- “Man spits towards pro-Israel counter-protesters in front of police” – Shocking footage shows the moment a man spits at a group of counter-protesters supporting Israel near a pro-Palestine demonstration in London, reports the Mail.
- “As Palestine protests spread, the West is devouring itself” – After decades of saturation with toxic and abstruse ideologies, our universities are revealing just how far they have travelled along the path of anti-democratic fundamentalism, writes Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “U.S. universities denied free speech for years – no wonder chaos reigns” – Hypocrisy and cowardice have turned U.S. students against debate and let an extremist minority take over protests – but all is not lost, says author Greg Lukianoff in the Sunday Times.
- “Councillor who said ‘Allahu Akbar’ after being elected revealed” – The Green Party councillor who shouted “Allahu Akbar” after being elected has been revealed as an accountant father-of-three who runs a family gardening blog – while describing Gaza as “the world’s biggest concentration camp”, according to the Mail.
- “Israel is the Gideon Falter of the world” – Just like antisemitism campaigner Gideon Falter, the Jewish state is victim-blamed, says Melanie Phillips on her Substack.
- “The women cheering on Hamas rapists are an insult to feminism” – A sick irony lives in the fact that these ‘protest babes’ are cheering on terrorists who insist on a brutal patriarchal society, writes Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
- “Muslim group issues Starmer with demands to win back lost votes over Gaza” – A Muslim pressure group has issued Keir Starmer with a list of 18 demands, including criminalising ‘Islamophobia’, reports the Mail.
- “George Galloway walks out of interview in homosexuality row” – Rochdale MP George Galloway hung up during an interview with Lewis Goodall after being questioned about remarks in which he suggested that gay couples were “not normal”, according to the Mail.
- “Olly Alexander respects fans boycotting Eurovision but says attacks on contestants are ‘extreme’” – U.K. entrant Olly Alexander says he respects fans’ right to boycott Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion, but feels some of the language used against contestants has been “very extreme”, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘I’m not worried but am prepared’: bravery of Israel’s Eurovision star” – Ever since Israel’s Eurovision entrant Eden Golan won her ticket to Malmo, she has endured a barrage of death threats, says the Mail.
- “People with more COVID-19 vaccine doses more likely to contract COVID-19” – According to a new study, people who received more than one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine were more likely to contract the virus, reports the Epoch Times.
- “Time to end the proposed WHO treaty now” – On Substack, Dr. Robert W. Malone is issuing a call to action to withdraw U.S. support from the WHO’s Pandemic Treaty.
- “Outrage over key NHS staff boasting online of working from bed” – NHS physician associates are sparking outrage by posting “inappropriate” and “unprofessional” videos on social media, where they lounge in bed at home and take pictures of medical documents, according to the Mail.
- “Tories’ standing in eyes of the public has hit new depths” – The broader message from the local election results is that voters show a remarkable readiness to back candidates from outside the political mainstream, writes John Curtice in the Telegraph.
- “No.10 ‘shelves plan for summer General Election’” – Allies say Sunak hopes an improving economic picture and Rwanda flights finally leaving can improve his re-election chances this autumn, according to the Telegraph.
- “Prepare for disaster – that’s all Tories have left” – In the Telegraph, David Frost holds little hope for the Tories, given how MPs are unwilling to take any step that could turn the party’s fortunes around.
- “SNP faces battering at the next General Election with loss of 30 seats” – A new poll suggests that the SNP could return just 15 MPs from its current crop of 43 amid the fallout from Humza Yousaf’s shock resignation, reports the Mail.
- “The time will surely come for Kate Forbes” – Had Kate Forbes stood for leadership of the SNP, the media and political elites would have metaphorically crucified her, not for her politics but for her faith. But she has time on her side, says Dr. Tom Goodfellow in TCW.
- “‘I was bullied out of the SNP. They were autocratic and intolerant’” – In the Telegraph, Dr. Lisa Cameron MP explains how her former party went toxic – and why her views on Christianity and gender were “barely tolerated”.
- “The new Scotland” – Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite, warns Sebastian Milbank in the Critic.
- “Ireland’s blind hatred of Brexit has destroyed its borders. Starmer may do the same to ours” – Dublin is desperate for a returns agreement to send migrants back to Britain. Labour might go one further, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Sadiq Khan’s London of luxury beliefs” – In the wake of Sadiq Khan’s re-election, Spiked’s Tom Slater warns Londoners to brace themselves for four more years of virtue-signalling while the city burns.
- “Survival of the dimmest: secret lecturer exposes reality of university life” – British institutions are “ruthless corporations” riddled with grade inflation and plagiarism, according to a whistleblower in the Sunday Times.
- “Tristram Hunt bowed before Ghanaian king before handing back ‘looted’ gold” – A landmark loan deal to an African king offers a glimpse of what may be the future of the Benin Bronzes, says Craig Simpson in the Telegraph.
- “Ghanaian king wants to keep golden treasures” – An African king is seeking to permanently keep golden treasures loaned to him by the British Museum and the V&A in a landmark deal, reports the Telegraph.
- “Milei is already proving the Left-wing economic establishment wrong” – Argentina’s reforms prove it’s possible to slash a bloated state, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “How Iran’s mullahs use rap music to wage culture war against youth” – Iran is using rap music to promote hardline Islamist values and nuclear energy ambitions, while dissident artists are jailed for defying the regime, reports the Mail.
- “One in six motorists baffled by different parking apps” – Fifteen per cent of motorists say they are baffled by parking apps, confusing rules and paying with their phone, according to the Mail.
- “Fire chiefs warn of growing risk of e-bike ‘explosions’” – Electric two-wheelers are now the fastest-growing cause of blazes in London, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour plots new Net Zero crackdown on corporates” – Ed Milliband is plotting to introduce new Net Zero laws that will force big companies and banks to limit their carbon footprint to comply with UN climate goals, according to the Telegraph.
- “Sea level! Everyone panic!” – The climate hypemeisters are at it again, this time catastrophising about rising sea levels. Willis Eschenbach examines the claims in WUWT?
- “Climate ideology ignores science, threatens humanity” – Climate scientists would be less likely to issue dire warnings of planetary doom if they gave more credence to the geological history of the past several million years, says Lee Gerhard in WUWT?
- “Fury as U.K. physio body calls women ‘birthing parents’” – The U.K.’s physiotherapy body sparks outrage after it publishes miscarriage advice that describes women as “birthing parents”, reports the Mail.
- “Sport England cuts ties with Stonewall amid fears over influence” – Sport England has ditched its Stonewall membership amid warnings that quangos should distance themselves from the charity, reveals the Mail.
- “Jeremy Clarkson launches savage attack on woke Britain” – Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at content warnings being placed on different forms of entertainment in the U.K., according to GB News.
- “University dean fears ‘99.9%’ of his students are using AI to write essays” – A leading academic and expert in AI warns the technology is “de-skilling” and demotivating university students, reports the Telegraph.
- “Make merit great again” – Biden’s DEI agenda has infected every area of American life. It’s time to fight back, says John Mac Ghlionn in Spiked.
- “China’s gold-buying spree could be the straw that breaks the dollar’s back” – Beijing could hold the key to the imminent demise of the U.S. currency’s special status, says Julian Jessop in the Telegraph.
- “‘We’ve never been invited to any parties…’” – A video currently getting the LOLs on X explains the real reason for the campus protests.
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