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Received — 11 October 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

When Prayer Becomes a Crime: This is Not British

11 October 2026 at 13:00

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce faces criminal charges for standing silently on a street, saying nothing and obstructing no one. Whatever your views on abortion, CJ Strachan argues that criminalising silent prayer is not who we are.

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BBC Reporter’s History of Glorifying Murder of Jews

11 October 2026 at 09:00

A BBC Arabic reporter who wrongly described terrorists killed in Gaza as "journalists" has a history of glorifying the murder of Jewish people.

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There’s a Reason Ulez is So Hated

11 October 2026 at 07:00

As Kevin Rees is jailed for 15 years for blowing up a Ulez camera with a homemade bomb, Dr Tilak Doshi looks at why London's anti-motorist money-making 'clean air' scheme is so widely hated.

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Received — 10 October 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

An Ode to Cancel Culture

10 October 2026 at 15:00

Professor Roger Watson reviews The Trials of Maurice Brophy, the new novel by Marcus Bland about a Cambridge academic whose life spirals after he finds himself summarily cancelled over his research on Wagner.

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Rush to Diagnose ADHD and Autism is Damaging Children, Major Review Warns

10 October 2026 at 13:00

Britain risks harming a generation of children by over-diagnosing ADHD and autism, a major review has warned, with autism diagnosis rates soaring by up to 40-fold despite no evidence of a genuine increase in prevalence.

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Diversity Targets: Has Anyone Done the Maths?

10 October 2026 at 12:00

Britain’s biggest employers set bold diversity targets – but has anyone checked the maths? Actuary Peter Crowley runs the numbers and finds the arithmetic rather less accommodating than the slogans.

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The Great Debate About Whether the Radical Right or the Lunatic Left is “Normal”

10 October 2026 at 11:00

We're in the middle of a vast argument about what is normal, says Prof James Alexander. Is Elon Musk right that what is now called 'far Right' was normal 10 minutes ago, or should we be listening to the 'lunatic Left'?

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Why Does the EU Insist on Provoking the Man Who Underwrites its Security?

10 October 2026 at 07:00

Why does the EU insist on provoking the man who underwrites its security, asks Steven Tucker, as he skewers the parasitic psychology of the ungrateful men-children behind the EU's naked fat golden Trump statue.

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Received — 9 October 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

Britain is Heading Towards Blackouts

9 October 2026 at 15:13

Britain is heading towards blackouts because of its overreliance on renewables, says energy expert Richard Lyon, who explains how Britain's power grid works and why Net Zero is making it vulnerable to severe outages.

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Giant Wind Turbines Risk Leaving Britain Blind to Russian Jets, Says MoD

9 October 2026 at 13:08

A giant wind farm risks blinding radar used to track Russian jets and missiles, the Ministry of Defence has warned as it opposes Net Zero plans to build 23 turbines twice the height of Big Ben in Yorkshire.

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