- “Jewish students ‘deeply concerned’ that university encampments will fuel antisemitic attacks on campus” – Jewish students at Oxford and Cambridge fear further “intimidation” and “harassment” by pro-Palestine protesters, reports the Mail.
- “Oxford students told to ‘sign radical manifesto’ to join pro-Palestinian protest camp” – Oxford Action for Palestine is insisting that students who want to join their encampment agree with a radical manifesto, which effectively calls for the end of Israel as a country, says GB News.
- “Sunak summons university leaders after ‘unacceptable rise in antisemitism’” – Rishi Sunak has summoned university vice-chancellors to Downing Street to discuss the safety of Jewish students amid an “unacceptable rise in antisemitism”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalise First World War memorial” – Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Manhattan vandalised a First World War memorial and burned an American flag in Central Park after being held back from the Met Gala by police, says the Telegraph.
- “Why are pro-Palestine protesters heckling Holocaust survivors?” – It seems that Jews cannot even commemorate the horrors of Auschwitz in peace anymore, writes Lauren Smith in Spiked.
- “Hamas will be destroyed in Rafah, against the wishes of the West” – Israel must push on with its plans to invade Rafah and not buckle to international pressure, no matter how great, says Richard Kemp in the Telegraph.
- “Israel’s Rafah operation is tragically necessary” – The invasion of Rafah will be another tragic chapter in the tragic history of the Jewish state, writes Jake Wallis Simons in the Spectator.
- “It’s not racist to air concerns about immigration, says BBC review” – An independent report finds that the BBC refuses to air people’s misgivings about high levels of immigration because journalists fear being considered “racist”, reports the Times.
- “Belgian PM wants European boycott of Israeli business” – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo is pushing for an EU ban on imports of Israeli products, says Brussels Signal.
- “Facebook to investigate ‘From the river to the sea’ posts” – Facebook’s ‘supreme court’ is investigating the social media giant for allowing users to post the controversial pro-Palestinian slogan ‘From the river to the sea’, according to the Telegraph.
- “AstraZeneca withdrawing Covid vaccine, months after admitting rare side effect” – The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide after the pharmaceutical giant admitted that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, reports the Telegraph.
- “How Long Covid risks ‘going the same way as ME’” – Some doctors still consider Long Covid a mental health problem, but campaigners insist two million sufferers are being badly neglected, writes Miranda Levy in the Telegraph.
- “A limited hangout on vaccine harms” – In the Epoch Times, Jeffrey A. Tucker celebrates the New York Times finally acknowledging the damage caused by Covid vaccines.
- “Film Covid Collateral exposes pandemic policy errors and science censorship” – On Substack, Paul D. Thacker interviews documentary film producer Vanessa Dylyn on her new film Covid Collateral.
- “Prof. Ramesh Thakur and Ben Falconer on The Chris Smith Show” – On The Chris Smith Show, Prof. Ramesh Thakur discusses the WHO’s proposed pandemic treaty reforms, and Ben Falconer talks about the Supreme Court of Western Australia dismissing his case over refusing the Covid jabs.
- “Reeves hints people will pay more income tax if Labour wins election” – Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says that workers may face higher income tax under a Labour government after refusing to commit to unfreezing static thresholds that have dragged millions into higher rate bands, reports the Mail.
- “Prolific burglar first to be jailed after private prosecution” – A burglar who broke into a M&S store has become the first person to be jailed in a private prosecution following the Met Police’s decision not to investigate, says the Mail.
- “The poetry of gin and tea” – On Substack, Paul Sutton explores ideological indoctrination in education.
- “Nearly half of British schools do not have a male senior leadership team member” – A new study reveals that a quarter of British schools only have white female teachers to act as role models for pupils, reports the Mail.
- “Bright kids shouldn’t be expected to help bad schools” – On Substack, Mr. Chips doubts that forcing private school kids into the state sector will improve the academic performance of their peers.
- “‘Levelling up’ chess tables costing £50,000 installed across the North West” – The BBC reports that expensive chess tables have appeared in parks across the North West thanks to the Government’s levelling-up programme, with critics questioning whether the money could have been spent more wisely.
- “Argentina’s President admits the Falklands are British and says Margaret Thatcher was ‘brilliant’” – Javier Milei admits the Falkland Islands are currently “in the hands of the U.K.” and describes former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as “brilliant”, according to GB News.
- “It’s time to reverse the Left’s long march through the institutions” – WASP domination has merely been substituted with the new woke elite class. America needs a true meritocracy, says Michael Lind in the Telegraph.
- “Vladimir Putin is sworn in for his fifth term as President” – Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for his fifth term as Russia’s President in front of dignitaries, celebrities and friends, including U.S. actor Steven Seagal and a Hell’s Angel known as ‘The Surgeon’, reports the Mail.
- “Can Putin survive a Chechen civil war?” – According to reports, Ramzan Kadyrov, the ruthless leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, is suffering from a fatal pancreas condition. Is Russia ready for a bloody succession battle? asks Ian Garner in UnHerd.
- “EV private sales fall and market downgrades 2024 sales expectations” – Shrinking appetite for EVs means the U.K. automotive sector has been forced to revise its sales forecasts for 2024 downwards, reports the Mail.
- “Garrick Club to allow female members for first time” – For more than 190 years, the Garrick has refused to admit women as members – but this has been overturned following a vote by its 1,500 members, says the Telegraph.
- “Darts star who refused to play against a transgender player speaks out” – British female darts player Deta Hedman has explained why she withdrew from the quarter final of a women’s darts tournament after she learnt she’d be competing against a transgender player, reports the Mail.
- “Lynne Pinches lauds Deta Hedman for her refusal to face trans opponent and withdrawing from darts tournament” – British pool star Lynne Pinches has heaped praise on darts player Deta Hedman for her refusal to face a transgender opponent at the Denmark Open, claiming that female athletes “should not be have to make these decisions”, according to the Mail.
- “Olly Alexander slammed as Eurovision star sparks flag row” – The U.K.’s Eurovision entrant Olly Alexander says he feels “ambivalent” about the Union Jack flag, and hopes to “reclaim the flag in a positive way”, reports GB News.
- “Women-only exhibit becomes a toilet to keep men out” – An Australian museum that was ordered by a court to admit men to a women-only exhibit plans to circumvent the ruling by transforming the exhibit into a ladies’ lavatory which are allowed to be single sex spaces, says the BBC.
- “Canada to imprison anyone who has ever posted ‘hate speech’ online” – A new Canadian law gives police the power to retroactively search the internet for ‘hate speech’ violations and arrest offenders, reports the People’s Voice.
- “Jack Dorsey leaves Bluesky board and calls X ‘freedom technology’” – Bluesky co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the company’s board a year after setting the company up to challenge X, according to Time magazine.
- “TikTok fights back against ban” – TikTok is mounting a legal challenge against a new U.S. law that it says not only threatens its existence but may also set a dangerous precedent for free speech online, according to Reclaim The Net.
- “This wins the internet today!” – Scotland’s new First Minister John Swinney makes an ‘alternative’ speech at Holyrood.
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