- “Half of Tory voters want to quit European Convention on Human Rights” – An opinion poll for the Telegraph reveals that half of Conservative voters believe the U.K. should leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
- “The Tories deserve our contempt” – A party can leap over disappointment and rage; contempt is a much higher hurdle to clear, writes Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
- “Angela Rayner is getting a taste of her own medicine” – Politicians’ tax arrangements are now treated as a window into their souls, says Lauren Smith in Spiked.
- “Demographics are destiny. Britain must reform public services – or face catastrophe” – An ageing population demands honesty. From benefits reform to foreign aid, it’s time to abandon the old consensus, writes Neil O’Brien in the Telegraph.
- “Homeowners face unsellable properties threat from rise of ‘desktop surveyors’” – The rise in banks using property surveyors who are working from home risks leaving homeowners trapped in homes they cannot sell, reports the Telegraph.
- “Town hall fat cats are bursting at the seams” – Given how much council tax we pay, we have a right to know how that cash is being spent, says Joanna Marchong in CapX.
“Sale of mobile phones to under-16s may be banned” – Ministers are considering banning the sale of mobile phones for all under 16 year-olds, reports the Express. - “Bring back the culture of debate!” – The Guernica debacle shows how far removed we are from robust disagreement, writes Ross Barkan in Persuasion.
- “U.K. pharma companies told to make fewer drugs in draft Net Zero guidelines” – In recent draft guidelines for businesses, pharmaceuticals companies were told to make fewer drugs for the sake of the environment, reports the Telegraph.
- “Millions paid out for mandated Covid vax injuries just the tip of the iceberg?” – On Substack, Rebekah Barnett comments on a rise in compensation claims for vaccine injuries in Australia.
- “RFK Jr. leaves Chris Cuomo speechless for two minutes straight” – Independent presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy Jr. appeared on NewsNation and dropped a shocking truth bomb live on air that everyone needed to hear, says the Vigilant Fox on Substack.
- “How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could doom Joe Biden” – RFK Jr.’s popularity appears to be a function of name recognition and a general lack of enthusiasm for President Joe Biden, writes Adrian Carrasquillo in Politico.
- “Poland pushes ahead with hardline hate speech law” – Only a year ago, it would have been unthinkable for Poland to propose a law that would imprison people for hate speech against LGBT people. Yet that’s exactly what happened, says Michal Kranz in UnHerd.
- “Why Justin Trudeau is turning against immigration” – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting desperate, writes Michael Taube in the Spectator.
- “The truth about the Rwandan genocide” – It has now been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide, and an opportunity to assess the tenure of one of Africa’s most controversial leaders, says Michela Wrong in the Spectator.
- “Why humanity is good for the natural world” – Greens are suppressing the good news about the effect of humans on the environment, writes Matt Ridley in Spiked.
- “Children must not be rushed to change gender, report warns” – A new report says that children who say they’re transgender may actually have mental health issues, according to the European Conservative.
- “‘Tickle v. Giggle’: the case forcing Australian courts to decide ‘what is a woman?’” – A landmark case underway in Australia could set a legal precedent for the resolution of conflicts between gender identity claims and sex-based rights, reports Jason Osborne in Gript.
- “Four-day week could be racist, report suggests” – A Welsh Government report suggests that four-day weeks could be racist because they discriminate against ‘frontline’ public sector workers, according to the Telegraph.
- “No, ethnic minorities are not put off by the Union flag” – Labourites are woefully out of touch with ethnic-minority Brits, says Rakib Ehsan in Spiked.
- “Wolf Hall is back – but casting a mixed-race British-Egyptian as my ancestor Thomas Wyatt is absurd” – Diverse casting must have a logical grounding; in an adaptation of a novel like Wolf Hall, which prides itself on historical authenticity, it makes no sense, argues Petronella Wyatt in the Telegraph.
- “Psychiatrist warning as physically healthy woman seeks assisted suicide in Dutch case” – A leading Irish psychiatrist warns against legalising assisted suicide in Ireland, in light of a high-profile case from the Netherlands involving a physically healthy 28 year-old woman, according to Gript.
- “Women could be sued if they divulge ‘red flags’ about men on Facebook” – Female members of a Facebook group, where women expose red flags about men they’ve dated, face potential lawsuits for posts containing false and damaging allegations, reports the Mail.
- “Hollywood producers wanted a female James Bond before Sean Connery was cast” – A new Ian Fleming biography reveals that producers wanted a woman to play 007 before Sean Connery was cast, in order to make the character less “unbelievable” and “stupid”, according to GB News.
- “‘I’ve been at NPR for 25 years. Here’s how we lost America’s trust’” – In the Free Press, Uri Berliner, a veteran staffer at NPR, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners what to think.
- “‘Pulling down statues is national, moral suicide’” – On Triggernometry, historian Andrew Roberts gives his frank opinion on the pulling down of statues of America’s Founding Fathers.
"Pulling down statues is national, moral suicide." – @aroberts_andrew
— TRIGGERnometry (@triggerpod) April 8, 2024
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Interesting inside look at the asylum system from this doctor;
”I am the clinical lead in an asylum hotel in the north of England. We’re right in the centre of town. Though we try to keep a low profile, that’s not always easy with 24-hour security guards in hi-vis patrolling the entrance. The building is modern, but it was never intended to house hundreds of people long-term. It’s starting to degrade quickly. My role is to provide a GP service within the hotel.
I have to be inexact about certain aspects – but let me tell you this: the Home Office is not focused on the details in any meaningful way. At the hotel where I work, the physical building is owned by a group of investors. The security is contracted to the lowest bidder for this kind of work. Day-to-day operations are run by a large housing management firm.
You have to comb their websites for any information about their activities in the area. The asylum-industrial complex is largely run by for-profit contractors, each leveraging their slice of the cake for further enrichment.
The space I work in is extremely secretive. Part of that comes from the housing companies making phenomenal profits from commodifying people. This is a business led by algorithms and obsessed with process. Several of these providers also run prisons, probation services and custody suites; there’s a hardness to their culture – it can be unkind and arbitrary.
In many ways, it’s like a prison: nobody has anything, so the only thing you have of value is your word. I’ve learnt never to promise anything I can’t deliver.
People are not always who they say they are. Most arrivals are undocumented, having disposed of their papers along the way. The Home Office assigns them a name and date of birth based on whatever they declare. People do this to reinvent themselves – they may have tried and failed previously under their original name, or they may be wanted overseas. There is no way to verify it. They are given a new identity and that becomes who they are in the UK. Some have already been granted the right to remain in other European countries and then left to try their luck here, where they have stronger family networks. I have met families who have been on the road for years.”
https://article.wn.com/view/2025/04/10/I_work_at_a_migrant_hotel_Even_when_residents_are_granted_as/
“What’s the difference between cigarettes and illegal immigrants?
You’re only allowed 200 cigarettes into the UK before the authorities start asking questions.” A Meme.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHV8-kSoG0h/?igsh=N3R1bmE0N3o5MTR4
Nigel’s got it sorted.
You can come here in vast numbers and within a few short years the towns you live in will start to remind you of home. It amuses me how potentates in far fling countries love the British immigration policy because it means that they can off-load their criminal classes here which cost a lot of money to contain at home. The British love of cheap labour and scraping the barrel and the race to the bottom is something to behold.
Is it a surprise that with every mention of a trade deal with India the first thing that comes up is allowing more of them to come here to the imperial nation they are supposed to hate? Maybe it is revenge….
How low do you want to go? Please stop. Is it the lure of that final sound in the bathtube when the last of the water goes gurgling down? Is it self-punishment for empire? Surely you can see the futility of money worship and how everything valuable lies outside of the realm of money. Cheap taxi drivers and delivery drivers. Cheap nannies and restaurant staff. Is it really worth it?