News Round-Up

• “Starmer’s monstrous tax lies will trigger a revolt of Middle England” – In opposition, Reeves pledged that she would not raise the basic rate or introduce wealth levies, yet that is exactly what she is plotting, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “Southwark council prosecuted landlord for flouting same housing rule as Reeves” – A Southwark landlord was prosecuted and ordered to pay £1,128 for breaking the same selective licensing rules as Rachel Reeves, reports the Telegraph.
• “Reform’s biggest problem is obvious” – Reform’s challenge is to find a way to sell benefits reforms to its base as part of a package, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
• “Is Reform racist?” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle reckons Reform’s Sarah Pochin got roasted for speaking what many quietly think.
• “Anti-white racism is rampant and must be stopped” – Discrimination has crept into national life under the banner of progress, warns Suella Braverman in the Telegraph.
• “Don’t fear the bogeyman” – Britain panics over a phantom “far-Right” while masked Muslim marchers take over the streets, writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
• “Why Jess Phillips can’t confront the reality of grooming gangs” – Perhaps decades of intersectional fourth wave feminism have rendered Jess Phillips blind to the racial elements of certain types of misogyny, says Lara Brown in the Spectator.
• “The gym, the hairdresser, the campaign trail: the inside story of Kemi’s first year” – In the Spectator, Tim Shipman tracks Kemi Badenoch’s first year as Tory leader.
• “Your Party advisers quit with a swipe at its ‘hostile’ MPs” – Three advisers to Your Party have resigned from their roles with a swipe at the group’s “hostile” MPs, reports the Telegraph.
• “Free speech remains imperilled, as my latest cancellation shows” – Disinvited at the last minute for his ‘outrageous’ views on empire, Nigel Biggar writes in the Telegraph that his Dublin cancellation proves his point: free speech is under siege.
• “Bridget Phillipson must let Eton build its schools in the north” – Eton Star Partnership was meant to bring new sixth form colleges to deprived areas – postponement shows the bigotry of low expectations, writes Sebastian Payne in the Telegraph.
• “Tories will lose if they keep ‘bashing the Green agenda’” – Boris Johnson has slammed ‘Net Zero sceptic’ Badenoch for pledging to abolish climate change law, reports the Guardian.
• “Labour considers scrapping North Sea windfall tax in dash for growth” – Chancellor Rachel Reeves is weighing plans to scrap the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers in a bid to revive economic growth, says Business Matters.
• “Net Zero reliance on China poses national security risk, Labour warned” – According to the Telegraph, the Royal United Services Institute warns that if Britain relies on Chinese technology to meet Labour’s clean energy targets, risks could be “hardwired” into key infrastructure.
• “Bill Gates might save mankind from climate fanaticism” – The Microsoft founder is finally talking sense on Net Zero, writes James Price in the Telegraph.
• “Their weakest argument is that global warming is dangerous” – On the Public Substack podcast with Michael Shellenberger, climate scientist Judith Curry says Bill Gates significantly understates just how wrong the doomsday problem is.
• “Geert Wilders’ Dutch PM hopes in tatters” – Geert Wilders’ dream of becoming Dutch Prime Minister is in tatters after voters backed a resurgent centrist party, reports James Crisp in the Telegraph.
• “The Dutch elections are still a victory for the Right” – Geert Wilders may have lost ground, but the Dutch Right hasn’t – it’s just regrouped, says Arnout Nuijt in the Spectator.
• “We still can’t get rid of Jacinda Ardern” – Jacinda Ardern’s right-on, undemocratic and unpopular political legacy makes her a shoe-in for UN Secretary General, warns Ella Whelan in the Telegraph.
• “This terrifying glimpse of a second Biden term shows why the Democrats are out in the cold” – The Dems are imploding in slow motion – too vain to change, too self-satisfied to notice why it keeps losing, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Quebec is in revolt over the mass migration threatening its identity” – Quebec is pushing back against mass migration that its leaders say threatens the province’s French identity, reports Michael Taube in the Telegraph.
• “Maternity hospital massacre leaves 460 dead: fresh horror in Sudan” – A maternity hospital massacre in Sudan has left 460 people dead just days after a 48-hour killing spree saw more than 2,000 civilians executed by paramilitary rebels, says the Mail.
• “Britain could face worst flu epidemic in 10 years” – Health officials have warned that flu has arrived a month earlier than usual, with hospital admissions for this time of the year the highest they have been in nearly 10 years, reports the Telegraph.
• “Who’s leading WHO? A quantitative analysis of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s grants to WHO, 2000–2024” – The WHO’s biggest backer after the US isn’t a country but the Gates Foundation – and, as Jonathan Kennedy notes on BMJ Global Health, its billions come with strings attached.
• “Bill Gates, Polio and the WHO” – Bill Gates spends billions on polio shots while ignoring clean water, says Dr Robert W. Malone on his Substack.
• “Police Scotland has ‘lost all credibility’ as it charges women’s rights activist for ‘breaking’ a brolly” – Police Scotland have been accused of “eroding women’s trust and confidence” by pursuing charges against a For Women Scotland director for allegedly breaking a rainbow umbrella, reports the Scottish Daily Express.
• “English cricket facing legal action over transgender ban” – The Good Law Project, led by activist lawyer Jolyon Maugham, has written to the England and Wales Cricket Board demanding it reverse a decision to ban men from playing in women’s cricket, says the Mail.
• “Why is Glamour honouring men as its Women of the Year?” – Transwomen who campaign against women’s rights are being elevated above actual women, writes Georgina Mumford in Spiked.
• “Schools teach pupils about wrong Caesar” – Teachers at nine Australian high schools found out just days before an ancient history exam that they’d taught the wrong Caesar – Augustus, not Julius – reports NBC News.
• “Together 4th Anniversary Event! With special guest speakers including Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Allison Pearson, Alex Phillips, Kaizen Asiedu, Phil Booth, Andrew Orlowski plus more TBA” – Together’s 4th Anniversary Event is coming up on Sunday November 16th in London with speakers including Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Lord Tony Sewell, Allison Pearson, Alex Phillips, Kaizen Asiedu, Andrew Orlowski, Phil Booth of NO2ID, Laila Cunningham, Dr Clare Craig and panels on Digital ID, the WHO and the State of Britain. Daily Sceptic readers can get £4 off tickets with code SCEPTIC at checkout.
• “They chose to pick on the wrong guy!” – On Harry Cole Saves The West, Toby updates on the free speech war and vows to continue being a thorn in the side of would-be censors.

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