-year-old is locked up for the rest of her life based on circumstantial evidence that was at least in part misrepresented at her trial, argues Dan Wootton on his Outspoken Substack.
- ““Britons urged to eat less meat to hit latest Net Zero target” – Britain must cut its meat and dairy consumption by up to 50% to meet the latest Net Zero targets, the Government’s climate watchdog the Climate Change Committee has said, reports the Telegraph.
- “Gulf Stream Collapsing Again!” – The Gulf Stream is collapsing again, according to the alarmists. But since we only have data since 2004, and the year to year variations are large, to pretend that such a short series is in any way significant is not only unscientific but fraudulent, says Paul Homewood in WUWT.
- “Suddenly Energy Realism Is a Winning Political Issue” – You may not have noticed, but in the current election, push-back against insane energy transition policies has suddenly become a winning political issue, says Francis Menton in WUWT.
- “Urban Heat Island Effects Have Not Yet Been Removed from Official GHCN Warming Trends” – There is now additional reason to distrust the official temperature trends reported for U.S. weather stations, says Dr. Roy Spencer on WUWT.
- “Church of England reprimands parish for buying gas heaters instead of eco boiler” – The Consistory Court of the Diocese of Newcastle branded Holy Cross church in Fenham, Newcastle, “embarrassing” for deciding to buy a new gas heating system instead of a greener alternative, the Telegraph reports.
- “Now the one British university unambiguous in championing free speech is at risk of being muzzled” – Vice-Chancellor James Tooley turned Buckingham around, but now he has been suspended on the basis of unproven allegations from his ex-wife in what looks like an ideologically-motivated take-down by the university authorities, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Diversity obsession is destroying universities, says Cambridge don” – Professor John Marenbon, a fellow of the British Academy, says universities should aim to be exclusive and hierarchical, reports the Times.
- “Trans golfer discusses decision to stop competing against biological females: ‘I’m not a woman’” – Transgender golfer Nicole Powers has vowed not to compete against biological females, saying there is an unfair advantage on the field, reports Fox News.
- “Will this end the ridiculous charade of males in women’s sports?” – Unexpectedly, the UN has issued a report on violence against women and girls in sport that appears to want to put a stop to the bending of gender rules, says Damian Reilly in the Spectator.
- “David Lloyd George’s childhood home to be ‘decolonised’” – David Lloyd George’s childhood cottage is to be “decolonised” to “promote a multicultural, vibrant and diverse Wales” with the help of funding from the Welsh Government, reports the Telegraph.
- “SAS future ‘at risk’ from Labour’s plan to tear up Troubles Legacy Act” – The future of the SAS could be at risk over Labour’s plan to tear up the Troubles Legacy Act, as no one will want to join if they can be pursued through the courts while terrorists are given immunity, former senior members of the elite unit have warned, the Telegraph reports.
- “This isn’t about slavery at all” – “If it was,” Rafe Heydel-Mankoo tells Sky News, “these campaigners would be focusing on modern slavery: seven in every 1,000 Africans is a slave today. This is a cash grab by the Caribbean and an attack on Britain and the West by activists. No one today is a victim of Britain’s slave trade.”
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This is the army veteran that was sent down for two years for posting words online. Only nonces get mitigating circumstances which would see them avoid jail, it seems. Judges sympathize with perverts and hate patriots, go figure;
”A former soldier who made Facebook posts referring to “civil war” in the aftermath of the Southport attacks has been jailed for two years.
Daffron Williams, 40, who served on tours of Afghanistan and Iraq, previously pleaded guilty to a charge of publishing material likely to stir up racial hatred relating to public posts made between July 19 and August 11.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the posts, made before and after three girls were fatally stabbed at a dance class on July 29, included Williams describing Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, as a “f***ing hero”.
Judge Lloyd-Clarke added: “I accept you have strong personal mitigation but given your encouragement to others to act – your references to civil war and to bullets – I am satisfied this offending is so serious that only custody is sufficient.”
Prosecuting, Alex Orndal said Williams had pleaded guilty to the charge against him when he appeared before Cardiff Magistrates’ Court in August and had been in custody since then.
In one Facebook comment, Williams said: “I am racist as f***, only to those who sap the life out of society and disrespect culture. Our future as British is so uncertain it is unreal.”
On July 24, he wrote: “Come on guys, it is time to stand up. Everything our ancestors, grandparents and parents fought for is ruined. Let’s do something.”
https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/24731771.former-soldier-jailed-social-media-posts-inciting-racial-hatred/
And this is that horrendous woman, Maitlis, talking to a man who defends paedophiles, Sopel, about free speech, off the back of the Allison Pearson incident;
“Many are seeking to create a persecution complex.”
https://x.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1858563321034662376
Another numpty Leftard here. 7 years for ”inciting racial hatred”. So shall we just go right ahead and decriminalize paedophilia then? It’s certainly getting that way, isn’t it? What happened to proportionality??
‘We can’t go around ignoring crimes just because they’re politically sensitive.’
The Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst, defends the police investigation into journalist Allison Pearson.”
https://x.com/LBC/status/1858131078013501730
If you get sent to jail they have taken away all you have. If you do that to people you can create monsters you cannot control. And we the people see what you are doing. And we will remember.
Remember the Southport girls for the vile state has forgotten them.
He should not have leaded guilty. It is free speech. The state and the legal profession are our polrical enemies now. They are abusing our laws to crush our freedom. This will not end well. We are living in a communist state. We will remember who they are.
He was probably advised and wise to plead quilty… They dont like it when you waste their time, and the sentences are much longer after a trial that he would most likely have lost..
I pleaded not gulity once, on principle..
I fought the law… And the law won..
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What will Putin do about Biden’s parting gift to Ukraine?
Nobody in government in the West any longer cares what Putin might or might not do. The performance (lack of it) of the Russian Army has turned him into a ‘paper tiger’.
They’ve heard it all before. Repetition dulls the impact of threats eventually into white noise. Biden doesn’t care, Macron no longer cares, Scholz has shot his bolt and Starmer believes he has a mandate to get stuck in.
If Putin goes nuclear, the world will fall on his head. Russia will lose not just Eastern Ukraine, Georgia, but all the territories which once were part of China; the Russian ‘Union State’ will disintegrate; neutered.
He is in a quagmire of his own making. He thought the West was degenerate, now he confronts a U.S. President of immense personal courage who, unlike Putin, knows what it is like to be shot at, and how to respond.
Putin has walked into America’s preferred scenario: ‘Russia weakened so that it can no longer invade its neighbours’; for the U.S. a major foreign policy success allowing it to pivot towards Asia.
Interest rates above 20%, rampant inflation, shortages of essential items like butter; that, together with a stuttering war, casualties, every prospect that the situation will deteriorate in 2025, is the classic recipe for internal unrest, defenestration, even revolution….
Whatever he does now, he will have to negotiate, sooner or later…..probably sooner would be good, certainly for him.
No-one is interested in negotiation, just the continued funnelling of public funds into heavily-veiled bank accounts and untraceable onward transactions.
Human life and geopolitical stability be damned, the usual suspects’ avarice must be fed.
Everyone is interested in negotiation so that they can restart the energy deals Gerhardt Schroder, ex German Chancellor and so many other political bag men are so fond of and so that the Putin stipends to political parties across Europe can be resumed.
Putin is interested in negotiation. His posturing is necessary to buttress his support amongst those in Russia profiting from the war, leeching corrupt millions from defence deals; a big part of the reason why the Russian Army’s performance has been so poor.
Come now, profiteers abound wherever profit is to be expected. Such as BlackRock, who bought up most of Ukraine’s arable land. Now why are they so interested in farm land? Has that something to do with the West attacking farmers and their products? Is the intention to create a shortage in the world’s food production? That would make BlackRock’s investment really profitable – coincidence?
Unlike the West?
I served, I saw the waste and the insane contracts first hand. What I saw and heard of elsewhere cemented my decision to leave – it was all a giant lie.
If you have evidence of corruption within British defence procurement, you should hand it to the Police. The difference is that if you do that in Russia you will be arrested and then murdered.
What utter nonsense!
Exactly, tbis conflict like all others is about shifting public funds in to private hands…
1 million or so dead.. Phaa.. Who cares..
The performance (lack of it) of the Russian Army has turned him into a ‘paper tiger’.
Tell that to the 2,320 Ukrainian soldiers killed just yesterday (according to the Russian MoD).
If Putin goes nuclear …
Putin, as always, shows remarkable restraint. He knows that Biden only wants to spoil Trump’s inauguration. However, it would be nice if USA war hawks – including those supposedly chosen to occupy key positions in Trump’s team – demonstrated equal restraint.
… the Russian ‘Union State’ will disintegrate; neutered.
Which is exactly what USA has been trying to achieve since 2008 (not to mention before). USA is always keen to assert its global hegemony.
He thought the West was degenerate …
How could anyone possibly believe the West is degenerate? Ask any DS reader …
And Ukraine was degenerate by voting an actor for President, an actor who famously pretended he could play a piano with his penis. To be fair, he promised them peace but then somebody changed his script.
… for the U.S. a major foreign policy success allowing it to pivot towards Asia.
Exactly. US must maintain its global hegemony: first destroy Russia and then go after China. Damn these upstarts! How dare they challenge USA’s global dominance?
And how beneficial is USA dominance for UK? Our greatest ally since WWII but who charged us for every penny assistance during that conflict, while awarding even more financial and military assistance to USSR at zero cost.
I also believe our empire days were due to expire but FDR was determined to ensure that was exactly what happened – precisely to allow USA to take over that dominant role.
Noddy’s guide to negotiations:
‘Trump may be just as helpful as the Biden administration, given the latter’s caution, and the need for Trump to be seen as a credible dealmaker, rather than selling Ukraine down the river.
Some in Trump’s new team, notably incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, have spoken……of using the prospect of more robust support for Ukraine as leverage in pushing Putin to negotiate.’
Why must we automatically assume the Russians cut the undersea cables?
Quite so. In fact there is discussion as to whether a dragging anchor or deep trawl equipment may have done the damage. I believe investigation equipment is en route to establish the facts.
Well, that theory was propounded by CNN, which is an absolute parody of a broadcaster, similar to the BBC.
Labour is facing a civil war over Net Zero
In fact the world faces a civil (world) war over Nut Zero.
‘These (BRICS) nations—many of them still early in their development as modern societies—are in no mood to compromise on their national energy security and the use of fossil fuels.
At the heart of the declaration lies a fundamental truth that the Western climate industrial complex often refuses to recognize: Access to affordable and reliable energy and economic development cannot be sacrificed at the altar of “decarbonization” if people are to thrive.
The Kazan declaration’s emphasis on “technological neutrality” is particularly telling. By explicitly endorsing the use of “all available fuels, energy sources and technologies,” including fossil fuels with abatement technologies, BRICS nations have effectively rejected the notion of a rapid phase-out of conventional energy sources.’
‘Directly challenging the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Kazan statement labels such levies as “unilateral, punitive and discriminatory protectionist measures.” This is a rejection of the EU’s attempt to export its climate policies through trade.
Most of the components for solar energy systems come from China, which produces 80% of the globe’s solar panels. Because coal still dominates the Chinese energy mix, Western nations buying Chinese solar panels are effectively outsourcing their carbon dioxide emissions while claiming progress toward net-zero goals. It is all illogical.
The BRICS leaders emphasize that their immediate goals — poverty eradication, infrastructure development, and economic expansion — require a secure and stable energy supply.
The Kazan declaration isn’t just a political statement; it signals a new era in global climate-energy politics. Emerging economies will no longer be distracted from their pursuit of prosperity and are departing from the currently dominant U.N. climate frameworks.’
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/11/18/brics-kazan-declaration-trumps-cop29-climate-blather/
The West either wakes up and returns to de-regulated free trade as the engine of global economic and social development or, alternatvely, faces an intensifying geo-political conflict whose first bloody manifestation is, arguably, (BRICS member) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Tory members are deluded if they think they can get back in. No one will believe a bunch of Remainers who say the 14 years was a big mistake and now they know better.
We are not fools.
I hope you are right. But conservative may be conservative in their voting.
And with this electoral system the non-Labour vote may again be divided, giving Starmer a second term, god forbid..
I am off this morning to support the farmers in their protest. What an awful weather… hope the weather gods help us a bit.
How on earth did the Mail’s ‘Southport rumours’ get past the newspaper’s lawyers?
That there has been no challenge to the “rumours” speaks volumes. Somebody wanting to keep a lid on it and avoid any risky deep-dive into the cause of such scurrilous rumours?
I speculate, of course.
JC summing up in five minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SEY39eP54&list=WL&index=7