- “Police should turn their zeal towards real criminals” – Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine’s absurd arrest is typical of how officers react when someone complains about being offended, according to yours truly in the Times.
- “The police have become the rent-a-goons of the easily offended” – A couple were arrested and held for eight hours after criticising their daughter’s school on WhatsApp, writes Tom Slater in Spiked. The police need to get a grip.
- “The Thought Police came for me and I fought my corner – free speech must be preserved at all cost” – the GB News website reports that Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, has slammed the state’s attempt to silence him by stripping him of his OBE and joined the Free Speech Union.
- “JK Rowling wades in on trans toddler row: ‘totalitarian insanity’” – The Harry Potter author said that any adult who punishes a toddler for being able to recognise biological sex is a “dangerous zealot” and should not be allowed near children, reports the Mail.
- “The liberal state is going full Big Nanny” – After Le Pen’s ban, a Quakers raid and a transphobic toddler suspended from school, can MPs save us from authoritarianism? asks Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “It is not an accident that the crime rate is on fire in Britain… it is deliberate” – Alex Story on the GB News website says taxpayers are being forced to pay for the destruction of their own country.
- “Sentencing Council ‘drops two-tier justice sentencing plan’” – The Sentencing Council has agreed to suspend the new guidelines due to come into effect tomorrow, according to the Mail.
- “‘Two-tier justice’ quango member attacked illegal migrant crackdown” – Johanna Robinson, a Sentencing Council adviser, spoke out against the Tories’ “Illegal” Migration Bill in 2023, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Two-tier justice’ police chiefs criticised for saying ethnic minorities can be treated differently” – The Shadow Home Secretary has condemned police advice to treat ethnic minorities more leniently as “unacceptable social engineering”, says the Telegraph.
- “Starmer’s small boats record worst of any PM’s since crisis began” – More than 6,600 migrants have crossed the Channel in the first three months of this year, a record-breaking number, according to the Telegraph.
- “Labour has changed precisely nothing on illegal immigration” – Practical things not gimmicks, the Home Secretary advises when it comes to stopping illegal immigration. Yeah right, says a leading article in the Telegraph.
- “Alleged people smuggler can’t be sent to Belgium ‘because of mosquitos in prison there’” – Ziarmal Khan, 25, was arrested in Britain last year for people smuggling but is fighting extradition on the grounds that he cannot be imprisoned in Belgium because of the bugs in the jails, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Smashing the gangs’ may prove to be an expensive waste of time” – We need to address the problem of people who come on short-term visas and then came asylum, writes Karl Williams in the Telegraph.
- “Britain’s sickness benefits claims surge at fastest rate in the West” – Britain’s ballooning welfare bill outpaces other developed nations despite Labour’s reforms, according to the Telegraph.
- “Private schools accuse Government of refusing to consult them over VAT raid” – The Independent Schools Council claims ministers refused to engage with private schools before storming ahead with their sweeping tax raid, writes Poppy Wood in the Telegraph.
- “All the Judges Presiding Over School Tax Court Case Went to Private School” – It isn’t just all the lawyers defending the Government’s VAT raid on independent schools that are privately educated, says Guido Fawkes. It’s also all the judges presiding in the case.
- “‘Rats gnawed through my sister’s car. Now there’s no escape’” – The horror of Birmingham’s bin strike has seen rodents grow to “the size of cats” leaving residents fed up and worried, reports the Telegraph.
- “Miliband urged to scrap windfall tax to avoid mass job losses in North Sea” – Britain’s declining production of North Sea oil and gas is dooming the UK to increasing reliance on US imports unless Milliband does a U-turn, says the Telegraph.
- “Prince Harry ‘sent unpleasant and imperious message’ to charity boss” – The Duke of Sussex allegedly demanded the Chair of Sentebale “explain herself” after she refused to issue a statement defending his wife, according to the Telegraph.
- “No free trade with US without free speech, Starmer warned” – The PM’s hopes of avoiding Donald Trump’s tariffs may hinge on the case of pro-life activist arrested for peaceful protest, reports the Telegraph.
- “The pro-lifer whose protest in Bournemouth triggered free speech row with Trump” – The US is ‘monitoring’ the court case of a retired medical scientist who’s on trial for holding up a placard outside an abortion clinic, says the Telegraph.
- “Trump’s tariffs will hit Britain as US rebuffs ‘carve-out’ deal” – Concessions on AI, tax and agriculture are “on the table” in US-UK trade talks, but a deal will not be signed in time to avoid import charges on British good of up to 20%, according to the Times.
- “Trump is plotting the biggest tax rise in global history” – The burden for paying the bulk of the president’s Liberation Day tariffs will fall on American consumers, potentially at some $600 billion a year, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “US will not help Europe if Russia attacks: leaked Pentagon document” – Europe would be on its own if Russia attacks, according to leaked Pentagon documents, reports the Mail.
- “Mark Carney is another Justin Trudeau: a woke, broke, Net Zero fanatic” – Canada will not survive the green, elitist, doomsaying, central planners who will triumph with Mark Carney at the helm, writes Jordan Peterson in the Telegraph.
- “Marine Le Pen’s party calls on supporters to take to the streets” – The leader of France’s Right-wing party has called for a peaceful “mobilisation” after Marine Le Pen was banned from running for office following an embezzlement conviction, says the Mail.
- “Snow White suffers worst humiliation yet after woke remake tanked” – The woke Rachel Zegler-led remake of Snow White has reached a new low after after getting the lowest ever rating on IMDB, reports the Mail.
- “Tesla dealership goes up in flames in Italy with 17 cars destroyed” – Italy’s anti-terrorism police unit Digos is leading an investigation into an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Rome, according to the Mail.
- “Billboard Chris vs. Australia: Court battle over censored trans social media post kicks off” – On her Substack, Rebakah Barnett writes about day one of the court battle between Canadian gender-critical activist Chris Elston and Australia’s online harms regulator.
- “White Lotus dropped trans child storyline after Trump won office” – Carrie Coon, an actress in White Lotus, says a decision was made to drop a trans character in response to the US President’s attacks on transgender rights, says the Telegraph.
- “Putin drafts 160,000 men into Russian army despite peace talks” – President Putin is drafting the largest number of men yet into the Russian Army, suggesting he’s not serious about peace talks, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour faces a serious threat from Gaza independents and the Greens” – The Labour Party’s traditional white working class base has crumbled, writes Paul Goodman in the Telegraph. It is now losing votes to Muslim independents and Greens.
- “British Empire taught Muslims homophobia, claims historian” – A “horror of same-sex relationships” did not exist in Islamic culture before the 19th Century, says a woke Oxford professor, according to the Telegraph. It’s all the fault of the horrid homophobic British Empire. April Fool? Apparently not!
- “Adolescence director celebrates as episodes will be shown in schools” – Philip Barantini, the director of Adolescence, posted a celebratory story on Instagram saying “We did it” as Sir Keir Starmer announces the series will be shown for free in schools, reports the Mail.
- “Liberal Democrats can you please be a serious party of opposition and actually do something to hold this dreadful Labour government to account?” – CCHQ takes the Mickey out of Ed Davey’s launch of the Lib Dems’ local election campaign.
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Why would Tim Stanley write about the elites sorting themselves out? He has been arouynd long enough to observe their disgrace without strong comments.
Johanna Robinson, a Sentencing Council adviser, spoke out against the Tories’ “Illegal” Migration Bill in 2023, reports the Telegraph. We are not surprised. Who appointed her/him/it/them – theTories of course.
Andrew Lynn has written rubbish about tarriffs.
While free trade is the best arragnement, mercantilist policies buy others and unbalanced tarriffs are not a fair way of trading.
The USA is such a large market that suppliers will, in many / most cases, bear the costs.
Covid Jab Side Effects Never End – latest leaflet to print at home, deliver to neighbours, forward to your bad MP & friends online. Start a local campaign. Deliver 100 leaflets a week (5200 a year). Over 300 leaflet ideas on the link on the leaflet.
Have you seen this extraordinary find by Dr. Tess Lawrie on Rhoda Wilson’s “The Expose” website? As long ago as 1875 people were warning against vaccines for children:
Infection by injection: 1875 postcard reveals smallpox vaccines caused smallpox – The Expose
Pretty much, going by the latest example with Marine Le Pen, and I fear *they’ll* pull something out the bag to ensure Farage never makes it to number 10 either;
”How to turn democracies into dictatorships:
1) Import millions of people from cultures/religions which are least likely to integrate into the host country.
2) Never make this a manifesto commitment – just do it, even in the full knowledge the electorate do not want this.
3) Elevate the imported people into 1st class citizens, whilst demoting the native citizenry to 2nd class status.
4) Smear all objection to these governmental crimes as “far-right” “racist” and “Islamophobic.”
5) Should a political party representing the views of the native citizens look like winning a major election, arrest its leaders or simply cancel the election result on a trumped up charge.
6) Use the Dying Legacy Media to persuade the masses that the banning of democracy was undertaken to Save Democracy from the evil far-right.
7) If mass social unrest ensues, call in the army, declare Martial Law and lock up the dissenters in Concentration Camps.
8) Declare the end of elections. Society is so fractured and volatile it can only be governed with a permanent Iron Fist.
NB: All of the above can be carried out / encouraged by the President of the EU Commission, despite the fact no one voted for @vonderleyen and nor can we vote her out.
Simple. Genius. Evil.
We are no use to them if we are wiped out. What they want (I believe) is a simmering low-level civil war which requires totalitarian control to keep in check. Rather like the constant wars in Orwell’s 1984 “We have always been at war with Eastasia” etc.”
https://x.com/PWestoff/status/1906763945077080436
Sorry, Geert, I know she’s going to appeal but I don’t share your optimism;
”I am shocked by the incredible tough verdict against @MLP_officiel
. I support and believe in her for the full 100% and I trust she will win the appeal and become President of France.” Geert Wilders
Putin drafts 160,000 men into Russian army despite peace talks
This is not popular:
‘The Kremlin is nervous. On Saturday night, a limousine belonging to Vladimir Putin’s official fleet dramatically exploded north of the headquarters of the Russian security services……..To Western intelligence agencies, the situation is becoming clear: within Russia’s top brass, the knives are out for their leader.’
‘She vents her anger at how attacks on the border regions were long ignored:
“When we get f**ked – it’s fine. But when it’s the f**king Moscow region – suddenly it’s a goddamn disaster! Let them sit the f**k down and shut up, those bastards. They’ve been living without fear, without a clue.”
‘“I didn’t sleep all night – it was buzzing and buzzing. And I thought: yep, those b**ches are flying to Moscow. Seventy of them! Good. Should’ve gone straight to Moscow so they’d finally react. While poor people suffer, Moscow dances and sings.”
As of 2021, all Russian men between 18 and 27 are conscripted for 1 year. Conscription takes place in two tranches each year. They are not used in the Ukraine war by law.
That regular down voter clearly doesn’t like this topic being discussed, I have my suspicions but he really needs to grow up.
Not sure if it’s already been shared but the psycho who stabbed multiple people ( all luckily survived ) in Amsterdam is Ukrainian, the guy who decked him and made a citizen’s arrest is British. More like this brave chap, please!
”The suspect, a 30-year-old man from Donetsk, a region of Ukraine currently occupied by Russia, is set to appear before a judge on Tuesday. The judge will decide whether he should remain in custody for up to 14 more days while the investigation continues. He faces a potential arraignment before a three-judge panel at a district court, which could extend his detention by up to 90 days. A public hearing on the status of the case is not expected until after July 1.
The motive behind the attack is still unclear. Authorities are investigating whether the incident had terrorist or criminal motivations.
A British tourist has been widely praised for his actions in subduing the attacker before police arrived. The man, who has been described as modest and reluctant to seek attention, received significant recognition for his quick thinking and bravery. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema awarded him a hero’s medal. “He has no interest in fame and is primarily focused on the victims, for whom he feels responsible,” Halsema stated”
https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/31/amsterdam-stabbing-victims-conditions-improving
Usual suspect. But what’s one more violent man demonstrating illogical, emotion-driven behaviour? On and on it goes…
”An Afghan man had been charged with murder after killing another Afghan for “bad behavior” in a dramatic scene captured on video in France.
Frantic screaming began after witnesses saw a horrific scene develop in front of them on Friday, at around 6:30 p.m. in Bordeaux, France. At Place de la Victoire, a 28-year-old Afghan was stabbed to death by a fellow 27-year-old Afghan national, with the victim splayed on his back as he bled out from his neck.
The suspect, who has been charged with murder, can be seen on the video sitting calmly after the murder.
The attacker reportedly arranged to meet with the victim before murdering him due to the victim’s “bad behavior” towards the suspect’s family in Afghanistan, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.”
https://rmx.news/article/france-afghan-cuts-the-throat-of-victim-in-front-of-crowded-mcdonalds-in-bordeaux-leaves-him-to-die-on-video/
Turd World imports Turd worlding.
https://almosttheweekend.com/how-to-hygge-your-home-office/
Home workers shift to commuting hygge:
‘A portable mattress for commuters who hate getting out of bed has been revealed.
Retailing at £350, The Odd Company has launched the “City Napper”: a luxury, portable mattress, designed to help burnt-out-Brits regain some precious sleep on their commute.
The portable mattress features a cushioned, wrap-around headrest for neck support, so pains are a thing of the past for pre-work dozing.
No coat? No problem. The City Napper’s quilted pocho cover will drape over your front and back, not only keeping you cosy but public transport germs at bay.
Commenting on the City Napper, Andrew Seed, Managing Director at The Odd Company said:
“We all know that feeling of having to tear ourselves away from our beds in the morning, only to face the cold and crowded commute. That’s why we created the City Napper: a portable mattress designed with the modern commuter in mind.”
“Commuting becomes more bearable, naps become more accessible, and bed FOMO is abolished with the City Napper. Grab one for your journey to work and be the envy of your fellow travellers.”
April Fool?
“The liberal state is going full Big Nanny” – After Le Pen’s ban, a Quakers raid and a transphobic toddler suspended from school, can MPs save us from authoritarianism? asks Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
The sad thing is none of the numerous recent examples cited by Mr Stanley on 31 March 2025 are pre-April fools – the Theatre of the Absurd is playing out minute by minute in front of our very eyes.
As part of an ongoing research project, just discovered (even using a VPN identifying as Switzerland) “for legal reasons” I can no longer access the website of a highly-reputable major American corporate, accessed on and off for decades – lawfare is work of the devil.
https://www.gbnews.com/opinion/thought-police-starmer-labour-opinion
It might have been better to have kept quiet about this Toby. Offering FSU membership to Charlie Mullins while refusing Tommy Robinson; it’s not a good look.
Was Tommy refused because of his fame? Maybe they were worried that all his court cases in future would use up all of the limited FSU funding, leaving ordinary obscure folk with no one to defend them. Just wondering what reason they gave him…
The FSU, as I understand it, sets out to assist people are involved in free speech issues. The legal issue with Robinson was not lack of free speech, but contempt of court. His position is indefensible in this respect, although the severity of the sentence and his treatment in prison are both questionable but not diectly free speech issues.
Well that confirms my suspicion.
What suspicion are you replying to yourself about? I don’t understand.
But people don’t join the Free Speech Union only if they need assistance with court cases that have been brought against them! They join because they believe in Free Speech and want to support the Free Speech Union.
So I don’t understand why Tommy was not allowed to join as a member supporting the work of the Free Speech Union.
You said, “the severity of the sentence and his treatment in prison are both questionable”, but that is the understatement of the year! No other person has been imprisoned for contempt of court for decades, and no other person convicted of a CIVIL OFFENCE has ever been imprisoned with Terrorists and Murderers in a Maximum Security Prison in Solitary Confinement for Months, which is a clear violation of his human rights under international law.
You are correct that his case is not directly a free speech issue, but that doesn’t explain why he was not allowed to join the FSU as an ordinary member. The only reason I can think of is that the FSU was worried that if his many court cases continued in the future, it would severely drain the limited financial resources of the FSU, which would prevent them from helping many other ordinary people in their individual free speech cases.
I’m still wondering, and was just having a guess as to the reason.
Do these people realise that the convicting Le Pen charade will have the opposite effect and it’s only going to move more indecisive voters to the right?
Legarde didn’t even get a criminal record for misusing… 100+ times the amount of funds in 2016.
“A French court has found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence but did not hand down any punishment.
As French finance minister in 2008, she approved an award of €404m ($429m; £340m) to businessman Bernard Tapie for the disputed sale of a firm.
Accused of allowing the misuse of public funds, rather than actual corruption, she could potentially have been sentenced to a year in prison and a fine of €15,000, but escaped a sentence and emerges from the trial without a criminal record.”
Incredible! Well done for exposing this gross injustice and “two-tier sentencing” in French courts. Le Pen and Jordan Bardella should be kicking up about this.
Not to mention von der Leyen who was being accused of corruption in her post as Defence Minister in Germany (giving contracts to a company owned by a friend of hers) before being put out of reach into her current position where she, very irregularly, apparently conducted contract negotiations for excessive numbers of Pfizer’s ‘vaccines’ via mobile phone text messages. The EU is also always happy to fund diverse NGOs strongly promoting EU ‘values’ in foreign elections and to react accordingly if results are disappointing, e.g. Romania. Let us not start on how much EU money has disappeared in the direction of Ukraine.
All good points— thanks for that useful information.
“The Thought Police came for me and I fought my corner – free speech must be preserved at all cost” – the GB News website reports that Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbers”
…Um, isn’t he the one who FORCED HIS STAFF TO GET THE COVID VACCINE or be fired?
Multi-millionaire Pimlico Plumbers boss enforces ‘no jab, no job’ policy for new staff – The Mirror
…despite refusing to have the vaccine himself???
Charlie Mullins admits to not having Covid vaccine – despite requiring employees to be… – LBC
“British Empire taught Muslims homophobia, claims historian”
Please understand that ISLAM IS NOT HOMOPHOBIC.
Sodomy is religiously condoned by the Koran and almost universally practiced (see The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan), though very strictly defined:
Only the VICTIMS of Sodomite Rape are considered “guilty” in Islam of “Tempting the Innocent Rapists”, just as female victims of rape are considered “guilty” and punished accordingly.
Only the VICTIMS of Sodomite Rape can be “thrown off high buildings”, NOT THE INNOCENT RAPISTS.
The sodomy condoned includes bestiality, in which the goat, for example, is considered “guilty of tempting the innocent human rapist”, and must be killed after the rape, but the meat is forbidden to be consumed by the rapist, who must sell the meat in another town.