News Round-Up

“Labour will regret admitting the truth about migrant crime” – If statistics about foreign criminals are published, the Government will be put in the awkward position of having to do something about the most criminal migrant groups writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
“Britain’s immigration policy should be ruthless on poor countries” – It’s long past time that we started applying scrutiny to migrants’ countries of origin, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
“‘I fear Labour will erode free speech with blasphemy laws’” – Kemi Badenoch has warned that Labour is a threat to free speech in Britain, given that the Government has set up a commission to define ‘Islamophobia’, reports the Telegraph.
“The danger of banning face coverings at protests” – In the Spectator, Freddie Attenborough warns that Clause 86 of the UK’s Crime and Policing Bill, which criminalises face coverings at protests, could endanger dissidents from authoritarian regimes by exposing their identities to oppressive governments.
“Left-wing protester avoids jail amid Southport riots two-tier justice claims” – A Left-wing protester who assaulted a man at an immigration demonstration in the wake of the Southport killings has walked free from court amid accusations of two-tier justice, reports the Telegraph.
“Mobile phone snatches surge as thefts ‘spiral out of control’” – Snatch thefts of mobile phones and bags have risen by 70% in a year to reach a 20-year high, reveals the Telegraph.
“Top Goldman Sachs banker joins UK exodus in wake of tax raid” – Goldman Sachs’ boss and billionaire property investors Ian and Richard Livingstone have quit Britain in the wake of Labour’s raid on the ultra-rich, reports the Telegraph.
“New trains delayed by ‘ludicrous’ union demand over closing the doors” – A trade union row over who should close the doors has delayed a new fleet of trains from entering service, says the Telegraph.
“‘Reform could work with Tories on councils’” – Nigel Farage says that Reform UK could work with the Tories to run local councils, despite previously insisting he would not do deals “at any level”, reports Conservative Post.
“Nigel Farage claims GPs ‘massively overdiagnosing’ children with SEND” – Nigel Farage has clashed with charities after he claimed family doctors are “massively over-diagnosing” children with special educational needs and disabilities, says the Mail.
“We are now counting the cost of Michael Gove’s dreadful mistake” – The Tories’ ‘Mr Fixit’ must apologise for giving councils free rein to extort property owners, writes Sam Brodbeck in the Telegraph.
“When will the BBC ever learn?” – They say death and taxes are the only certainties in life – you can add BBC bias to that mix as well, says Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
“No, Ed Miliband: zonal pricing won’t cut energy bills” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark argues that Ed Miliband’s proposed zonal electricity pricing fails to address the fundamental issues of an electricity grid overly reliant on intermittent wind and solar energy.
“Unless Britain changes course, energy bills will continue to rise” – The option is still open to the Government to abandon the rush to decarbonise the grid by 2030, says the Telegraph in a leading article.
“WHO data reveals global COVID-19 deaths skyrocketed after mass vaccination” – On the Focal Points Substack, Nicolas Hulscher discusses a new study that finds mass COVID-19 vaccination not only failed, but made things worse.
“There’s a new, concerted effort to gaslight the public regarding what exactly took place during Covid” – No, the elites did not get Covid mostly right, says Ian Miller on his Substack.
“The definitive history on the disaster of Covid school closings is here” – On Substack, Alex Berenson talks with David Zweig, author of the new book An Abundance of Caution, about why blue states got things so wrong on Covid, how he got red-pilled on the issue and whether he’s really a covert Republican.
“Kennedy might pull the Covid shot for kids: good!” – On Substack, Vinay Prasad argues that the CDC must remove the COVID-19 vaccine from the childhood immunisation schedule due to lack of evidence that its beneficial.
“The Davos circus is now mired in scandal. Its days are numbered” – The WEF always stood for a brand of centrist elitism that was the epitome of smug virtue-signalling, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
“CDU set all of their political capital on fire for debt brake overhaul, literally forget about EU fiscal rules that prohibit their spending orgy anyway” – Eugyppius slams the CDU’s hypocritical pivot from defending Germany’s debt brake to championing a massive spending spree.
“Starmer challenges Trump peace plan for Ukraine” – Keir Starmer has insisted that Ukraine must be allowed to decide the terms of any peace deal with Russia in a challenge to Trump’s proposals, reports the Telegraph.
“Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv” – Donald Trump says he is “not happy” that Vladimir Putin launched an overnight missile strike on Kyiv after Ukraine and Russia failed to reach a peace deal, says the Mail.
“Finally, Trump’s people are talking hard truths about the financial elites” – For too long, the political class has hung back in deference to central banks, writes Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph. It’s high time central bankers were called out for all the mistakes they’ve made.
“Trump executive order is his biggest step yet toward restoring meritocracy” – Trump’s Executive Order eliminating disparate-impact assessments restores the 1964 Civil Rights Act to its original meaning, says Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
“Trump sues law firm over ‘egregious and unlawful’ diversity policies” – Donald Trump says he is suing a law firm that helped Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election campaign acquire a dossier of claims about his alleged links to Russia, according to LBC.
“Trump store launches 2028 hats to tease third term as president” – President Trump is not hiding his desire to run for a third term; in fact, he’s already selling MAGA 2028 hats, reports the Mail.
“India orders all Pakistani nationals to leave and shuts borders” – India has ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave the country within 72 hours after a militant Muslim attack in Kashmir by suspected Pakistanis killed 26 tourists, says the Mail.
“‘Church risks split if it elects a liberal pope’” – Leading conservative Cardinal Müller has warned that the Catholic Church risks a schism if it elects another liberal leader like Pope Francis, reports the Times.
“Saint Laura and the hilltop epiphany” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth recounts her unexpected spiritual epiphany in a Santiago chapel.
“Britain has finally overthrown the suffocating tyranny of the woke Left” – Labour is still in power but at least saner, calmer voices will be able to make themselves heard again, writes Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph.
“Get on with scrapping self-ID, equalities watchdog tells SNP” – The UK’s equalities watchdog has heaped pressure on SNP ministers to get on with scrapping gender self-ID in Scotland’s public sector, reports the Telegraph.
“Trans people ‘seeking asylum abroad after Supreme Court ruling’” – A Labour peer claims that trans people are seeking asylum abroad amid fears for their safety after last week’s Supreme Court judgment, according to the Telegraph.
“The hidden violence behind the trans ruling” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle argues that the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on biological sex exposes the “performative lying” of politicians and institutions.
“Alastair Campbell’s attempt to argue against the Supreme Court ruling is just embarrassing” – The Rest is Politics host still thinks women fighting trans activism are the enemy, says Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph.
“Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is called ‘woke’ by angry gamers” – Gamers have branded Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered as “woke”, and claim that the game “forces you to play as a transgender character”, reports the Mail.
“Civil servant sues for racism after taking Uber rides and shopping trips during work time” – A civil servant has sued the Ministry of Defence for racism after being reprimanded for carrying out personal errands during his working hours, says the Express.
“Middle-class parents are creating a new breed of brat” – In the Spectator, Arthur Mann argues that middle-class parents are increasingly raising entitled, spoiled children.
“Why we should welcome climate manipulation technology” – On X, comedian Damien Slash explains why blocking out the sun is actually a good thing.

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