- “Starmer’s Britain is no longer a free country – it’s an Orwellian dystopia” – In the Telegraph, Allister Heath says the witch hunt against Allison Pearson lays bare this country’s despicable slide into authoritarianism.
- “The journalist investigated for a tweet” – Andrew Doyle on his Substack weighs in on the Allison Pearson controvers.
- “No.10 confirms non-crime hate review in wake of Allison Pearson row” – The Home Office is reviewing how police record non-crime hate incidents to ensure that they are “proportionate” and protect free speech, reports the Telegraph.
- “Police defend decision to investigate columnist Allison Pearson over tweet” – Essex Police have defended investigating Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over a year-old tweet, dismissing claims of bias and alleging “false reporting” about the case, according to the Times.
- “Allison Pearson did not deserve a visit from the police” – It is silly to blame the Government for what may be overzealous policing, but there is reasonable disquiet over the Allison Pearson saga so far, says Geoffrey Robertson in the Telegraph.
- “Nine-year-old among thousands investigated for hate ‘incidents’” – Children are among thousands of people being investigated by police for non-crime hate incidents, reveals the Times.
- “Three police forces called in to probe Allison Pearson tweet” – Three of Britain’s biggest police forces were involved in the investigation into a Telegraph journalist’s social media post, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Britain must follow Trump and embrace mass deportations” – If Starmer is serious about “smashing the gangs” he needs to go after their revenue model, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “If Left-wing lawyers thwart Trump’s deportation plan, democracy is dead” – Americans want the President-elect to make good on his promise to banish illegal immigrants – that’s why they voted him in, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “Water down farmer death tax, Defra tells Reeves” – A bid by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to soften changes to inheritance tax for farms – possibly by exempting some older farmers – has been rejected by the Treasury, according to the BBC.
- “Heartless Rachel Reeves put more spite than thought into her Budget” – The Chancellor’s pig-headedness will ruin her party – and the country, says Brian Monteith in the Telegraph.
- “The war on the countryside” – On his Substack, Ed West discussed the recent attack on Britain’s farmers.
- “Must try harder, Education Secretary” – Tackling absenteeism with magic beans, while ignoring your role in creating the problem? Bridget Phillipson must try harder, says Toby in the Spectator.
- “Keir Starmer’s choice of Attorney General should concern conservatives” – Of all Keir Starmer’s appointments to Government, none have been so personal or politically significant as his choice of Attorney General, writes Yuan Yi Zhu in the Spectator.
- “You can’t have a four-day week – it’s not the 1970s, minister tells civil servants” – Pensions minister Emma Reynolds says Defra “won’t get” reduced working days after research suggests it could save £21.4 million a year, according to the Mail.
- “Britain must ‘welcome’ closer ties with Europe, says Andrew Bailey” – The Bank of England Governor has told Rachel Reeves that Britain must rebuild trade ties with Europe to help stem the economy’s long-term decline, reports Reuters.
- “Justin Welby shouldn’t have resigned” – There is no proper reason for the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. No charge of improper conduct was proved against him, says Charles Moore in the Spectator.
- “Judges ‘have no place deciding assisted dying cases’” – The former head of the High Court’s family division has warned that it was not the “proper function” of a judge to rule whether someone would be eligible for an assisted death, reports the Telegraph.
- “Assisted dying bill could pressure terminal patients, says Wes Streeting” – Wes Streeting has warned of a “chilling” scenario where terminally ill patients feel pressured into ending their lives to save the NHS money, says the Times.
- “Ben & Jerry’s says parent Unilever silenced it over Gaza stance” – Ben & Jerry’s is suing parent company Unilever, accusing it of stifling its support for the Palestinian side in the recent conflict and threatening to dismantle its board and sue members over the issue, reports Reuters.
- “Ukraine ‘starts preparing to build a nuclear bomb’” – A briefing paper prepared for the country’s Ministry of Defence has revealed that Ukraine could develop a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if Donald Trump pulls U.S. military aid, according to the Mail.
- “Zelensky’s doomsday nuke option: how Ukraine could go nuclear on Putin” – Ukraine has enough plutonium to construct hundreds of nuclear warheads for rudimentary bombs akin to the first atomic weapons dropped on Japan by the U.S. in 1945, reports the Mail.
- “Trump floors Washington with a one-two punch of shock cabinet picks” – In the Times, David Charter reports that Trump’s cabinet picks – Rubio to soothe, Gabbard to provoke and Gaetz to enrage – are less a transition than a full-contact sport.
- “How will the ‘deep state’ swallow Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz?” – How will Gabbard cope in a cabinet now stuffed with hardline pro-Israel hawks who despise her? wonders Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
- “Trump’s pony” – Trump is creating a Cabinet with a theme, that theme being an outsider, a shaker-upper and someone guaranteed to terrify the establishment, says Thomas Buckley on his Point Substack.
- “Doctor tapped by Trump reveals plan to end bigger killer than cancer” – Trump is set to launch one of the biggest crackdowns on unhealthy eating in American history – despite being the biggest fast food lover to ever be elected president, reports the Mail.
- “Britain to ban coal mines under Miliband’s Net Zero plans” – Critics warn that banning coal mines will likely boost reliance on imported coal for steelmaking, much of it from China and Russia, says the Telegraph.
- “The battle behind Britain’s biggest wind farm” – On the Lancashire border, residents are still unhappy about the 26 wind turbines already in place – and now 21 more could be forced upon them, report Ben East and Andrew Vaux in the Telegraph.
- “Air traffic meltdown made worse by WFH engineer with password problems” – A bank holiday air traffic control meltdown that left more than 700,000 passengers stranded was made worse because a work-from-home engineer’s password wouldn’t work, says the Mail.
- “The SARS-CoV-2 transmission riddle – part 16” – On the TTE Substack, Dr. Tom Jefferson reminds us that when it comes to respiratory infections, stress is the ultimate villain.
- “MSP invokes watchdog after police record ‘identify as a cat’ tweet as non-binary hate” – A Scottish Conservative MSP has lodged a complaint against Police Scotland after his tweet about the SNP’s ‘equality action plan’ was recorded as a hate incident, reports the National.
- “Our colonial guilt is now so absurd we are branding dogs racist” – Banning dogs in the countryside because “one black African female” felt unsafe is barking mad, says Judith Woods in the Telegraph.
- “Gary Lineker production company scraps TV arm to concentrate on podcasts” – Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger Podcasts is ditching TV to focus on hit shows like The Rest Is History and The Rest Is Politics, according to the Guernsey Press.
- “‘We are basing public policy on hopeful predictions’” – On X, Jon Moynihan in a House of Lords debate about the cost of Net Zero pulls no punches. Watch the full speech here.
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“Starmer’s Britain is no longer a free country – it’s an Orwellian dystopia”
Katie Hopkins has an interesting take on this matter;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdbS_vSMLqE
Thursday Morning & Reading Rd
Blackwater
“It is silly to blame the Government for what may be overzealous policing”
Er, sorry mate, last I looked the police are not directly accountable to the public who are forced to pay for them through taxes. We don’t elect sheriffs or prosecutors as they do in the US. So elected officials are or should be responsible ultimately for oversight, setting a framework in which they operate, making appropriate laws, firing or bollocking police bosses when they overstep the mark.
Well it’s the police that seem hell bent on spending significant time trawling social media and hunting down these people that only posted stuff online. I don’t think I’ve read of a single person yet who’s got off with a suspended sentence. They’re all being told to plead guilty and they’re all being sent down with the judge always saying something along the lines of how a custodial sentence must act as a deterrent. So this is obviously all being ordered straight from Starmer, in my opinion. No way did this girl, who didn’t even participate in any protest/riot be sent to jail;
”A care worker who joined a group of masked men and livestreamed them making racist comments on TikTok during a Staffordshire riot has been jailed for nine months.
Cameron Bell, 23, was caught on CCTV wearing her work uniform as around 20 people, many armed with planks of wood and what appeared to be lengths of metal, walked through Tamworth town centre on the night of August 4 – the day after a riot erupted in Hanley.
Acknowledging that Bell’s involvement was at about 10.30pm – “after the worst was over” – the judge said her comments on the livestream were unacceptable and abhorrent and had the “potential to fan the flames”.
Rejecting calls for a suspended sentence, the judge concluded: “Anyone involved in violent disorder must command immediate custody, with the need for deterrence being acute.”
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/carer-jailed-live-streaming-staffordshire-9708293
Even the ‘Black belt barrister’ agrees. But I believe Starmer is telling these lawyers/solicitors to advise their clients to plead guilty, and regular people who’ve never been in trouble with the law before would naively trust their advice. Savvy people would plead not guilty;
”Agreed. Filming something and commenting is not a crime! She should not have pleaded guilty in my view.”
https://x.com/dshensmith/status/1857328128332358085
I certainly agree the police have to share in the blame.
Blackbelt Barrister is interesting – his channel has become progressively more “political” and you can see his concern for the future growing all the time
Jesus wept. Hate speech on a par with rape and child abuse. And you wonder why I think the police are scum who deserve zero sympathy or respect….Disgraceful attitude, this;
”The Chief Constable of Essex Police has listed hate speech as one of the largest threats to the community.
In a 2021 document, Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington suggested hate crime was on par with rape, child abuse, knife crime, domestic abuse and child sexual exploitation.
His comments emerged amid a tit-for-tat row with journalist Allison Pearson who was told she was under investigation for a year-old tweet allegedly inciting “racial hatred”.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/essex-police-chief-hate-speech-rape-knife-crime-child-abuse-biggest-threats
“Zelensky’s doomsday nuke option: how Ukraine could go nuclear on Putin”
Can Kyiv produce nuclear weapons?
Of course they can…and it would be astonishing if most of that work was not already done.
‘It can…within a short time…..Who knows where this uranium is just lying around?…You just walk and see a barrel of uranium. That’s cool.’
Oleksii Arestovych, former adviser to Ukrainian President, 23 June 2023
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-can-develop-nuclear-weapons-within-short-time-ex-zelensky-aide-1808663
The MSM has finally woken up to the DEFUSE proposal:
https://nypost.com/2024/11/14/us-news/covid-19-coverup-claims-swirl-after-whistleblower-reveals-disease-blueprint-may-have-been-wrongly-classified/
EVs The spark is going out?
Apparently Trump’s new team are already set to end EV tax credits;
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-trumps-transition-team-aims-172748188.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD_pkmpYKFQAaN0_9T29FsDoe6WF4A8C0MdNaxCjSJthyzd07vLAE8IlMgy7e2yJWcMyIyjJ7xfM7PAsS-fNbhCmcKJhvVBbHvzRMSUn_SITDCdm3up_eSwHa8HojJDDqkUeap_GUHbZLsLSlDkUZBCjgNbBWqBFsfJkuCNsCL9o
The EV market is already stuttering badly in the USA and the country is not planning a ban on ICE car sales although some individual states like California are imposing bans. If Trump oversees the end of the EV revolution in the USA it will punch a significant blow in the net zero agenda. The UK will look increasingly isolated if it pursues it’s 2030 ban on ICE cars while the rest of the world continues with a mix that includes ICE cars.
And if you want some more detail on trying to run an EV, here is Barrie Crompton talking about EV depreciation;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIvyidIcffY
Essentially he is pointing out that the total lease cost of the EV he is looking at has gone up by £10,000 in a month as the lease companies look to cover the depreciation costs with higher lease charges. This sort of financing is not tenable for a private owner and even for the corporate sector it is going to be a huge extra cost and lead to companies running the smallest vehicle fleet possible.
One can only assume that this sort of depreciation and lease cost will be the same for vans and thus these extra vehicle lease fees will need to be loaded on to the charges for building, electrical, care services etc.
It also means that due to depreciation EVs are being written off earlier as once repair costs exceed the vehicle value you are heading into write off territory. It is one thing to write off a kettle when it burns out, it is a whole different scale of problem to write off an EV. Altogether the technology they have grabbed hold of to deliver net-zero is very shaky and very poor. doubtless the technology will improve in the future but the present stuff is not fit for purpose.
What is to happen to the “written off” EVs? Where are they to be dumped, recycled, disposed of? Whose responsibility is it? Do the insurance companies end up with the “write off”?
The battery is the difficult bit that is hard to recycle, my understanding is that written off EVs are piling up faster than they can be re-cycled. Doubtless new recycling facilities will be coming along but recycling lithium-ion batteries is tricky and expensive. The last I heard there is a plant in Wolverhampton that breaks the lithium-ion batteries into a black goo, this is then transported to specialist plants to extract the various metals, there is one such plant near us in Tavistock. In my opinion the log-jam of handling written off EVs will be a major limiting factor with regard to how many EVs we can run in the UK.
Perhaps we could export them to Indonesia where I understand they have excellent recycling facilities.
Thank you for raising one of my pet peeves – NO ONE usually talks about where all this stuff goes at the end of life and that includes solar panels (I’ve got some on my house but they’ve never worked and no one was interested in fixing them or taking them down).
“Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for health secretary”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlne0n191wo
Am I dreaming?
BBC presenters are referring to RFK Jr as a “conspiracy theorist” as if it’s a fact rather than an opinion, and yet won’t state as fact that Hamas is a terrorist organisation.
What’s the difference between a theorist and a conspiracy theorist?
The big question is whether there will be any jail time for Fauci (and Gates).
Disagree. The big question is whether RFK Jr can stop all the corruption, expose the data and lies about drugs, vaxxines and medical care in general. Are we ready to reject all the junk we put in our bodies and shift towards taking responsibility for our health and local environment?
They broadcast that story on their World Service early today as well.
What’s the difference between a theorist and a conspiracy theorist?
Well, as one must be conspiring with others it would surely be the one with more co-conspirators?
Everyone conspires with somebody, unless you only do something on your own and don’t tell anybody else about it.
So the ‘we’re all going to die as the planet boils’ mob have the larger conspiracy theory…
Or maybe they’re about to find out they don’t have as large a conspiracy as they assumed.
Ukraine ‘starts preparing to build a nuclear bomb
Junior Mastermind for halfwits.
Your starter for ten:
Which is the only nuclear power to have unilaterally surrendered its nuclear warheads?
Correct
Bonus questions:
Which is the only present or past nuclear power ever to have been invaded?
Trick question…..ha ha ha!
Because of course there are two, now, that have been invaded since 06 August 2024.
So the question that you have to ask yourself is:
If your country is a barbaric and criminal state, and you invade a country with a nuclear option, however primitive, would they use it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGaST0rBcQ
‘Believe me, there will soon be concrete results that not only Ukraine but also the Russian Federation will see,” Yehor Chernev, referencing the Hrim-2 missile.
Early last month, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine’s “new ballistic missile” had passed flight tests but without naming the weapon. Zelensky had said in late August that Ukraine had tested a domestically produced ballistic missile, describing the results as “positive.” He declined to provide further details.
Zelensky’s October remarks likely referred to the Hrim-2, a missile long in development and thought to have an estimated range of just over 300 miles,
Ukraine……has heavily invested in its homegrown weapons production and defense industry
Kyiv has wielded its Neptune anti-ship missile, successfully sinking Black Sea Fleet flagship the Moskva in the early days of the war. Ukraine also debuted its Palianytsia “missile-drone,” which Zelensky said had been successfully used in combat in late August.
Ballistic missiles are harder for Russian air defenses to intercept, compared with cruise missiles or drones’
https://www.newsweek.com/hrim-2-ballistic-missile-ukraine-russia-1979601 04 Nov 2024
It’s a bit rich to complain about errors in reporting when the accused has not been told anything true to report by the Secret Police (a shame to have to say that when I was a police surgeon and the Essex Police Force Medical Officer for many years).
I am really pleased with RFKjr’s appointment. It will be very interesting to follow what he is able to do and how the rest of the world will respond. So there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel and we may return to proper scientific debate and common sense in the medical establishment. A huge task.
Hope he gets a very good support team.
I agree with you.
Agree. It will be a big fight but the more he is able to expose the data showing how harmful drugs are, and take control of the corrupt funding of medical science, the better. We can do our bit by celebrating his wins and spreading the word. Most people in the UK know that polypharmacy is bad for them but feel trapped. Our health service is broken and our medical professionals, with just a few exceptions, are living in a state of “cognitive dissonance”. They have to wake up, ask questions and start serving the vulnerable people in their care. The rest of us must take control of our health, demand the healthcare we need (not the current protocols where unnecessary tests and drugs replace real care) and look after ourselves, our families and communities.
The journalist investigated for a tweet
‘Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 criminalises online speech that can be deemed “grossly offensive”.’
Blair’s Britain
David Cameron, Boris Johnson, you were elected to sort all of this out.
You had one job……….
“The SARS-CoV-2 transmission riddle – part 16″ And at the end, the author said: “Gwen and John made the connection I made reviewing the studies. Thinking back to the spring of 2020 there was a crescendo of threatening messages from all quarters, so it is hardly surprising if stress levels went up in a short space of time. They also stayed up for at least 18 months. Add to this the inappropriate use and reporting of PCR results and the very high risk of contamination and we have an evidence based explanation of the origins of the madness. I cannot say whether all this stuff was deliberate or not. Personally I do not believe in plots, I am a believer in stupidity, superstition, greed, ignorance and malice. Frankly, Tedros, Fauci, Hancock, Italy’s Minister Speranza and friends would have to have been aware of Sheldon Cohen’s work and that to me is science fiction.
Best wishes, Tom. ”.
Sums it all up – seems right to me.
Madness is very stressful. With so many of our friends, families and communities caught up in it I find it surprising that any of us sceptics are able to cope. No wonder our discussion here becomes fraught at times. The distinction between plots and the lesser failings (stupidity, …) is not clear. When someone is as powerful as Fauci his personal agenda rules. I agree the others mentioned are more likely to be fools, puppets, deluded and greedy.
They seem to be desperate now to find something, anything, with which to accuse her. This could be why they wouldn’t be specific about it, so that they could see what she ‘fessed up to and then go prospecting on her social media.
How much time is being spent on this when they could be out catching pensioners for BBC licence evasion.
“Britain to ban coal mines under Miliband’s Net Zero plans”
So Labour aren’t so worried about the miners now. It is about time they admitted that Thatcher was ahead of her time in starting the move to a carbon free future.
Thatcher knew there would come a time when it would once again make economic sense to dig our own coal. That time is now. The coal has not gone away. And the party who hates her and her legacy is now in government and disagrees, simply because they are too proud to admit that she was right. You simply could not make it up.
If Thatcher were in power today she would say, “Dig, baby, dig!”
Well, we’ve certainly done our best to ensure that just about every trace of the UK coal mining industry has been wiped off the landscape. Incredible how little there is to see. Millions of £s worth of equipment was simply left underground and the pumps turned off. It will be a job and a half to resurrect the coalfields, should such a day ever come about.
No, they are still so angry about Mrs Thatcher’s treatment of the miners that they’re determined to do the same to the farmers, in order to show how unjust it was. Or something – identity politics is just so complex nowadays, especially when the environment gets involved.
Nothing to see here
https://www.rt.com/russia/607652-rats-5g-radiation-experiment/
“However, a more detailed study of the rats’ brain tissue after exposure to the 5G antenna revealed a significant change in the ratio of antioxidants and oxidants,“
Hmm. I do not suffer from Putin Derangement Syndrome (I am aware of the sabre-rattling NATO has been doing in Ukraine and elsewhere) but I am nevertheless aware that English language Russia Today is a Kremlin propaganda tool to – amongst other things – sow fear, uncertainty and doubt in the minds of the English-speaking world. I can’t blame them.
5G is not in itself a health risk. But the way people use the technology which depends upon it (and 4G/3G) is clearly causing problems to their mental and physical health. I am also concerned about how governments and tptb use the technologies which 3, 4 and 5G have enabled for control and censorship, and how the sleeping masses allow them to do it.
I am not saying that I know 5G to be harmful. I assume it not to be, but one wonders if, like long term vaccine studies, there is little research funding available for anybody to carry out thorough investigations.
I wonder what Zelensky plans to use to deliver his nuclear weapons. By all reports it is not gong to be small enough to hang from a modern fighter, if they have any left. It is reputed to likely be like the Fat Boy dropped on Japan, and I don’t think the UAF have any B36s on their inventory
Off Topic ( sorry for asking again ) Is there any news anywhere about the Soldier Stabbed outside his Barracks while out with his wife ???
No one seems to have mentioned it but the inheritance tax also impacts family businesses worth over £1 million.
Was thinking the same. And was wondering if there is or should be a difference?
Farming is inherently an asset rich business and not always that profitable. So the result of this tax is most likely cessation of the business or reducing the business.
What other businesses are in the same boat?
A further complication is the rise in farm land price. Driven by investors using farmland as an IHT loophole.
So-called investors are stoking farmland prices in the rush to turn them in to “solar farms” which attract millions in
subsidiestaxpayer cash.With about 50% of the private sector being employed in family businesses (about 13.9 million people in 2020, according to AI Overview) I think it could have a very big impact if say a son/daughter were to be presented with a massive tax bill when taking over the family firm – it is bound to make many think about selling up and causing job losses.
Would be interesting to know the asset base of these businesses.
What a great idea. Let’s impose a massive fine on small businesses to reward them for starting up and employing people; for generating taxable income and being the engines of invention, for providing services, and flying the flag for the UK.
Whatever our “government” are drinking, it’s time to put the bottle down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_be7fgapmY&list=WL&index=1 Dolan’s presentation – via YouTube! Spot the NHS advert on it, though.
So apparently if he pleads guilty there won’t be a trial and all of the mysteries and details surrounding this horrific attack on little children stay buried. So we might never see his face or hear him speak;
”Axel Rudakubana the man charged with the murder of 3 girls in Southport appeared in court yesterday. A family member relayed to me proceedings.
He covered his face, looked bored, blasé, cocky & disinterested. He said nothing & would not even raise his hand to the judge to acknowledge he could hear him.
He will appear again on the 12th Dec & a trial on on the 20th Jan.
I am told from elsewhere pressure is being put on him to plead guilty so the cover up of his circumstances do not come into the public domain.
This may well come from Starmer.”
https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1857141373436121579
https://x.com/SusheelJuneja/status/1853576063873593487
‘We are basing public policy on hopeful predictions’
Mmm… Not really. I don’t see that Milliband or any other Green Loony has made anything that could be reasonably called predictions about Net Zero.
‘I see a talk dark stranger in your future’ is more of a prediction.
So after spending years moaning that they were cheated out of their nuclear capability, the Ukraine suddenly realizes a bomb would be so easy to build?
“Police defend decision to investigate columnist Allison Pearson over tweet”
Doubling down on their own ineptitude then?
How’s the real crime clear up rate coming on? 5>6% at best?
“Nine-year-old among thousands investigated for hate ‘incidents’”
Doubling down on their own ineptitude again?
How’s the real crime clear up rate coming on? 5>6% at best?
I feel there’s a certain level of naivety surrounding Trump and his promise to challenge the status quo, it’s just not going to be a walk in the park… the Deep State is far too powerful and I see similarities to JFK
I don’t think Trump will make it to Inauguration, tptb have too much money to lose, Eisenhower warned that the MIC was getting too powerful all those decades ago.
I think Trump will be assassinated, I sincerely hope iam wrong..
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/justin-welby-shouldnt-have-resigned/
Oh yes he should. This so and so is a disgrace to Christianity and the country.