- “How gender ideology colonised Mexico” – Why has this socially conservative country convicted a politician for ‘misgendering’ a transwoman, asks Germán Saucedo in Spiked.
- “Speciesist Busted” – The recent decision by the British Rowing Association to ban men from competing against women is evidently a victory for old school common sense, writes Alex Story in Country Squire.
- “The Tory blob has squeezed the life out of the free school revolution” – The Government has lost interest in free schools, writes Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph, in spite of their success.
- “Why incels should read Michel Houellebecq” – Sometimes we need to wallow in despair, says Kathleen Stock in UnHerd.
- “How internet sleuths are already trying to prove Lucy Letby innocent” – As the former nurse begins her whole life sentence, a campaign to prove her innocence is already underway, reports the Telegraph.
- “The terrible triumph of tenderness” – Julie Burchill writes about the demise of toughness for the Spectator.
- “What does Vogue have against women’s sport?” – Debbie Hayton, a trans writer, disapproves of Vogue’s inclusion of trans cyclist Emily Bridges in Vogue’s Powerhouse women list.
- “Scotland shouldn’t pay climate reparations” – Ross Clark in the Spectator says there’s no reason people who live in Scotland should pay reparations for climate change.
- “Denmark bans ‘unsympathetic’ Koran burnings to protect national security” – The Danish government is going to “criminalise the improper treatment of objects of significant religious importance”, e.g. the Koran, reports the Telegraph.
- “Greece wildfires: 79 people arrested for arson” – The BBC finally gets round to reporting the fact that the Greek ‘wildfires’ were caused by arsonists, not ‘climate change’.
- “Paper drinking straws may be harmful and may not be better for the environment than plastic versions, researchers warn” – ‘Eco-friendly’ paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals, a new study has concluded.
- “The EU’s censorship regime is about to go global” – The authoritarian Digital Services Act means the death of free speech online, says Normal Lewis in Spiked.
- “What’s BBC Bitesize really teaching our kids?” – Richard Norrie in CapX says BBC Bitesize is trying to turn children into woke activists.
- “Laurence Fox scores win over Nichola Thorp in ‘paedophile’ tweet row” – Laurence Fox has scored a win in the preliminary stage of a libel row with Nicola Thorp, but his appeal over tweets related to drag artist Crystal and a Stonewall trustee were dismissed, says the Mail.
- “Truth and justice die when your career can be destroyed by a claim you can’t disprove” – The case of Laurence Fox shows how difficult it is to rebut the charge that you’re a ‘racist’, writes Douglas Murray in the Telegraph.
- “Home Office guidelines urge protection for civil servants whose gender ‘may vary regularly’” – Department roadmap outlines ‘strategic shifts’ required to achieve its targets which are called ‘Inclusion and Diversity Pillars’, reports the Telegraph.
- “Danny Kruger: ‘I don’t want to go back to the 1950s – I want to go further’” – The Conservative MP says the ‘progressive elite’ have lost touch with the masses in an interview in the Times with Robert Crampton to promote Covenant, his new book.
- “Great Ormond Street staff learn 150 ways to express gender” – Staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital have been told there are 150 different genders, reports the Times.
- “Ulez expansion: Do Sadiq Khan’s ‘toxic air’ claims stack up?” – Andrew Ellson in the Times takes a long look at the London Mayor’s claims regarding London’s ‘toxic air’ and concludes they’re misleading.
- “Will Sadiq’s tyrannical Ulez tax grab topple the Mayor?” – The much-vaunted expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (Ulez) from Central London to the M25 is expected to generate an estimated £1.1 billion in extra annual revenue for the Labour mayor’s office, reports the Mail. But it may be the death knell for Khan’s mayoralty.
- “Oliver Anthony blasts Fox News for including his son in the intro to the Republican debate” – Country singing sensation Oliver Anthony isn’t happy about Fox News playing his song as part of the build up to the Republican debate. “That song was written about the people on that stage,” he says.
If you have any tips for inclusion in the round-up, email us here.
To join in with the discussion please make a donation to The Daily Sceptic.
Profanity and abuse will be removed and may lead to a permanent ban.