- “Moscow warns it would be ‘forced to use nuclear weapon’ if counter-offensive successful” – Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev has said that Moscow “would be forced” to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counter-offensive was a success, reports the Telegraph.
- “FCA must be investigated over failure to tackle de-banking, Chancellor told” – Jeremy Hunt has been urged to investigate the Financial Conduct Authority as part of the drive to “restore integrity” after the Coutts de-banking scandal, says the Telegraph.
- “Grant Shapps says he and family were de-banked because of political role” – Grant Shapps has revealed that he and his entire family were de-banked because of his role in frontline politics, according to the Telegraph.
- “Farage wants ‘build a powerful lobby group’ to tackle ‘de-banking’” – Nigel Farage has said he wants to build a “powerful lobby group” to tackle the “major national scandal” of de-banking, reports the Mail.
- “Banks are trying to drive cash out of society, warns Nigel Farage” – The former UKIP leader says he would welcome a Royal Commission into the banking sector as more than 1,000 bank accounts a day are being shut, says the Telegraph.
- “More than 1,400 U.K. firms part of diversity scheme that played part in Farage account closure” – Over 1,400 British firms belong to a corporate diversity scheme, including Coutts, according to the Telegraph.
- “Woke bankers are the 21st century Pharisees” – The de-banking scandal is of particular interest to Christians as they seek to shed Biblical light on a society dominated by the anti-Christian cultural Marxist establishment, writes Peter Simpson in TCW.
- “Britain’s security at risk from virtue-signalling banks, ministers warn” – Ministers caution that Britain’s long-term security has been put at risk by the City shunning defence companies over misplaced ethical concerns, reports the Telegraph.
- “In defence of Coutts” – Dame Alison Rose should not have resigned as head of NatWest over the Nigel Farage affair and ministers who forced this by flinching in the face of a silly media storm should be ashamed of themselves. Matthew Parris takes the minority view in the Spectator.
- “Risk of stroke skyrockets with COVID-19 infection after vaccination” – Those who take a COVID-19 vaccine are vulnerable to strokes if they get infected with SARS-CoV-2 after having recently taken one of the shots, warns Dr. Peter A. McCullough in the Epoch Times.
- “The practice of deliberate miscategorisation of vaccine status exposed” – How widespread is the (mal)practice of miscategorising vaccination status? Professors Martin Neil and Norman Fenton look into it.
- “Priti Patel: We must pause all Net Zero targets” – Former Home Secretary Priti Patel has criticised the “corrosive culture” of pursuing time-limited goals and says voters are being “left behind”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Rishi Sunak announces review of ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’ rollout” – The Prime Minister has ordered the Department for Transport to review LTN policies, calling them “anti-motorist”, reports the Mail.
- “Rishi Sunak’s trade-off ideology” – The Prime Minister’s driving principle is tradeoff-ism: a belief in the need to be frank about the choices facing a country and its government. And those values may rub up against the Net Zero agenda, writes Fraser Nelson in the Spectator.
- “Bristol’s low-traffic scheme stalls as row over Ulez spreads from London” – Bristol’s ‘livable neighbourhood’ initiative is now in jeopardy following the shock Uxbridge by-election, says the Guardian.
- “‘Ulez court ruling is a travesty of justice but voters can still stop Khan’” – Writing in the Express, Reform’s candidate for London Mayor, Howard Cox, promises to dump all Ulez and pay-per-mile plans if he’s elected.
- “Climate adviser says 2030 could be too soon for petrol vehicle ban” – Chris Stark, the Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee, tells MPs that “we have not seen yet the move to a cheap electric car”, says the Telegraph.
- “Low uptake of heat pumps in the U.K. raises concerns about affordability and viability” – The CEO of National Gas has warned that the rush to phase out gas risks penalising working families, according to Energy Portal.
- “Major heat pump supplier attacks plans to replace gas boilers” – A major heat pump supplier has attacked SNP-Green plans to use them to replace gas boilers in Scotland, warning parts of the country are too cold for them to work, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour ban on new North Sea oil and gas will drive up energy bills, Sunak to warn” – The Prime Minister is expected to say that cutting back domestic energy supply will leave the U.K. more reliant on costly imports, according to the Telegraph.
- “Britain is a world leader in Net Zero fantasies and delusions” – While we obsess over heat pumps and old cars, other countries are polluting like there’s no tomorrow, writes Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “The triumph of oil” – Britain stands as something of an outlier in its frantic determination to drive fossil fuels out of its economy, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Renewable energy isn’t as cheap as advertised – so far” – The cost of hitting Net Zero by 2050 will be vast for households and businesses, writes Liam Halligan in the Telegraph.
- “Energy industry fears White House will declare Covid-like ‘climate emergency’” – Some energy industry groups have expressed concerns that the White House will declare a COVID-19-like emergency, but for the climate, according to the Epoch Times.
- “Diversity obsession has led to Kafkaesque madness” – It is critical that Government appointees are protected and not punished for speaking their minds, writes Kemi Badenoch in the Sunday Times.
- “Isolated from the American College of Surgeons” – “The American College of Surgeons banned me for questioning its rush to embrace critical race theory,” says Dr. Richard T. Bosshardt in City Journal.
- “The woke war on the Enlightenment” – Too many who lean Left today claim that the Enlightenment was the ideology of colonialism, writes Susan Neiman in Spiked.
- “The Mail On Sunday’s Woke List 2023 reveals all” – The Mail on Sunday has produced a list of the wokest people in Britain, including the male police chief who wore a menopause vest and the BBC presenter who said the Lionesses were too white.
- “How Kevin Spacey beat the #MeToo witch hunt” – Kevin Spacey was found not guilty of nine offences against four men. The evidence in his favour was overwhelming, say Phelim McAllen and Ann McElhinney in Spiked.
- “The Right should grasp the nettle of equality” – Rather than measuring British success by the number of lesbians in Parliament, we should be focusing on the pursuit of excellence, writes Mario Laghos in the Critic.
- “Let children’s stories be children’s stories” – Too often, an urge to modernise texts can blind filmmakers to the very reason those books endure, says Myke Bartlett in the Critic.
- “Food service giant sued over ‘white-men-need-not-apply’ programme” – An ex-employee of a major food service corporation is suing in U.S. federal court after being fired for refusing to join a discriminatory program against white male employees, reports the Epoch Times.
- “Background actors share concerns about AI after being ‘scanned’ on set” – Background actors have revealed how they were ‘scanned’ on sets and forced to sign over their likenesses “in perpetuity” without the offer of any extra pay, says the Mail.
- “The most depressing thing about it was the people on the Left championing big banks” – Francis Foster on GB News reflects on the Farage de-banking scandal.
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