- “Bloated public sector is damaging economy, warns Andrew Bailey” – The Governor of the Bank of England has warned that Britain’s bloated public sector is dragging down the economy after the Bank slashed its 2025 growth forecasts in half, reports the Telegraph.
- “Britain is inexorably heading for bankruptcy” – We are heading for financial ruin, warns David Frost in the Telegraph. Tax rises won’t boost revenue and Labour can’t unleash growth or cut spending.
- “Revealed: how much poorer you are now than in 2020” – A typical British family is as much as £15,000 per year poorer than they were five years ago, according to the Telegraph.
- “British ICC prosecutor faces US travel ban under Trump sanctions” – Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning International Criminal Court officials which is expected to extend to British lawyer Karim Khan, its chief prosecutor, says the Telegraph.
- “Morgan McSweeney is urging Keir Starmer to go for the kill” – Labour’s strategist-in-chief Morgan McSweeney is urging Keir Starmer to ditch cosy establishment politics and fight for survival at the polls, writes Michael Gove in the Spectator.
- “Starmer ditches plans to end Britain’s ‘sick note culture’” – A flagship Tory plan to tackle worklessness has been abandoned even as the crisis in long-term illness grows, reports the Telegraph.
- “Reform councillor reprimanded after calling mental health ‘modern bad back excuse’” – A Reform UK councillor has been reprimanded by a council watchdog after saying mental health struggles were “the 21st Century version of the bad back”, says the Telegraph.
- “Mandelson tells reporter to ‘f— off’ when quizzed over Epstein relationship” – Lord Peter Mandelson says he regrets ever meeting paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to LBC.
- “Labour’s meddling won’t stop us winning at the next general election” – Angela Rayner’s decision to cancel local elections will only double Reform’s determination to beat her party, says Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
- “‘All politicians are w—ers’” – The Reform UK leader has called all politicians “w—ers” during an interview with the Standard, covering the state of British politics, his relationship with Donald Trump and his chances of becoming prime minister.
- “Beware a return of Boris” – Boris is the Tories last chance at survival, argues J’accuse on Substack.
- “SAS troops face criminal charges over IRA killings” – SAS soldiers who shot and killed four IRA members in an ambush more than 30 years ago to face prosecution after a coroner ruled that the use of lethal force was unjustified, reports BBC News.
- “Net Zero rules to trigger even deeper electric car discounts” – One of Britain’s biggest dealership chains predicts that Net Zero rules are set to trigger another year of steep price cuts to electric cars, says the Telegraph.
- “From bugs in bread to brainwashing kids: the great climate fear factory” – Another week, another dose of eco-doom, nudging and psychological manipulation, writes Laura Dodsworth in the Free Mind.
- “Scientist prosecuted over ‘here to talk’ sign outside abortion clinic” – A retired medical scientist is being put in the dock in a landmark freedom of speech case after she stood near an abortion clinic holding the sign “Here to talk if you want to”, reports the Mail.
- “Release Lucy Letby under house arrest immediately, urges expert behind medical review” – Lucy Letby should be released immediately under house arrest until her case is reheard in the courts, the medical expert at the heart of her appeal tells the Telegraph.
- “AstraZeneca boss denies falling out with Labour despite scrapping £450 million factory” – In the Telegraph, AstraZeneca boss Sir Pascal Soriot has dismissed claims of a rift with the Government as “fake news” after scrapping plans for a £450 million Liverpool vaccine factory.
- “How magazine went from publishing Einstein to calling Jedi racist” – Scientific American has been accused of abandoning objective rigour for a ‘woke’ agenda, writes Josie Ensor in the Times.
- “Pro-Palestinian activists were planning London march as October 7th massacre unfolded” – Pro-Palestinian groups planned their first march in Central London just hours after Hamas launched its horrific October 7th attack on Israel, reveals the Mail.
- “How gentle, liberal Sweden is now home to evil criminality” – Once a peaceful paradise, Sweden is now rocked by shootings, gang wars and deep racial divides, writes Sue Reid in the Mail.
- “Both USAID and the CIA were behind the impeachment of Trump in 2019” – On the Public Substack, Michael Shellenberger claims that the CIA, USAID and OCCRP helped impeach Trump using tactics akin to their regime-change ops abroad.
- “Politico pleads innocent, claims tens of millions in government subscriptions totally normal” – Politico insists $27 million in taxpayer-funded subscriptions isn’t government funding – just a “transaction”, says ZeroHedge. Much like Hunter Biden’s art sales weren’t influence peddling…
- “Shut down the Department of Education” – “I served as the 11th US Secretary of Education. That’s how I know it’s beyond repair,” says Betsy DeVos in the Free Press.
- “Meet Elon Musk’s ‘baby-faced assassins’ leading Doge takeover” – In the Times, Josie Ensor profiles the 19-25 year-olds with no government experience who are asking US state employees to justify their jobs.
- “Wikipedia accused of blacklisting conservative US media” – Wikipedia has been accused of favouring Left-leaning media sources while almost completely blacklisting major conservative outlets, reports Newsmax.
- “Trump announces task force to end ‘anti-Christian bias’” – President Trump has unveiled a task force to root out “anti-Christian bias” in government as he accused Joe Biden of persecuting Christians, according to the Times.
- “Who’d have thought Trump would be the champion of truth when it comes to trans athletes?” – The US President is on the right side of history by keeping biological men out of women’s sport, says Judith Woods in the Telegraph.
- “Why did it fall to Trump to get men out of women’s sports?” – The outrage of men battering women on the sports field should never have happened in the first place, writes Lauren Smith in Spiked.
- “Female swimmers sue to strip trans athlete Lia Thomas of medals” – Three former Ivy League swimmers are suing to strip trans swimmer Lia Thomas’s records from official standings, arguing they unfairly rewrite women’s sports history, reports Lawyer Monthly.
- “MPs and charities back call to ban trans women from women’s spot” – Olympian Sharron Davies says that Keir Starmer should follow Trump’s order banning biological men and boys from competing in women’s sport, according to the Mail.
- “Google joins US firms abandoning diversity recruitment goals” – Google has become the latest big US firm to scrap its goals to recruit more workers from underrepresented groups, says BBC News.
- “DEI is dead in America – now the City wants to kill it in Britain” – The Telegraph reports that Trump’s crackdown on diversity rules has prompted British business leaders to question similar initiatives in the UK.
- “Controversial Mermaids given £400,000 part-funded by taxpayers” – A controversial charity that helps children ‘transition’ has been handed almost £400,000 by foundations that are part-funded by the taxpayer, reveals the Telegraph.
- “What sort of parent believes their toddler is trans?” – Liberals who claim that a two-year-old can question their gender are only stirring further support for Trump’s transition ban, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “Navy allows officers to wear saris in diversity overhaul of uniform policy” – The Royal Navy has allowed officers to wear saris in order to make its formal dress code more “inclusive”, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Pregnant people’? Even rail chiefs have bowed to the woke god of inclusivity” – Bit by bit, the English language is being dismantled, warns Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “talkSPORT host Alan Brazil is dubbed a ‘dinosaur’ live on air” – Alan Brazil has been branded a “dinosaur” by his female talkSPORT co-host after he argued that Manchester United’s primary focus should be on the men’s team, reports the Mail.
- “Catholic prayer app ‘Hallow’ faces potential EU ban” – Hallow, a widely-used Catholic prayer app with over 22 million downloads, is facing a potential shutdown across Europe due to regulatory over-reach, says Christian News.
- “‘Centrist Dad smashes the far-Right bigots” – On YouTube, Andrew Lawrence, posing as a Centrist Dad, rails against the literal tidal wave of literal Hitlers making life difficult for Keir Starmer.
- “‘This was authoritarianism on an unprecedented scale’” – On BBC’s Politics Live, Spiked’s Tom Slater calls for a reckoning with lockdown – when our civil liberties were shredded, our economy devastated and thousands of children abandoned.
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