- “Foreign rapist jailed for six years wins payout for ‘unlawful detention’” – A foreign rapist who Britain has been unable to deport has won “substantial” compensation for unlawful detention, reveals the Mail on Sunday.
- “Jamaican drug dealer avoids deportation as ‘child only speaks to him’” – A Jamaican drug dealer who beat his partner has avoided deportation after a judge ruled he should stay because his gender questioning daughter only speaks to him, reports the Mail.
- “British voters actually back Trump’s policies – here’s the proof” – A recent poll has found that more than half of those surveyed support a “border emergency” in the Channel, says the Telegraph.
- “Colombia caves to Trump’s tariff threat as humiliated socialist leader offers his own plane to migrants” – Colombia is already caving to Donald Trump after he threatened steep economic and diplomatic sanctions when they refused to accept flights of migrants being deported from the U.S., reports the Mail.
- “Starmer took ‘unequal’ approach to Southport killer and rioters, says Badenoch” – Kemi Badenoch claims that Keir Starmer took an “unequal” approach to the trials of Axel Rudakubana and those who rioted after the Southport killings, according to the Telegraph.
- “Kemi Badenoch blames a lack of ‘integration’ for Southport murders” – Kemi Badenoch has blamed a lack of “integration” in the U.K. for the Southport child-killer, reports the Mail.
- “What police don’t want you to know about election ‘inquiry’” – Shockat Adam’s victory over Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester raised questions about the legality of a leaflet campaign. We’re still waiting for answers, says Gabriel Pogrund in the Sunday Times.
- “Graphic reveals how attacks on Tube spiralling to their highest ever” – Violent crimes on the London Underground have been increasing steadily since Sadiq Khan became Mayor in 2016, with 2023 being the worst year ever on record, reports the Mail.
- “Reeves ‘absolutely happy’ to look at joining EU customs deal” – Rachel Reeves says the U.K. is “absolutely happy” to look at joining a tariff-free trading scheme with Europe after the EU left the door open to British membership, according to Sky News.
- “James Dyson attacks Rachel Reeves’s ‘vindictive’ farm tax rise” – Sir James Dyson has accused the chancellor of “vindictiveness” by changing inheritance tax rules and said that family businesses employing 14 million people were being “fleeced”, reports the Times.
- “Markets have put the U.K. on ‘suicide watch’, warns former Treasury minister” – In an interview with Melissa Lawford in the Telegraph, Lord Agnew reveals that global investors have put the U.K. on “suicide watch” over debt fears.
- “Labour’s seven deadly sins could sink Rachel Reeves” – In the Telegraph, Kamal Ahmed says Peter Hyman’s takedown of Labour’s “seven deadly sins” shows why Rachel Reeves is stuck.
- “Britain’s outgoing trade supremo: ‘Whitehall is deeply resistant to progress’” – In an interview with the Telegraph’s Gordon Rayner, former U.K. trade chief Sir Crawford Falconer slams Whitehall’s inertia, calls Brexit a missed chance and urges Britain to grab a “Yalta moment” with the U.S. to reshape global trade.
- “Rishi Sunak’s honours list: Michael Gove offered peerage” – Michael Gove has been offered a peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list, reports the Sunday Times.
- “Green energy tycoon calls for ban on political donations despite handing £5 million to Labour” – Dale Vince has called for a ban on political donations despite handing over £5 million to Labour, says GB News.
- “Dale Vince’s energy empire slumps to loss after £12 million writedown on ‘vegan gas’ project” – Labour donor Dale Vince’s business empire has swung to a loss after it suffered a £12 million writedown on a “vegan gas” project and global energy prices plunged, reports the Telegraph.
- “Miliband’s £22 billion carbon capture spree is a waste of money, warns Octopus boss” – In the Telegraph, the boss of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson says that Ed Miliband’s £22 billion investment in carbon capture is a waste of money and would be better spent on renewables.
- “The global shift forcing Britain to change course on Net Zero” – Donald Trump’s return to the White House is driving a climate policy divide in the Labour Party, says Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.
- “There is no green energy revolution: pretending otherwise makes us poor” – Fossil fuels are still what sets the world to work – and that is not changing any time soon, writes Bjorn Lomborg in the Telegraph.
- “France urges Brussels to indefinitely delay EU green rules for business” – France is pushing to delay EU rules requiring companies to report on their environmental footprint and exposure to climate risk, reports Politico.
- “Falling birth rate risks adding 7p to income tax, says think tank” – A report by Policy Exchange has calculated that the U.K.’s low birth rate and the ageing population may soon result in government spending rising to 58% of GDP, according to the Telegraph.
- “More ruminations of an old geezer” – On the TTE Substack, Dr. Tom Jefferson calls out the UKHSA and regulators for mishandling the pandemic vaccine rollout.
- “U.K. CV Family’s evidence to Module Four” – The U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance Substack reports that Charlotte Crichton, representing the U.K. CV Family, took the stand at the Covid Inquiry, slamming the MHRA’s failures, government neglect of the vaccine-injured and the Inquiry’s silencing of dissent.
- “Why Novak Djokovic refused to take the Covid ‘vaccine’” – Novak Djokovic sacrificed titles, millions and his shot at being the greatest player in history to stand firm against coercion and refuse a vaccine he believed posed greater risks than benefits, says Steve Kirsch on his Substack.
- “CIA believes Chinese lab leak the more likely source of Covid” – The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, reports CBS News.
- “BBC newsreaders are traumatised about Trump’s return” – In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, never have so many words been uttered by BBC reporters through gritted teeth. One hopes their bosses have a good dental plan, says Ross Clark in the Mail.
- “The origins of American freedom of speech” – Pimlico Journal explains why British and American speech laws diverged.
- “King’s College of cancellations” – The Committee For Academic Freedom reveals how Michael Rainsborough’s pro-Brexit views led to his ousting from King’s College, exposing a culture of ideological conformity.
- “The ECHR is an enemy of free speech” – Strasbourg has ruled that a failure to censor offensive speech is a violation of “human rights”, reports Andrew Tettenborn in Spiked.
- “Musk tells Germans at AfD rally to ‘look past their guilt’” – Elon Musk has told Germans they should be proud of their heritage and should “move beyond” the “past guilt” of older generations, according to the Hill.
- “Among the MAGA avant-garde” – In the Critic, Jaspreet Singh Boparai explores how the dissident Right will shape American culture in the age of Trump.
- “Nurse can refer to transgender doctor as a man in legal victory” – A nurse can refer to a transgender doctor as a man at work in a legal victory, reports the Telegraph.
- “No.10 invited trans activist drag queen who criticised J.K. Rowling to Burns Night celebration” – Keir Starmer has sparked fury after bringing in a drag queen who criticised J.K. Rowling over her views on gender to promote Burns Night, says the Mail.
- “If Oxfam is right about Empire, then where is my $1 million?” – Don’t trust Oxfam’s latest report claiming the U.K. owes India £27 trillion in reparations. Its sums don’t add up, writes Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
- “The myth of an extractive empire” – Oxfam’s attack on the British Raj is historically and economically confused, says Tirthankar Roy in the Critic.
- “Beware the expedient Christianity of the secular Left” – In TCW, Sean Walsh blasts the secular Left’s version of Christianity, calling Bishop Mariann Budde’s recent sermon a shallow attempt to align the teachings of Christ with trendy politics.
- “Neil Gaiman dropped by publisher over sexual misconduct claims” – Neil Gaiman has been dropped by the publisher of his graphic novels and comic books after several women accused the writer of sexual misconduct, according to Variety.
- “The Ofcom song live!” – On X, Dominic Frisby performs a song about Ofcom’s list of 186 banned words – and uses them all.
— Dominic Frisby (@DominicFrisby) January 25, 2025
The Ofcom Song Live!
186 words not to use …
(Careful who's listening) pic.twitter.com/XOCIIoOYwX
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I’ll say this again, if we ever find on this forum that things we used to be allowed to say on here can no longer be said because of a UK government bill, the Conservative party can expect no support from me from that moment. And I hope that goes for all of us on here.
As for the Nasty Nats, I seem to remember they were seriously considering rules which would effectively criminalise the Holy Bible (among. other things). We must not be held to ransom by these loons. Get it sorted if you ever want to form a government again.
Democracy, if we ever had it as such is dead in this country. To repeat the well known hux aphorism:
Our salvation will not arrive via the ballot box.
Aye. And the revolution will never be televised.
I assume that means you will now vote otherwise?
I mean that voting for them will not be considered if I see previously accepted opinions starting to be removed on forums such as this as a result of a Conservative government’s actions, even for a relatively sensible candidate. What would be the point if the party has gone totalitarian.
I further hold that, unlike some believe (notably in the Conservative party) there are other places to go for people who might normally vote Conservative, a view reinforced by the 2015 general election results.
“A newspaper investigation has revealed that police failed to solve a single theft in more than eight of 10 neighbourhoods in England and Wales in the past three years”
imagine if firefighters failed to put out 80% of fires or if ambulance staff failed to turn up to 80% of medical emergencies. The public would feel justifiable contempt for them, especially as they are paying their wages. The police have politicised themselves into irrelevance for the public with their focus on woke issues while ignoring real crime.
Fire and death are such awkward, objective things. Harm, on the other hand, is a beautifully subjective thing – the gift that keeps on giving, it can mean whatever the cops take it to mean. And spending time with Mrs Indignant from Little Wapping about her neighbour waving a hedge trimmer in an offensive manner is so much easier than chasing thieves. Requires a lot less physical fitness and you even get a Rich Tea and a cuppa.
And they can do it online these days!
Can I still call my mate a Scottish bastard? This is important to me and also, I suspect, to him.
No. What if your calling your mate a Scottish bastard is overheard and it induces an attack of anxiety in the eavesdropper?
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.
There’s nothing laudable in policies claimed to be targetted at making the internet safer for children by content-provider side censorship. It’s impossible to determine who is or isn’t legally minor over the internet. Hence, the default mode of operation must be to classify everyone as child in need of protection. Whether Dorries et al are too stupid to understand that or want exactly this to happen makes preciously little difference here.
This world is generally not safe for unsupervised children, especially if danger is defined as exposure to media content someone considers to be unsuitable for children, and the general solution to that is child supervision and not adult supervision. There’s also quite of a bit of a double standard here: Children must not be able to access so-called adult content online. But exposing them to all kinds of heavily sexualized advertising is obviously completely ok, everyone does that. A recent and very annoying example from Reading someone marketing some kind of lemonade with the line Take it up the taste bud!, an obviously reference to (gay) anal sex someone apparently believes to be a very witty wordplay. Depictions of people trying hard to look underage in sexualized poses are also anything but uncommon. Dorries could apply her energies much more productively in this area.
also the pernicious cooperation between BBC,Govt. and police as exemplified by the conviction last week of 5 people for “harrassing” BBC reporter when he suddenly appeared seemingly from nowhere at protest outside 10 Downing Street on 14 June 2021. Many will recall he ran away from answering questions on BBC bias and then managed to get immediate access through the security gates back to no.10
I have tried but failed to add links to latest film (well worth watching for full 20 minutes) on this from Resistance GB (who also filmed the original incident) and link for donations for the appeal, so suggest anyone interested goes to You tube, and film might still be there on cover page and if not search for “Convicted- the Nick Watt 5” or go to Resistance GB and its You tube , Odysee or Telegram sites