- “Reeves ‘faces hiking taxes again’ as Trump smashes Spring Statement” – Rachel Reeves has been warned she might have to raise taxes again after Trump stepped up his growing trade war, reports the Mail.
- “Trump has Britain in a bind over car tariffs” – There is a factor that limits Britain’s ability to retaliate against US aggression over trade: our hopeless reliance on imports of US gas, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Businesses ‘p—ed off’ with Labour, says CBI Chairman” – The head of Britain’s biggest business group says that Labour’s tax rises and its employment rights Bill have left the UK’s bosses “pretty p—-d off”, according to This is Money.
- “If we don’t change course, this country is doomed” – The Chancellor’s tinkering this week will do nothing to allay the growing threat of an economic crisis, warns David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “If you want to make God laugh, show him your plan for growth” – On Substack, Dr David McGrogan likens Rachel Reeves’s economic forecasts to a futile rain dance.
- “As Reeves pours billions into submarines, unions are rubbing their hands” – The Chancellor’s pledge to turn Britain into a “defence superpower” will please Labour’s biggest backers, says Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.
- “Male Channel migrants crowd onto boat, leaving women in sea” – Male migrants were seen crowding on to a people-smugglers’ boat and leaving women in the sea as they prepared to cross the English Channel, reports the Telegraph.
- “Asylum seeker towns where locals are ‘too scared to walk the streets’” – Locals in Britain’s asylum seeker hotspots have complained of being scared for their safety and “taken advantage of” by the Government, says the Mail.
- “The ECHR could be McSweeney’s downfall” – Morgan McSweeney’s attempt to push Labour towards withdrawal from the ECHR could secure the next election, writes J’accuse on Substack. Or, if he fails, it could be his undoing.
- “Islamic tail wagging the British bulldog” – The UK is in danger of sliding into a cultural abyss where traditional British values, and the Christian religion, are eclipsed by Islam, warns Dr Roger Watson in TCW.
- “What the CofE needs from Justin Welby’s successor” – In the Spectator, Emma Thompson argues that the Church of England needs a new Archbishop of Canterbury who can inspire trust, and lead the Church away from managerialism towards a more community-centred approach. No, not that Emma Thompson.
- “Angela Rayner’s staff to strike over demand they return to the office” – Angela Rayner’s own staff have voted to strike over demands they work in the office three days a week, reports the Telegraph.
- “Reform ‘jumped the gun’ with my Rupert Lowe report, says KC” – Jacqueline Perry, the KC hired by Reform UK to investigate Rupert Lowe, says her employers “jumped the gun” by prematurely releasing her report, according to the Telegraph.
- “Shoplifter is cleared of £19,000 theft because of her ‘mental health’” – A member of a professional shoplifting gang dubbed the ‘Spice Girls’ has been cleared of stealing £19,000 worth of designer items because she has “mental health issues”, reports the Mail.
- “Should police have the power to search homes without a warrant?” – The incoming Crime and Policing Bill gives the police warrantless powers of entry to search and seize stolen goods, warns Alexander Baker in the Spectator.
- “‘My campus harassment was a ‘medieval experience’’” – Kathleen Stock’s campus harassment over her gender-critical views led to Sussex University being fined £585,000 for failing to protect her free speech, writes Sanchez Manning in the Times.
- “Fortunes are changing in the culture war” – Sussex University should move on, says Kathleen Stock in UnHerd.
- “Kathleen Stock renounces academic title over ‘dim-witted’ trans policies” – Kathleen Stock has blasted “dim-witted, claustrophobic” transgender policies still in place at universities across Britain, reports the Times.
- “Kathleen Stock criticises former university for complaining about £585,000 free speech fine” – Gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock has slammed Sussex University for complaining after it was fined for failing to protect freedom of speech, says the Telegraph.
- “The pro-Trump radio host banned from Britain for ‘inciting Right-wing violence’” – Michael Savage says he is the “canary in the coal mine” of the UK’s free speech crackdown, writes Memphis Barker in the Telegraph.
- “Thousands of jobs at risk as British Steel plan to close furnaces” – British Steel says its blast furnaces and steelmaking operations are “no longer financially sustainable” – blaming market conditions, US tariffs and higher environmental costs, according to the Mail.
- “Miliband forced to set aside £8 billion to cover risk of Net Zero disaster” – Ed Miliband has been forced to set aside £8 billion as a de facto insurance policy against carbon capture risks – from CO2 leaks to simply not making enough money, reports the Telegraph.
- “The tide is turning against the fantasy economics that prop up Net Zero” – Many of the things we take for granted are about to be become prohibitively expensive, warns Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science” – Some academic publishers have been accused by scientists of being “too greedy” and prioritising profit over research integrity, writes Lucy Montgomery in the Conversation.
- “COVID-19 mRNA injections dangerously reprogramme the immune system, increasing infection risk” – On the Focal Points Substack, Dr Nicolas Hulscher examines evidence suggesting that repeated COVID-19 mRNA jabs may raise the risk of infection rather than reduce it.
- “HHS announces transformation to Make America Healthy Again” – On Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone hails RFK Jr.’s radical Department of Health and Human Services shake-up as a billion-dollar blitz on bloated bureaucracy and chronic disease.
- “BBC reporter deported from Turkey after covering protests” – A BBC reporter has been deported from Turkey after covering protests against the arrest of a leading opposition figure, says the BBC.
- “What Jordan Bardella is doing in Israel” – In the Spectator, Jonathan Miller examines how Jordan Bardella’s visit to Israel helps distance the Rassemblement National from its antisemitic past and positions him as a potential presidential candidate.
- “Amsterdam stabbing: police issue major update after five injured in broad daylight knife attack in city centre” – Five people have been injured in a “mass stabbing” in the centre of Amsterdam, according to GB News.
- “Poland bans migrants from claiming asylum to ‘take back control’” – Poland has temporarily banned migrants from claiming asylum in a bid to “take back control” of its borders, reports the Mail.
- “Higher taxes, more political repression, no solutions: Germany’s next government will be from hell” – The Federal Republic has boarded an express train to Green socialist purgatory, says Eugyppius on Substack.
- “Greenland to freeze out Usha Vance ahead of controversial trip” – A Greenlandic tourism business which was due to host Usha Vance, JD Vance’s wife, has cancelled the trip amid the Trump administration’s “underlying agenda” for the visit, reports the Mail.
- “Trump’s plan to force Ukraine to restore Putin’s gas empire” – Donald Trump is holding a gun to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky, demanding vast reparations and staking a claim to half of Ukraine’s energy, most of its metals and much of its infrastructure, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
- “The history culture war and how to fight it justly” – On Substack, Nigel Bigger argues that Christians should fight the history culture war with honesty and grace, helping keep debate civil while speaking hard truths.
- “The ‘racism’ legal threat that forced Harry to quit his charity” – In the Telegraph, Victoria Ward reveals the extraordinary collapse of Prince Harry’s charity, Sentebale, sparked by a toxic rift with new chairman Dr Sophie Chandauka, leading to mass resignations, legal threats and allegations of racism and misogyny.
- “Why should parents have to explain ‘gender identity’ to five-year-olds?” – In the Telegraph, Michael Deacon takes aim at the CBeebies’s Hey Duggee for pushing gender ideology on young children.
- “‘Non-binary’ is not real” – Men and women are free to call themselves what they like, but there is no third sex, says Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
- “Adolescence and the demonisation of working-class males” – In the New Conservative, Brian Patrick Bolger slams the portrayal of white working-class males in Adolescence.
- “Andrew Tate accused of sexually assaulting and choking girlfriend” – Andrew Tate has been accused of choking and assaulting his girlfriend during a rough sexual encounter at the Beverly Hills Hotel just two weeks after he was let back in the country, reports the Mail.
- “Labour still seems determined to ruin your night out” – In Conservative Home, James Ford slams Labour’s chaotic, contradictory and joy-sapping plans for London’s night-time economy.
- “Labour’s ‘pub banter’ crackdown brutally torn apart by free speech champion” – Toby has blasted Labour plans that could see pub landlords forced to police conversations in pubs to ensure staff are not offended, reports the Express.
- “Toby Young rips apart Labour’s ‘pub banter ban’ in Lords maiden speech” – Toby delivered his maiden speech in the House of Lords with a fiery warning about the ‘banter ban’ buried in Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, reports Guido.
- “A proud day for the Free Speech Union! (and the Daily Sceptic!)” – Free Speech Union founder and General Secretary, and our very own Lord Young of Acton, delivers his maiden speech in the House of Lords.
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Just glanced through above updates & noticed the Andrew Tate story , amazing that any one on the opposite side of the “new abnormal” gets got at !!
100% Freddy….I think whether we like it or not, battle lines are going to be drawn up this year, and we are going to have to decide which side we are on!
Funny how we still have no arrests over Epstein isn’t it? Isn’t Bill supposed to have visited Epstein Island 37 times? MSM…..?? Crickets! Do they believe we don’t know and aren’t bothered?
Crickets upon Crickets ! Belfield gone ! Steyn sidelined ( umbrella tip maybe
) & now Tate after rowing with Klaus,s pet Goblin ! Anything is possible atm !
“DAVOS 2023: WEF shifts into high gear in preparing for the next Pandemic”
An excellent article pointing out that Africa is next in line to be “helped” by those angels on the WEF. People might not be suffering with the C1984 but they soon will be and even if they’re not they are going to be treated to the so-called “vaccines.”
There is going to be carnage.
During the “pandemic” the larger development charities were running let-them-eat-cake campaigns for “vaccine equity”, utterly out of touch with what people in those countries actually needed.
This half hour video is superb. It’s about the WEF, but there’s stuff in there that you probably won’t know. Delivered with excellent narration from a four-legged friend. What’s not to like?
https://sagehana.substack.com/p/the-men-who-own-everything-an-excellent
I like Sage Hana. Tunes into my wavelength nicely.
“…with Britain and Europe constructing alternative energy infrastructure to ensure they are never again beholden to Moscow – Urals crude has lost its appeal.”
So says some Telegraph journalist, Oscar Williams-Grut. Is this the best the Telegraph can do?
Reading some of the replies to Bridgen’s Twitter post. The wilful ignorance is extraordinary; it seems that people are coping with evidence that goes against the narrative by just sticking their heads deeper in the sand. The stupidity is mind blowing. I’ve said it before, but I’m now all for this depopulation idea!
Sir Desmond Swayne MP expressing public support for Bridgen:
Bridgen (desmondswaynemp.com)
“Serious questions have been raised about the wisdom of continuing with the current policy. They need to be addressed in detail, but they are simply being ignored.”
“the reason the that the Chamber was empty was because it was the end-of-day Adjournment debate…. No particular indifference or disrespect was being displayed on this occasion.”
Far from impressed with this explanation. Why was the debate not given more prominence? Even if it was the “end-of-day Adjournment debate” the MPs were still aware of what the subject was. The whole things reeks of complete disdain for the people they are supposed to represent. At least my MP was honest in basically saying he couldn’t be bothered. I know where I stand with him (would prefer to stand on him, but…).
“No particular indifference or disrespect was being displayed on this occasion.” I wholeheartedly disagree Mr Swayne, and I’d imagine thousands of your constituents would too.
I would have preferred a much more robust statement from Swayne, but it’s a start. The whole vaxx thing is going to be by far the hardest mountain to climb as people worshipped vaccines even before covid.
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Well Good Morning fellow sceptics..nice to be able to comment again after the ‘technical problems’ de-commissioned me on Tuesday!!……LOL!
The fact that these therapies are still being promoted, in younger people particularly, will just get harder and harder to defend…the avalanche of evidence cannot be ignored forever…this is not behind a pay wall…
https://jamescintolo.substack.com/p/new-study-found-a-9-times-increased
“New Study Found A 9-Times Increased Rate Of Myocarditis In Males After mRNA Booster | 3 Or More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Associated With A 6-Fold Increased Risk Of Infection Said Cleveland Clinic.
Very important data appeared over the past days that was suppressed by the media. Specifically, two new shocking studies were released that associated mRNA COVID-19 vaccination with higher than previously estimated rates of myocarditis, and higher than previously reported risk of infection.
Start here. A new Nordic study found males aged 12-39 who took a Moderna COVID-19 booster compared to a second dose experienced a 9-fold increase in the risk of myocarditis. It should be noted, the previously mentioned figure was based on populations from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden who have recently stopped recommending mRNA vaccines for males under 30….
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.16.22283603v1
Next, a very prestigious medical institution named The Cleveland Clinic published new data that revealed every COVID-19 vaccine dose increased the risk of infection 6X- much higher than previously documented. The results are harrowing..
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.17.22283625v1 “
(A Doctor commenting on Twitter about the first study pointed out that…
”There are more cases of myocarditis than ICU admissions for COVID in young men in these 4 countries….(Sweden, Finland,Norway and Denmark)…which is presumably why they don’t vaccinate under 30s anymore?)
So this is extremely revealing and alarming. Chris Martensen takes a look at the excellent detective work by Jikkyleaks, and the information uncovered in their FOIAs over in Australia in this 45min video.
A few of the bombshells that we learn is that the TGA knew of the contamination from certain batches but failed to investigate. Not only that, they allowed Pfizer employees to choose their own batches that were not flagged as having any deaths associated with them to get injected with. The TGA allowed extended shelf-life* for certain batches which just so happened to be the batches flagged as having deaths associated with them. Then Chris reveals where these ”death batches” were destined to be sent, which is just extremely concerning tbh.
*The vials are allowed to defrost and be used up to 9 months from that date, whereby normally the vials for older kids and adults would be used within 31 days after defrosting and the vials for kids would be used 70 days after defrosting. Big difference and not exactly qualifying as ”good practice”.
And if this is happening in Australia it’s highly likely to be happening in other countries.
https://rumble.com/v230jdk-australian-covid-released.html
Could you expand on jikkyleaks please? I’ve seen it mentioned before, but not 100% sure about it. It’s a twitter account or more than that?
Jikkyleaks was a fantastic Twitter feed, along with Walter Chestnut…
Brilliant at exposing the fraud..so, of course, both banned!!
Jikky is back, and so is Walter….
both worth watching…
https://twitter.com/thejikky
https://twitter.com/parsifaler
Thanks.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nyc-electric-garbage-truck-plans-hit-wall-after-trucks-conked-out-plowing-snow-after-just
Reading things like this fills me with great joy. I’ll take ‘wins’ like this, no matter how small they may initially appear, as they help to replenish my internal faith and hope reservoirs.
Oh, loved this ellie
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-12-29-ed-dowd-7500-americans-are-killed-or-disabled-each-day-vax-jabs.html
A very interesting angle on the coming collapse of the West with input from Ed Dowd.
Are we witnessing a “decivilization” event? A “glacial Mad Max?”
Flu jab uptake among NHS staff tumbles to lowest level in a decade
So, even some of our saintly NHS staff are getting the wind up. Very good
https://off-guardian.org/2022/12/30/covid-vaccines-why-is-the-mhra-lying-about-adverse-effects/
A complete strip-down of how the ‘farma funded’ MHRA has lied to the people of this country about the supposedly “safe and effective” ‘vaccines’ from the wonderful Simon Elmer over at Off-G.
I am sure this piece will feature in tomorrow’s News Round-Up and ‘worth reading in full’ as we say round these parts.