- “Tory MPs accuse Sunak of committing ‘hari-kari’ with his party” – Rishi Sunak has been accused of “committing hara-kiri with his party” by Tory MPs who have been left “absolutely seething” at the surprise announcement of a July election, reports the Telegraph.
- “Tories challenge Starmer to a record six TV debates” – Sir Keir Starmer has been branded a “Knight afraid to fight” by senior Tories demanding he commit to six telly debates, says the Sun.
- “Rishi Sunak is playing a risky game by making this a presidential campaign” – Ministers are dismayed by this early election, but the PM judged the situation would only get worse, writes Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
- “Sir Keir Starmer isn’t ready for this fight” – Labour is still a party weighed down by the Corbyn era. Unlike Blair, Starmer’s reform of the party is not yet done, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “This is the best thing Rishi has ever done” – Even those who are sick to the back teeth with Sunak must give him credit for inviting us to tear off the Band Aid, writes Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “Nigel Farage ‘was all set to run as MP’ but changed mind over early election” – Nigel Farage was preparing to announce his candidacy for the General Election but ditched the idea when Rishi Sunak called an early election, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Nigel Farage has blown his chance to destroy the Conservatives” – Farage’s decision not to stand may have averted an extinction-level loss for the Tories, says Patrick O’Flynn in the Telegraph.
- “Why Farage not standing could actually be bad news for Sunak” – The former UKIP leader will not seek his own seat – and that leaves him free to pop up campaigning wherever the Tories least want him, writes Gordon Rayner in the Telegraph.
- “Rosie Duffield snubbed from Labour’s election launch in her own county” – Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield has taken a swipe at Keir Starmer after being excluded from a Labour event near her constituency, according to GB News.
- “Germany will arrest Netanyahu if he enters the country amid ICC charge” – Germany will arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters the country after allegations of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, reports the Mail.
- “The father and son Hamas rapists” – An evil father and son have revealed to Israeli investigators how they killed and raped innocent civilians after taking part in the Hamas invasion, according to the Mail.
- “Ken Loach and Mike Leigh resign as patrons of London cinema over Israeli film festival screening” – Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have resigned as patrons of the Phoenix cinema in East Finchley because it’s showing a film about the Nova music festival massacre, reports the Guardian.
- “Did Daszak resubmit DARPA DEFUSE?” – On Substack, Jim Haslam discusses emails from Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance talking to Dr. Fauci about avoiding FOIA requests.
- “Peter Daszak gets DOD and CIA funding. Why don’t they ask about that?” – Is the U.S. House Committee’s work just another example of bureaucratic incompetence and “waste, fraud and abuse” of our precious taxpayer dollars? asks Debbie Lerman on her Substack.
- “Fauci aide triggers deeper concerns about hidden emails on Covid origins” – Testimony from David Morens, a senior aide to former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, has added weight to concerns about potentially hidden or deleted emails regarding ties between the Institute and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to U.S. Right To Know.
- “Fauci actively hid his communications from the public on lab leak” – The Congressional investigations and emails are damning, says Prof. Vinay Prasad on Substack.
- “Kickbacks, mysoginy, black humour and hiding emails: Dr. Fauci’s lieutenant on the hot seat” – Dr. David Morens’ Congressional hearing was the craziest thing ever, writes Justin Hart on his Rational Ground Substack.
- “The nature of lab origin investigations” – On Substack, Dr. Alex Washburne explains how investigations into scientists, including those supported by the Covid Select Committee, have inched us closer to uncovering the truth behind the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
- “We were right! The ONS now admit that deaths in the vaccinated were categorised as unvaccinated in 2021” – The ONS admits to misclassifying vaccinated deaths as ‘unvaccinated’ deaths in 2021, according to Where are the Numbers.
- “Sex dysfunction warning to millions on antidepressants” – Patients taking antidepressants are being warned to beware of side-effects that could leave them ‘asexual’ even after they stop using them – a problem that could affect millions of Brits, reports the Mail.
- “Abortions surge to record 250,000 in a single year” – Approximately one in every 50 women in England and Wales between the age of 15 to 44 had a termination in 2022, says the Mail.
- “GB News is going from strength to strength – and the media elite is terrified” – GB News’s astonishing audience growth proves an alternative to the BBC is needed, writes Robin Aitken in the Telegraph.
- “What will Europe look like in the future?” – Absent a populist electoral uprising, European authorities will get serious about border control only once it’s too late, warns Lionel Shriver in the Spectator.
- “What happened to the electric car revolution?” – Unless EV sales soar, car manufacturers are going to be facing enormous fines in just a few months’ time, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Are ultra-processed foods really so bad?” – Food-type blaming can be a comforting evasion of a simple truth: overeating makes you fat, writes Matthew Parris in the Spectator.
- “The plants in your garden that could get you cancelled” – The borrowing of plants from around the world has been called ‘horticultural appropriation’ – and many of them are already in your garden, says Boudicca Fox-Leonard in the Telegraph.
- “Elon Musk slams Warsaw’s plans to reduce discrimination” – Elon Musk has hit out at Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski over his plans to ban religious symbols in City Hall, require staff to respect preferred pronouns and show regard for the rights of same-sex couples, according to TVP World.
- “When the Left-wing media starts to mock one of its own…” – A Comedy Central Daily Show skit rips into Kamala Harris’s word salads.
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