News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A U.K. mother claims she pleaded guilty to a crime she did not commit to avoid sharing a prison with two transgender inmates convicted of murder and sexual assault.
As our politicians cheer economic disasters as supposed wins for the climate, can't they see the damage they are doing to our country with their headlong pursuit of Net Zero, asks David Craig.
SNP ministers have quietly downgraded their claim that Scotland has a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind potential to just 7%, in a major blow to their economic case for independence.
Labour thumping victory over the SNP in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election was achieved in part by backing off from Net Zero policies, the war on the motorist and gender woo.
SNP leader Humza Yousaf may be leading his party towards electoral disaster, but that's no reason not to put him on the cover of Time magazine and laud him as a "next generation leader", it seems.
Amid rising concerns over the new COVID-19 variant Pirola, the Scottish Government is seriously considering the reinstatement of mask mandates and lockdowns.
New data reveals a shocking 10% increase in traffic-related pollution levels in Glasgow despite the implementation of its Low Emission Zone.
Once a city he adored, Edinburgh is now plagued by poor governance, unkempt streets and costly, ineffective public projects, says Dr Roger Watson.
Fraser Hudghton of the Free Speech Union challenges Scotland's Hate Crime Act following news that from next year, 'hate crime' will encompass age-related threats or abusive language.
The SNP-Green's disastrous bottle recycling 'Deposit Return Scheme' has cost £86 million, left taxpayers facing massive compensation claims and the administering company in administration.
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