- “Albanian criminal allowed to stay in Britain – after four illegal entries” – A convicted Albanian criminal who was expelled from the UK three times after trying to enter illegally has been allowed to stay after sneaking back in for a fourth time, reports GB News.
- “A million illegal migrants live among us. It’s time for mass deportations” – With mass deportations of illegal immigrants, Britain’s streets would be safer and British workers would no longer be undercut, argues Guy Dampier in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer faces councillor exodus over benefit cuts” – Keir Starmer is facing a mass resignation of Labour councillors over his decision to cut benefits payments, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Benefits claimants can still get subsidised BMWs despite welfare cuts” – Benefits claimants can still apply for subsidised top-of-the-range BMWs worth more than £50,000 despite the Government’s welfare cuts, reports the Telegraph.
- “Rachel Reeves will have no choice but to break her manifesto pledge and raise taxes” – Rachel Reeves’s no-tax-rise vow is doomed as a £40 billion shortfall in Government finances looms, writes Adam Smith in the Telegraph.
- “Criticise Bridget Phillipson and prepare to be silenced” – Why is the Education Secretary trying to dismantle the reforms that have made England’s state schools among the highest-performing in the world? asks Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
- “Blow for Government as Lords vote against ending tax relief for private schools” – The House of Lords has voted against ending tax relief for private schools in a major blow for the Government, reports the Standard.
- “Cutting down GCSEs will coddle children” – Young people must learn to become emotionally resilient, says David James in UnHerd. The initial report of the team carrying out the curriculum and assessment review is worrying.
- “Ministers to force firms to reveal ethnicity pay gap” – In a move designed to reduce pay disparities, firms with more than 250 employees will have to set out annual figures on their ethnicity and disability pay gap, says the Times.
- “Labour’s Race Equality Act will hurt those it is meant to help” – Labour’s DEI plans risk limiting chances for ethnic-minority progression and the fostering of healthy community relations, warns Dr Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer looked scared of Badenoch at PMQs” – Keir Starmer got a proper grilling at PMQs for a change, writes Lloyd Evans in the Spectator.
- “Kemi Badenoch has won her first battle against the eco zealots in the Tory Party – but they’ll be back” – Despite the Conservative leader’s decision to abandon the 2050 Net Zero target, there are still plenty of green fanatics in her party, warns Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “The real reason why heat pumps are eye-wateringly expensive” – Generous grants do little to curb the climbing costs of installing heat pumps – and allow installers to cash in, explains Tom Haynes in the Telegraph.
- “China’s BYD could kill Tesla” – There is growing evidence that China’s EVs are not just cheaper, but better as well, says Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “Tesla attacks investigated as potential terrorism by FBI” – The US Attorney General has called the recent spate of arson attacks and vandalism against Teslas “nothing short of domestic terrorism”, according to ABC News.
- “Jacob Mchangama on free speech” – On The Good Fight podcast, Yascha Mounk and Jacob Mchangama explore the different approaches – and proliferating threats – to freedom of expression. Well worth reading.
- “Letby public inquiry will not be paused” – The public inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes will not be halted despite requests from hospital executives, reports Sky News.
- “Why the Government must act on the Sullivan Review and fix the sex data problem urgently” – Sex Matters cheers the release of the Sullivan Review and urges the Government to fast-track its call to fix the public data “mess” by collecting sex – not gender – identity to halt risks in healthcare, policing and policy.
- “‘We blew the whistle on the Covid lab leak five years ago and were written off as cranks’” – A top-level group of scientists and academics told the Government the virus could be man-made in March 2020 – but they were ignored, writes Guy Kelly in the Telegraph.
- “Sovereign is he who decides when schools close” – Boris Johnson’s 2020 school closure decision exposed Britain’s constitutional order as a political construct, not a legal one, says Dr David McGrogan on his Substack.
- “US CDC and COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ statements” – In a guest post for the TTE Substack, Dr Carmen Huemmer slams the CDC’s vague and potentially misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy.
- “Pharma industry looks to get more and more people on lifelong medication” – On the Freedom Research Substack, Dr Clare Craig blasts Big Pharma’s grip on regulators and medicine, demanding a cultural shift away from piling drugs onto patients.
- “RFK Jr. suggests letting bird flu spread naturally through poultry farm” – RFK Jr.’s proposal to let bird flu rip through poultry farms has scientists up in arms, says Phys.org.
- “Why don’t we hear more about Israel’s stunning blow against Hamas’s fascists?” – We’re in a situation where Israel can score stunning victories over murderous Islamists and people don’t even know it happened, writes Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
- “US judge blocks Trump’s transgender military ban” – A US District judge has struck down Trump’s transgender military ban, deeming it likely unconstitutional, according to Reuters.
- “Disney’s painful remake was cursed from the start” – Disney executives, it is reasonable to assume, did not whistle while they worked on the latest reimagining of Snow White, says Brian Viner in the Mail.
- “Disney’s exhaustingly awful reboot axes the prince and makes the dwarves mo-cap” – Even the Guardian thinks Disney’s woke reboot of Snow White is rubbish.
- “Snow White review — Disney has trashed its crown jewel and its reputation” – Believe the anti-hype. It’s that bad, says Kevin Mayer in the Times.
- “J.K. Rowling appears to take aim at Harry Potter stars in cryptic tweet” – J.K. Rowling has taken aim at Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in a social media post shared to her 14.3 million followers, reports the Mail.
- “Gareth Southgate warns of ‘toxic influencers’ harming young men” – Ex-England manager Gareth Southgate has warned that young men are falling victim to “callous, manipulative and toxic influencers”, says LBC.
- “Gary Lineker ‘hiding skeletons in the closet’, claims Matt Le Tissier” – Matt Le Tissier has launched an astonishing attack on Gary Lineker, claiming that the pundit is “hiding skeletons in his closet”, according to the Mail.
- “Give TTE readers one good reason to keep paying the BBC licensing fee.” – On the TTE Substack, Dr Tom Jefferson and Prof Carl Heneghan argue that the BBC’s biased and misleading coverage fails to justify its licensing fee.
- “The absurd Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory sweeping America” – False rumours about the French First Lady’s gender have been making headlines for years, says Marianka Swain in the Telegraph. Now the rumour has resurfaced in the US.
- “That huntsman lied to me!” – Check out this AI mash up of Snow White, starring Sydney Sweeney as Snow White and Nancy Pelosi as the wicked queen.
"𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝕏"
— Maverick Alexander (@MaverickDarby) March 19, 2025
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