- “Trump to end all U.S. diversity programmes today in first round of executive orders” – The new administration will also target planned tariffs on imports, illegal migration and Joe Biden’s TikTok ban, says the Telegraph.
- “Trump pulls U.S. out of world’s biggest climate deal” – He is also pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate deal, according to the Mail, in a move welcomed by energy industry leaders in the U.S.
- “Donald Trump has a new mission: to be America’s messiah” – “To America, he said: follow me to a new golden age which starts right this minute,” writes the Telegraph’s Janet Daley. “Message to the rest of the world: buckle up.”
- “Smug liberals still don’t get it: Trump is on the side of the people” – America is a “decaying superpower that has no choice but to radically alter the status quo”, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph. “Trump gets this in a way that his denouncers do not.”
- “Exclusive: Trump’s day one Executive Order on ‘Male and Female’” – The Free Press publicises one of President Trump’s day-one executive orders, titled, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”
- “Donald Trump’s second coming” – Writing in UnHerd, Christopher Caldwell wonders if the Trump coalition may soon “face a choice between tempering the populism that is its raison d’être or incurring the wrath of the tech bosses”.
- “Trump has upended the Davos dominion” – A reminder from the Spectator’s Kate Andrews that the Davos conference opened yesterday. But everyone important was at Trump’s inauguration.
- “Boris Johnson joins Donald Trump’s inauguration celebration” – The Mail lists the British politicians who have been in Washington for the inauguration.
- “David Lammy changes tune on ‘funny, friendly and warm’ Trump” – The Foreign Secretary once described Trump as a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath”, the Telegraph says. But he now speaks of the new President’s “incredible grace” and “generosity”.
- “Trump won’t respect David Lammy’s fawning” – Ross Clarke explains in the Spectator’s Coffee House why Lammy’s praise won’t cut much ice in the White House.
- “Despite everything, Trump” – “The moment feels almost fated,” says Eugypius of Trump’s inauguration, “and much bigger than the man himself.”
- “J. D. Vance is the future of MAGA” – “Vance has the calibre and vision to address the concerns of the New Right,” says James Orr in the Spectator, and to “sustain the MAGA movement after Trump leaves the stage”.
- “Trump has told me his new plan for America” – In the Mail, Kellyanne Conway celebrates Trump’s return to the White House.
- “The strangeness and sanity of Donald Trump” – “In a mad world forged by ‘sane’ people like Blair, Merkel and Obama, I’ll take the loony option, please and thank you,” declares Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
- “Trump becomes one of world’s richest men after $43 billion crypto coin launch” – Trump’s new meme coin is one of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrencies, according to the Telegraph.
- “Musk’s new Government department in turmoil as partner mulls quitting” – Vivek Ramaswamy may be planning to run for Governor of Ohio in a move which could upend Doge, reports the Telegraph.
- “Biden pre-emptively pardons family members minutes before Trump inauguration” – In his final hours in office, Joe Biden issued pardons to family members and a swathe of Trump critics to protect them from potential revenge, the Telegraph says.
- “Her name is Emily Damari” – “We should take inspiration from that British badass, Emily Damari,” writes Brendan O’Neill in Spiked. “If she can survive 15 months at the hands of Islamist fanatics, surely we can look the fanaticism in our own midst right in the eye.”
- “Vaccine-injured groups give evidence to Covid Inquiry Module 4” – The U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance reports on the evidence provided by two people who were injured by mRNA vaccines at the Covid inquiry.
- “Chris Whitty was ‘sceptical’ about mandatory Covid jabs for healthcare workers” – The Chief Medical Officer told the Covid Inquiry that the decision to mandate jabs for care works was “100% political”, according to the Telegraph.
- “My husband has been left disabled by the Covid vaccine” – The Mail tells the story of Kate Scott and her husband Jamie who suffered a catastrophic bleed on the brain after he was given the AstraZeneca vaccine.
- “Epidemiological evidence of Covid mRNA vaccine deaths in the U.K. Yellow Card database” – Eyal Shahar analyses the Yellow Card database and finds that the “short-term fatality rate of Covid mRNA vaccines has been real and unacceptable but fortunately not as high as is sometimes assumed”.
- “Covid censorship and the shame of supine doctors” – John Tumilty takes aim for the Conservative Woman at the doctors who fail to recognise mRNA vaccine harms.
- “Northern Territory Government sued for ‘wrongful death’ inside Covid quarantine facility” – The family of an Aboriginal woman who died at a Covid quarantine facility in Darwin is suing the Northern Territory Government for her ‘wrongful death’ and false imprisonment, reports ABC news.
- “Climate Bill threatens us all with starvation (not that the MSM wants to know)” – This Private Member’s Bill “poses the biggest threat to the future prosperity of the U.K. of any Bill ever to have been introduced”, writes Paul Homewood in the Conservative Woman. “It already has the public support of 192 MPs.”
- “Keir Starmer admits state ‘failed’ Southport child murder victims” – The Prime Minister has admitted that the state “failed in its ultimate duty” to protect the Southport victims, the Mail reports, as it was revealed that the culprit, Axel Rudakubana, was known to the counter-extremism officials.
- “Government announces public inquiry into Southport stabbing” – Axel Rudakubana was referred to Prevent three times, according to the Times.
- “The Prime Minister has questions to answer over Southport” – Writing in the Telegraph, Robert Jenrick demands a complete account of what the Government knew and when about the Southport stabbings.
- “Starmer to address nation after being accused of ‘cover-up’ over Southport murders” – Nigel Farage says the Summer riots could have been prevented if the Prime Minister had been honest with the public over Axel Rudakubana’s background, the Telegraph says.
- “Axel Rudakubana: from class clown to killer” – The Times reveals how Axel was was expelled from school, but returned with a hockey stick to target children.
- “The day began with friendship bracelets and songs and ended in horror” – An in-depth report on the Southport murders, courtesy of the Times.
- “The state missed chance after chance to stop Axel Rudakubana – then covered its errors” – The Telegraph’s Sam Ashworth Hayes suspects that a desire to avoid ‘community tensions’ was at play in the failure of the authorities to stop the Southport killer.
- “America is free from the electric car nightmare. In Europe, it’s just beginning” – Matthew Lynn pens a lament for the fate of the U.K. and European auto industries in the Telegraph.
- “Rayner’s workers’ rights plan is sparking panic in corporate Britain” – Businesses are bracing for a £25 billion tax raid, the Telegraph says. But they must also contend with a litany of new red tape.
- “Reeves to back Heathrow third runway in push for prosperity” – The Chancellor is expected to use a speech next week to back expansion plans at Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports in move to drive economic growth, reports the Times.
- “Britain topples Germany to become Europe’s top investment spot” – Britain has become the most attractive place to do business in Europe, according to the Telegraph. Are things that bad in Germany?
- “Attorney General accused of hiding over Gerry Adams” – Lord Hermer is facing some criticism for using legal convention “as a shield” to avoid questions over a conflict of interest with Sinn Fein leader, the Telegraph says.
- “Claims for £69,000-a-year disability benefits scheme surge” – Thousands of people with self-diagnosed mental health conditions are using a disability benefits scheme that can hand claimants nearly £69,000 a year, reports the Telegraph.
- “How assisted dying changed my mind on religion” – Sonia Sodha explains to the Spectator how exploring the subject of assisted dying has brought her a new found respect for believers.
- “Neil Gaiman and the misogyny of the geeks” – Neil Gaiman is “pretty much the perfect example of the ‘bad man who identifies as good’ woke-bro type” says Julie Burchill in the Spectator.
- “Woke Scottish exams body removes word ‘slave’ to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum’” – Pupils sitting exams in history, geography and even classical studies are to use the term “enslaved people”, according to the Scottish Daily Express, as the term highlights how people were forced into slavery.
- “Alastair Campbell’s son ‘accepted fresh backer to failing syndicate’” – According to the Times, Rory Campbell’s betting fund received injections from an existing investor and a new member after others were no longer able to withdraw their cash.
- “The campaign to rescue the Freedom of Speech Act” – Toby joins Josh Howie on GB News to discuss the fight to save the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act following Bridget Phillipson’s move to torpedo it last year.
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Once again, children’s homes. As per the article I shared the other day, the vast majority are privately owned but scratch the surface and see who owns them. It’s a win-win for the child sex abuse industry ( which appears to be more overt than covert these days ) because the perverts get rich whilst facilitating the rape of children. Do we think this paedo scumbag is a Labour voter? There’s loads of patriots doing much longer stretches inside for posting stuff online than a piece of sh*t that hurt children;
”A grooming gang abuser is involved in attempts to convert a property into a children’s care home in Leeds, GB News can reveal.
Abid Younis, who was jailed for two-and-a-half-years in 2015 after being convicted of sexual activity with a child, is the owner of a property being converted into a care home.
Planning applications for a property owned by Younis show that he previously submitted an application to change its use to a 21-bedroom hotel. This was rejected due to parking concerns.
But the property was put in for another application in December.
A letter, seen by GB News, was sent to local residents inviting them to an open day at the property.
The author of the letter introduced themselves as the proposed manager of a home to be set up by QASA Care Services, explaining that the home would be for “young children.”
The property referred to in the letter is the same as the property owned by Younis.”
https://www.gbnews.com/news/grooming-gang-abuser-converting-property-21-bedroom-childrens-care-home-leeds
And yet this person would fail the CBT check if he applied to be on a Cubs committee (I expect they are no longer called Cubs in this age of enlightenment).
The ‘Transtifa’ mafia ( including psychopathic doctors who wouldn’t know medical ethics from a hole in the ground ) ensure that no vulnerable person gets left behind. The parents need locked up. Thank the gods Trump will put a stop to this abuse;
”This is beyond comprehension.
How could anyone allow a disabled woman who cannot voice her consent to undergo a double mastectomy? If we assume this wasn’t about treating cancer, then this was adults deciding her behavior indicated ‘gender dysphoria.”’
https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1879709161992446203
Shout out to *some men on here* LOL;
”We don’t say MAP.
We say pedophile.”
https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1880614583737675792
What’s the difference between this and what Joseph Mengele did?
The Jews had no choice in wether they wanted his treatment or not, and this woman had no choice because she couldn’t say wether she wanted it or not!
to me, both are crimes against humanity
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qww8xdvnwo
Working from home is creating a generation who are “not doing proper work”, the former boss of Marks and Spencer and Asda has warned.
Why would such a distinguished gentleman say something so silly?
Clearly, in a retail business, those in customer facing roles cannot work from home…..but back office staff……?
There is the matter of leadership, of course. Those responsible for customer facing staff cannot lead their staff from home.
But WFH ‘not doing proper work’? That condemns every mother looking after her children at home; vocational work of the most admirable nature; such a silly thing to say.
Working from home is very much a matter of ‘horses for courses’ and should be a personal choice made available where appropriate and in the best interests of the employee and the Company in question.
‘the number of golf games played during the working week has risen 350% – suggesting some people are mixing work and pleasure….’
So games of golf with clients, colleagues, has never been good for business?
‘I firmly believe that the music industry is all about relationships, and so the one single way for any of us to be able to build those kind of meaningful relationships is to do it in person.’
Yes, of course…..but how is that incompatible with hybrid working?
‘There’s a lot of people in my team that are a lot further along in their career, so if I need help with something, you know, I can just ask someone.’
Yes, of course…..but committed youngsters understand that and will stand out from their less driven peers. Leadership is required to avoid ‘competitive presentee-ism’, over long hours and the poor decision making, morale problems that result.
‘Prof Bloom, a Stanford University economist, said his research into working from home suggests employees in their teens and early 20s should probably be in the office at least four days a week to maximise their opportunities for being mentored.
However, he said polls of tens of thousands of employees in the UK, US and Europe suggest workers valued the ability to work from home for two days a week about as much as an 8% pay rise………there was a growing body of evidence that working from home was more productive…….good for growth because companies will have “a much more motivated workforce” and “if we’re able to get more people into work because flexibility is available for them, that will help us reach our growth ambitions”.
……increasing the number of roles which can be done from home could help with economic growth if it encourages more people back into work, such as those with caring responsibilities.
“That is a huge boost” and “kind of a win, win, win”, because people would be able to work in better conditions, contribute to tax revenue and “everyone gains”.
If Companies really wanted to encourage more attendance at the office because it improves performance, they would incentivise it….but they do not because too many are stuck in the public sector mind set of look busy…let’s have some more meetings about meetings to justify our handsome stipends……
‘Open plan layouts often sacrifice individual privacy. This can be detrimental for tasks that require deep concentration or confidentiality. Employees may feel exposed and find it challenging to concentrate on complex tasks. Many problems with an open plan office occur because people aren’t given enough alternatives when they need to escape the distraction of shared space. They also come with challenges that can impact the wellbeing of employees.
One significant issue is the continuous exposure to noise. In the absence of physical barriers, conversations, phone calls, and other ambient sounds can create a bustling environment, making it challenging for individuals to concentrate and work effectively. Constant visual stimulation from nearby activities can also be distracting, cause stress and hinder the ability to focus on tasks that require deep concentration.’
Improved offices, working conditions, subsidised meals would be a good place to start if a Company wishes to encourage more office attendance. Incentivisation….leadership….An inspiring, approachable and accessible leader should have no problems getting his employees into the office when required. Ordering them into the office, frankly, says more about the employer than the employees……..
Oh!
‘In Denmark, lunch plans are a popular way for employers to provide their employees with daily sustenance at the workplace…lunch plans in Denmark are tax-free…..A lunch plan that can be deducted from taxes must not be reserved for a small group of employees.’
At HMRC over 50% of staff work from home. Currently I am going through a shredding experience over my tax return where a tax ‘officer’ assigned to my case has made three huge errors over tax already paid and one massive error over CGT on an asset sold that is totally exempt from CGT. Whilst getting a straight answer out of HMRC is like pulling teeth, my analysis is that my case officer works from home, is inexperienced and is not supervised in these circumstances. Get them all back to work which means an office not a beach in the Med!!
100% agree.
Horses for courses, as I say.
Whoever is supervising that individual should be pulling them back into the office.
But the idea that experienced HMRC staff are going to be more productive, efficient after struggling to the office on dreadful transport infrastructure seems to me to be unlikely.
Large numbers of civil servants appear to be about to strike over this. That is unlikely to improve productivity either.
It should be instructive to see what reforms of the public sector Mr Musk recommends in America.
In principle, if private accountancy firms can perform audits, for example, why, precisely, does the government require a public sector tax office?
Starmer to address nation after being accused of ‘cover-up’ over Southport murders
Oh the poor lamb!
“Trump has upended the Davos dominion”
Davos AOB 2024: ‘Anyone doing anything week commencing Jan 20 2025?… No? Nothing much happens around then. OK, let’s have our next meeting then.’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/20/discussed this/
Ah, fantasy ADHD. I believe I have discussed this more than once.