- “What did they think would happen? The Bell Hotel has stood in a leafy village for decades. Dozens of migrants moved in. Then a sex assault charge sparked angry riots” – The Bell Hotel in Epping has become the focus of anger against migrants after an asylum seeker staying there was charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls just days after arriving in Britain, says the Mail.
- “The people of Epping are fed up with being ignored” – In the Spectator, our own Laurie Wastell takes a closer look at what’s going on in Epping.
- “Britain cannot afford to keep Rachel Reeves any longer” – Eventually reality will force Sir Keir to conclude that there will have to be changes or the money will run out, says Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “Albanian who cannot be deported taunts Home Office with personalised number plate” – Albanian convicted burglar Dorian Puka, who cannot be deported from Britain because he is in the process of claiming asylum, taunted the Home Office with a personalised number plate on his £80,000 Mercedes, reports the Telegraph.
- “Doctors enjoy bigger pay rises than any other profession since 2017” – Doctors have been handed the biggest pay rises of any profession since 2017 at 91% (i.e., their pay has nearly doubled in eight years) – yet Britain is bracing for five days of strikes in a row over pay, reports the Telegraph.
- “Starmer’s delusional. 16 year-olds will never vote for him” – It goes without saying that the Government’s move to hand the vote to 16 year-olds is intellectually and morally bankrupt – and it will also backfire, says Dan Hodges in the Mail.
- “Birmingham council boss received £469k as authority went ‘bankrupt’” – The former chief executive of Birmingham City Council Deborah Cadman received £469,000 during the year she quit the effectively bankrupt authority, and the number of staff earning more than £100,000 has tripled in three years, reports the Telegraph.
- “More than 100 arrests as pro-Palestinian protesters chant ‘f— your Jewish state’” – More than 100 protesters were arrested across the UK on Saturday as some pro-Palestinian activists chanted “f— your Jewish state”, the Telegraph reports.
- “The Palestine Action protests reveal Britain’s spiritual sickness” – All other foreign conflicts have been pushed aside: Gaza is the new unifying issue of our politics, says Stephen Daisley in the Telegraph.
- “Cast member unfurls Palestinian flag in Royal Opera House protest” – A cast member on Saturday night unfolded a Palestinian flag on stage during a curtain call in a Royal Opera House production, resisting attempts by staff to remove it, reports the Telegraph.
- “Gaza documentary producer celebrated Palestinian terrorists as ‘martyrs’” – A producer of a controversial documentary on Gaza called a terrorist who shot dead seven Israeli civilians on Holocaust Memorial Day a “martyr”, the Telegraph reveals.
- “Minorities in the Middle East are facing extinction” – We must speak out against the regime in Syria for its persecution of religious and ethnic groups, and support Israel’s fight against terror, argues Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “Call for charges over vandalism of Lord Balfour portrait” – Responsibility for damage to Lord Balfour’s portrait at Cambridge last year was claimed by Palestine Action, but no one has been arrested, says the Telegraph.
- “More Evidence of a Global Offshore Wind Project Collapse” – The Australian Government is worried it might have to pay for Australia’s own commercially unviable renewable projects, after President Trump pulled US support, says Eric Worrall in WUWT.
- “Trump’s Wind-Permitting Freeze Prompts New York To Kill Offshore Wind Gambit” – New York has halted plans for offshore wind, citing Trump’s permitting-freeze and cost concerns for ratepayers, reports Climate Change Dispatch.
- “Which Are The ‘Stranded Assets’ Now?” – The tables have turned on green finance, says Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian.
- “West Arctic, NW Passage See Third Highest Sea Ice Extent in Over Two Decades” – West Arctic ice is refusing to play ball with the climate alarmist narrative, says Pierre Gosselin in the No Tricks Zone.
- “Italy has rejected the IHR Amendments!” – On Substack, Meryl Nass is pleased to report that Italy has joined the US in rejecting the WHO’s IHR pandemic amendments, making three who have for sure, including Israel.
- “Requiem for the Cochrane Collaboration” – The Cochrane Collaboration will disappear into oblivion because of excessive bureaucracy, protection of guild and financial interests, says its co-founder Dr Peter Gøtzsche in Brownstone Journal.
- “US Imposes Travel Ban On Brazil Supreme Court Justices Persecuting Former President Bolsonaro” – The US has taken action against activist judges on the Brazilian Supreme Court who are persecuting the former President, says Michael Shellenberger on Public.
- “John Torode ‘used n-word directly towards crew member’” – It’s claimed that sacked presenter John Torode used the n-word directly towards a member of the MasterChef crew, the Telegraph reports. (Seven years ago, though not raised until just now, and which Torode says he cannot recall.)
- “John Torode is the latest victim of the new racial hysteria” – The BBC’s sacking of the MasterChef presenter over one vague allegation is cruel and unjust and a product of the current racism hysteria, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
- “NHS nurse Sandie Peggie ‘taking legal action’ against union over trans row” – Nurse Sandie Peggie, who complained about a transgender doctor using a female changing room, is reported to be taking legal action against her trade union, according to the Telegraph.
- “Children to be taught worrying is not a mental-health condition” – Children will be taught that “worrying and feeling down” are not mental-health conditions in a bid to curb Britain’s spiralling worklessness crisis, the Telegraph reports.
- “Tucker Carlson: Part fruitloop, part grifter and all fake” – In TCW, Daniel Jupp has been dismayed to see Tucker Carlson move into some seriously dubious territory.
- “Ed drilling is banned, the latest Labour doll!” – Watch the promo for the MinistryofWit’s new Ed Zero doll, complete with David Attenborough voiceover.
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What is wrong with Britain?
Mr J. Portes, ex civil servant and advisor to Gordon Brown, gives us a telling glimpse of ‘The Blob’.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/emily-carver-patronising-gb-news-guest-interview
It’s got nothing in particular to do with Reeves. Starmer has signed off on what she has done, and so have most Labour MPs (in fact some MPs wanted to bankrupt us more quickly). It’s called SOCIALISM, different flavours of which most people voted for at the last election.
Actually Kneel is simply acting under orders. The money has already run out. All that matters is when they decide to make it official and formally declare the country bankrupt. My forecast is within eighteen months max although prior to the May ’26 elections is looking increasingly favourable.
Simon Heffer way behind. No surprises there.
Then they can go to the EU begging to be allowed back in, whatever the cost, that’s always been part of the plan
The Palestine Action protests reveal Britain’s spiritual sickness
‘Providing the last update before the October demonstration, the report represented a consolidation of regional intelligence, confirming the number of students travelling from university towns across the country. The report included the licence registration numbers of coaches used in the students’ transportation’
https://specialbranchfiles.uk/vietnam-war-story/
Follow the money
‘the international links the groups organising the demonstrations had with communist governments and revolutionary forces……..included people from the International Marxist Group, the International Socialists and the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
The pro-Chinese Mao-ist adherents are active at present and attending every meeting in London to attempt to persuade all participants to accept the inevitability of violence on a large scale.’
1968
The People’s Forum, a revolutionary communist front behind much of the pro-Hamas violence and chaos…….is heavily funded and maintains lavish offices at 320 w. 37th street in Manhattan, in one of the priciest commercial developments in the city. This funding is coming from major donors, including the Chinese and Cuban communist parties, major Democrat donors, and tax dollars.
2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html
Follow the money:
Mr. Singham’s office, adorned in red and yellow, sits on the 18th floor of Shanghai’s swanky Times Square……He shares the office with a Chinese media company called Maku Group, which says its goal is to “tell China’s story well,” a term commonly used for foreign propaganda. In a Chinese-language job advertisement, Maku says it produces text, audio and videos for “global networks of popular media and progressive think tanks.”
From a think tank in Massachusetts to an event space in Manhattan, from a political party in South Africa to news organizations in India and Brazil, The Times tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to Mr. Singham that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points.
Some, like No Cold War, popped up in recent years. Others, like the American antiwar group Code Pink, have morphed over time. Code Pink once criticized China’s rights record but now defends its internment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs, which human rights experts have labeled a crime against humanity.
Singham sold his company in 2017 for close to $1 billion, and reports indicate that Singham has since provided funding to groups such as the People’s Forum. The organization, which is based in… Read more »
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