- “Secret letters that show Iran’s £200 million payments to Hamas” – Israel has recovered correspondence that shows the extent of Tehran’s support for Hamas, reports the Times.
- “Israel is running out of options” – Everyone who stands any chance of leading Israel knows that the only way to stop the ‘cycle of violence’ is for Israel to win, says Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “U.K.-funded French cops watch migrants illegally cross English Channel” – British-funded French police have been filmed standing by and watching as dozens of migrants sprinted across beaches to board small boats and cross the English Channel, reports the Mail.
- “A new survey that may be of interest” – Is there anybody in the country who doesn’t laugh or sneer when our intelligence services or some quango tell us, with a straight face, that the greatest threat in this country comes from Right-wing extremism? asks Rod Liddle in the Spectator. In fact, a new survey from the Henry Jackson Society shows a substantial minority of British Muslims revere Hamas, hate Israel and wish to see our own country governed by Sharia law.
- “U.K. ONS denies request from seven MPs by claiming that the vaccines are safe so there is no need to do any analysis that might show otherwise” – There is a huge excess mortality problem in the U.K. Nobody can explain it. The reason is simple: the staff at the U.K. ONS is standing in the way of transparency, says Steve Kirsch on Substack.
- “Hate crime call handlers given script defending Humza Yousaf” – Police Scotland staff have been given a script defending Humza Yousaf after he faced a deluge of hate crime reports for his 2020 ‘white’ speech, according to the Telegraph.
- “The real reason why Angela Rayner won’t reveal her tax affairs” – It appears that Ms. Rayner did not pay any capital gains on the £48,500 profit she made on the sale of her home in Stockport because she nominated it as her main residence to HMRC, says Ben Wilkinson in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer refuses to say he has ‘100%’ confidence in Angela Rayner” – Keir Starmer’s not coming out and saying he’s fully behind Angela Rayner in the row over the sale of her former home, reports the Telegraph.
- “Punishing non-doms is class war populism” – Both the Labour and Conservative parties are engaged in an unedifying bidding war as to which of them will tax rich foreigners the most, writes Harry Phibbs in CapX.
- “Liz Truss was right about the creeping dominance of the OBR” – The Office for Budget Responsibility has become a super-modeller, set to work on everything from immigration to house prices, writes Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
- “The Free Speech Union’s key role in developing government legislation” – In the Byline Times, Karam Bales exposes the Free Speech Union’s dastardly role in persuading the Government to protect academic freedom.
- “Harold Wilson had secret affair in No.10 – and this one wasn’t with his secretary” – Former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s closest surviving aide reveals that he confessed to an extramarital affair with a woman 22 years his junior while in Downing Street, according to the Telegraph.
- “Telegraph suitor Marshall to quit board of GB News owner” – Hedge fund tycoon Sir Paul Marshall is preparing to step down from the board of GB News’s parent company as he eyes a renewed bid to acquire the Daily Telegraph, reports Sky News.
- “Royal Navy recruits no longer need to prove that they can swim” – Anyone seeking to join the Royal Navy will no longer need to prove they can swim, in what one defence source called a “desperate” relaxing of standards to tackle a recruitment crisis, say Sky News.
- “Heat pump owners host visitor days in scramble to increase demand” – Heat pump owners are set to open their homes to prospective buyers as Britain aims to increase demand for the technology in its push towards Net Zero targets, reports the Telegraph.
- “Net Zero ban on petrol cars is wrong, says Aston Martin owner” – Aston Martin’s boss says a Net Zero ban on petrol cars would be “premature” due to the current weakened demand for electric vehicles, according to Proactive Financial News.
- “The irresponsibility of ‘two years to save the planet’” – It is easy to condemn young climate protesters for their incoherent ramblings, but they have been traumatised by the sensationalist rhetoric of UN officials and others vying to outdo each other in apocalyptic language, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Streeting admits he was wrong to say transgender women are women” – Wes Streeting admits he was wrong to say that “trans women are women” amid a major Labour row over the Cass Report, reports the Telegraph.
- “Father Ted’s Graham Linehan demands crime probe into trans charities” – Graham Linehan is demanding criminal investigations into pro-trans charities Mermaids and Stonewall in the wake of the Cass Report, says the Mail.
- “J.K. Rowling’s magic circle of trust: who backed author during trans row?” – J.K. Rowling has lost the support of many stars whose careers were launched by the boy wizard, but she can count on a close network of supporters to back her up, writes Jon Brady in the Mail.
- “The Cass review shames the gay-rights establishment” – ‘Gender-affirming care’ has always been gay conversion therapy by another name, says Andrew Doyle in Spiked.
- “Those in the sceptical movement must stop fighting each other” – Valuing diverse perspectives is crucial, but attacking characters and outright dismissing differing opinions is unjust, counterproductive and harms our cause, argues Dr. Gary Sidley.
- “Neurologist reveals how much time you should spend on social media” – A neuroscientist lifts the lid on how much time you should spend on social media per day, detailing why endless scrolling can cause serious issues, says the Mail.
- “How America’s next Civil War could unfold: ‘It’s looming – the battle lines have already been drawn’” – Alex Garland’s new film Civil War imagines sectarian conflict tearing apart the United States. How realistic is its vision – and could it actually happen? asks Colin Freeman in the Telegraph.
- “All these gender critical figures are now being proved right” – Nick Dixon, Leo Kearse and Scott Capurro on GB News praise J.K. Rowling for saying she’s in no mood to forgive the Harry Potter actors who turned on her.
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A new headline for the green lobby “Cars being recycled by foxes”
“Recent photos show multiple cars covered in blue plastic for protection after a spate of attacks”
What these car owners don’t realise is that the planet-mauling plastic previously used for these blue tarpaulins has been replaced by planet-loving woad dyed hemp;
A substance known to be both delicious to foxes, and one which sends them into a dope-fuelled violent frenzy.
Residents of Worthing beware!!!
Goodness me! Won’t somebody save the poor foxes? Eating soy is so bad for them!
Soy fox.
Mmmmm.
And there was me chilling in the garden with sun on face, sipping a cold beer, and thinking life doesn’t get much better than this. Then this beauty – the genius of food based insulation used on exposed parts!!!
. The icing on the cake.
But what is the icing made of? Or the cake, for that matter?
Probably the same stuff they’ve started making tyres from!
Someone please tell me I haven’t just read this headline, please!
Having enjoyed myself taking the Mickey over this article a more serious thought occurs to me:
If it is actually true that foxes have taken to nibbling cars what about creatures or fungi or moulds that would be much harder to keep away from the car’s vitals? Could an infestation of some sort of beetle feasting on the cabling ruin a car or make it unsafe?
Again, if it’s true, surely some sort of testing should have been done before introducing such a change?
The Telegraph article feels like it ought to have been published on April 1st.
Mice, rats, squirrels also like a good chew.
Here in Thailand it’s the rats that go for it.
And what about the rats? They are the usual cable chewing animals on certain types of cable, traditionally. There are some places where they have to be careful about proper protective anti-chew coverage on cables that are accessible in places where there are plenty of rats.
There was a ‘Grand Designs’ where a guy built a house in the woods that he owned using timbers and shingles etc that he had cut himself. The main walls were straw bales shaped with a chain saw and covered in lime plaster. He was off-grid and had a small bird-chopper windmill to charge batteries for power. He cabled the place using orange metal sheathed ‘pyro’ cable. He said is was expensive cabling but cheaper than rebuilding after the fire if the mice chewed the ordinary cabling he might otherwise have used.
A bit of a rich eco-nutter but a lovely house when he’d finished.
See what happens when the Blob interferes with natural, rural life – bring back fox hunting with hounds, that should solve the problem.
Foxes might be drinking brake fluid but they’re not addicted to it because they can stop anytime they want.
Pretty soon the Animal Rights people will set up the BFA (Brake Fluids Anonymous). The wily old foxes can gather in a church hall to tell the story of how they became addicted to the pretend to save the planet brake cables.
Sloppy article written by someone who doesn’t know the difference between brake cables (handbrakes) and brake pipes, usually made of steel or alloy, that contain fluid under pressure (when braking applied).
So just what are foxes eating?
How much land and water is being used to make useful things from food?
So let me get this straight, there is hydraulic fluid in brake wires/cables and chewing therough the insulation allows a fox to get to glycol in the fluid?
When I last worked on car brakes, admittedly on my AH Frogeye from 1959. the brake fluid was contained in fairly tough steel tubes. They had to be tough because of the extremely high pressure developed when braking.
I am puzzled by the need to insulate these pipes since the ethylene glycol in the brake fluid is also used in the cooling system to stop water freezing!
I realise technology has moved on somewhat and there may be brake wiring actuating, for example a brake servo, but those wires contain electricity not fluid.
My conclusion is that this is technologicl rubbish.
PS Ethylene glycol is said to be an intoxicant, but I have no personal experience of that.