- “Fury as PM refuses to say whether he’d sign away Falklands or Gibraltar” – Sir Keir Starmer has provoked anger after refusing to say whether he would sign away the Falklands or Gibraltar, reports the Sun.
- “Starmer’s Chagos betrayal is unforgivable” – We will not survive in our increasingly dangerous world if we cannot act in our own self-interest, says Sam Bidwell in the Telegraph.
- “Labour’s Chagos surrender shows we need a stronger China strategy” – The Starmer Government cares more for global elite opinion than it does for British interests, according to Robert Jenrick in the Telegraph.
- “Cabinet rebellion over Rachel Reeves’s cut to foreign aid budget” – Ministers and charities warn of damage that will be caused if the Chancellor cuts overseas aid, reports the Telegraph.
- “Ed Miliband supports change to ‘cruel’ laws on assisted dying” – MPs will be given a historic vote on whether to legalise euthanasia within weeks, says the Times.
- “Lord Alli laid on hospitality for Labour 23 times in run-up to election” – Peer at centre of ‘freebies’ row hostedaides and shadow ministers at his £4m Soho townhouse, according to the Telegraph.
- “10,000 fewer children in private schools ahead of Labour’s VAT raid” – The Independent Schools Council has identified a 1.7% drop in pupil numbers this year compared to last, reports the Times.
- “Private schools plan legal challenge against Starmer’s VAT raid” – The Independent Schools Council is prepared to challenge the legality of Labour’s tax raid on private schools if the Government doesn’t make some concessions, says the Telegraph.
- “Lockdown babies not ready for school, report finds” – Children are joining Reception still using buggies, not toilet trained and not knowing how books work, according to the Telegraph.
- “Sending 70% of young people to university will be the ruin of Britain” – In our trade-starved economy we must do more than just saddle students with a sociology degree and a lifetime of a debt, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “Ed Miliband’s ‘new era’ for energy policy is anything but” – Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband travelled up to Merseyside to announce the latest twist in the Government’s energy policy, according to Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Labour to commit almost £22 billion to fund carbon capture and storage projects” – The Government is planning to commit almost £22 billion over 25 years to fund carbon capture and storage projects, reports the Guardian.
- “Why The Left Hates Laughter” – In Country Squire magazine, Sean Walsh explains why the Left lack a sense of humour.
- “A divided Right will mean decades of Labour misrule” – The Conservatives must not waste their time in Opposition as Labour did, says Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
- “Dutch resistance hero denied bridge naming honour due to lack of ‘diversity’” – The city of Amsterdam is refusing to name a bridge in honour of one of the most famous Dutch resistance heroes in World War II because he’s a white male, according to Brussels Signal.
- “Alarming rise of ‘super-fit’ slim young people suffering heart attacks” – Doctors agree that the numbers of young people having heart attack is on the rise, but disagree about the cause, according to the Mail.
- “The Hallett Inquiry: Evidence given on 26 September 2024” – on their Trust the Evidence Substack, Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson parse the evidence given by Chris Whitty to the Hallett Inquiry.
- “The fate of Israel’s hostages one year on” – The Telegraph accounts for every hostage taken on October 7th.
- “‘Fact check’ has become just another word for censorship” – “Fact-checking” is like “fake news”: Something that is now entirely in the eye of the beholder, says Douglas Murray in the New York Post.
- “Tim Walz is Weird” – Eugyppius watched the Vice Presidential debate and, on his Substack, concludes that Tim Walz is far weirder than JD Vance.
- “The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections” – Alex Armstrong in the Critic writes about the recent Austrian elections.
- “What does “hate speech” actually mean?” – No government has yet been able to define ‘hate speech’ successfully, says Andrew Doyle on his Substack. And therein lies the problem.
- “GB News facing ‘significant fine’ after losing High Court battle against Ofcom” – A High Court Judge has given permission for GB News to launch a judicial review into Ofcom’s finding that its Rishi Sunak election special breached the Broadcasting Code, reports the Telegraph.
- “The National Trust must not play politics” – This once-cherished body appears more preoccupied with woke activism than preserving our heritage, says Lord West, a retired Admiral in the Royal Navy, in the Telegraph.
- “Non-binary customers win compensation for being asked if they are male or female” – MoneySuperMarket and Transunion have been criticised over lack of more than two options when asking customers to identify their gender, reports the Telegraph.
- “Revealed: First migrant crime table” – One in 50 Albanians in the UK in prison, Telegraph analysis shows
- “President Milei delivers a powerful speech at the United Nations General Assembly” – On X, the libertarian President of Argentina tells the United Nations General Assembly why it’s mistaken to promote socialism over free markets.
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Alarming rise of ‘super-fit’ slim young people suffering heart attacks
The evidence is mounting up:
‘The Pfizer mRNA vaccine is contaminated with the plasmid DNA vector that was used as the template for in vitro transcription reaction. this DNA could be the cause of some of the rare but serious side effects like death from cardiac arrest. The DNA can and likely will integrate into the genomes of transfected cells. There is a very real hazard for genome modification of long-lived somatic cells, which could cause sustained autoimmune attack toward that tissue. There is also a theoretical risk of future cancer, depending on the piece of DNA and site of integration.’
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/SenateMedicalAffairsCommittee/PandemicPreparedness/Phillip-Buckhaults-SC-Senate-09122023-final.pdf
‘The causative relationship between the mRNA-LNP vaccine and SAEs has only been officially recognized by the regulatory agencies for peri- and myocarditis affecting primarily young males. While most symptomatic patients might be young males, recent, in vivo physiological tests, such as heart glucose uptake, showed a 40% increase in asymptomatic vaccinated patients irrespective of gender and demographics, potentially suggesting a much broader impact. These findings are also supported by a postmortem study, in some of which an autopsy revealed heart inflammation and the presence of vaccine RNA. Whether the increase in heart attacks and death in young people might be linked to these vaccines remains to be determined.’
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10883065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8340007/
‘Two distinct self-limited syndromes, myocarditis and pericarditis, were observed after COVID-19 vaccination. Myocarditis developed rapidly in younger patients, mostly after the second vaccination. Pericarditis affected older patients later, after either the first or second dose.
Some vaccines are associated with myocarditis, including mRNA vaccines, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a possible association between COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and myocarditis, primarily in younger male individuals within a few days after the second vaccination, at an incidence of about 4.8 cases per 1 million. This study shows a similar pattern, although at higher incidence, suggesting vaccine adverse event underreporting. Additionally, pericarditis may be more common than myocarditis among older patients.’
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.14680
‘We established that all 28 deaths were most likely causally linked to COVID-19 vaccination by independent review of the clinical information presented in each paper. The temporal relationship, internal and external consistency seen among cases in this review with known COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis, its pathobiological mechanisms, and related excess death, complemented with autopsy confirmation, independent adjudication, and application of the Bradford Hill criteria to the overall epidemiology of vaccine myocarditis, suggests that there is a high likelihood of a causal link between COVID-19 vaccines and death from myocarditis.’
And by now (at least on here) familiar questions are being asked (if not by the Hallett inquiry)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10883065/
‘The unprecedented mass vaccination with a vaccine that minimally protects from getting infected and spreading the virus during a pandemic prompts critical reflections:
Was it a sound strategy?
Was herd immunity a realistic expectation?
Did this strategy inadvertently accelerate virus mutations, and could a more targeted focus on vulnerable populations have yielded better results?
The decision to opt for the mRNA-LNP platform over traditional methods requires scrutiny, considering both its advantages (speed of production, ease of updating) and limitations (patents, production constraints, affordability, unknown short- and long-term side effects).
Why focus on a single virus protein with a high mutation rate?
Was the vaccines’ ease of updating feature critical to fighting against variants?
Why was basic immunology knowledge on how antigen dose, repeated boosters, pre-existing antibodies, antigenic sin, etc., affect the immune system mostly ignored during the pandemic?
Amidst a shared pool of scientific knowledge, divergent decisions by countries like Sweden, which chose not to recommend vaccinations for specific age groups, kept schools open and reported that no child with COVID-19 died, underscore the need for a deeper understanding of varied perspectives. Why censor the “Great Barrington Declaration,” which advocated a model similar to Sweden’s, emphasizing the protection of the vulnerable?’
‘…..discussions have centered around the impact of influential scientists who advocate for drastic measures to address vaccine hesitancy and public trust erosion, potentially compromising academic freedom through censorship and intimidation.
However, during the pandemic, actions like silencing dissenting voices, coupled with policy decisions often reliant on assumptions rather than robust experimental data, may have inadvertently undermined both science and public confidence.
To rebuild trust, it is crucial to return to the fundamental principles of scientific inquiry.’
EV Trade Wars
As well as the all to real actual wars in the World, it does seem we also have important trade wars going on. Both USA and now the EU seem to be imposing stiff import tariffs on Chinese electric cars (EVs).
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-votes-to-slap-china-made-evs-with-tariffs-but-tesla-gets-off-easy/
It does seem that somewhat belatedly the EU and the USA have realised that their strident aims to push the switch to EVs is going to harm the legacy motor industry that is an important part of their economies.And so what is the UK going to do?
https://www.politico.eu/article/china-ev-imports-uk-labour-electric-keir-starmer/#:~:text=Europe-,Don't%20expect%20Britain%20to%20copy%20EU%20and%20American%20tariffs,of%20imports%20of%20Chinese%20EVs.&text=LONDON%20%E2%80%94%20While%20its%20allies%20slap,vehicles%2C%20Britain%20is%20sitting%20tight.
With China sitting on stockpiles of EVs and with all these tariffs in other countries, one can only guess that the UK will be seen as a ready market for Chinese EVs, with many people in the UK cheering this on with the premise that anything is worth it ‘to just stop oil’! There will be a huge push by many in the UK to hang on to their petrol/diesel (ICE) cars as long as possible, the as yet unanswered question is whether this Government will allow that or will it bring in increasingly punitive measures that force us to give up our ICE cars? Very soon we could all be buzzing around in little BYD Seagulls searching for a charging point, a latter day motoring version of one seagull flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
It’s already started. I’m renovating a 20year old Skoda at the moment – it’s already worth more than what I paid for it. Khan-proof too – not that I care.
I do think the government will try to tighten MOT rules to exclude more older cars and increase hydrocarbon taxes to try to price them off the road. This will result in more corruption with illegal substitution of cars undergoing the annual test and a thriving black market in fuel. I expect to see even more registration plate cloning. Of course, the quality of black market fuel will be suspect but people will buy it if the ‘discount’ is great enough. There will also be a few more accidents as unsafe cars are given a ‘pass’ at MOT and many more cars will be uninsured due to carrying false plates.
The question is how long will this go on and who will win the ‘arms’ race? The government or the People?
I hear Sir Keir has turned down a donation of tickets to the Brixton O2 Academy venue on 14 Nov. Who knows why?
GB New vs Ofcom: https://www.gbnews.com/news/gb-news-wins-high-court-s-permission-to-bring-legal-challenge-against-ofcom The headline is a bit different compared with the Telegraph story in this morning’s list above.
“Dutch resistance hero denied bridge naming honour due to lack of ‘diversity’”
Look out for the DEI rules on the awarding of the Victoria Cross soon.
Yes, but what is the value of an award handed out for DEI, not actual achievement?
Even the person awarded will know it’s just a worthless token.
In that case they’ll abolish medals altogether as elitist.
…but it won’t be elitist.
‘I saw the Holocaust… so many dead bodies’: The horrors of Oct 7 – as told by the survivors (Telegraph)
Just listen to the rhetoric… 700 murdered Israelis (many by the IDF) must now be deemed as a “Holocaust”
Yes of course we must use the term “Holocaust”… And I’m sure you will..
And in regards to the other 50000 and counting human beings…..
Power propaganda isn’t it… Even controls the Daily “Sceptics”
I see you’re agreeing
First sign of madness.
It certainly is, thinking that bombing Gaza, killing 50000 civilians, creating mass homelessness will prevent another atrocity and keep Israel safe..
Now that IS insanity
I thought you were leaving?
What’s it got to do with you.. I know you and Mogs think this forum belongs to you both but stfu
And what is truly disgraceful is the reversal of roles: it is Israel that is bombing and invading foreign countries, it is Israel that is committing genocide, it is USA that is financing Israel and supplying it daily with the bombs and missiles it needs, while all along UK nods its compliance.
Absolutely, there’s British tax payers money going into the slaughter of civilians too.. The MIC reaches far and wide..
The brainwashing has been so successful as to even question or criticise the Israeli state is taboo..
Everything has been turned on its head…
“Cabinet rebellion over Rachel Reeves’s cut to foreign aid budget”
Fu#k em, don’t cut foreign aid, STOP IT ENTIRELY!
Spot on Dinger
“Dutch resistance hero denied bridge naming honour due to lack of ‘diversity”
And exactly how many black dutchmen died defending holland?
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I love Israel
Im sure you do….. What is there not to like
You see, our governments can be a corrupt as they want, all in broad daylight because you lot have been brainwashed…
Well done you…. You really do think we live in a democracy.
I am not sure why Tombs thinks the Tories are part of the solution to any of our current problems, all of which were facilitated by them in office.
im also not sure why he thinks Labour wasted their time in opposition. They seem to have run the civil service, judiciary and quangos throughout that time just as if they never left office.
The attacks on the UK economy, tax rises and damage to our security which have intensified since the GE were clearly all readied over the past few years. The fact these were not in their manifesto and the MSM never challenged them is beside the point.
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what a true leader and admirable man
is the leader of Argentina, The UN is a disgraceful chimera which seeks to impose a tyrannical suppression of humanity and freedom.
To see a leader speak truth and defend his people is refreshing and sadly so rare. Want to bet Starmer and the rest of the western government puppets sign the pact, after all they have sold their souls, so they might as well make the most of their 30 pieces of silver before they have to pay their master.
So ask their SEX then. Sex exists. Gender does not. It is entirely imaginary. If I gat a paper form with “gender” I cross it out and write SEX.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/04/cabinet-split-over-rachel-reeves-cuts-foreign-aid-budget/
Why?
Stop the firkin lot. I don’t have taxes stolen from me simply in order to stuff a Third World dictator’s Swiss bank account.
No you have taxes stolen from you to aid the deaths of civilians by the MIC…
Care about that?…. Only depending on who’s being bombed…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/04/labour-to-commit-almost-22bn-to-fund-carbon-capture-and-storage-projects
Is the number ’22’ code for something?
And…
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