- “Farage accuses Streeting of covering up ‘truth’ of grooming gangs” – Reform leader Nigel Farage rebutted Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s warning that inflammatory speech could lead to a New Zealand-style mosque massacre, the Telegraph reports.
- “Labour MP rejected calls for local grooming inquiry that identified more than 1,000 victims” – Labour MP Shaun Davies initially rejected calls for an inquiry into grooming gangs that later found more than 1,000 children had been abused while authorities turned a blind eye, the Telegraph reports.
- “Britain is now worse than an international laughing stock” – It’s not just the grooming gangs scandal. Starmer’s U.K. is becoming a case study in how to destroy a society, says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
- “Labour is treating the white working class with contempt” – There is a common thread behind Labour’s failure to confront the grooming gangs and its war on educational excellence, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
- “How Tommy Robinson won over Trump’s inner circle” – Much has been made of Nigel Farage’s journey from Thanet to Trump Towers – but his nemesis, Robinson, has been making moves of his own, says the Telegraph.
- “How Britain forgot Keighley’s grooming gangs” – The town is a case study in exploitation, says Jacob Furedi in UnHerd.
- “Ex-Labour MP arrested – days after attacking ‘unacceptable’ Elon” – Last week, former Labour MP Ivor Caplin was slamming “unacceptable” Elon Musk; this week he’s been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences after a sting by paedophile hunters, reports the Spectator.
- “Blow to Starmer as supermarket giant backs farmers over inheritance tax raid” – Morrisons has said it stands with farmers, as they prepare further protests against the tax changes, the Telegraph reports.
- “Labour promised the impossible – and it’s all fallen apart” – The economy is out of control and it’s worryingly reminiscent of previous sterling crises, says Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.
- “Incompetent Reeves must be sacked – but her replacement will be worse” – Those praying for the Chancellor’s demise should be careful what they wish for, suggests Brian Monteith in the Telegraph.
- “Reeves vows war on waste to save public finances as Labour critics circle” – Rachel Reeves will launch a war on waste to stabilise public finances amid growing disquiet from her MPs over her handling of the economy, the Telegraph reports.
- “It’s unlikely Rachel Reeves is going anywhere” – Rachel from Accounts will only be removed if Starmer decides he has no other viable way of saving himself, and we are not there yet, argues Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator.
- “Third private school in a week closes after Labour VAT raid takes effect” – The third private school in a week has closed after Labour’s introduction of VAT on fees at the start of the month, the Telegraph reports.
- “Nigel Farage has the power to choose Britain’s next Prime Minister” – Labour will cling to office if, as seems likely, the Tories and Reform remain split, warns Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Elon Musk and Dominic Cummings ‘in plot to sabotage U.K. politics’” – Boris Johnson’s former No 10 adviser is planning a new ‘StartUp Party’ which he hopes will smash the traditional Westminster system and is understood to be communicating with Mr. Musk on WhatsApp, reports the Mail.
- “The Left is plotting to silence Elon Musk – and we know the real reason why” – The Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon believes he’s twigged why the Left really wants to silence Musk.
- “Miliband’s ‘reckless obsession’ with renewables leaves consumers with record bills” – Ed Miliband has been accused of pursuing a “reckless” Net Zero agenda after new figures revealed consumers are being left with record bills to keep wind farms switched off, the Telegraph reports.
- “The Left is no longer getting away with blaming climate change for wildfire disasters” – Cutting the fire department might have had something to do with LA’s devastating fires, suggests the Telegraph‘s Camilla Tominey.
- “Corporate America is abandoning diversity targets – will Britain cling on?” – There are, sadly, no signs yet of a company-driven backlash to DEI of the kind being seen in the United States, says Kate Andrews in the Telegraph.
- “We Need a Cognitive Freedom Movement” – There are so many ways we should be vigilant about the freedom of our minds, says Laura Dodsworth on Substack.
- “Ultimate killjoys! Now SNP Government BANS birthday cake in nurseries” – SNP nanny state plans to improve children’s diets yesterday descended into farce as the party banned birthday cakes in nurseries, the Mail reports.
- “Arron Banks denied US entry to attend his own Trump party” – Arron Banks was due to host Trump, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss at a lavish celebration in Washington but the Brexit tycoon’s visa was blocked in what he branded a “political decision and revenge for the failed Russia Hoax perpetrated on both sides of the Atlantic”, the Times reports.
- “‘It’s about plain robbery’: Bangladesh leader on the Tulip Siddiq scandal” – The PM is under pressure to sack the anti-corruption Minister after Muhammad Yunus called for an investigation into homes given to her and her family by allies of her aunt’s deposed regime, reports the Times.
- “Civil service to end ‘climate of fear’ trans policy” – Civil servants will no longer be labelled ‘transphobic’ for expressing gender-critical beliefs under new guidelines, the Telegraph reports.
- “I beg you to read these disturbing new claims in Letby case” – In the Mail, Peter Hitchens quotes from David Davis’s speech last week in the Commons to provide some shocking new facts about the Lucy Letby case, urging readers to read the full speech (find it here).
- “Greenland leaders say they will enter negotiations with Trump” – Greenland’s leader, Múte Egede, expressed his willingness to engage in negotiations with President-elect Trump over the territory’s future, reports the Mail.
- “LA’s dreams went up in flames” – Politicians are to blame for a shocking lack of preparation, says Joel Kotkin in UnHerd.
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