Council Net Zero Madness
7 May 2025
News Round-Up
8 May 2025
Conservatives Slump to 17% in Poll
7 May 2025
by Will Jones
Until this week, Keir Starmer told us the criminal justice system is at capacity, says Laurie Wastell. Turns out, we can clamp down on crime and disorder just as long as the target is the reviled white working class.
Labour is set to make Britain's universities an arm of the state, says Dr David McGrogan. The Education Secretary has set out her plans to make life more comfortable for higher education – at the cost of its freedom.
A Labour council has been accused of launching an attack on British farmers with a "draconian" meat and dairy ban.
Labour was accused of "gambling with public safety" as it unveiled a plan to free prisoners after just 40% of their sentence and a Minister suggested jail terms should be shorter still.
Millionaire eco-tycoon Dale Vince appeared to call Hamas "freedom fighters" last year and then waged a war of censorship against any media which reported his words. But the Guido Fawkes blog is standing up to him.
Labour's Prisons Minister claims that "we're addicted to punishment", as the party considers releasing prisoners after they've served only 40% of their sentences. This is a recipe for more crime, argues Noah Carl.
On Friday, Labour's euphoria from its likely victory will dissipate in hours, and the Leftist factions will emerge from the darkness and the unravelling will start, says Guy de la Bédoyère.
Keir Starmer’s planned VAT raid on private schools is likely to breach human rights law because it singles out private education for the levy, a senior lawyer has said. The Left gets entangled in its own Blob.
Labour claims its Education Tax on private schools is to raise revenue for the state sector. But it's unlikely to do that – and no wonder when the policy's architect is clear that it wants private schools to disappear.
Sir Keir Starmer is standing by a pledge to ban new drilling in the North Sea, despite New Zealand abandoning a similar policy made by ex-PM Jacinda Ardern amid blackout fears.
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