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Received — 14 October 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

Britain is Accelerating Towards Crisis

Despite admitting mass immigration is damaging the country, the ruling classes fail to secure the border while clamping down on dissent. It's accelerating Britain towards crisis, say David Betz and Michael Rainsborough.

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You Can Become English

14 October 2026 at 15:24

Suella Braverman says her Asian ancestry means she is British but not English. Clive Pinder argues that Englishness can be ethnic, cultural or both. If we demand assimilation, we should recognise the belonging it creates.

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BBC Making J.K. Rowling Documentary Without Her Input

14 October 2026 at 13:15

The BBC is making a documentary series about the influence and legacy of J.K. Rowling without any input from the author which brands her a "polarising figure".

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Migrants Taking Four in Five New Jobs

14 October 2026 at 11:16

Four in five new jobs created in Britain since 2014 were taken by migrants while the number of British people on out-of-work benefits increased by 2.3 million, according to a report from the Centre for Social Justice.

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No Ed Davey, You’re a Father, Not a “Carer”

14 October 2026 at 09:00

No doubt Ed Davey lovingly cares for his disabled son, says Joanna Gray. But he's not his "carer"; he's his father. It's a distinction Britain is fast losing sight of, to the detriment of us all.

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Are Fossil Fuels Running Out?

14 October 2026 at 07:00

Have we passed peak oil – are fossil fuels running out? Richard Lyon says yes, and the transition to 'renewables' is making it worse. But peak oil is a myth, says Tilak Doshi, as he reviews Lyon's book The Energy Trap.

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Received — 13 October 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

Banished Celebrity Traitors Star Accuses Show of “Racial Bias”

13 October 2026 at 19:30

Myha’la Herrold, the Celebrity Traitors star banished on the show last week, has accused the reality TV programme of having "unconscious racial and cultural bias" in its format.

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Brexit Does Not Mean Brexit

13 October 2026 at 17:24

As he charges head first into the Brexit debate, Andy Burnham resembles no one so much as Donald Trump, says Prof James Alexander: cause a stir via wild assertions, the better to give cover to what you really want to do.

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Who Will the Next Party Leaders Be?

13 October 2026 at 13:00

Amid renewed speculation about an early General Election, now is the time to look at whom to put money on as the next party leaders, says Mark Littlewood in his latest Political Betting column for the Daily Sceptic.

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Why Was Sadiq Khan Given a United Nations Award?

13 October 2026 at 07:00

Parts of London look like a dump. But that hasn't stopped the UN from giving Mayor Sadiq Khan an award for "improving urban life". It's all very incestuous, says Charlotte Gill: the UN is just rewarding its cronies.

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Received — 12 October 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

Heat Pump Subsidies to be Scaled Back to Fund Defence

12 October 2026 at 19:13

A heat pump subsidy scheme launched by Ed Miliband just nine months ago is facing cuts to help fund defence as the public continues to reject the technology and the quiet Net Zero rollback marches on.

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Want the Highest State Pension? Don’t Bother Working Too Much

12 October 2026 at 15:09

You need 35 years of National Insurance contributions to get the full state pension. Ah, says David Craig, but the unemployed get 'pension credit', which pays exactly the same and comes with piles of freebies thrown in.

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Burnham to Say it’s His “Duty” to Pursue Closer EU Ties

12 October 2026 at 13:29

Andy Burnham will say that failing to pursue a closer relationship with the EU would be a "dereliction of duty" in a major Commons address today, following his comments blaming Russia for interfering in the Brexit vote.

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