- “Michael Gove shaped Britain – and divided it. What’s next?” – Tim Shipman has written a political obituary of Michael Gove for the Sunday Times that’s well worth a read.
- “Michael Gove: the most powerful Tory never to have been prime minister” – Michael Gove’s decision to stand down ends the career of arguably the most powerful MP of this century never to have been Prime Minister, says Gordon Rayner in the Telegraph.
- “The Tories have lost the one man who knew how to defeat the Blob” – After his triumph at Education, it is sad Michael Gove wasn’t given another big department to transform, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “‘Stalinist’ Sunak threatened with legal action for blocking pro-Boris candidates” – The Tory party has been threatened with legal action amid claims that “Stalinist” Rishi Sunak is blocking pro-Boris candidates from standing as MPs, reports the Telegraph.
- “Boris Johnson will be abroad for most of election campaign” – According to friends, Boris Johnson will be out of the country for the majority of the election campaign, says the Telegraph.
- “Crying in the rain” – In the New Conservative, Frank Haviland rips into Rishi Sunak’s performance and the state of the Conservative Party.
- “The end of politics” – On Substack, Paul Sutton envisions an impending global conflict amid a backdrop of cultural decay, corruption and the rise of authoritarian powers.
- “Noisy minorities are being allowed to bully the rest of us into silence” – The attempt to drown out the PM’s election speech outside No.10 reflected a sinister trend in our politics, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
- “‘The Madman’ who puts Britain’s bland leaders in the shade” – At the same time as Rishi was receiving a new umbrella from one of his MPs, the President of Argentina was leaping about on stage, writes Janet Street-Porter in the Mail.
- “Labour could allow 16 year-olds to vote in first year of government” – Keir Starmer has confirmed that he wants to give the vote to 16 year-olds, reports the Mail.
- “Voters know they will regret supporting Labour, but they’re going to do it anyway” – Let me guarantee you one thing: if Sir Keir Starmer wins, nobody will call him a heavyweight, says Dan Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “How bad will a Labour Government be?” – Labour is a mishmash of coalition interests that will need identity politics to keep it together as a reconciler of contradictions, writes Ed West in the Spectator.
- “Britain’s reality check threatens to be nasty, brutish and far from short” – Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Labour offers an alternative to Tory chaos, says Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.
- “Tactical voting threat to Tories as Lib Dems target 90 seats” – Sir Ed Davey has launched his party’s General Election campaign with a strategy to secure dozens of blue wall seats, reports the Times.
- “Alan Bates brands Paula Vennells ‘Cruella de Vil playing Mary Poppins’” – Campaigner Alan Bates dismissed the tears of disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells at the Covid Inquiry, likening her to “Cruella de Vil trying to play Mary Poppins”, according to the Mail.
- “‘More than 10,000’ migrants have crossed the English Channel this year” – More than 10,000 small-boat migrants are thought to have arrived in Britain via the Channel so far this year, reports the Mail.
- “The smoking ban will be back” – The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is not going to disappear. It is only delayed, writes Kate Andrews in the Spectator.
- “Losing faith in our police” – The recent behaviour of many police officers around the country indicates how far forces have departed from Peelite principles, says Julian Mann in Christian Today.
- “Covid Inquiry criticised for ignoring study on lockdown harms” – The Covid Inquiry has been accused of ignoring one of the biggest studies on the harms of lockdowns, reports the Telegraph.
- “Excitable media act as Big Pharma salesmen” – In TCW, Jonathan Angler is taking the hype surrounding weight loss injections with a large pinch of salt.
- “Putin wants a ceasefire in Ukraine ‘because the war costs too much’” – Russian sources claim that Putin is ready to “freeze the war” in Ukraine if a ceasefire, which recognises the current battlefield lines, can be agreed, reports the Mail.
- “Net Zero efforts could cause rise in air pollution deaths” – A new study warns that Net Zero measures, such as making homes better insulated, could increase the number of deaths from air pollution, according to the Telegraph.
- “Gas bills could rise by £1,000 to pay for wind power” – Gas bills are projected to rise by around £1,000 to pay for wind power under official plans being considered by the Energy Secretary, reports the Telegraph.
- “Ireland’s Green Party election manifesto calls for hate speech legislation” – Ireland’s Green Party has renewed its call for hate speech and hate crime legislation in its newly-released European election manifesto, says Gript.
- “Physically-healthy Dutch woman dies by euthanasia” – A physically-healthy Dutch woman died by euthanasia soon after turning 29 because she didn’t want to live with depression and anxiety, reports the Mail.
- “J.K. Rowling says she’d ‘love to know how Labour defines a woman’” – The Harry Potter author has suggested that Keir Starmer’s recent “back-pedalling” on transgender issues is insincere, according to the Mail.
- “Biden derangement syndrome” – In the New Conservative, Dr. Roger Watson has become aware of another derangement related to Joe Biden.
- “Here is the film Nova” – Watch the documentary about Hamas’s attack on the Nova music festival. Viewer discretion advised.
Here is the film “Nova”.
— Andrew Fox (@Mr_Andrew_Fox) May 25, 2024
It is footage recorded by Hamas themselves, victims and first responders at the Nova festival on 7th October.
For all those who think the festival-goers were killed by IDF Apaches
Viewer discretion advised. pic.twitter.com/BBGdKLeqVN
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