- “All the times David Lammy has attacked ‘deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic’ Trump” – David Lammy’s past tirades against Trump now create a diplomatic headache for Keir Starmer in safeguarding the special relationship, writes Genevieve Holl-Allen in the Telegraph.
- “Minister dodges on whether Donald Trump has ‘Neo-Nazi sympathies’” – Labour’s Pat McFadden repeatedly dodged the question of whether he agrees with David Lammy that Trump has “Neo-Nazi sympathies” during a recent LBC interview, according to the Mail.
- “Rayner called Trump a ‘buffoon’ who has ‘no place in the White House’” – Angela Rayner has spoken to J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President-elect, in an effort to improve relations after previously calling Donald Trump a “buffoon”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Guardian offers free counselling to staff after Trump win” – According to Guido Fawkes, Guardian editor Katharine Viner has mobilised a transatlantic support network to help her devastated staff cope with Trump’s victory,
- “The unbelievably hilarious meltdown of the centrists” – Let us all enjoy the bewilderment of the podcast ponces (a.k.a. Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell) in response to Trump’s victory, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “In defence of the liberal elite” – Liberals should stop beating ourselves up, stop whimpering about how we failed to address populist concerns, and face millions of good but deluded men and women with honest argument. They are wrong and we are right, writes Matthew Parris in the Spectator.
- “Will Trump block deal handing Chagos Islands to China-ally Mauritius?” – Donald Trump might kill off Keir Starmer’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius over fears it will help communist China, reports the Mail.
- “American titan: inside Donald Trump’s remarkable political comeback” – Even Trump’s bitterest enemies should recognise him for what he is: an American titan and the most extraordinary politician of our time, writes Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
- “George Clooney blasted by fans after Donald Trump’s election victory” – Devastated Democrats have rounded on George Clooney after the actor demanded that Joe Biden quit before Donald Trump’s election victory, reports the Mail.
- “Will these celebs really leave the U.S. over Trump?” – The Spectator’s Steerpike casts an eye over the list of top celebs who claimed they would leave the States if Trump emerged victorious.
- “Jimmy Kimmel holds back tears after ‘terrible night’ for America” – Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel fought back tears reacting to former President Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s election, reports the Hill.
- “Harvard professors cancel classes as students feel blue after Trump win” – Harvard professors called off classes as students mourned the dawn of a second Trump era, according to the Harvard Crimson.
- “Brief comedy note” – On Substack, Chris Bray says that if people want a good laugh they should check out the video made by the New York Times op-ed crew catastrophising about what’s going to happen in the upcoming Trump administration.
- “‘We need to be ready for a new world’: scientists globally react to Trump election win” – Trump’s decisive defeat of Kamala Harris has triggered fears about the future of the United States among many scientists, according to Nature Magazine.
- “Elon Musk and RFK Jr. set for key administration roles as Trump turns to loyalists” – Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are set to be handed key administration roles, amid expectations that Donald Trump will pack his new cabinet with loyalists, reports the Telegraph.
- “If anyone can do the impossible and rewire U.S. government, it’s Elon Musk” – The tech titan wants to colonise Mars. He may find that an easier task than transforming Washington, says Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
- “Elon Musk’s trans son says he’s leaving the U.S. amid Trump’s win” – Elon Musk’s estranged transgender son has announced that he’s planning to leave the U.S. following Donald Trump’s win, reports the Mail.
- “How Barron Trump helped his dad win the ‘bro’ vote” – Donald Trump’s youngest (and tallest) son played a crucial role in introducing his dad to Gen Z men through online podcasts, writes Henry Bodkin in the Telegraph.
- “How a celebrity squirrel became a harbinger of Trump’s return” – When agents seized P’Nut, an OnlyFans couple’s pet squirrel, at their New York home they had no idea what they were setting in motion, says Edward Helmore in the Telegraph.
- “U.S. voters may have just saved the West” – Trump’s victory means other Western leaders will wake from their stupor and finally pay their way, writes Con Coughlin in the Telegraph.
- “Reeves stops farmers sharing inheritance tax relief with spouses” – Rachel Reeves has dealt another blow to farmers by preventing them from sharing their £1 million tax relief with spouses or civil partners, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour usually loves strikes – but it won’t like this one” – Britain’s downtrodden farmers now hold Keir Starmer’s fate in their hands, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “Donald Trump’s hostility to green power could benefit the U.K.” – British renewable energy schemes and green investment could be boosted if Donald Trump abolishes any U.S. climate change policies, reports the Times.
- “The tranquil corner of England about to be lost forever” – Explore the charms of East Lincolnshire before the sound of birdsong is replaced by the crackle and hum of electricity transformers, says Christopher Winn in the Telegraph.
- “Dam shame: what really caused Valencia’s floods?” – Who is to blame for the devastating floods that hit Valencia on October 29th? Charts of rainfall in Spain show no trend towards a higher frequency of extreme downpours, writes Matt Ridley in the Spectator.
- “The celebrities whose jet pollution is 500 times the average person’s” – Researchers analysing celebrities’ private aviation found most flights were taken for leisure – and there was a spike for the UN climate conference, reports the Times.
- “Saudi Arabian desert turned into winter wonderland” – For the first time in history, the region of Al-Jawf, which lies at the northern edge of the Al-Nafūd desert, has experienced a snowfall, says the Metro.
- “Almost all Channel migrants arrive in U.K. without passports” – Nearly every Channel migrant arrives without a passport as smugglers tell them it’s the key to staying in the U.K., reports the Telegraph.
- “Two in five GP practices cut appointments in ‘work to rule’” – Two in five GP practices in England have begun cutting the number of appointments available to patients as part of their industrial action, says the Mail.
- “Hallett: what will the Inquiry achieve?” – The Hallett Inquiry’s refusal to publish critical clinical evidence, instead favouring irrelevant testimonies and protecting government missteps, makes it a whitewash, says Dr. Andrew Bamji on his Substack.
- “Did lockdown make children overweight?” – Something really is going badly wrong with the health of our children, writes Simon Cook in the Spectator.
- “How much did lockdown and mRNA regret drive voters toward Trump?” – The hard-blue states with the toughest lockdowns and vaccine mandates saw by far the biggest electoral shifts; the link may not be coincidental, says Alex Berenson on his Substack.
- “Southern town locked down after 40 monkeys escape from science lab” – Dozens of macaque monkeys are on the loose in a small town in South Carolina after escaping from a medical research facility, reports the Mail.
- “Germany is disintegrating before our very eyes” – Events in Berlin this week have uncanny parallels with how a previous Social Democrat chancellor fell in 1982, notes Daniel Johnson in the Telegraph.
- “France a ‘Mexicanised narco-state’ with drug wars across the country” – Rampant drug-fuelled violence in France is turning the country into what has been dubbed a “Mexicanised narco-state” by a leading politician, according to the Mail.
- “Outrage as Iraq stands poised to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine” – Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children, reports the Telegraph.
- “Actors do not have to be Tudor ‘lookalikes’, says director of diverse Wolf Hall” – The director of Wolf Hall has defended colour-blind casting of Tudor characters, saying actors do not have to be “lookalikes” of the real people they play, according to the Mail.
- “The problem with Dawn Butler” – For Dawn Butler, describing someone as white or as trying to be white is clearly a great insult, writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “‘Not so fast, Dale Vince’” – On X, Guido appeals to readers for their support in helping to stop Dale Vince from blocking you from reading Guido Fawkes.
- “Pub called The Midget changes name after lecturer says it is offensive” – A pub called The Midget will be rebranded after a lecturer with dwarfism called the name offensive, according to the Oxford Mail, even though it was named after the MG Midget.
- “Oxford student killed himself after being victim of ‘cancel culture’” – An Oxford student took his own life after being “cancelled” by his peers, who ostracised him over an unreported allegation, reports the Mail.
- “‘You know she’s gonna win this, right?’” – On X, Collin Rugg introduces us to “political analyst” Dr. Arlene, a former poli-sci professor and TikTok “influencer” who proudly taunted grocery store clerks about Harris’s guaranteed win – until, after the loss, she blamed it all on racism and misogyny.
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I would certainly support a great deal more transparency on the sources of funding for many of these groups.
Some of them may very well be funded by Iran: ‘In 2020, the State Department estimated that Iran gave Hezbollah $700 million a year. In the past, Tehran had historically given $100 million annually to Palestinian groups, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
I would also support Lord Frost’s call for marches to be banned on key dates: Remembrance Day in particular.
“I would also support Lord Frost’s call for marches to be banned on key dates”
Could that not be used to prevent an anti-lockdown march if it was held on “Covid Memorial Day”?
That would depend on which dates are defined as ‘key dates’.
In fact it is a ‘National Day of Reflection’ that is mooted.
If an ‘anti lockdown’ march was organised as a march for freedom, to ‘reflect’ on those killed by lockdowns, it is unlikely that it would be deemed provocative.
Marching through London on Remembrance Day shouting “Khayber Khayber ya yaud jadish al Mohammed sauf yaud” through a megaphone is quite clearly provocative, intimidatory; fascist.
You make a good point and I think, on reflection, that I probably agree with you.
Nevertheless, the provocative ‘pro-palestinian’ march at the weekend was very expensive to police so the country at large may very well take a different view….
Thanks for your thoughts.
“it is unlikely that it would be deemed provocative” I thought it was unlikely that a UK government would force people to stay in their homes, stop them seeing their loved ones, suspend normal life for an extended period, and force people into getting an experimental “medical treatment”.
I haven’t really followed the “pro Palestine” marches but my guess is that various strands of opinion were represented, from well-meaning people who genuinely care about stopping suffering, have thought at length about the Israel situation and have considered views on it, right through to the kind of thing you describe. I tend to think that the issue is that it may appear to many that we have in our midst large numbers of people who don’t share our values and we have enough problems of our own without importing a lot more. If the Muslim population of the UK was tiny then I think the whole debate around the protests would be much less heated and less prominent.
If there were large numbers of people wanting to march calling for a humanitarian ceasefire without appearing to support Hamas, calls for jihad or the destruction of Israel they should organise their own march and make it clear that Palestinian flags, pictures of hang gliding terrorists or extremist chants aren’t welcome. If people are happy to march with people calling for jihad or whatever vile things they do then these people are stating they agree with the ethos of the march which was clearly antisemitic and therefore a hate demo.
Well I’ve not seen anything first-hand but would be inclined agree with you if what you say is accurate. I get the impression others here might take issue with what you’ve said.
I’m still wary of using the word “hate” as a criteria for banning something (though I appreciate you are not advocating this).
It isn’t accurate. He’s guessing cos he wasn’t there. MSM picks a few sound bites and fans the flames as they want a race war. They hate all things static – it’s why they thrive on conflict – as Jon Stewart says ‘it’s where careers are made’. Nobody who can actually JOIN THE DOTS gets promoted in the mainstream.
Did you fall for all the propaganda for the past 3 years Matt? No? then why fall for it now? Or do you think that suddenly, overnight, the mainstream media is now telling the truth? There were no calls for the destruction of Israel (jihad means ‘struggle BTW) which would have been awkward being as how there were so many Jewish people on the march. And why aren’t Palestinian flags allowed Matt? Oh, so you don’t recognise a state of Palestine? Maybe you’re the racist.
Nobody chanted that Ian – you weren’t there. So unless you have a recording then it’s just propaganda, along with 40 beheaded babies which CNN has already admitted was garbage. You lot are so gullible.
@sarasidnerCNN
‘I would argue we were mislead. I am going to report on what heads of governments say. That is what new orgs do. It doesn’t mean it’s true but it’s news’.
No love, it’s propaganda.
So much for the Free Speech Union aye Ian? Hypocrites. Maybe change the Daily Sceptic to The Daily. Or just call it Telegraph II and have done with it.
Problem, reaction solution.
Stop falling for this divisive rhetoric.
This issue is being used to ban the right to protest, all protests not just causes one disagrees with!
It’s being used to distract us whilst other aspects of the control grid are being implemented whilst we look away.
We already live in an authoritarian, tyrannical country despite the illusion of democracy. No further tyrannical measures are wanted nor desirable.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/how-the-west-was-lost-part-2/
An excellent second in a series of four from Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack at TCW which highlights the myths of multiculturalism and diversity.
“There is a danger of growing ill will among native Britons at unequal treatment. In 2020 more than 150 people were arrested at an anti-lockdown protest in London; in 2023 protesters called for jihad against Israel and clambered on the Cenotaph waving Palestinian flags, and the police stood by. Christians can be arrested for silently praying in the vicinity of an abortion clinic, yet hundreds of Muslims can kneel and pray at the gates of 10 Downing Street without hindrance. These disparities of treatment can only stoke up already existing community resentment.”
Just so there is no misunderstanding – I am sick to the back teeth of multiculturalism and diversity.
I’m with you on the inconsistencies of policing & the ongoing push to silence the views & culture of indigenous population.
Allowing those valid concerns to be conflated, used & abused by the MSM to further the evil agenda is a different matter.
We need to keep cool heads, be alert to their evil tactics & call out the evil actions.
https://off-guardian.org/2023/11/12/watch-3000-jews-and-muslims-sing-together-just-five-years-ago/
Just found this BB.
I was going to write a post to say exactly this, but you express it perfectly.
We’re being railroaded into a de facto elimination of free speech and the freedom to protest.
Thank you Stewart.
By the Free Speech Union. Couldn’t make it up.
Incitement to hatred and violence.
“Incitement to hatred and violence.” does not exist except when it suits the authorities or special interest groups. People choose their own course of action whether through weakness or a destructive nature.
Yes, indeed. The issue also serves as a honeypot of opportunity to distract attention away from Ukraine proxy war going badly for Uncle Sam and his lackeys, Russia prospering despite sanctions, the ‘safe and effective’ vax narrative being seen as a lie, cross Channel illegal, migration, climate crisis scepticism growing and ULEZ fightback are but a few of the issues the MSM/Government feel uncomfortable with.
The pro-Israel stance of many UK politicians on all sides who have been in a position to influence policy over the years, and also within the legal profession, is without doubt.
It therefore seems fair to question whether, amongst other detrimental policies, the inaction over illegal immigration is the consequence of their relationship with the Israeli regime?
Thanks downvoters, a convincing argument well presented.
Question asked.
Answer: no.
Like the pro Israel stance of Jeremy Corbyn and all those who supported (and still support) him? There’s votes in them there mosques and madressas!
Supprised at downvotes? Promote Sharia Law and see how many you get!
The Jeremy Corbyn smeared out of his leadership for not being pro-Israel. It’s the power of special interest groups that matters.
Daily Sceptic, words fail me!
Are you really suggesting that the Palestinians do not have a valid point of view?
Can you not see where this bigoted stance leads?
Celebration of slaughter and butchery, hatred a valid point of view.
Great point well made by Grant Shapps here ( 2mins );
”Extraordinary moral clarity from the British Defense Secretary here:
“If that terrorist attack a month ago had been on Britain and 1,400 Brits had lost their lives, the idea that we wouldn’t pursue the terrorist organization when we knew where they were and that anyone would tell Britain that we shouldn’t do that, I think would be rather improbable and extraordinary, and therefore Israel do have a right to do that.”
He added “Israel are going out of their way to try and protect civilians [in Gaza].”
https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1723663396166357287
Actually what I would like to see banned across the board is face coverings in public. Nobody has any valid reason whatsoever to cover their faces, but isn’t it always the crazy nutjob extremists in any type of protest that do this? What are they afraid of? Revealing their identity as a certifiable lunatic?
Nobody should serve anyone in a shop who has their face covered either, for instance. But I feel this is something else which has been almost normalized due to the Plandemonium years. When in 2019 did anyone see people covering their faces outside of a dentist’s or hospital theatre? Now nobody bats an eyelid at a muzzled muppet, and seemingly we can now add the Hamas fanclub, wearing their tea towels across their faces, to the list of loony f*ckwits.
Parliament gifted government agencies the authority to engage in illegal activities when it suits their own ends. When agitators are present whose actions may offer the government an opportunity, the default position should be to assume they may be working directly or unwittingly on behalf of the authorities.
Do you ever listen to the increasingly trashy racist junk you spout?
Its embarrassing.
And yet here you are. Triggered enough to react. Again…🤷♀️🤡
I don’t sweat deranged people.
These comments do seem increasingly extremist. If you had grown-up on the other side of this, do you think you would now be one of the more radical Hamas supporters?
Why would those who have the power to influence these conflicts and have such a disregard for their fellow humans not look to another unworthy group to dispose of once their first objective has been met? Careful what you support.
Define ”extremist”. Funnily enough, call me a weirdo but never in a month of Sundays would I ever support a terrorist organization made up of barbarian, sadistic, death-obsessed Jihadis. Perhaps you need to see a shrink if that’s your bag though.
You do – it’s called Israel.
Seconded.
That’s over a month since the Butchery and Barbarism in Context mob have been promising to flounce off and yet, here they are still paying their subs and treating us to their anti-zionist conspiracy theories.
Let’s hear it for Dresden eh Moggers?
They have previously banned or restricted EDL protests, therefore no new powers are required.
Liberty have a detailed explanation with links to the relevant statutes of the many new powers given the police. See https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_information/pcsc-policing-act-protest-rights/
We may conclude that the hand-wringing pantomime indulged in by Mark Rowley and Sunak ( and indeed as suggested in this article, Walney ) is simply to enable the planned confrontation and intimidation to go ahead
Rowley and Sunak pantomime indeed. There are already more than enough powers on the statute books to have stopped the marches this weekend.
Name them.
They are not protests, they are gleeful celebration of the slaughter and butchery of Jews, and support and encouragement for more.
They incite hatred and violence – those involved them should be deported.
Don’t think the Jewish people on the march saw it that way. But you know better especially as you weren’t even there.
Well I’m fairly pro-Israel in this but I think we should be very careful when calling for “banning” of protests or speech. Who decides, and how? Based on what criteria?
The right to protest in this country is older than the State of Israel. Remove it at your peril.