HeyJaredLaura’s Substack - The West Brit
This West Brit Substack covers stories from Britain and Ireland and the shared culture between the islands from a conservative point of view.
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Sinn Féin Senator questions wheelchair charity (opens the original)
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In most countries public figures and politicians are subject to scrutiny. This makes sense as they have the power. There is also something morally wrong about “punching down.” The job of the journalist is to ‘speak truth to power.’ Politicians have the power to spend millions of pounds of taxpayers money, dictate public policy and expand the welfare state that will bind the hands of future generations.Indeed one my favourite ideas is that of Kelvin MacKenzie who was editor at the Sun when the pa
Daily Nuacht on the 30th of September 2026. (opens the original)
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The story today is, Laura babysits Lilly the therapy dog just in time for PM Burnham’s bonkers conference speech. If you are Prime Minister of a country where the debt is almost 100% of GDP, welfare must be reformed, spending on defence must be increased and everyone is enraged over small boat arrivals what do you do?Obviously if you are Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham the thing to do is introduce another universal welfare entitlement, a national care service, no cuts to welfare and open up a
Roald Dahl serves it cold (opens the original)
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Netflix has a new version of Charlie and Chocolate Factory. I won’t be watching. It did prompt me to read the book to John again. This is not my first rodeo with Charlie Bucket.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory of Just Deserts is a work of genius by Roald Dahl. There is much for the children to enjoy such as everlasting gobstoppers, flavoured wallpaper and rivers of chocolate. But on the fourth reading it occurred to me just how much there is for the adults to enjoy. Well, adults who like to see
Daily Nuacht on the 29th of September 2026 (opens the original)
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There are two stories I want to comment on briefly today.First is the act of treason by the current Labour government. They are going to open up “safe routes” to take more lovely refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan. British women might want to consider their own safe route out of the UK. They dressed this up as prioritising women and girls (we know that child marriage is rampant in Gaza) but even on their own terms, 3 out of 4 will be male.The demented Foreign Secretary spent most of yesterda
United Ireland security implications (opens the original)
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Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times had another excellent piece at the weekend. The headline and lead in were, “In a hypernation age, the rest of us are sitting ducks if we don’t unite. America, China and India’s increasing domination of a tech-driven world could be existential for Europe.”Syed concluded with a warning to the populists. “But let me finish with this thought: if countries like the UK elect right-wing parties on simplistic manifestos of
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