- “Michael Gove stands down as MP amid growing Tory exodus” – Michael Gove’s resignation piles more pressure on Rishi Sunak as a new poll puts the Conservatives 22 points behind, reports the Times.
- “John Redwood to step down as record number of Tory MPs set to quit” – Wokingham MP becomes the 73rd Tory to stand down as he says “I have other things I wish to do”, says the Telegraph.
- “Andrea Leadsom is latest to join Tory exodus” – In a letter to the Prime Minister, Andrea Leadsom says she has come to the decision after “careful reflection” but did not go into detail about her reasons for quitting, according to the Mail.
- “The ideological tensions within the Conservatives are now deeper” – The General Election on July 4th won’t only be a clash between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, says Brendan O’Neill in the Mail. Beneath this public scramble for power, another battle is brewing.
- “Downbeat Keir Starmer complains ‘we don’t live in an ideal world’” – In a media round on day two of the General Election campaign, the opposition leader was challenged on his former backing for issues, including scrapping university tuition fees. He did not do well, reports the Mail.
- “Our obsession with ‘diversity’ has made Britain more divided than ever” – Lumping together the ‘working’ and ‘criminal’ class is neo-Victorian snobbery, says Rabik Ehsan in the Telegraph. It’s a classic example of how damaging and divisive DEI is.
- “Medical experts are unwilling to give evidence in gender cases” – Trolling and the toxic debate surrounding giving children puberty blockers or hormonal treatment is putting specialists off appearing in court, according to the Times.
- “Labour is still the party of Greta Thunberg, trans extremists, and pro-Hamas hate mobs” – Keir Starmer won’t tell us his actual plans, so we must rely on what we know about the Left’s instincts, says Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
- “Hay Festival bows to pressure and cuts ties with sponsors over Israel links” – Following a celebrity boycott of the Hay Festival, the organisers have cancelled their sponsorship deal with investment firm Baillie Gifford, reports the Telegraph.
- “Private school parents pull children out as Starmer vows to launch tax raid ‘straight away’” – Families are cancelling their children’s places or rushing to pay fees ahead of the election, says the Telegraph.
- “The Tories can still be the party of change” – David Frost with an optimistic take on the General Election result in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer would be the most dangerous PM since the 1970s” – Boris Johnson says in the Mail he cannot believe that the British people would be so utterly mad as to hand Keir Starmer a majority.
- “Stop making plane turbulence about climate change” – Rupa Subramanya in the Free Press tries to bottom out the claim that the turbulence experienced by passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight earlier this week was caused by climate change.
- “The new Rocky movie looks a bit shit” – James Melville is underwhelmed by Keir Starmer’s boxing demo.
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