- “Iranian ‘sex toy smuggler’ wins right to remain in Britain” – An Iranian asylum seeker who argued that he could not be deported because he was a “sex toy smuggler” has won his legal battle to remain in Britain, reports the Mail.
- “Migrant Channel crossings hit 10,000 in record time under Labour” – Small boat crossings have passed 10,000 in 2025 at the earliest point in a year since records began, reveals Sky News.
- “Starmer plans migrant cuts to fight Reform” – Keir Starmer will lay out a new plan to cut legal migration following Thursday’s local elections, where Labour is bracing for a Reform UK surge across the country, according to GB News.
- “Sex offenders to be barred from gaining asylum” – Labour has unveiled plans to make it easier to deport foreigners convicted of offences such as sexual assault, reports the BBC.
- “Habib and Lowe have blown it – Reform under Nigel Farage is about to win big” – Time and again political rookies who get a bit of media attention start to believe they are far more important than they really are, writes Patrick O’Flynn on his Substack.
- “Pro-Gaza local election candidate refused to denounce Hamas” – Michael Lavalette, a pro-Gaza candidate standing at this week’s local elections, once refused to denounce Hamas, according to the Telegraph.
- “Three problems with a Tory-Reform pact” – A pact, of any kind, carries risks for either or both the Tories and Reform UK, warns James Heale in the Spectator.
- “Labour must refuse pay rises for teachers and nurses” – The pay review bodies which are supposed to provide independent advice to the government on public sector pay have become a menace, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Schools face cuts so teachers can have bigger pay rises” – Schools risk being forced to make sweeping cuts next year after the Treasury refused to hand over extra cash to fund pay rises for teachers, reports the Telegraph.
- “Has Rachel Reeves blown her shot at a US trade deal?” – Rachel Reeves has squandered a prime opportunity for a landmark US trade deal, argues Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “We are already halfway to Labour’s 1970s nightmare” – Only the rats are rejoicing as our country barrels towards economic turmoil, says Brian Monteith in the Telegraph.
- “Reeves plans milkshake tax” – Rachel Reeves is preparing to tax milkshakes in an attempt to reduce obesity levels, reports the Express.
- “Taxing us dry” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth vents her frustration with an overreaching, punitive tax system.
- “When Keir Starmer went to war on journalism” – Keir Starmer did not think twice before putting innocent journalists in the dock, yet he claims journalism “is the lifeblood of democracy”, says Trevor Kavanagh in the Spectator.
- “Starmer ‘sought to stifle free press on behalf of Labour’” – Sir Keir Starmer abused his role when he was Director of Public Prosecutions by launching a “blatant attempt to intimidate and silence the free press”, a veteran journalist has claimed, reports the Telegraph.
- “Censorship is far more dangerous than free speech” – Fara Dabhoiwala’s What Is Free Speech? reflects an alarming contempt for our most precious liberty, writes Davids Gelber in Spiked.
- “PwC threatens to sack staff who fail to come into the office” – PwC says it is prepared to take “disciplinary action” against employees who failed to comply with new rules requiring them to work from the office for at least three days a week, according to the Telegraph.
- “Panic grips blackout stricken Spain as residents told to stay indoors” – Panic buying has swept Spain and Portugal after nationwide blackouts paralysed both countries, reports the Mail.
- “What could be behind Europe’s power cut” – Investigators are racing to identify the cause of electricity blackouts in Spain, Portugal and France, says the Telegraph.
- “Over-reliance on renewables behind catastrophic blackouts in Spain” – On the Public Substack, Michael Shellenberger argues that it’s Spain’s over-reliance on renewable energy, particularly excess solar, that has led to catastrophic blackouts.
- “Blackout risk ‘made worse by Net Zero’” – Experts say that reliance on Net Zero energy left Spain and Portugal vulnerable to the mass blackouts engulfing the region, according to the Telegraph.
- “British troops in Ukraine could be prosecuted under ECHR” – British peacekeeping troops sent to Ukraine could face prosecution under human rights laws, says GB News.
- “Eurovision overturns ban on Palestinian flags” – The European Broadcasting Union has revised its flag policy ahead of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and will now permit Palestinian flags to be displayed by audience members, reports the National.
- “Israel under fire over aid blockade as Gazans ‘starve’” – Israel has been accused of using its aid blockade on Gaza as a “weapon of war” as a week of hearings over its humanitarian obligations begins in The Hague, according to Sky News.
- “Macron has let an epidemic of violence grip France” – Violent crime is soaring in Macron’s France, says Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
- “German prosecutors charge woman for reproducing Nazi symbols after she publishes an image of Health Minister Karl Lauterbach raising his arm at suspicious angle” – On Substack, Eugyppius discusses probably the dumbest, most monumentally idiotic speech crime case Germany has had – which is really saying something.
- “Why Europe should accept Trump’s peace deal” – Victory isn’t an option for Ukraine, says Wolfgang Munchau in UnHerd.
- “BBC under fire for calling Kashmir terrorists ‘militants’” – The Indian Government has complained to the BBC for calling the attackers in last week’s Kashmir massacre “militants” rather than “terrorists”, reports the Telegraph.
- “China invades Taiwan: Japan steps in” – The Japanese air force is getting ready for a war with China, writes David Axe in the Telegraph.
- “Kemi Badenoch says firms should make trans staff use disabled toilets” – Kemi Badenoch has suggested that firms should make trans staff and customers use disabled toilets after a Supreme Court ruling, reports the Mail.
- “Labour MPs sign pledge against ‘divisive’ Supreme Court trans ruling” – Four Labour MPs have signed a trans rights pledge that appears to brand the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex definitions as “divisive”, according to GB News.
- “Labour must stop talking nonsense about ‘diversity’” – In order to reconnect to working class voters and fend off Reform, Keir Starmer needs to slay some sacred cows, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “Is the BBC seeing sense on trans?” – The Supreme Court ruling has forced our captured institutions to respond, writes Lauren Smith in Spiked.
- “John Lithgow’s trans mom friend begged him not to star in Harry Potter” – Actor John Lithgow says he ignored a request from a friend with a trans child not to take a major role in the Harry Potter TV series over J.K. Rowling’s views, according to the Mail.
- “Cambridge University is embarrassingly stupid if it thinks exploring the Antarctic was ‘colonialism’” – Cambridge University has dutifully informed us of an egregious act of historical abuse – against the South Pole’s indigenous penguin population, writes Celia Walden in the Telegraph.
- “Cody Gakpo faces FA action over ‘I belong to Jesus’ shirt in Liverpool title party” – Cody Gakpo could be reprimanded by the Football Association for displaying a message of faith after scoring a goal to bring his team within touching distance of the Premier League title, according to Premier Christian News.
- “Channel 4 chief to quit amid advertising crisis” – The CEO of Channel 4 is set to step down as the broadcaster battles a slump in traditional TV viewing and an advertising crisis, reports the Telegraph.
- “Raven in the Edgelands” – In Paul Sutton’s latest Raven saga, Raven finds himself navigating a wild, tech-obsessed England.
- “How fatal mistakes caused Black Hawk to collide with jet in DC” – A new report has unveiled the failings that led to a collision between a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet over Washington DC that ended with all 67 passengers dead, reports the Mail.
- “The New York Times ‘investigates’ the DC jet crash – and buries the truth it finds” – On Substack, Alex Berenson slams the New York Times for obscuring a jet crash’s primary cause – female pilot Capt Rebecca Lobach’s failure to heed descent warnings.
- “‘It’s science, people!’” – On X, a trans activist meltdown gets the full rock treatment.
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PwC threatens to sack staff who fail to come into the office
‘PwC recently introduced measures to track where their UK employees are working, tipping the balance further toward a model of surveillance rather than trust……Employees become so focused on appearing busy that they lose sight of meaningful, value-driven work. Creativity, which thrives in environments of freedom and trust, dwindles……The answer lies in trust. Organizations must shift from a culture of surveillance to a culture of trust. This doesn’t mean a free-for-all where accountability is lost; rather, it means recognizing that employees are adults who are capable of self-management and delivering results. Set clear expectations. Trust is not about blind faith. It is about clear, transparent, communication and agreed goals.’
Any individual or organisation that thinks conformity of mind or activity is a good thing is either a raving martinet in some kind of government/para statal uniform or completely dotty.
The natural human/simian state of mind is non conformity. That is from whence creativity derives. That is also why leadership skills are so important. Human beings are not some kind of sardine, shoaling together.
The idea that ‘rush hours’, ‘school runs’ and so forth, crumbling an already creaking and ancient infrastructure, are a ‘good idea’ is lunacy, pure and simple…….
Fortunately, competition being in the natural order of things, totalitarianism in one commercial entity provides an opportunity for another….
I’d love to know what evidence they have that the benefits of this policy outweigh the disadvantages. If it is simply a lazy way to manage people then they really ought to employ better staff, or put in place better incentives. An organisation with such resources really should be able to do better.
Why Europe should accept Trump’s peace deal
And yet another Aunt Sally…..
‘Donald Trump’s latest peace plan landed with a bang…’
Nope. General Kellogg telegraphed the whole plan in April 2024
‘The Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people will have trouble accepting a negotiated peace that does not give them back all of their territory or, at least for now, hold Russia responsible for the carnage it inflicted on Ukraine. Their supporters will also. But as Donald Trump said at the CNN town hall in 2023, “I want everyone to stop dying.”
https://americafirstpolicy.com/assets/uploads/files/America_First,_Russia,___Ukraine_.pdf
‘Europe promises to support Ukraine for however long it takes. But it doesn’t have what it takes. It wants a Second World War-style happy ending;’
Anyone who thinks WW2 had a ‘happy ending’ is a lunatic.
‘British tabloid newspapers treated us to tales of Vladimir Putin suffering from cancer’
Putin has thyroid cancer, which has a high survival rate.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/01/putin-accompanied-by-doctors-thyroid-cancer-surgeon-on-sochi-trips-report-a77177
Europe (and the U.S.) effectively accepted Trump’s peace deal in 2014.
Mr Munchau still doesn’t seem to get it.
It is not Europe that is the problem. European leaders are, clearly, perfectly happy to sell out Ukraine, Moldova, the Baltic States, even Poland.
And that is the peace deal that Putin is holding out for……..
How many health conditions has Putin been alleged to be suffering from? His survival rate has been bery impressive.
“What could be behind Europe’s power cut”
Proven in Portugal and Spain yesterday, “Why you can’t run Britain on breezes and sunbeams…”
https://richardlyon.substack.com/p/the-physics-of-net-zero
“…The world of wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries is limited by physics. Those limits are hard, and they are non-negotiable.”
“The New York Times ‘investigates’ the DC jet crash – and buries the truth it finds” – On Substack, Alex Berenson slams the New York Times for obscuring a jet crash’s primary cause – female pilot Capt Rebecca Lobach’s failure to heed descent warnings.
As stated by a female commenter (with 163 “likes”) on the Unreported Truths Substack…
“…This is the direct result of an entire generation of women being told that any correction or feedback from a male is “mansplaining” or “the patriarchy” and therefore, invalid.“
Well I’m certainly not defending her, because this woman’s ‘error’, if that’s what you’d call it, resulted in the deaths of many people, but I think it’s a bit of a stretch to put it down to deliberately ignoring her instructor’s commands due to having issues about ”mansplaining”. She wouldn’t have got to where she was in the U.S Army if she wasn’t used to taking orders from men, after all, so I highly doubt any supposed ”patriarchy” plays a part here. Wouldn’t she have had warnings for insubordination long before this tragedy? If she had such an attitude about men then joining the Army would hardly be her preferred choice of career, would it? And this training exercise, along with the ”visual separation” manoeuvre, was particularly high risk, by all accounts, so I think we can only speculate as to why she didn’t act on the instructions given to her, but everybody’s going to have an opinion, naturally.
Oh I say! Well done!
About right for ‘unreliables’ though – 1 day on, 2 off… 33% availability? Solar power little use at night, even in sunny places
The establishment is going to have one hell.of a time spinning the total countrywide power failure in Spain yesterday.
Somehow they’re going to have to spin this around to accepting it was due to the limits of so called renewables but at the same time call for even more renewables and “energy independence”.
I’m intrigued how they are going to do it.
Suspected Russian interference with the power grid.
There, done and dusted.
They’ve already officially ruled that out.
Over-reliance on fossil fuel supplies from petro-state dictators.
(and what Tonka Rigger said).
Done.
(Edited to correct the name and to apologise to Tonka Rigger and RW for mixing up the names)
That’s not going to fly. Yesterday was very traumatic in Spain. The chaos in the major cities in particular was bad.
It was a very sharp wake up call for people. They realised how utterly dependent we’ve become on electricity. Cars. Payments, communication.
It wasn’t quite a 9/11 moment, but it’s been a major shock to the system.
BBC already claimed yesterday that it was caused by high fluctuations in temperatures or some made up sh*t. It’s gone now, but I see people using it on forums to shut down those who blame net zero.
That’ll be the angle they’ll take – it’s all down to atmospheric conditions caused by global warming
WTLF , has Carney won the Canadian election , legacy media says it’s Trump wot caused it !
God help Canada.
More long years of Canadian pathological national self-harm coming up.
No, no! He’s worked at the Bank of England as an economist I tell you.
Another Tri Lateral member along with Starmer , there’s no escape for The West , mind you Ireland is rising
Why is there nothing in the newsletter about the new deals for landlords to house asylum seekers? Or did I miss it yesterday? 5 year fixed contracts with bells on?
https://unherd.com/newsroom/.starmers-migrant-housing-plan-violates-the-social-contract/.
Investigators are racing to identify the cause of electricity blackouts. Actually they know full well what has caused it, but they are actually racing to find a plausible excuse that doesn’t destroy their renewables narrative.
I wonder how much they relied on power injections from France (using their nuclear fleet) to get it all back up and running? Re-instating a power grid needs spinning inertia, not PV and wind turbines…
It is not up to America and Europe to agree a peace deal it is up to Ukraine and Russia. They need to talk if they want peace, but it would seem that neither wants peace on the other’s terms.
Interesting to have featured an article from that bastion of journalistic excellence, the National.
Reading the comments sections there was to take a safari into madness – truly bonkers!
Mind you the editorials aren’t much more lucid…
“Eurovision overturns ban on Palestinian flags”
Oh great, every country becomes Palistine! then what is the point of it all?
Isreal and Palistine are NOT IN EUROPE!
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/keir-starmer-legal-migration-reform-uk-illegal-channel-crossings
Kneel might be planning cuts to legal migration but he can’t actually DO anything because he will be under orders to keep them coming.
“‘It’s science, people!’” – On X, a trans activist meltdown gets the full rock treatment.
There’s affordable and then there’s affordable.
How affordable should that be? I dunno about anyone else but if I need surgery I want a surgeon and the rest of the team who has spent a lot of time and effort learning how to do it properly – and that means they must be well remunerated.
My guess is the ranting loon in the video wants everyone else to pay for these expensive surgical interventions which will make it ‘affordable’ for the no-hopers who can’t even cope with the chromosomes they were ‘assigned at birth’.
The unhinged lad in that video needs serious help. He is pretty far gone.
People keep confusing “rights” – things you would be free to do save for state or other interference, such as speaking your mind- with benefits and privileges that you think you should have (almost always at someone else’s expense).