- “Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam” – It has emerged that the attacks on the Jewish football fans were planned in advance and co-ordinated using WhatsApp and Telegram, some of the posts from which the Telegraph has obtained and published.
- “Don’t close your eyes to the chilling return of antisemitism” – The time for zero tolerance of Jew-hatred on our streets is long overdue, says Danny Cohen in the Telegraph.
- “Amsterdam shows the limits of liberalism” – Stephen Daisley in the Spectator blames mass immigration for meaning the “wake up calls” following antisemitic violence never seem to be heeded.
- “A pogrom in Amsterdam” – The thuggish attacks on Israeli football fans recall Europe’s darkest days, says Spiked‘s Tim Black.
- “Democrats lost the election because they misunderstood the truth of the culture war” – Harris had bet on a blue landslide on abortion rights, but forgot that voters care most about guarantees over basic needs, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
- “America has abandoned student politics and got serious again. Will Britain follow?” – The real issues were not race and abortion but illegal migration, the cost of living and government overreach, says Douglas Murray in the Telegraph.
- “Nigel Farage is clearly the best choice to woo Donald Trump – and that’s a problem for Labour” – The Reform U.K. leader’s special bond with the returning U.S. President could be fruitful for Britain – but Keir Starmer won’t let it happen, says the Telegraph‘s Gordon Rayner.
- “National conservatism has won its first great victory” – The lesson the Tories must take from Trump’s landslide is that there’s nothing wrong with patriotism, says David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Smiling, winking, Biden looked delighted that Kamala Harris lost” – At least he beat Donald Trump once: that was more than any of his Democrat critics managed, says Poppy Coburn in the Telegraph.
- “It’s not racism that cost Kamala the election” – The Clinton campaign was right about what wins votes – “It’s the economy, stupid” – and it’s still true today, says Andrew Roberts in the Telegraph.
- “Is California turning red?” – A staggering 40% of Californians voted for Donald Trump, with Republicans leading in several of the most competitive House districts, and in San Francisco the uber-progressive Mayor London Breed has been voted out, says Soledad Ursúa in UnHerd.
- “Trump-deranged David Lammy is a liability for Britain” – The Foreign Secretary’s unhinged outbursts about the U.S. President-Elect reveal a mind broken by populism, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
- “Trump ‘will go easy on Britain because of Brexit’” – The President-Elect’s “sympathy” for the U.K. may save it from sweeping trade tariffs, a U.S. state Governor has suggested, according to the Telegraph.
- “2028” – On Substack, Thomas Buckley takes a look ahead to the 2028 U.S. Presidential race <groan>.
- “In which insane German delusions about the near-certainty of a Harris Presidency are dashed on the rocks of Trump’s decisive victory” – “Every now and then,” writes Eugyppius, “reality emerges from the shadows to crush the hollow propaganda of the press and the hallucinations of our politicians. We must enjoy these times.”
- “‘What should I do if I’m scared because of Donald Trump?’ – Spiegel consults a behavioural therapist on how to deal with the mental health consequences of Trump’s victory” – In a German newspaper’s interview with psychotherapist Maren Vogel, Eugyppius discovers a nation apparently suffering quite literally from Trump Derangement Syndrome.
- “Farmers plan breakaway protest after union declines to back mass demonstration” – Farmers are planning a breakaway inheritance tax protest after the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) declined to back a mass demonstration, the Telegraph reports.
- “Labour paves the way for four-day working week” – Labour is paving the way for the introduction of a four-day week in the public sector by scrapping Whitehall opposition to shorter working hours for the same pay at South Cambridgeshire council, days after imposing a £25 billion tax rise on businesses, says the Telegraph.
- “Council tax could rise to pay for Rachel Reeves’s NI raid, policing chiefs warn” – Several forces say they are facing budget “black holes” due to the National Insurance hike that can only be filled by raising local taxes or cutting front-line officers, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Seriously?’: Economist blasts Treasury’s ‘dubious’ tax raid tweet” – The department’s official social media account’s claim that National Insurance is not rising is met with incredulity and derision from economists, according to the Telegraph.
- “Military families told to find cheaper schools after VAT raid on fees” – The Government has helpfully advised military families on how to find cheaper private schools if they are priced out by its VAT raid, reports the Telegraph. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are suffering a recruitment crisis…
- “Labour appoints Chagos chief to run national security” – The guy who just bartered away the Chagos Islands, Jonathan Powell, has been announced as the new National Security Adviser in No.10, says ‘Steerpike’ in the Spectator. Safe pair of hands…
- “The Bank has fluffed its chance to stop a new inflationary storm” – Threadneedle Street went ahead with its pre-programmed cut just when the warning signs were flashing red, says the Telegraph‘s Matthew Lynn.
- “Ed Miliband’s £296 billion clean energy bill doesn’t add up” – In UnHerd, David Rose dismantles Mad Miliband’s latest implausible Net Zero plans.
- “Trump’s return is a disaster for Ed Miliband – his Net Zero dreams may soon lie in tatters” – The President-Elect has made no secret of his disdain for this “radical Left” agenda, says Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
- “Prince William to follow in father’s footsteps by attending COP climate summit next year” – The Prince of Wales will attend the COP30 climate summit in Brazil next year as he follows in his father’s footsteps, reports the Telegraph.
- “SNP ban on woodburning stoves scrapped because alternatives are ‘more polluting’” – SNP ministers have scrapped a controversial ban on installing woodburning stoves in new homes after a huge backlash in rural Scotland and a recognition that the alternative would often be diesel generators, the Telegraph reports.
- “The climate scaremongers: The rain in Spain” – Paul Homewood’s latest TCW column looks at the dubious BBC claims about the Spanish floods and the Budget’s impact on energy bills.
- “Senior Labour figures voice concern over assisted dying bill” – Growing numbers of senior Labour MPs are concerned about whether to vote in favour of legalising assisted dying, with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones the latest to warn that a fortnight is not enough time for debate, reports the Mail.
- “Farage: ‘I won’t vote for assisted dying’” – Reform leader Nigel Farage says the way the issue has been dealt with in Canada gives him the “shivers” ahead of a free vote later this month, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘God is not a white man’ declare Church of England clergy in Jesus diversity drive” – Church of England clergy have declared that “God is not a white man” and are working to make images of Jesus more diverse in the name of “racial justice”, reports the Telegraph. Somehow I doubt giving the Bible the Bridgerton treatment will get the masses flocking back to the pews.
- “Oxford University to spend more than £3.3 million ‘decolonising’ the curriculum and encouraging reporting of microaggressions” – Under the programme, EDI officers at Oxford will spearhead an £841,000 campaign to prevent “racial harassment and bullying”, reports the Mail. Sounds like another university to be avoided by the sane.
- “Why do so many private school students get extra time in exams?” – With data showing that approaching half (42%) of private school pupils qualify for extra time in exams due to a “learning disability”, compared to (a still considerable) 27% in state schools, the Spectator‘s Simon Cook wonders if independent schools have worked out how to game the system.
- “Ofcom’s vendetta against GB News” – The media watchdog is cracking down on views it disapproves of, says William Yarwood in Spiked.
- “Transgender men sue NHS over ‘half-built’ genitalia” – Some transgender men (i.e., females) have threatened to sue the NHS after being left with “half-built” genitalia, reports the Telegraph.
- “President Trump superb in taking on the Net Zero climate nonsense” – Change is coming, says Richard Tice on X as he posts a video of Trump declaring that “one of the most urgent tasks for our country is to decisively defeat the climate hysteria hoax”.
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