- “Humza Yousaf on the brink of being ousted as Scotland’s First Minister” – Humza Yousaf is facing a confidence vote in his leadership after he moved to end the Bute House Agreement amid a row over environmental and trans policies, reports the Mail. Could all be over this morning.
- “Farewell to Scotland’s coalition of cranks” – Humza Yousaf’s wretched SNP-Green coalition has shaken Scottish people’s faith in devolution, writes Iain Macwhirter in Spiked.
- “The SNP is finally paying a political price for its breathtaking failures” – For how much longer can Humza Yousaf cling on? It could suit his opponents to prolong his party’s agony, says Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
- “Is this the beginning of the end for Humza Yousaf?” – The end of the power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens could spell disaster for First Minister Humza Yousaf, writes Iain Macwhirter in the Spectator.
- “Climate targets, tax and trans rights: why Humza Yousaf tore up the SNP-Greens deal” – The Telegraph’s Daniel Sanderson covers Humza Yousaf’s dramatic reversal as he tears up the coalition agreement with the Green Party.
- “How antisemitism became a virtue on American campuses” – The anti-Israel camps taking over elite U.S. universities are a physical manifestation of the DEI agenda, writes Joanna Williams in Spiked.
- “A right to protest?” – The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob, says Sebastian Milbank in the Critic.
- “Health worker sacked during pandemic awarded £330,000 in compensation” – A cancer-stricken health worker has been awarded £330,000 in compensation after he was sacked for refusing to go into the office during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports the Mail.
- “Middle-class parents have ‘normalised’ under-age drinking” – Experts suggest that middle-class parents normalising alcohol are partly responsible for England’s high under-age drinking rate, according to the Mail.
- “The WHO’s amendments to the International Health Regulations: second reading” – WHO cares about sovereignty? Certainly not the WHO, say Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson.
- “The Lancet publishes CDC studies on misinformation, hoping you forgot the Lancet and CDC spread pandemic misinformation ” – On Substack, Paul D. Thacker highlights ‘academic’ Claire Wardle’s role in guiding the Lancet’s descent into authoritarian censorship hell.
- “What is Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA)?” – On Substack, Debbie Lerman delves into the billions spent by the U.S. Government on ‘EUA’ labelled products intended to protect, diagnose and treat hundreds of millions of people.
- “Why were Germany’s Covid files redacted?” – In the Spectator, Manfred Manera traces a small German online magazine’s quest to shed light on what happened during the pandemic crisis.
- “Labour more popular with GB News viewers than Tories” – Keir Starmer has been given a major boost in a new poll which shows GB News viewers are switching from the Tories to back Labour, reports GB News.
- “Blair offers a terrifying glimpse into our future” – We should pay attention to Tony Blair’s messianic technocrats’ charter, given his evident influence on Keir Starmer, warns David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Asylum seekers spooked by Rwanda Bill are pouring into Ireland, says Deputy PM” – Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister claims the threat of being deported to Rwanda is causing a surge in migrants from the U.K. into his country, according to the Express.
- “Emmanuel Macron attacks Rwanda plan as ‘betrayal of values’” – Rishi Sunak has hit back at Emmanuel Macron for attacking his Rwanda deportation plan, reports the Sun.
- “The Xi files: how China spies” – China’s demand for intelligence on the rest of the world goes far beyond anything Western intelligence agencies would typically gather, says Nigel Inkster in the Spectator.
- “No.10 criticises BBC after spending licence fee money on Duchess of Sussex’s TV show Suits” – Downing Street criticises the BBC for spending licence fee payers’ money on the U.S. series Suits, starring Meghan Markle, according to the Telegraph.
- “New document release reveals the astounding fraud, deception and idiocy accompanying the German nuclear phase-out” – All countries are crazy in various ways, but when it comes to energy policy Germany is an undisputed champion of crazy, writes Eugyppius on Substack.
- “Gillian Keegan and her fellow cowards betrayed women on trans” – Those in power who swallowed the Stonewall handbook must do more than simply change their minds; they have to ensure that every remnant of Stonewall is removed from their departments and civic institutions, says Julie Bindel in the Telegraph.
- “The tide turns in Ireland” – On Substack, Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses the implications of Irish voters rejecting proposed changes to the constitution regarding the family and women’s roles.
- “Has the CofE got its reparations bill all wrong?” – It is easy to imagine how those pushing for slavery reparations at the CofE will apply the same formula to other institutions, says Robert Tombs in the Spectator.
- “Sam Smith to headline Prom – but BBC insists show will be ‘appropriate’” – Furious fans of the Proms slam the BBC after it announced that Sam Smith will be headlining this year, amid complaints about the star’s sexually explicit shows, according to the Mail.
- “Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 after calling two people paedophiles on Twitter” – Reclaim Party founder Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £180,000 in damages after he referred to two people as “paedophiles” on social media, reports Sky News.
- “‘Drag Queens for Palestine’” – A video circulating on X, depicting a drag queen using a story hour for children to express support for Palestine, perfectly encapsulates our current moment.
- “Elon Musk vs. the globalist censors” – Australia’s demand that X take down a violent video clip in every country in the world is wildly authoritarian, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Julie Inman Grant has made Australia a key player in the global censorship push” – On the Network Affects Substack, Rebekah Barnett and Andrew Lowenthal cover the escalating stand-off between Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant and social media platform X.
- “Superb. Try banning this, eKaren” – The Australian Senator and founder of the One Nation Party Pauline Hanson has produced an hilarious video about Julie Inman Grant.
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