- “Angela Rayner blasted for housebuilding plans that will mainly benefit migrants” – The Conservatives have pointed out that the “majority” of Labour’s massive new housebuilding programme, which will bulldoze vast swathes of the countryside, will mainly benefit new migrants, reports the Express.
- “The working population is being squeezed dry to pay for Rachel Reeves’s benefits state” – The working population is being bled dry to prop up a welfare system that rewards grift over graft, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “Chagos deal could stop U.S. housing nuclear weapons on military base” – The Chagos Islands deal could strip the U.S. of its nuclear foothold, with experts warning Mauritius could block weapon deployments at the base, reports the Telegraph.
- “Stop blaming civil servants for your failings, Ed Balls tells Starmer” – Speaking on his Political Currency podcast, Ed Balls has told Keir Starmer to stop scapegoating civil servants and start delivering, says the Telegraph.
- “Kemi Badenoch on where she plans to take the Tories” – In an interview with the Spectator, Kemi Badenoch sets out her bold vision for the Tories. No sandwiches!
- “How Kemi Badenoch and J.D. Vance plan to change the future of conservatism” – The Tory leader’s relationship with America’s Vice President-elect could be key to the Conservative Party’s relations with the White House, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “Press watchdog accused of ‘blatant political activism’ amid trans row” – The Independent Press Standards Organisation has been accused of “blatant political activism” for backing a complaint by trans author Juno Dawson over a Spectator article describing him, accurately, as “a man who claims to be a woman”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Father found dead after ‘making racist gesture’ at match” – A father-of-one has taken his own life after being mobbed on social media for making racist gestures towards a black footballer at a local derby, according to the Mail.
- “Judge and social workers who handed Sara Sharif’s father custody given anonymity” – The judge and social workers who agreed that Sara Sharif’s father could have custody of her have been granted anonymity due to concerns about a “social media pile-on”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Vegan couple starved son, 3, to death in ‘breathtaking’ case of neglect” – A couple have been jailed for causing the death of their three year-old son after forcing him to endure an “extreme” vegan diet, says Sky News.
- “The absurdity of ‘buffer zones’” – It’s a strange world where holding a Bible verse outside an abortion clinic gets you convicted, writes Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
- “U.K. ‘commits’ to forcing cattle to consume anti-flatulence feed additive” – The U.K. Government’s plan to shove methane-suppressing additives into cattle feed by 2030 has critics slamming it as dangerous meddling in farming and food safety, says Leslie Eastman in WUWT?
- “The H5N1 vaccine UKHSA purchased from CSL/Sequirus LTD” – The UKHSA quietly backed a pandemic flu vaccine linked to 17 deaths in trials (vs 1 in placebo) – but don’t worry, nothing to see here, say Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan on the TTE Substack.
- “‘The public sector is the illness’: Javier Milei on his first year in office” – The Spectator’s Kate Andrews sits down with Javier Milei as he declares war on the public sector, insisting that its dismantling is the only way to save Argentina from economic ruin.
- “The counter-revolution begins” – On Substack, N.S. Lyons offers seven principles for the Trump revolution if it wants to win bigly.
- “Library that promotes ‘trans joy’ refuses Afghan women’s rights poster to avoid ‘bias’” – A council library that promoted “trans joy” has refused to display an anti-Taliban women’s rights poster in order to remain “unbiased”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Scotland caves to U.K. puberty blocker ban” – Well, well, well. It now transpires that the Scottish Government will follow Westminster’s lead on the U.K. puberty blocker ban, writes Steerpike in the Spectator.
- “‘These are civilisation-ending bad ideas’” – On the Free Press podcast, Kemi Badenoch sits down with Bari Weiss to explain why fighting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Critical Race Theory is a hill worth dying on.
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