- “Yvette Cooper refuses to set target for cutting Channel crossings” – The Home Secretary has dodged setting a target for reducing Channel crossings, describing the issue as “complex”, reports the Mail.
- “Syrian asylum seekers in hotels to cost Britain £11 million a month” – Keir Starmer’s decision to leave thousands of Syrian asylum seekers in limbo is costing the British taxpayer up to £11 million a month in hotel bills, says the Telegraph.
- “Met to axe 370 specialist officers in schools despite record levels of teen knife crime” – Scotland Yard plans to remove 370 specialist officers from schools, despite soaring teenage knife crime, to bolster neighbourhood policing, reports the Telegraph.
- “The private police patrolling London” – The middle classes have lost faith in the Met, writes Fred Skulthorp in UnHerd.
- “Grooming gangs cover-up” – On The Winston Marshall Show, Winston is joined by Charlie Peters and Guy Dampier to discuss the untold story of the grooming gangs, as well as the failure of the media, police and politicians to tackle the issue.
- “‘You’ve stolen my happy retirement’: the letter shaming Rachel Reeves” – In the Telegraph, a pensioner who faces a £1 million tax bill on his modest savings urges the Chancellor to think again.
- “‘Labour has a horrible streak of class envy’ says revered party peer” – In an interview with Jane Fryer in the Mail, Labour peer and Countryside Alliance President Baroness Mallalieu slams Labour’s return to class envy, blasting Starmer’s inheritance tax plans that could devastate family farms.
- “Labour has made everything worse” – This Labour Government will start the new year by fighting rising inflation and presiding over a stagnant economy, predicts Roger Bootle in the Telegraph.
- “In the 18th Century, saying the wrong thing got you banned from Parliament. Those times are back” – Cancel culture is dismissed as a figment of the Right-wing imagination. Lady Meyer’s case shows that the phenomenon is all too real, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “The Trans-Pacific trade deal will make Britain richer – but Starmer may squander it” – “The treaties I negotiated give the U.K. access to the world’s largest and growing markets. But Labour shows no appetite for backing business,” writes Kemi Badenoch in the Telegraph.
- “‘U.K. should emulate Trump and Musk’s efficiency drive’” – Kemi Badenoch says that Britain should follow Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s push to make the state more efficient and cut waste, according to the Telegraph.
- “Farage is surging, Starmer is flailing. Can Kemi Badenoch survive?” – Badenoch must hold her nerve and choose her battles wisely, writes Kamal Ahmed in the Telegraph.
- “It’s time to be honest about who in Britain isn’t working” – If Labour want to tackle worklessness, they can’t be coy about who they’re talking about, says Len Shackleton in CapX.
- “Our town has become a dumping ground for new builds” – Residents in a quiet town are up in arms after a massive housing development for more than 400 homes was approved despite the council rejecting it, reports the Mail.
- “NHS staff who voice extremist views about Gaza could be struck off” – Wes Streeting has warned NHS staff not to use the Gaza conflict as an excuse for antisemitism, saying extremist views could lead to dismissal, says the Mail.
- “Welby’s ‘prayerful solidarity’ seems not to embrace beleaguered Jews” – In TCW, Rev. Julian Mann blasts Archbishop Welby’s tepid response to rising antisemitism in the U.K.
- “Stars at Gaza aid concert accuse Israel of genocide” – Paul Weller and Paloma Faith joined other Left-wing artists at Brixton’s Gig for Gaza, accusing Israel of “genocide”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Iran arrests female singer who refused to wear a hijab” – Iranian authorities have triggered widespread outrage after a female singer who refused to wear a hijab while singing in a virtual concert on YouTube was arrested, says the Mail.
- “Ed Miliband warned against giving £1.5 billion to retired miners” – Unearthed documents show that Ed Miliband has been cautioned that a £1.5 billion payout to retired miners could burden taxpayers with years of pension costs, according to the Telegraph.
- “‘Ed Miliband is our most consequential MP, I’m afraid’” – Ed Miliband’s terrible record as Labour leader and now Energy Secretary is at odds with his sense of manifest destiny, says Dominic Lawson in the Sunday Times.
- “Net Zero target at risk as households drop out of electricity rationing scheme” – Ed Miliband’s Net Zero power grid plan has faltered, as sign-ups for the key electricity-saving scheme have dropped by more than half, reports the Telegraph.
- “How suppliers deliver ‘green’ power when wind runs out of puff” – On his Eigen Values Substack, David Turver reveals how energy companies greenwash 100% renewable claims.
- “Funny money” – Can modern monetary theory pay for Net Zero? No, says Richard Lyon on his Substack; it’s inflationary rocket fuel.
- “William’s veiled dig at ‘eco-warriors’ Harry and Meghan?” – Prince William, in what appeared to be a veiled dig at Harry and Meghan, insists he does not want to “preach” about the environment, believing that people shouldn’t be told what they can’t do, according to the Mail.
- “RSV vaccines for children: still crazy after all these years” – On Substack, Dr. Robert W. Malone warns that pushing RSV vaccine trials for babies, despite no clear need and the risk of harm, shows an industry more focused on profit than ever.
- “Pfizer failed to disclose deaths of two women in Covid vaccine clinical trials” – According to Daily Clout researchers, Pfizer-BioNTech concealed the deaths of two vaccinated participants in its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, reports Dr. Michael Nevradakis in the Defender.
- “On the bizarre case of Stephan Kramer – the spy chief and anti-AfD crusader who leaked secrets to journalists, hung out with a Russian biker gang and got caught plagiarising from an Antifa newsletter” – On Substack, Eugyppius uncovers the scandalous tale of Stephan Kramer, the spy chief whose bizarre antics have made him an unlikely poster child for the German establishment’s anti-AfD crusade.
- “ABC to pay Trump $15 million for defamation, issue apology” – ABC News and star anchor George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump for $15 million, after Stephanopoulos falsely said that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a civil case, reports Politico.
- “Trump insider claims drones are part of Government’s Project Blue Beam” – Social media has gone ablaze with conspiracy theorists insisting that the mysterious drone sightings all over America are connected to a chilling Government plot, says the Mail.
- “Trump vows to end ‘very costly’ daylight saving time” – President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to end daylight saving time (DST), arguing it is “inconvenient” and “very costly” to Americans, according to the BBC.
- “DEIsappearing act” – DEI will not go quietly, but it is clear the tide has turned, says Thomas Buckley on his Substack.
- “Fans accuse BBC of ‘ruining’ Match of the Day” – A row has broken out as the BBC lines up Kelly Cates as one of the three presenters to replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day – with fans accusing BBC bosses of “ruining” the popular sports programme, reports the Mail.
- “Guinness crisis comes to a head as pubs run dry” – Consumption of Guiness has risen by more than 20% over the past year — but the drink’s sudden popularity appears to have taken even its owner by surprise, say Daisy Eastlake and Andrew Ellson in the Times.
- “Free speech is not free in this country any more” – Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Nation reacts to the news that Ipso has sanctioned the Spectator for ‘misgendering’ a trans activist.
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I lived in the UK from 1976-1979. Not a country I would choose to live in now.
Since everything is depressing, and I’m regularly hoping for the UK to sink into the cleansing sea, I have only one thing light hearted to say…
Guinness is disgusting overrated bilge piss from a dehydrated alcoholic and should be replaced by far better brown beers. Let it go out of business!
I went through a brief phase of drinking it many moons ago and I used to have ‘Black Velvets’ ( 1/2 cider ) or Guinness and blackcurrant. I think it’s one of those drinks I sickened myself with, literally, and then couldn’t touch the stuff. Even went to the Guinness brewery in Dublin and donated my free half to somebody else. At least beer is refreshing but that stuff is like a meal replacement, to my mind. Real heavy and just sits on your stomach. I preferred serving the stuff when I worked in bars as I used to find the finished product, once I’d added the shamrock on top, aesthetically pleasing.
On the odd occasion I drink stout, I prefer Murphys from Cork. Much nicer drink.
Very popular in Nigeria, sales up 41% in the last four months…….
The Nigerians think it promotes virility.
Try the Nigerian Export at 7.2 %. It certainly has an impact on virility.
As if they need any more virility! (6.9% replacement rate!)
When I belonged to a folk club many moons ago, a visiting American guitarist (Roy Bookbinder for afficionados) had been told in the Stets that THE drink in England was Guinness and cider. I can testify that, after he was plied with several of these during the course of the evening, his ragtime playing got less precise.
Proof positive that Guinness isn’t good for you, but it did show what one or toucan do.
For myself, I find it’s a great night-cap after a long evening saxophone rehearsal.
In a book about the history of beer I read years ago as a member of the Campaign for Real Ale (remember that?), the author explained that Guinness is actually just LONDON PORTER, the recipe for which was stolen by the Guinness founder during WWII, after all dark beers were banned in the UK, because making them used up too much precious rationed fuel. The malt for dark beers needs to be roasted for longer to achieve the dark colour and flavour, so only pale ales were allowed by the British government.
There was no such ban in “Neutral Ireland”, so Guinness was able to sell it to the NAZI SUBMARINE CREWS welcomed into IRISH HARBOURS all during the war. Ireland was a very convenient base for NAZI SUBMARINES to ATTACK THE AMERICAN CONVOYS bringing life-saving supplies to the UK.
Another bit of real history that is never taught in schools, neither in Britain nor America…
Do you still believe in coincidences? Maybe I’m reading too much into this but what’s so special about Jan 20th?
The Southport child-killer’s trial is set for then;
”Holding his grey sweatshirt over the bottom of his face – as he has done at previous hearings – the teenager did not speak when asked to confirm his name when he appeared by videolink from London’s Belmarsh prison for the hearing at Liverpool Crown Court.
A further hearing will be held on Dec. 12 where he is due to enter a plea to the accusations. Judge Julian Goose told him the trial was listed to begin on Jan. 20 next year and would last between four and six weeks.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-13/uk-southport-murder-suspect-due-to-go-on-trial-in-january
The scumbag who tried to murder the soldier is to stand trial then;
”The case of a man accused of attempted murder following the stabbing of an army officer has been adjourned. During a plea and trial preparation hearing at Maidstone Crown Court today (August 22), Judge Philip St John-Stevens adjourned the arraignment on Anthony Esan’s charges.
Esan’s trial was, however, fixed to start on January 20, 2025 and is expected to last three weeks. It will be heard by a High Court judge.”
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/man-accused-attempted-murder-over-9501969
Labour councilor Ricky Jones also. I just thought of all the dates isn’t it peculiar to have all three ( and maybe others, who knows? ) on that specific one? Maybe my mind is just now rewired to see conspiracies everywhere…
”Jones is accused of encouraging violent disorder with his speech on August 7, as well as “believing it would be committed” as a result of his words.
He pleaded not guilty to encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence, and a five-day trial was set for January 20 next year.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/who-is-ricky-jones-the-exlabour-councillor-who-has-appeared-in-court-b1180553.html
Well something is afoot re Jan 20th that’s for sure.
The inauguration day of the new American President.
My wedding anniversary!
There has been no updates on the condition of the soldier ?? Even his name is hard to find .
Yeah, so many of these high profile and significant incidents, once initially reported on, seem to fall off a cliff. There’s seldom any updates and you’ve got to go digging for info. Apparently the migrant who stabbed the kids and teacher in Dublin doesn’t even have a trial date yet, and that’s over a year ago.
So when do those parents get to see justice done? Probably some BS story from his defense that he’s not mentally capable of standing trial or something…
Regarding the above ‘coincidences’, it’s also Trump’s inauguration on the 20th, but I can’t see what that’s got to do with anything. Especially as trials don’t take just the one day, so it should have no bearing on anything happening in a different country, surely?
Have you checked if that is the first date in the New Year when the courts next sit.
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Posted on here yesterday:
‘The stakes are everything and Russian leadership may now see just how critical it is to make sure that the West is decisively defeated in Ukraine.’
The Ostrich is a bird well known for sticking its head down a hole when danger approaches. Other birds do this. I have also seen Rhinoceros put their heads into the thick bushes close to a water hole as a herd of Elephants approach.
‘For Russia, the war in Ukraine has long since moved from the military to the political field. So, we can say that all the negotiations that are currently being discussed will not take place in one day. And the question of the military expediency of fighting is seen by the Russians as a solution to their political issues.
Since the political issue of the Russian Federation is the survival of Putin’s dictatorship, discussions, battles, bargaining, deception, search for additional allies, bribes — all of these will be used by the parties involved in this process.’
By the way:
‘Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, over 2,000 military personnel with varying degrees of poisoning by unknown or identified chemical substances have been admitted to both military and civilian medical facilities across Ukraine. These include irritant agents like CS and CN, used in munitions for riot control…..
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said last month that CS riot gas had been discovered in shell and soil samples, given to it by Kyiv. The samples were taken from the (battle) zone…..’
Article 1.5. Chemical Weapons Convention, ratified by Russia Jan. 1993
https://elizabethhart.substack.com/p/i-think-the-vaccines-are-shit-mate
Dr William Bay’s win against Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia.
Reinstated as a doctor and fully exonerated after being suspended for professional misconduct.
“Trump vows to end ‘very costly’ daylight saving time” – President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to end daylight saving time (DST), arguing it is “inconvenient” and “very costly” to Americans, according to the BBC.
The article is really weak and uses the term DST to mean either the policy or the practice of changing the time twice a year.
Examples of countries that have abandoned having a policy of DST did not include any explanation of how they coped without it. China is not mentioned in the article but is an enormous country and has a single time zone and does not have a DST policy. Instead, schools, offices have different opening hours depending on where they are in the country and who else they need to do business with. Farm workers keep their own work hours depending on the demands of their livestock and business contacts.
The USA has many timezones and currently has a policy of DST. The policy was last changed in 2005 with the dates of ‘Spring Forward’ and ‘Fall Back’ changed – but not choosing to coordinate those changes with other countries – the change to be implemented in 2007. The change messed up electronic diary entries for anyone who used them to coordinate with people in the USA with people turning up early or too late for meetings depending on whether their computer software had been modified to use the new rules at the same time as anyone else’s. Airlines had scheduling nightmares though I’m not aware of any accidents caused by the change.
In 2000 Australia (or possibly just NSW) decided to delay or bring forward their DST change (I can’t remember which) just for that year. It caused scheduling chaos – which was precisely what they were trying to avoid by moving the DST change so that the sporting events did not clash.
Instead of changing the clocks, change the business practices. If your business needs to work with people who get up earlier than you then have some of your workers start earlier than others. It happens already, no need to mess about with the clock.
Well and good, but if cars are rationed, boilers are rationed, milk is adulterated, energy unaffordable, and the landscape buried in plastic and concrete, then what we can do is limited quite apart from the preaching.
I would have some sympathy with his viewpoint (although I don’t agree with his beliefs) if he, and all of his ilk, practiced what they preached. If he conducted all his meetings via zoom, for example, instead of flying hither and thither. Same with Miliband (argh, wash my mouth out with soap). If he could invite the press to his house to show us his solar panels, heat pump and electric car and explain how they work for him, instead of haranguing us all the time, I’m sure people would be at least more willing to listen. But then, is it more likely that he has few or none of these items that he expects us all to purchase?
Indeed. Maybe what he means is that people shouldn’t be told but forced into what to do. Either that, or he has a big task on his hands to transform the British state into one where people can actually make real choices for themselves. He could start by going back to letting people think and say what they want. That would be nice.
“How suppliers deliver ‘green’ power when wind runs out of puff” Is worth a read. The point worth noting is that the claims for 100% renewable is not actually a real time one. The existence of the Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin (REGO) scheme is the key; they are traded independently, and can be spread over time. Thus the author uses the term “REGO Racket”. You can’t store as much electrical energy than you can store cash in the bank (in REGO certificates), as it were.
“Scotland Yard plans to remove 370 specialist officers from schools, despite soaring teenage knife crime, to bolster neighbourhood policing”
bolster neighbourhood policing?
My arse! To check peoples twitter acounts more like
Why risk being stabbed when you can sit in a nice warm office looking for hurty words on a computer?
“U.K. should emulate Trump and Musk’s efficiency drive’” – Kemi Badenoch”
Oh, and I suppose your the party to trust with immigration and net zero are you kemi?
Your sodding party had 13 years to do the right thing and lied all the way though that time
Gfy!
“Labour has made everything worse”
Yes, and more appalling news today, that Nigel Farage warned about years ago in UKIP !!! Instead of RE-NATIONALIZING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES— you know, like in normal countries around the world— as Labour promised to do…
” Royal Mail has been cleared to be taken into FOREIGN OWNERSHIP for the first time in its 608-YEAR HISTORY.”
“CZECH BILLIONAIRE Daniel Kretinsky has been given the the green light to buy Royal Mail’s parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) by ministers after providing undertaking about its future, it was confirmed today.”
“Other undertakings include keeping Royal Mail’s maintain their headquarters and tax residency in the UK for AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. This pledge will be backed by the issue of a golden share to the British government.”
Daily first class mail service secured in £3.6 billion Royal Mail takeover
Some comments from the public:
— “Such a shame as they always made a profit till the government allowed outside companies to cherry pick the more lucrative services leaving RM to have the rest.”
— “Another national asset that was sold off for peanuts now owned by a foreigner, this should never have been allowed from the outset and should have been renationalised rather than allow outsiders to own. We must be the only western country who doesn’t own its own postal service— what a debacle!”
— “Do we, as a nation, truly own anything anymore, or has everything been sold to those with a large checkbook?”
— “Why do they not just put a sign up saying Everything Must Go. Does not matter which party is in they have no loyalty to this country.”
— “Hopefully it will be renamed ‘UK Mail’ or similar because it certainly isn’t ‘Royal’ any more.”
Private Police – eventually (if it isn’t already) it’ll become a protection racket.