- “Rishi Sunak urged to stop ‘dithering’ over Ukraine funding” – Former defence secretaries call on the Prime Minister to pledge at least another £2.3 billion to the Ukrainian war effort, reports the Telegraph.
- “Drakeford’s rotten legacy in Wales is the nightmare future under Labour” – Be under no illusions, as bad as the Tories are, Labour will be much worse, warns Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “The revenge of the Blob” – In 2023, the technocratic elite made big strides towards taking back control, remarks Mick Hume in Spiked.
- “What’s going wrong at Harvard?” – Once a centre of excellence, Harvard University is now mired in allegations of campus antisemitism and racism, writes Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
- “The Great Christmas Trust the Evidence quiz” – On Substack, Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan pose a series of questions to test their readers’ pandemic knowledge.
- “Eco developers set to ruin Peak District by building a giant solar farm the size of 120 football pitches” – Furious residents living in stunning countryside are fighting plans to build a giant solar farm the size of 120 football pitches on a 200-acre greenbelt site in Leicestershire, reports the Mail.
- “Ed Miliband accepts £230,000 donation from billionaire family” – Labour’s green champion Ed Miliband has accepted a £230,000 contribution from the billionaire family behind the Tetra Pak packaging empire known for its contribution to global landfills, reports the Mail.
- “No one wants used EVs, making new ones a tougher sell too” – Drivers don’t want to buy second hand electric vehicles, which is damaging the market for new ones, writes Monica Raiment for Bloomberg.
- “Church nativity scene featuring two mothers of Jesus sparks accusation of blasphemy” – A church nativity scene featuring two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph, has sparked anger in Italy, according to Sky News.
- “The trans takeover of social work” – Social workers are being bullied and coerced into accepting a dangerous ideology, writes Ken McLaughlin in Spiked.
- “All I want for Christmas is a rise in birth rates” – As a society we need to think ahead to the empty cradles and classrooms of the future and ask if we have our collective priorities right, says Peter Franklin in UnHerd.
- “The Baby Boom” – In Aporia, Arctotherium examines the Baby Boom, drawing lessons for today’s West amid declining fertility rates.
- “Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies brought ‘racism’ into anniversary specials” – The writer of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials has explained how he brought “racism” into a landmark episode, reports the Telegraph. Not what the Doctor ordered.
- “Hatred, brainwashing and mass psychosis behind Democrats’ war on democracy” – On the Public Substack, Michael Shellenberger gives his take on the recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling that Trump cannot be on the ballot because he supposedly encouraged insurrection on January 6th.
- “Is America heading towards civil war?” – In the Spectator’s Americano podcast, Freddy Gray speaks to classicist, military historian and author Victor Davis Hanson about antisemitism in the U.S., the battle between Right and Left since 2016 and a future Trump presidency.
- “A Christmas Eve election surprise” – On X, Tucker Carlson interviews House of Cards’ Francis Underwood (aka Kevin Spacey) about a possible 2024 presidential run.
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