- “Protests have no place in an educational setting, government told” – Sara Khan, the Government’s independent social cohesion adviser, has published a report calling for protests outside schools to be banned and revealing that 76% of people have refrained from expressing their views in public for fear of harassment and intimidation.
- “Mail reveals Gaza doctors are long-time supporters of Hamas” – A Mail on Sunday investigation reveals that six medics interviewed by the BBC for a report on the torture of hospital medics by Israeli forces in Gaza have posted antisemitic slurs on social media.
- “Cinema’s Eurovision film is axed because Israel is a contestant” – A historic cinema, founded by a Jewish businesswoman over a century ago, has provoked outrage after cancelling a screening of Eurovision in protest at Israel’s participation, reports the Mail.
- “MPs warn Britain is being changed forever by unelected activists” – A string of MPs have warned that Britain is in the grip of a far-Left surge which could severely undermine democracy and free speech, according to GB News.
- “‘I used to be unequivocally pro-multiculturalism. How naive I was’” – We have not created a harmonious melting pot, but a society where prejudices and tensions can fester, says Bella Wallersteiner in the Telegraph.
- “Massive German document release sheds still more light on the entire Covid farce, as if any more light were needed” – On Substack, Eugyppius reacts to the release of over 2,500 pages documenting the meetings of the German ‘Covid Crisis Team’ between January 2020 and April 2021.
- “Pandemic preparations are unhealthy” – The proposed WHO pandemic treaty would compromise national and health sovereignty, writes Anjuli Webster in the Mail & Guardian.
- “Elon Musk’s X to pay legal bills for vaccine-doubting Canadian doctor” – Elon Musk’s X says it’s funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19, according to the National Post.
- “‘Has ‘our’ NHS finally hit rock bottom? I fear it has much further to fall’” – An iron rule of British life must now be that not a single week will ever pass without tales of dismal failure emerging about ‘our’ NHS, writes Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “Lee Anderson hails ‘staggering’ new polling development for Reform U.K.” – Reform U.K. has overtaken the Tories among male voters and those in the Red Wall, reports the Express.
- “The gravediggers of British conservatism” – The Conservative Party is in its death throes, writes Aris Roussinos in UnHerd.
- “Penny Mordaunt: the perfect head for the headless Tories” – Penny Mordaunt is the epitome of Blob ambition, says Mary Harrington in UnHerd.
- “Moral arguments over the state pension are irrelevant. There is no money” – The question of whether women born in the 1950s are “entitled” to extra money is beside the point. We’ve run out of cash, says Dan Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Nearly all private schools plan to increase fees, Telegraph poll reveals” – Labour’s VAT tax grab on private schools could put seven out of 10 out of business, reports the Telegraph.
- “The English town where children grow up doomed to worklessness” – Middlesbrough offers a devastating snapshot of how young people’s prospects are being destroyed, write Melissa Lawford and Ben Butcher in the Telegraph.
- “How to speak to a human at HMRC” – In a time when it’s harder than ever to speak to a human at HMRC, the Telegraph’s Pieter Snepvangers explores the secret tips to help you beat the helpline queues.
- “Fujitsu to win digital ID cards contract despite Horizon scandal” – The company that built the faulty Post Office Horizon software is in line to run a nationwide digital ID card scheme to be used in pubs and supermarkets, reports the Telegraph.
- “It’s painful to see how far Scotland has fallen” – Libby Purves has written a moving lament for the land of her father, despairing over the sheer idiocy of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act.
- “Fringe will be ‘busier than normal’ for police due to SNP free speech crackdown” – Performers heading for Edinburgh this summer have been warned they may face questioning by Police Scotland if they push boundaries with ‘offensive’ material, says the Scottish Express.
- “Police Scotland admits investigation policy risks helping criminals” – Police Scotland admits that a plan to stop investigating all crimes risks helping criminals, according to the Telegraph.
- “Scotland and Canada, united in confusion over freedom of speech” – Nobody in Scotland or Canada knows what their new hate crime legislation is going to look like in real life. That’s a terrible feature in any law, says Chris Selley in the National Post.
- “Leo Varadkar vs. the people” – Good riddance to the man who turned Ireland into a laboratory of the new illiberalism, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Putin must now realise he’s been fighting the wrong war” – The deadly attack in Moscow will serve as a painful reminder of the threat posed by Islamist terrorism, writes Con Coughlin in the Telegraph.
- “Wind farms investigated after ‘overcharging customers by £100 million’” – Wind farm owners are being investigated by the energy watchdog for alleged market manipulation after overcharging consumers by £100 million, according to the Telegraph.
- “Taxi drivers warn they will be ‘wiped out’ by council’s new eco-ban” – Operators say they are facing a bill of tens of thousands if Hampshire’s New Forest District Council bring in a ban on pre-2021 petrol and diesel taxis, reports the Mail.
- “The Hertz meltdown reveals scale of the EV debacle” – Biden’s plan to phase out gas-powered cars in favour of electric vehicles comes as we are flooded with overwhelming evidence that EVs are a market loser, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker in the Epoch Times.
- “Harvard shuts geoengineering project to preserve climate narrative” – It turns out, the climate change business thrives on more climate change alarmism. Whodathunk? says Cauf Skiviers on Substack.
- “Toward ruin or recovery?” – The modern feminist response to rape is failing women, and it is failing victims of rape most of all, says Larissa Phillips in Quillette.
- “BBC presenters told to challenge guests who label others ‘transphobic’ after J.K. Rowling errors” – BBC presenters have been told to challenge guests who accuse others of transphobia after news items on J.K. Rowling fell short of editorial standards, reports Deadline.
- “Fans display giant St. George’s Cross amid row over ‘woke’ kit” – England fans displayed a huge St. George’s Cross at Wembley in a ‘massive statement’ amid a row over the football team’s ‘woke’ kit design, says the Mail.
- “Nike drew up plans for ‘rainbow England kit’ to take shirt to drastic new levels” – Nike reportedly drew up plans which would have seen England play in a ‘rainbow’ kit at the Euros this summer, according to the Express.
- “U.S. investment funds pull $13.3 billion from BlackRock in anti-ESG campaign” – Red-state investment funds have pulled about $13.3 billion from the world’s largest asset manager as part of an anti-ESG campaign, reports the FT.
- “California proposes restricting ‘influential’ anonymous online speech” – A proposed California bill aims to curb large-scale anonymous online free speech by mandating that social media platforms require personal ID from accounts with over 25,000 followers, according to the Washington Examiner.
- “Everyone, yes everyone, is far right’ – Elon Musk has tweeted Dominic Frisby’s ‘Far Right’ song and it’s gone ballistic.
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