- “Badenoch blames grooming gangs abuse on people from ‘peasant backgrounds’” – Kemi Badenoch says that rape gang perpetrators are “peasants” from “sub-communities” in other countries, according to Sky News.
- “Are grooming gang perpetrators really from ‘peasant’ communities?” – Kemi Badenoch’s remarks on “peasants” from “sub-communities” in group-localised child sexual exploitation echo studies showing that Pakistani men dominate such prosecutions, says Rakib Ehsan in UnHerd.
- “To avoid prosecution in Britain, Neil Gaiman joins Islamic grooming gang” – Authorities in the U.K. were outwitted once again this week when famed author Neil Gaiman, seeking to avoid prosecution on charges of sexual assault, joined an Islamic grooming gang, according to the (satirical) Babylon Bee.
- “Chagos deal ‘set to be signed this week’ ahead of Trump’s inauguration” – Mauritius is poised to take control of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. amid claims Labour will pay billions to cede British sovereignty, reports the Mail.
- “Hiring outside London plunges after regional employers battered by Budget” – Hiring by companies outside London has fallen sharply following Rachel Reeves’ tax raid, with regional employers scrambling to save money, according to Business Matters.
- “Labour-run council hits buyers of empty homes with previous owners’ tax bills” – A Labour-run council is hitting buyers of empty homes with massive council tax bills left by previous owners, reports the Telegraph.
- “Rachel Reeves forced to defend £600 million investment deal from China trip” – Rachel Reeves has scrambled to defend her Beijing and Shanghai visit amid criticism over Chinese slave labour and jailed British citizen Jimmy Lai, says the Mail.
- “Hong Kong offers rewards for arrest of six activists abroad” – Hong Kong police have offered rewards of £103,000 for information leading to the arrests of six pro-democracy activists living in the U.K. and Canada, says BBC News.
- “Labour won’t cut spending until Britain is bankrupt – but we’ll soon be there” – The Prime Minister may soon be forced into huge cuts and the Left will never forgive him, writes Philip Johnston in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer turns to Trump to fuel growth” – Keir Starmer is seeking to boost U.K. growth by forging a “partnership” with the U.S., reports the Telegraph.
- “Scottish Tory leader warns against Reform ‘protest vote’ as Farage’s party ahead in poll” – The Scottish Tory leader warned that Unionists casting a “protest vote” for Reform U.K. in next year’s Holyrood election would keep the SNP in power, according to the Scotsman.
- “Tulip Siddiq resigns as anti-corruption minister” – Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after being embroiled in a corruption scandal, reports the Standard.
- “Bangladesh files criminal case against U.K. minister Tulip Siddiq” – Bangladesh has filed a criminal case against Tulip Siddiq, accusing her of misusing her position as an MP to gain influence and illegally acquire land with her aunt, the ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to the Guardian.
- “Mastermind behind the ‘EdStone’ becomes Treasury minister after Tulip Siddiq’s exit” – Torsten Bell, the man who dreamt up the “EdStone”, has joined the Treasury following Tulip Siddiq’s exit, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘No financial experience’ required for Bank of England roles” – Liz Truss has accused the Bank of England of being “captured by Leftist ideology” after it said in job ads that the applicants do not require any financial experience, says the Telegraph.
- “Bridget Phillipson to revive free speech laws after backlash from academics” – The Government is set to U-turn on its decision to quash the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act after a backlash, reports the Telegraph.
- “PM to pay damages to Gerry Adams” – Ministers have come under fire for a “wholly inappropriate” law change which paves the way for Gerry Adams to receive tens of thousands of pounds in compensation, says the Mail.
- “Prison service using Zoom to ‘hire officers who can’t lock doors’” – The National Chairman of the Prison Officers’ Association has slammed the prison service’s Zoom recruitment and poor training, warning it leads to hiring under-qualified officers who can’t even lock doors, reports the Times.
- “European electric car market suffers ‘devastating’ collapse after tax breaks scrapped” – Falling EV sales in Germany dealt a “devastating” blow to the European car market last year, as Chinese carmakers powered ahead, says the Telegraph.
- “YouTube censored my Covid Inquiry evidence as vaccine misinformation, barrister says” – Anna Morris KC, who is representing family groups injured by the jab, has told the Covid Inquiry that a YouTube video of her preliminary submissions to Baroness Hallett had been taken down, reports the Telegraph.
- “Vaccine injury scheme has cost taxpayers more to run than it has paid out to victims” – Official figures suggest that the payment scheme for people injured by vaccines has cost taxpayers more to run than it has paid out to victims, says the Telegraph.
- “Why did maternal mortality in white women but not black women increase after 2020?” – On the WATN? Substack, Profs. Norman Fenton and Martin Neil reveal that higher Covid vaccination rates among white women may explain their post-2020 surge in maternal mortality, unlike black women whose rates fell.
- “Immense COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ antigenic sin research library published” – On the Courageous Discourse Substack, Nicolas Hulscher flags a research library of 131 peer-reviewed studies suggesting that COVID-19 vaccines imprinted recipients’ immune systems via the Wuhan spike protein.
- “GPs vastly outnumbered by other clinical staff at surgeries, report finds” – The Nuffield Trust think tank says that there are now almost three times as many healthcare professionals without medical degrees working in general practice as there are family doctors, according to the Telegraph.
- “Bowel cancer screening rolled out to over 50s by NHS” – All 50-74 year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years, reports BBC News.
- “French theatre faces bankruptcy as 250 migrants refuse to leave” – A Left-wing theatre in Paris facing bankruptcy after organising free event for 250 homeless African migrants who then refused to leave and are still there five weeks later, says the Mail.
- “Here’s what Greenland should do about Donald Trump” – Greenland’s sovereign protector, Denmark, is itself a strategic minnow. Is it time for the world’s largest island to turn to Trump’s America? asks James Lewisohn in the Spectator.
- “Jack Smith says he thought Trump would have been convicted” – Donald Trump has blasted Jack Smith as a “lamebrain” in a late-night rant, slamming the special counsel’s January 6th report as a baseless political hit job, reports the Mail.
- “J.D. Vance faces MAGA backlash over pardons for January 6th rioters” – Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is facing heat for saying people who committed violence on January 6th, 2021, should not be pardoned, according to Newsweek.
- “The LA wildfires have left the diversity industry in ruins” – The California wildfires have awoken countless Americans to the downsides of DEI, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “‘I was in the Democrat ‘cult’. Now I raise money for Trump’” – A former high energy Democratic fundraiser, congressional candidate and social media influencer is now raising money for President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, reports the Mail.
- “‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk given office in White House complex” – Elon Musk has been given an office in the White House complex for his Department of Government Efficiency, says Business Standard.
- “China ‘in talks’ to sell TikTok to Elon Musk” – Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the U.S. to Elon Musk, should the short-video app be unable to avoid an impending ban, reports Reuters.
- “Nurse is struck off after using N-word amid string of racial incidents” – An NHS nurse in charge of a women’s psychiatric unit has been banned after using racist slurs, reports the Mail.
- “Netflix secures more viewers than BBC One for first time” – Netflix overtook BBC One for the first time as it became the most watched TV service in the U.K. for three months last year, says the Mail.
- “Lazio falconer sacked for sharing explicit photos” – Italian club Lazio have sacked a man responsible for handling the club’s eagle mascot after he shared videos online of his prosthetic penis, reports the BBC.
- “‘Every pub’s a parliament’” – On X, Nigel Farage takes a swipe at Labour’s war on pubs and free speech, saying that if we can’t hit the pub for a pint and some nonsense, what’s the point of even going?
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All power to Canadian oration, in telling those pesky online-hate billers, shillers and free-speech killers what they do not want to hear.
May liberty of thought, ingenuity and opinion prevail.
Great initiative. Well done!!
Many Canadians – maybe a majority – understand that their freedoms are at risk and that free speech is fettered, consored, and increasingly illegal.
May you long prosper with this concept.
Excellent
This is fantastic news! Go for it, Canada— onward & upward!
Together we are stronger than evil.
Well done Mr Krauss.
Good luck! You’ll need it with that bunch of nefarious clowns. Hopefully a change of government is around the corner and that will help a bit.
Kudos to the great Larry Krauss
Bravo Canada
Make sure you get rid of Trudeau as well.