- “Pensioner subjected to ‘thought crime’ raid to sue Kent Police over arrest” – A retired Special Constable is preparing to sue Kent Police after being wrongfully arrested over a “thought crime” social media post that warned about rising antisemitism, according to GB News.
- “The British state is crushing free speech” – Rather than instructing police officers to act as glorified social media moderators, we should let them spend their time investigating serious crimes, says the Telegraph in a leading article.
- “‘Brexity things’? This is a new low for the thought police” – In Spiked, Fraser Myers explores how a tweet about antisemitism and some anti-woke books landed a pensioner in a police cell.
- “The police have lost it” – We are witnessing the perversion of the judiciary and the creeping ideological capture of the police, warns Patrick West in the Spectator.
- “Britain’s politicians are terrified of a revolt. Free speech crackdowns won’t save them” – Frantic police raids over social media posts hardly speak of a country at ease with itself and its politics, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “Police officer faces sack 10 years after shooting gangster dead” – A Scotland Yard firearms officer could be sacked 10 years after shooting dead a gangster during an attempted prison break, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Labour split over Israel trade deal” – The Labour Government is facing a split over its planned trade deal with Israel after the proposal was branded “shameful” by some party supporters, according to the Telegraph.
- “British ICC chief ‘used Gaza to silence sexual assault accuser’” – Karim Khan KC, a British law chief seeking the prosecution of Israel for war crimes, allegedly told the woman he is accused of sexually assaulting that she would be harming Palestinians if she didn’t drop the allegations, reports the Mail.
- “NHS staff told to stop wearing uniforms at pro-Palestinian demonstrations” – NHS staff will be told to stop wearing their work uniforms on marches, as well as to stop displaying pro-Palestinian badges in the workplace, as part of a crackdown on anti-Semitism in the health service, according to the Jerusalem Post.
- “Asylum seekers ‘stole £70,000’ of Hermès bags from Knightsbridge store’” – A gang of asylum seekers living in a hotel raided a high-end Knightsbridge department store, armed with knives, and stole Hermès handbags worth more than £70,000, reports the Mail.
- “Starmer to close ECHR migrant loophole” – Judges’ powers to block deportations are to be curbed as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s bid to bring immigration under control, says the Telegraph.
- “Migrants face 10-year citizenship wait without ‘real contribution’ to Britain” – Starmer’s shake-up of the immigration system will require entrants to prove they benefit society and the economy, reports the Telegraph.
- “Care homes barred from recruiting overseas workers” – Care workers will no longer be recruited from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the Home Secretary has told the BBC.
- “Tories warn Farage’s plans for £140 billion of ‘giveaways’ would bankrupt UK” – Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has turned the spotlight on Reform’s economic policies as it emerges as genuine contender for Downing Street, reports the Mail.
- “Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘would win back old seat if he defected to Reform’” – Reform UK’s number crunchers have calculated that Jacob Rees-Mogg would return to the Commons with a majority of more than 20,000 if he defected to the party ahead of an expected by-election in his old seat, says the Mail.
- “Blue Labour offers bad answers to the wrong questions” – Blue Labour’s combination of stale economics and sinister moralism should be rejected, says Jasper Ostle in the Critic.
- “Jo Malone defends Dubai’s human rights record after relocating” – Jo Malone has defended Dubai’s human rights record after she became “disillusioned” with Britain and relocated to the Middle Eastern Emirate, reports the Telegraph.
- “No degree? No problem. Why employers are choosing non-graduates” – In the Sunday Times, Lucy Tobin highlights how employers are increasingly prioritising practical skills and ambition over university degrees.
- “Head of ITV hits out at compensation delay for Horizon victims” – The head of ITV has demanded faster compensation for the victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal after the drama that brought the scandal to national attention picks up a clutch of Baftas, reports the Telegraph.
- “SNP civil servants say order to work in office two days a week ‘an attack on human rights’” – The SNP Government has told its officials they must return to the office for 40% of their working week as part of a drive to improve productivity, says the Telegraph. Those officials aren’t happy.
- “‘I can save Britain from Spain-style blackouts’” – GB News reports that power generated by Icelandic volcanoes could help save Britain from blackouts, under new plans by a UK private equity tycoon.
- “The Graph That Lied” – On YouTube, Gorilla Science exposes the iconic ‘climate’ graph that’s undermining industrial capitalism and taking our freedom.
- “US trade deal will destroy UK’s bioethanol industry, bosses warn” – Industry leaders warn that Britain’s bioethanol industry is on the brink of collapse as a direct result of Britain’s trade deal with President Trump which means no tariffs are payable on ethanol imports from the US, according to the Times.
- “Could the death penalty return?” – If there are more cases of callous mass murder such as those committed by Axel Rudakubana and Salman Abedi, they are bound to lead to renewed demands for bringing back capital punishment, writes Nigel Jones in the Spectator.
- “Why are Labour looking the other way on maternity care?” – The Government is cutting ringfenced funding for maternity services by 97%, reports Theo Clarke in CapX.
- “Letby podcaster in ‘conflict of interest’ row over payments from police” – The co-host of a podcast about Lucy Letby is facing claims of an “appalling conflict of interest” because her company was paid to train detectives involved in the case, reports the Telegraph.
- “50,000 abortions result of ‘relentless push’” – A leading pro-life group has called the 50,000+ abortions in Ireland by February “horrifying” – blaming a relentless push to make abortion the first, not last, resort for pregnant women who don’t want their babies, according to Gript.
- “Let’s not forget the mass casualties of the Covid response” – On Substack, Dr Gary Sidley highlights the hidden toll of Covid fear-mongering and mask mandates.
- “New York assisted suicide Bill is a troubling turn” – New York’s ‘Medical Aid in Dying Act’ sends a message that life ceases to be worth living when it becomes too difficult or nears its end, says John Ketcham in City Journal.
- “Attempt at Leftist cancellation fails abysmally” – In Gript, Theo McDonald recounts how a failed attempt by Left-wing activists to cancel a discussion on crime in Ireland highlights the growing stifling of free speech in universities.
- “The case against an AfD ban” – On Substack, Katja Hoyer argues that banning the AfD would be a betrayal of democratic principles.
- “The humiliation of Friedrich Merz” – Contempt for the electorate is the only thing holding the new German Government together, says Sabine Beppler-Spahl in Spiked.
- “US agrees trade deal with China” – The White House says its negotiators have reached a trade deal with China, according to the Sun.
- “Hamas to release last living American hostage in Gaza” – Hamas has announced that it will release the last living American hostage held in Gaza, following talks with the US on a ceasefire, reports Sky News.
- “Kanye West’s ‘Heil Hitler’ song blocked from streaming platforms” – A new song by rapper Kanye West has been removed from streaming platforms for glorifying Adolf Hitler, according to the Express Tribune.
- “NHS trusts and councils defying Supreme Court trans ruling” – Taxpayer-funded councils and hospitals up and down the country are defying the Supreme Court’s landmark gender decision, reveals the Mail.
- “‘I begged my bosses not to let trans nurse take part in my operation’” – In the Mail, abuse survivor Karen Danson tells Jenny Johnston how NHS bosses put a biological male’s feelings above her safety – first in the changing room, then in the operating theatre.
- “A whip-smart satire of Oxford’s identity politics” – Thomas Peermohamed’s splendid debut Shibboleth wryly sends up performative student activism – and in the style of a 19th Century novel, writes Nikkitha Bakshani in the Telegraph.
- “British publishing has become unforgivably gutless” – When the author of the last great English novel of the 20th Century is having to crowdfund his latest, something has gone seriously wrong, warns Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “Football’s most-famous born again Christian on faith and football” –In the Mail, Joe Bernstein’s profile of Gavin Peacock reflects on his transformation from Premier League midfielder and BBC pundit to Canadian pastor.
- “Why Reddit is no longer needed” – When it comes to persuasion, AI trumps Redditors, says Ubersoy in Aporia.
- “AI of the beholder” – Instead of destroying the arts, artificial intelligence will redeem them, predicts Rina Furano in the Critic.
- “Emmanuel Macron caught with cocaine?” – French media is shutting down rumours on social media that Emmanuel Macron was caught by reporters with a bag of cocaine during a train trip to Ukraine. Watch the video and decide for yourself.
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Somebody else who has their eyes wide open and can see right through the intention of installing a Muslim statue and what it really signifies. The giveaway is the timing, plus the ability to look around and be aware of what’s happening to our societies in the West. Why did they not install a war memorial for Muslims 20 or 30 years ago, for instance?
”Timing is everything.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the government will fund a national war memorial to those Muslim soldiers who fought on our side during the two world wars and in subsequent conflicts. We have also been reminded that other religions have similar memorials.
And that is true. But is there anything more that this particular commemoration might represent?
Whether mass immigration was encouraged because it was seen as a solution to falling birth rates, a pension crisis or a darker death-wish for Christian culture, it was founded on a profound ignorance of what Islam believed and how it acted.
At the same time, an entirely false distinction was made between Islam and Islamism, as if Islamism described an entirely separate and unconnected political extremist variant among Muslims. Whereas, in fact, Islam is a well-balanced hybrid of religion and politics, aspiring to create a seamlessly faithful Islamic society in terms of both spirituality and political and ethical expression.
We might explore the demographic acceleration of Islamic presence in our country, but we would end up arguing about variables. The most useful wake-up call for many was provided by French novelist Michel Houellebecq in his novel Submission, in which he explored both the desire of Islam to change the face of French society and its means of doing so.
Is there an inherent desire to Islamify a society in which the numbers of Muslims and their political and cultural influence grows? There are Muslim voices that speak to this, but that might be countered by the argument that they are not sufficiently representative.
Either way, the present tensions in our democracy appear to reflect the growing leverage of Islamic preferences.”
https://catholicherald.co.uk/why-choose-now-for-a-national-muslim-monument-to-the-brave-soldiers-who-died-for-us-during-two-world-wars/
And is it just coincidence that the 2024 Brittania coin struck by the Royal Mint has Britannia, the personification of Britain, being looked down upon by a crescent moon which just happens to be exactly the same orientation as the crescent moon on so many Muslim flags?
https://www.royalmint.com/britannia/commemorative/2024-britannia/
Well-spotted! The crescent moon symbol is also the symbol of Shiva/Satan, “god” of Destruction. Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and other cults are all worshipping the same thing: KaliAllah the Moon Spider Goddess of Death and her Toyboy Shiva/Satan.
The Black Cube of Mecca is built directly upon the foundations of a Hindu temple to KaliAllah, also called Durga, the remains of the apsidal wall of which can still be seen jutting out from one side of it. And the rituals of white-robed people running counter-clockwise around the Black Cube is derived from Hinduism. The name Allah is not Arabic, but one of the many Sanskrit names for Kali.
The last several times I have looked at war memorials they did not have words to exclude soldiers, sailors or airmen of any race or religion. They were gender, race and belief inclusive.
If there is to be a separate memorial to muslim dead from the forces, why not for each other religion, for atheists, for men and women and for urban or rural fighters. Gay and straight.
Clearly this is a divisive proposal which is designed to divide.
Crime rate due specifically to non-Germans in Bavaria ( it’s not just in that state ) is on the rise. These figures will not be accurate given Germany’s new accelerated citizenship process for migrants ( unsure if that’s started yet ), which could see a foreigner arriving in the country five years ago, getting their German papers then any crimes they commit they’d go down on record as ”German”.
”An increasing migrant population has contributed significantly to a spike in crime across the German state of Bavaria, the state’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann claimed on Monday.
Speaking after his ministry’s publication of the state police’s crime stats for last year, the CSU politician assured the public that Bavaria remains a particularly safe area of the country, but bemoaned the fact that crime had increased across the state and attributed much of this increase to foreign nationals.
“We will not accept the increase in crime, even if it is a nationwide trend for which foreigners and immigrants are particularly responsible,” Herrmann said in a press release on Monday.
“We have commissioned the State Criminal Police Office and our police headquarters to analyze crime developments in detail in order to adapt operational concepts and police presence if necessary,” he added.
According to the crime stats, a total of 39.6 percent of the 266,390 suspects in crimes across the state last year were non-Germans despite only comprising 16 percent of the state’s population. This corresponds to an increase of 20.5 percent compared to 2022 when 32,037 immigrants were suspected of criminal offenses.”
https://www.rmx.news/crime/foreigners-to-blame-for-sky-rocketing-crime-stats-says-bavarian-interior-minister/
tells us:
In what fantasy world will we have spare energy to export? Lunacy.
Very occasionally we’re exporting to continental Europe – I think when the wind is blowing a lot. But net for the year we import roughly 10% from EU. We do export to Ireland, but that’s not what they are talking about.
Good point – but I was talking about what the situation will be in 2030/35 when so many more people will be plugging in their BEVs and running heat pumps. At that point I’d expect us to be importing energy from French nuke stations just to keep the lights on and warm.
When the wind is blowing for the UK it’s likely blowing throughout northern Europe. When the UK has a glut of wind power – so will they (mostly).
Of course, ‘we’ may miss our BEV and heat pump targets – in which case why can’t we also miss ‘our’ carbon-free grid target?
Indeed. If the 2030/2035 evil comes to pass I doubt the Europeans will have enough juice either. Either the targets will slip or we will have power cuts/power rationing which will either be enforced with quotas or huge price increases or both.
FFS. Want to understand where all the woke identity politics started? There’s a clue.
Irelands inept government strikes again!
Legally required posters at every garage displaying distances per 100km for petrol/diesel and ev performance!
There are so many variables to this it makes it absolute nonsense
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/filling-stations-to-be-required-to-display-ev-price-comparison-poster-1603312.html
erm. Usually 100km per 100km. Unless you’re going so fast that Einstein would be interested.
Yes, I do get your point – very silly posters. Mind you, they can hardly deny they ever told these lies if they publish them that widely.
The UK price of an entry level petrol Vauxhall Corsa is £22,255; the electric one is £32,445. So, the electric one is £10,190 (€11,924) more. Difference in price between petrol and electric per 100km is €10.04 – €3.18 = €6.86 per 100km. To save the €11,924 difference in purchase cost at €6.86 per 100km you will have to travel 173,823km or over 100,000 miles.
Happy motoring.
Sorry my mistake, price per 100km !
That’s if your ev can actually go that far according to all the manufacturers lies on range!
“King’s Cross station faces backlash after ‘Islamic’ message appears”
The “message of repentance” coming from a “hadith” is a total fraud. Repentance for sin is a Christian concept, and has no place in Islam or Judaism or any other religion, as far as I am aware.
Hadiths have no validity at all in Islam, being just imams down through the centuries making up stuff and sticking them into a list. They like copying things from other religions, and in the King’s Cross one they are just trying to imitate Christianity.
I don’t know whether it has validity in Islam, but it certainly does in Judaism.
See for example 2 Chronicles 7:14.
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Also here:
https://www.brandeis.edu/jewish-experience/holidays-religious-traditions/2021/september/atonement-yom-kippur-mirsky.html
No, actual repentance for sin is replaced in Judaism by “atonement”, which is not repentance, but only a ritual to protect yourself from being blamed for your sins in the next year. The Yom Kippur “Day of Atonement” means performing a ritual in which you transfer all your sins for the past year into a helpless chicken, swing it over your head, slit its throat, watch it choking to death slowly in agony, then give it to “The Poor” to eat your sins. You also take the Kol Nidre Vow, which allows you to lie and cheat and break any oaths sworn during the next year.
Then you go on sinning as much as you want.
“Labour will bring back ‘boiler tax’, pledges Ed Miliband” – The Shadow Energy Secretary backs plans, previously abandoned by the Tories, to impose fines on homeowners for failing to install useless, unworkable heat pumps”
WRONG. The plans were not “abandoned” by the Tories. They were delayed by one year, until after the election.
In other words, Tory and Labour policy on the boiler tax is now identical – they would both impose it after the election. But they are both pretending there is a difference between them on this issue.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/boiler-tax-shelved-until-after-election-following-tory-backlash/ar-BB1jUqTZ
Wow. Well done for exposing that vital piece of information.
“Tugendhat lined up as ‘unity candidate’ as Tory plotters discuss Sunak replacement”
I think he’s a good choice, as he has often bravely spoken out about things that matter, defying the Globalists.
No, it turns out that he’s not legally eligible for the post of Monarch’s Prime Minster, as yet another of the extraordinary number of Catholics and Closet Catholics in the government, far outnumbering Protestants. Only Mordaunt and Gove are eligible, it seems.
Boris Johnson was a fellow left-footer.
Well, Boris did convert to the Protestant Church of England at university, when he found out that as a Catholic he would not be able to legally hold the post of Prime Minister. Teresa May was a Closet Catholic, like her father, and therefore secretly holding the post illegally, as pointed out by none other than Michael Gove when she was PM.
Jewish Disraeli also converted to Anglicanism in order to become Prime Minister, and Tony Blair had to wait until leaving office before announcing his conversion to Catholicism. Truss and Sunak both were given the post illegally.
What has he spoken out about?
I don’t remember a peep out of him during “covid”.
“Tories narrowly back Sunak to lead party into next election”
Great, Sunak’s staying, time to leave 🙄!
(All tories with a precarious seat, like Anderson!)