- “Inside Project Chainsaw: How Labour copied Trump and moved to the Right” – From slashing foreign aid to waging war on bureaucracy, Starmer has outflanked his rivals and begun to look like a leader, says Tony Diver in the Telegraph.
- “Streeting: I’ll axe more quangos cluttering up the NHS” – The Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned that hundreds of official bodies are “cluttering” up the health system as he prepares to axe more health quangos, according to the Mail. Why didn’t the Tories do this?
- “Will the real Kemi Badenoch please stand up? It is time for her to turn up the volume” – The Telegraph‘s Camilla Tominey has some advice for the Conservative leader, including that she has “no hope of becoming the next Prime Minister if she doesn’t set out her stall clearly and decisively in her first 18 months”.
- “Putin planning fresh ground invasion of Ukraine, warns Zelensky” – Vladimir Putin is planning a fresh ground invasion of Ukraine, despite Western pleas for a ceasefire, Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, reports the Telegraph.
- “Revisiting the Numbers: Professor Simon Wood on the statistical flaws of the UK’s Covid response” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth interviews lockdown mathematician legend Simon Wood, who is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh.
- “Is SARS-COV-2 of Dutch origin?” – In De Andere Krant, Toine de Graaf outlines Jim Haslam’s case for suspecting Dutch virologist Vincent Munster to be a key player in Covid’s origins.
- “‘Scientists swallowed Beijing’s propaganda on Covid origin’” – The scientific establishments in the US and the UK connived together to prevent discussion about the origin of the Covid pandemic, writes Sir Richard Dearlove in the Mail.
- “How long until they try to shut down society again?” – In the Mail, Peter Hitchens wonders what will be the next excuse for shutting down and ruining the country.
- “No cure in sight for Covid derangement syndrome” – “As the narrative of an unending pandemic persists,” writes Roger Watson in TCW, “the real crisis lies not in Covid itself but in the unwavering grip of fear and misinformation that continues to shape public perception and policy.”
- “How Europe’s electric battery dream ran out of power” – The collapse this week of the Swedish electric vehicle battery-maker Northvolt has once again shown how the countries most committed to Net Zero seem to be the ones which keep missing out on the spoils, while their industries drain away abroad, quite often to China, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Met Office Peddles Ridiculous NAO Scare Story” – It’s Jackanory time at the Met Office as it spins yet another climate fairy story, says Paul Homewood on Not a Lot of People know That.
- “Electric cars ‘so heavy they can smash through motorway barriers’” – Outdated safety measures on Britain’s roads will not cope with the impact of vehicles loaded with batteries, experts have warned, the Telegraph reports.
- “Trump’s tech bros pose ‘existential threat’ to EU, says Brussels” – Pressure from the US to water down the EU’s disinformation rules for social media are described by Brussels officials as an assault on the bloc’s “regulatory sovereignty” and an “existential threat”, according to the Telegraph. Come again?
- “Waitrose wine expert claims he was suspended for sharing Telegraph cartoon” – A Waitrose wine expert has said his right to free speech has been infringed after he was suspended for supporting Reform on social media and sharing a Matt cartoon from the Telegraph.
- “Why can’t I get pregnant?” – According to several British newspapers this week, men can give birth, leading the Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon to wonder where he’s been going wrong.
- “David Bailey’s son Sascha: Diversity targets mean men are transitioning to enjoy the perks of being a woman” – Three years ago, Sascha Bailey almost changed gender. Now, he’s about to become a father and is sounding the alarm on trans ideology, says the Telegraph.
- “Retard German political establishment responds to Donald Trump with the ultimate checkmate – a constitutionally-anchored pledge to deindustrialise in the next 20 years” – The story of Friedrich Merz’s debt brake overhaul continues to be one of the greatest political farces Eugyppius says he has ever seen.
- “Easy come, Easy go. DEI buzzwords helped you get a grant and now they will cost you one.” – As DEI goes from being a plus to minus in funding applications, Vinay Prasad suggests that next time divisive fads should be avoided.
- “I was Attorney General. I say it’s time to leave the ECHR” – We must adopt a realistic view of so-called international law and the first step is to free ourselves from a body that has lost its way, argues Sir Michael Ellis in the Telegraph.
- “Saying ‘midwife’ could upset transgender people, medics warned” – The NHS has been told by academics that it should stop using the word ‘midwife’ because it is not inclusive of transgender people, reports the Telegraph.
- “Reeves reignites freebies row over Sabrina Carpenter show” – Chancellor Rachel Reeves got her hands on free tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter in concert in London, reigniting the freebies row, says the Spectator.
- “Trump to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to US” – Donald Trump is set to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to the US, with visas from Russia being “sharply restricted”, according to the Mail.
- “J.D. Vance warns Europe that open borders risk ‘civilisational suicide’” – Speaking on Fox News , the US Vice-President says he fears for the future of the West as many countries in Europe are “unable or unwilling” to “control their borders”, while censorship is rife, reports the Mail.
- “We want to live in America’s 51st state: the Canadians pledging their loyalty to Trump” – To many Canadians, talk of joining the United States is simple apostasy, but for some the idea is appealing, says the Telegraph.
- “US expels ‘race-baiting’ South African ambassador as relationship reaches ‘lowest point’” – America has expelled South Africa’s ambassador, calling the envoy a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and Donald Trump, the Telegraph reports.
- “Republicans buy up Teslas as Trump urges MAGA to back Elon Musk” – Elon Musk’s Tesla is enjoying a sales boost in MAGA-backing parts of America as the billionaire’s support for Donald Trump leads to boycotts from Left-wing opponents, the Telegraph reports.
- “Medical experts ‘struck by witnesses’ lack of expertise’ at Letby trial” – A panel of medical experts reviewing the Lucy Letby baby deaths have said they were struck by a lack of expertise of witnesses at her trial and the failure to consider alternative explanations, the Telegraph reports.
- “Religious school leader appointed Ofsted Chairman” – Sir Hamid Patel will take up the interim role as head of the schools regulator, becoming the first religious school leader appointed to the position, reports the Telegraph.
- “How Reform can survive its civil war” – After a spectacular week of feuding, opinion polls appear to show support for Reform UK remains unscathed, says Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator. But the real danger lies in large numbers of members now being mightily hacked off with the leadership.
- “A 40 second video from a Shale Gas meeting about the pointless concreting over two Shale Gas wells” – Watch cartoonist Josh’s video summarising why we need to stop the madness.
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Labour on 23%? After what they have done?
Who are these people?
I must live in a bubble but I don’t know anybody who considers them anything else than a bunch of incompetent ideologues.
Speaking of which, here’s Angela Rayner, tying herself in knots again. Sounds to me like you don’t have a ‘housing crisis’, you have an ‘immigration crisis’;
”Housing Minister, Angela Rayner in another car crash i/v with @TrevorPTweets
. Apparently 5 out of 7 new homes will go to migrants.
She says there is plenty of housing but needs to build 2.5 million more.”
https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1865724329570312283
Top comment. Yep, sounds like yet another bad case of ‘chronic oral flatulence’ to me. It’s going around something rotten in the Labour party…
”As an engineer who has a background in all kinds of construction including development of land to construct residential & commercial properties I can 100% state she has no idea what she is talking about.
To achieve what she says by 2030 means building over 1400 houses per day
Which is the best part of 10000 a week.
Absolute nonsense.
I’m guessing Abbott’s in charge of the abacus.”
Bless them. These people genuinely do want to go back to their country, it would seem. I hope the Labour Party aren’t going to do a ‘Hotel California’ and stop them from leaving. And to be fair, anyone who’s supportive of jihadists who go around beheading people are probably not the sort you want nabbing social housing in your community, really;
”Syrian refugees in Manchester say they ‘can’t wait to get flights back home’
Hundreds of people have gathered together in the city centre to celebrate the end of the regime – one that many fled in fear for their lives.”
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1865805219973464261
I have a good friend who owns a construction company and he tells me that 1.5 million homes in five years is an impossibility and for one simple reason – there simply aren’t the trades people starting with brickies who can now command a grand a week for their services. And that is just one of many skilled trades. Furthermore, everybody involved in the construction industry knows this.
Totally agree (having recently been involved with a house build). Joiners, brickies, plasterers, plumbers, heating engineers – just not available especially in the numbers they need.
I heard an interviewer over the weekend making the point that no-one can expect 1.5 million homes to be built – so why make the ridiculous pledge – and the answer was – oh well, we might get 95% built and then be able to say ‘stay with us and we will build the rest’.
There is NO logic behind this. This is total madness.
There is no logic behind their other major policy pledge [net zero] but they plough on at ruinous cost
Militwat failed from Day One as all the subsea cable laying ships are booked up until into 2030. So even if there are anymore offshore windmills built they can’t be connected up. In addition his ignorant plans include Carbon Capture & Storage which does not exist on grid scale anywhere in the world and is yet to be shown to be economic. There are also floating windmills which again are not in operation and are even more expensive than normal windmills. And there are storage batteries that are hugely expensive and of little use as they store very little energy as well as hydrogen which is also too expensive.
Talking of Ranting – the 2 homes tax dodging electoral fraudster – have you seen the youtube video of her interview where she is repeatedly asked to name a single company of the ones she claims to have consulted with and who like her forthcoming labour regulations. Every time she fails to name even one. The only big name on letter that supported Rachel from Accounts was the Iceland boss who has now gone very quiet given the increase in his running costs.
Rona tards.
Climate tards.
Open borders.
Queer, trans fascism.
Socialism.
Kamalalalalarama supporters.
EU 4th Reich lovers.
There are a lot more than 23%. More like 60%.
Better late than never. And a ‘two-fingered salute’ to the dreadful Uniparty too;
”I have left the Conservative Party because it has become a shadow of what it once stood for.
Its incompetence and failure to deliver have betrayed the trust of the British people.
I deeply regret that it has come to this, as there are still a handful of decent MPs trying to do the right thing.
I believe in politics driven by conviction and a genuine commitment to serving our nation, not by empty promises and mismanagement.”
https://x.com/raelbrav/status/1865681391167373697
Interesting that within months of a landslide Labour victory, [albeit a minority of voters], the polls put the two right wing partes added together MILES ahead of Labour. Personally, I am disappointed that people still support the Conservatives, given how badly they let us down, but once the balance of power between Reform and CUP tips towards Reform, hopefully the CUP will melt away…
Anyone who voted Tory at the last election is either not “right wing” or is utterly deluded. I hope they change their minds but I doubt it.
The Tory party are now just a footnote in our history although the way things are going we will shortly not even have any history left.
Or voting tactically. Reform has the effect of splitting the “right wing” vote letting Labour in. If polls show that many intend to vote Tory, joining these voters is more likely to keep Labour out than an empty gesture.
The Tories wasted 14 years in power – committed to net zero, failed to peel back the rise of woke, eroded freedom of speech, raised taxes and to cap it all off, “covid”. They do not deserve anyone’s vote.
The Tories brought in legally binding targets on net zero, then funded the NGOs that sue the government for not doing enough to meet those targets. For so many reasons I will never vote for them again.
Me neither. Badenoch represents an improvement over Sunak but let’s not forget she was a covidian. I think the only way I would consider it would be if the entire leadership and most of the MPs were swept away – something I was hoping would happen in July.
Not that boring old trope again
Reform is in danger of becoming just a rebranding of the failed Con servatives.
Yes, there are signs that Reform are drifting towards becoming centrist under their useless leader Farage and I fear that unless Reform becomes a proper party and not the preening Farage’s plaything we are going to miss the opportunity in 2029 to get a conservative government.
Farage is the most influential politician de nos jours. I think he knows when to hold em and when to fold em. Reform is now attracting disillusioned Labour voters – and God knows, there are plenty of them – so I’d trust Nigel’s strategic plans a lot more than your sneering comments
Reform needs to do better than provide a new home for unsuccessful old party hacks
We aren’t just letting anyone in you know
The Conservative Party is finished. It will never recover. There are no signs or leadership that indicates it can provide any leadership that is needed. They are still completely lost. This is probably a good thing.