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by Richard Eldred
7 March 2025 1:19 AM

  • “Minority and trans criminals could avoid jail under new rules” – Ethnic minority and transgender criminals may be more likely to avoid prison under changes to sentencing guidelines that take effect next month, according to the Times.
  • “Equality before the law is now well and truly over” – Progressive dogma has infected the Sentencing Council, warns Suella Braverman in the Telegraph. Without urgent reform, public trust will sink even further.
  • “Rules giving minority criminals special treatment will be fought by Tories” – An “outrageous” decision to give special treatment to ethnic minority and transgender criminals will be fought in the courts by the Tories, says the Sun.
  • “Justice Secretary threatens to strip powers of quango behind ‘two-tier justice’ rules” – Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened new laws to overrule the Sentencing Council after a row over “two-tier justice”, reports BBC News.
  • “‘Two-tier’ plan for softer sentences for ‘minority’ criminals was Lammy’s idea” – Guidelines that give softer sentences to criminals from minority groups were based on research by minister David Lammy, according to the Sun.
  • “Police marking their own homework says Allison Pearson as report clears force” – Police have been accused of “marking their own homework” after a review cleared the Essex force of wrongdoing over the Allison Pearson ‘hate crime’ saga, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Reeves told ‘not hope in hell’ work coaches can slash £5 billion off welfare” – Rachel Reeves has been warned that tinkering at the edges of the welfare system will not be enough to balance the books, says the Mail.
  • “Labour is punishing Middle England to fund the dysfunctional underclass” – A London family living on benefits and in social housing could be better off than one earning £70,000, reports Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
  • “Lammy lobbied Rayner for Chinese super-embassy” – David Lammy personally intervened to support a controversial new Chinese embassy in London because it would be “in the interest” of Beijing, reveals the Telegraph.
  • “Blame the misinformation crisis on Starmer, not social media” – Keir Starmer’s Government stoked misinformation about the Southport case while punishing others for spreading it – perhaps the Prime Minister should have his own collar felt, says Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
  • “Top pension funds refuse to back defence industry” – Some of Britain’s biggest pension firms have been accused of blocking Britain’s plans to boost defence in the wake of the Ukraine war, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Farage acts like a ‘messiah’, says Reform MP” – Rupert Lowe has warned Nigel Farage that he will not be “by his side at the next election” unless Reform’s governance is overhauled, says the Express.
  • “Reform UK descends into civil war as Nigel Farage berates Rupert Lowe” – Reform UK is in chaos after Nigel Farage lashed out at MP Rupert Lowe for questioning his leadership, reports the Mail.
  • “We roll out red carpet for ‘worst of the worst’” – Since Trump took office in America, illegal migration has been all but stopped, notes Richard Littlejohn in the Mail. Under Labour, the number of migrants crossing the Channel illegally has hit record highs,
  • “What is the asylum system for?” – The UK asylum system is focused on managing an endless influx of people and providing welfare, rather than solving the problem of immigration, says Dr. David McGrogan on his Substack.
  • “MAGA? MEGA!” – The Government should learn from the success of Trump’s slogan and reverse all their education policies, argues Isabel Paterson on her Substack.
  • “Gaza journalism award ditched amid controversy over BBC documentary” – The Royal Television Society has been slammed for pulling an award for journalists working in Gaza owing to the controversy surrounding the BBC documentary How To Survive a Warzone, reports the National.
  • “Jews have the money to ‘pay for own’ Holocaust memorial, says Tory peer” – Lord Hamilton of Epsom has been forced to apologise after saying that British Jews should pay for a Holocaust memorial because they have an “awful lot of money”, says the Express.
  • “UK urged to prepare for Donald Trump halting Trident partnership” – Keir Starmer has been told to prepare for a “terrifying strategic betrayal” that would see the UK-US Trident nuclear missile partnership come to an end, reports GB News.
  • “The real reason Britain is doomed to lose the next world war” – We teach our young men to be ashamed of their country, so how can we expect them to risk their lives defending it? asks Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
  • “Fresh disgrace at Cambridge” – Unpunished vandalism and feckless leaders have turned Oxford and Cambridge into woke cesspits, laments Paul Sutton on his Substack.
  • “Why the Left hates Gail’s” – The Left can’t stand successful businesses, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
  • “Where have all the conservatives gone?” – Conservatives should place loyalty to ideology above loyalty to Trump, says Bo Winegard in Aporia.
  • “The quiet bureaucrat pulling the strings behind Britain’s ‘dodgy’ state-backed weather and climate service” – Britain’s climate policies rely on a Met Office that fabricates data, manipulates records and dodges scrutiny – all while its CEO Penelope Endersby cashes in, writes J.J. Starky on Substack.
  • “NHS’s most senior doctor steps down days after Chief Executive resigns” – England’s top doctor has resigned from NHS management just a week after his boss also quit amid a Labour power grab, reports the Sun.
  • “Government to spend £11 million teaching children how to brush teeth” – A new Government scheme is set to see over 23 million toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste handed out for free to some of Britain’s most disadvantaged children, says the Mail.
  • “‘Why I’m sounding the alarm on the next puberty blockers scandal’” – It beggars belief that, after the Cass Review, we would even consider a clinical trial for hormone suppressant drugs for children, writes Dr. David Bell in the Telegraph.
  • “‘If I had £200 million in the health system, I wouldn’t be spending it on an inquiry’” – On the Telegraph’s Planet Normal podcast, Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson discuss the ongoing Covid Inquiry with Prof. Carl Heneghan.
  • “Jay Bhattacharya: to be or not to be” – Once smeared as “fringe”, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is set to lead the NIH after a shockingly bipartisan hearing, vowing transparency, scientific rigour and ethics – without a peep of protest from the New York Times, says Dr. Robert W. Malone on his Substack.
  • “And the new NIH Director is… Jay Bhattacharya” – The NIH once dismissed Jay Bhattacharya as a “fringe epidemiologist” – now he’s set to take its top job, with even Democrats conceding he was right about Covid policy, writes Prof. Vinay Prasad on his Substack.
  • “Trump issues chilling final warning for Hamas to release all hostages” – President Trump has warned Hamas to release all hostages or face annihilation, reports the Mail.
  • “Trump to deport Ukrainian refugees” – President Trump is reportedly planning to revoke the legal status of more than 240,000 Ukrainians who fled from the war with Russia, according to GB News.
  • “Don’t be fooled, Putin is weak and desperate for peace” – For all its bravado, the Kremlin is desperately hoping that Trump’s return will ultimately herald the end of the war, says Con Coughlin in the Telegraph.
  • “How MAGA lost its way on Ukraine” – Ukraine is not just a country that the Trumpian Right has never visited, says Douglas Murray in the Free Press. It is a country they imagine they know everything about.
  • “The weakness of Donald Trump” – The US President’s dismissal of Ukraine is a consequence of his absolute lack of morality, writes Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
  • “US may not defend NATO allies who do not meet Trump spending targets” – President Trump says the US will not defend NATO allies from a military attack if they are behind on defence spending, according to Forbes.
  • “The end of the Department of Education” – Trump’s expected Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education signals the long-overdue end of a trillion-dollar failure, says Vox Popoli.
  • “Trump said the US spent $8 million on transgender mice – he was right” – Donald Trump has announced that Elon Musk has rooted out “hundreds of billions of dollars” worth of government waste thanks to DOGE, writes Cameron Henderson in the Telegraph.
  • “Pro-life activist ‘did not know she was breaking law’ by holding sign” – A retired scientist is on trial for holding a “Here to talk if you want to” sign near a Bournemouth abortion clinic, reports the Mail.
  • “‘The cancel culture I’ve endured is sickening’” – After nearly 40 years of shaping Britain’s nightlife, DJ Danny Rampling is losing gigs and facing smears for daring to associate with the “wrong” people, says Alan Miller in Spiked.
  • “Fatal distraction” – On Substack, Thomas Buckle explains why the end of DEI really matters.
  • “Florida announces criminal investigation into Andrew Tate” – Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been placed under criminal investigation in Florida just days after the influencer siblings arrived in the US from Romania, reports the Mail.
  • “Disney debuts first Christian character in 20 years as trans storyline axed” – Disney has introduced its first openly Christian character in nearly two decades for the upcoming Pixar animated series Win or Lose, according to Christian News.
  • “Two-tier justice under two-tier Keir” – On X, Robert Jenrick unveils new sentencing rules that blatantly discriminate against straight white men, despite Starmer branding those who claim we have a two-tier justice system as “extremists”.

Under new sentencing rules there is blatant discrimination against straight white men.

Starmer sneered at those who said we have a two-tier justice system. Rayner labelled them ‘conspiracy theorists’.

But here it is in black and white.

Two-tier justice under two-tier Keir. pic.twitter.com/cziSfgu2DY

— Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) March 5, 2025

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