- “Iran launches a wave of drone attacks at Israel” – Iran has launched waves of drones and missiles to attack Israel that are set to hit within hours, after Israel announced it was closing all schools amid fears of an upcoming attack from the rogue state, the Mail reports.
- “The West must stand behind Israel after Iran’s attack” – In different times and with a different Prime Minister in Jerusalem than the gun-shy Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran’s attack is the kind of inflammatory move that could have provoked a much graver Israeli response than we are likely to see, suggests Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
- “Number waiting 18 weeks for NHS heart care soars to all-time high” – More than 163,000 patients in England have endured delays of at least 18 weeks, an all time high, reports the Mail.
- “Why did Tony Fauci say under oath he barely knew top coronavirus scientist Ralph Baric – when in fact Fauci hosted a daylong 2013 meeting where Baric laid out his plans for risky research?” – Peter Daszak – another scientist connected to China whom Fauci claimed under oath not to remember – was also at the 2013 meeting, reports Alex Berenson on Substack.
- “Even Labour thinks the Tories are too Left-wing on the NHS” – The Telegraph’s Kate Andrews is full of praise for Wes Streeting’s bullish plans for the NHS.
- “Real experts never warn of climate apocalypse” – The UN ‘climate chief’ is yet another interminable prophet of doom, says the Times‘s Dominic Lawson.
- “The human rights cult has replaced common sense compassion” – The noble belief that all people are entitled to basic freedoms has become a narcissist’s charter, argues Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
- “Switzerland ‘should quit European Court of Human Rights over climate ruling’” – Céline Amaudruz, Vice-President of the country’s biggest political party, tells the Telegraph the judgment is a threat to sovereignty.
- “It’s time to finish the work of Brexit, and finally bring control back to our sovereign Parliament” – A ludicrous decision in Strasbourg proves that we must leave the ECHR or be governed by the whims of judges, says Dan Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Hidden Behind Climate Policies, Data From Nonexistent Temperature Stations” – Hundreds of ‘ghost’ climate stations are no longer operational, instead they are assigned temperatures from surrounding stations, reports WUWT.
- “Khan legally committed himself to exploring pay-per-mile” – In his official transport strategy, which has a formal legal status, the London Mayor says Transport for London would “investigate proposals for the next generation of road user charging”, according to the Telegraph.
- “The RSPCA’s new advert proudly shows off exactly who they are – bigoted Left-wing extremists” – Having spent millions on a new look, the charity just couldn’t stop itself from producing two minutes of pure propaganda, blasts the Telegraph‘s William Sitwell.
- “J.K. Rowling and the Cass report reckoning” – Was ever a ‘liberation’ movement ever so risible from the start? Did any other oppressed group claim its freedom by dressing up as another oppressed group, asks Julie Burchill in the Spectator.
- “The spell of trans ideology has finally been broken” – Every time people tried to bring this scandal to public attention, they were shut down, but finally the truth is out, says Graham Linehan in the Telegraph.
- “I was prevented from raising alarm about puberty blockers, says leading medic” – When neuropsychologist Sallie Baxendale questioned NHS treatment for gender dysphoria, she found herself the subject of sustained abuse, reports the Telegraph.
- “Cass review shows why the ‘tartan Tavistock’ clinic in Glasgow must be shut down” – Dr. Jenny Cunningham, who was a paediatrician in Glasgow for more than 30 years, fears Scotland will become an outlier if it fails to follow Hilary Cass’s recommendations for gender care for children and young people in England, the Scottish Daily Express reports.
- “‘Secretive’ gender clinics back down over puberty blocker data” – Six NHS trusts had initially refused to divulge information on trans children for the Cass review of gender services but will now do so, according to the Times.
- “Cass Review is a breath of fresh air – we now need one for gender-distressed adults” – In the Telegraph, Dr. Kathryn Webb argues adult healthcare is likely to be affected by the same issues and the same principles should be applied.
- “J.K. Rowling accuses politicians of ‘snuggling up’ to trans groups” – The 58-year-old called for there to be an investigation into why political parties are embracing the opinions of “privileged” pro-trans groups such as Stonewall and Mermaids, the Mail reports.
- “Kemi Badenoch attacks gender ‘cowardice’ of NHS, politics and police” – The Business Secretary with the equality brief says the attitude of the public sector is “worse than the ravings of the militants“, reports the Times.
- “NatCon Brussels: Conference Goes Forward Despite Mayor’s Attempt to Cancel” – The venue for next week’s National Conservatism conference in Brussels announced on Friday afternoon that it had pulled the plug on the event after political pressure from the Left-wing mayor of Brussels, reports the European Conservative.
- “Will Cambridge Support Free Speech?” – In Project Syndicate, Peter Singer examines the Cambridge University’s ongoing case against Nathan Cofnas, a research fellow who advocates “race realism”.
- “Orwell Watch: NPR and the Death of Fairness” – A story about facts and decency is quickly reduced to another partisan bias tale, says Matt Taibbi on Racket News.
- “The West’s useful idiots” – The solipsism and self-censorship of the campus intelligentsia has spread throughout society, but demand for instruction in progressive doublespeak is dwindling, writes John Gray in the New Statesman.
- “‘I spent a day in Britain’s asylum courts – and found out why the system is fundamentally broken’” – We no longer know who lives in the country, are unable to remove those with no right to be here and lack a plan to resolve the situation, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
- “When churches go woke, they die” – Traditional Christianity is what worshippers seek, says Michael Coren in the Telegraph.
- “Hate speech laws should be abolished” – Since when did it become the business of the state to audit our emotions, asks Andrew Doyle on X.
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