“Former Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O’Mara had pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and one under the proceeds of crime act at Sheffield Magistrates Court. The case will go to Crown Court next month.”

Hat-Tip: @MikeySmith

Brillo’s divorce from GB News has prompted the inevitable mockery from the Twitterati, although Jeremy Vine’s spiteful intervention seemingly came out of nowhere. In a now-deleted tweet, the BBC’s Vine posted:  

Brazier eventually suggested the cause of this apparently unprovoked attack:

BACKGROUND: On Monday I pointed out that Jeremy Vine is paid twice more than our PM - wages we are legally forced to pay via the BBC license fee.
I think publicly-funded broadcasters need to be careful how they express personal opinions.
Read more: https://t.co/k9LJYgmTfK pic.twitter.com/E6vPgMPeEb

— Colin Brazier (@ColinBrazierTV) September 23, 2021

It turns out Vine doesn’t like people pointing out he gets £324,000 a year from the public purse…

This isn’t the first time Brazier and Vine have collided: when Prince Philip died back in April, Vine took the opportunity to lament the lack of diversity on display at his funeral – to which Brazier tweeted “whatever the question, racism’s the answer.”

Brazier had the final word when he signed off last night’s show, introducing viewers to the latest member of his household…

Insulate Britain were back again this morning, this time blocking access to the Port of Dover ferry terminal. Luckily, Kent police were on the scene within 20 minutes. One way to make yourselves even more unpopular? Disrupt Britain’s main ferry terminal amid national food shortages…

Last Week the New York Times ‘exclusively’ revealed how Israeli secret service officials smuggled a one-ton automated gun piece-by-piece into Iran to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh; surprising given the exact same information had been published in The Jewish Chronicle seven months earlier…

In a letter seen by Guido, Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard slammed The New York Times for “straightforward plagiarism”, writing:

“…that the New York Times should have published any story broken by another newspaper without attribution is a shameful stain on its ethics (…) I assume that the NYT will apologise for the plagiarism of its writers and correct the online story to the proper attribution of the story.” 

Unfortunately he ‘assumed’ wrong. 48 hours after the email was sent Guido understands there has been complete radio silence from the light-fingered New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet.  Not great behaviour from the usually ethics-obsessed New York Times…

Bewildering scenes of a somehow-flooded Tower Bridge this week caused mayor Sadiq Khan to panic Londoners on Twitter:

Climate change is not a problem in far off parts of the world.
It’s on our doorstep.
It’s our problem too. pic.twitter.com/XUBYPAe0jf

— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) September 23, 2021

There’s just one problem with Sadiq’s climate alarmism: he himself disproved such theories back in 2018. Asked by a Tory GLA member if he was planning to address the flooding issue on “Tower Bridge that occurs when it rains?”, Sadiq responded:

“Following the terrorist attacks on Westminster and London Bridge in 2017, it was necessary for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to install permanent barriers along various bridges in central London, including Tower Bridge.

Unfortunately, a number of the barriers on Tower Bridge have blocked the gullies and led to a build-up of standing water. The MPS has been working with Transport for London to address this issue and, on 20 November 2018, barriers were removed to clear the drainage system of any blockages and clean the surrounding area. Barriers were then put back in place, but with alterations to ensure more water can flow into the gullies in the future.”

Note the lack of deferring to the climate excuse. Perhaps Sadiq should get on and fix the issue rather than playing to the grassroots…