- “Le Pen’s party blocked from power, shock exit polls show” – The hard-Left New Popular Front has come first in round two of the French parliamentary elections, reports the Telegraph.
- “Macron’s deal with hard-Left puts France on a collision course with Brussels” – Macron encouraging Ensemble to enter into an electoral alliance with the New Popular Front and the resulting chaos may cost France €200 billion, according to the Telegraph.
- “What does the New Popular Front’s election win mean for France?” – The parties that have joined forces to stop the National Rally have no clear leader, leaving the French people uncertain who will be the next Prime Minister, says Charles Bremner in the Times.
- “Jordan Bardella tells National Rally faithful: Your time will come” – Bardella told a crowd of National Rally supporters not to be downhearted after last night’s result. “The National Rally has achieved the most important advance in its history,” he said. The Times has more.
- “‘No future for Jews’: Prominent French Jews decry far-Left’s gains in vote” – Prominent French Jews are lamenting the electoral success of a political bloc that features a far-left party widely regarded as antisemitic, says the Times of Israel.
- “Tory ex-ministers begin post-mortem into crushing election defeat” – The Tory post-mortem into the party’s devastating election defeat has begun in earnest as ex-ministers admitted they had failed to deliver during 14 years in power, reports the Mail.
- “Former MP says Tories have ‘no chance of ever being electable again’” – A former Tory minister who lost his seat in the General Election bloodbath says the Tories have “no chance of ever being electable again with its current non-Conservative parliamentary composition”, according to the Mail.
- “British Jews have reason to be frightened. This time it’s not Labour” – As Britain succumbs to sectarianism, the implications are grave for British society, warns Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
- “The troubling truth about Keir Starmer” – Britain might be about to find out that a man like Keir Starmer, who believes in nothing, can be a very dangerous thing, says Tom Slater in the Spectator.
- “The five areas where Starmer’s MPs could push him to the Left” – The Prime Minister will have his work cut out to unite the Labour Party’s broad church, writes Nick Gutteridge in the Telegraph.
- “Labour to seek joint declaration with EU on wide-ranging security pact” – Labour is seeking a sweeping joint declaration with the EU to usher in a wide-ranging security pact covering defence, energy, the climate crisis, pandemics and illegal migration, reports the Guardian.
- “Why Sir Keir Starmer’s enforcer Sue Gray could come unstuck” – The Telegraph’s Gordon Rayner reports that Sue Gray may not last long as Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff, given her lack of political experience and the ‘Rasputins’ that will be out to get her.
- “Where will Angela Rayner live now? Keir Starmer faces a dilemma” – Starmer faces a decision about whether to give the new Deputy Prime Minister the keys to a grace and favour country house, says the Times.
- “Braverman admits she has ‘looked’ at Reform as calls grow for top Tory to join Farage” – Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman says she “looked into” Reform’s operation after being pressed on GB News about whether she has ever considered joining the insurgent party.
- “Suella Braverman’s Tory leadership campaign dealt blow as key ally abandons her” – Suella Braverman’s Conservative leadership bid has suffered a setback after Danny Kruger, who backed her in 2022, has joined the Robert Jenrick camp, reports the Telegraph.
- “Unseated SNP MP wants Sturgeon to apologise for election losses” – The SNP saw their ranks in the Commons fall from 48 to nine – and some, like Joanna Cherry, hold the former leader responsible, says STV News.
- “Election reflections” – The Institute of Economic Affairs offers 10 initial reflections on the General Election from a classical liberal, free market perspective.
- “The Frank Report LXXIX” – The New Conservative’s Frank Haviland returns with another irreverent look at the political landscape.
- “22 year-old MP hits back at claims he doesn’t have ‘experience’” – Westminster’s new ‘Baby of the House’ has dismissed claims he doesn’t have “real world experience” and asks why critics think “being older makes you better at the job”, according to the Mail.
- “Coming to a TV near you? The Jacob Rees-Mogg show” – Jacob Rees-Mogg is reported to be in advanced talks with the Discovery Channel to film a fly-on-the-wall documentary about his unique personal life, says the Times.
- “Has Patrick Vallance learnt from his Covid mistakes?” – Perhaps we shall see Vallance taking a more balanced and evidence-based approach to policy in his new role than when he was Chief Scientific Officer. Then again, how often do we observe leopards changing their spots? asks David Paton in UnHerd.
- “John Snow, Asiatic Cholera and the inductive-deductive method” – Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan draw parallels between John Snow’s point source outbreak theory – where infections break out from a single source – and early COVID-19 clusters in Lombardy.
- “Macron’s deal with hard-Left puts France on a collision course with Brussels” – A coalition push to block National Rally risks costing France €200 billion, says Szu Ping Chan in the Telegraph.
- “Berlin bans red triangle symbol used by Hamas to mark targets” – Berlin has banned the inverted red triangle symbol due to its use by Hamas and their supporters to mark enemy targets in videos and graffiti, reports the Telegraph.
- “Germany has been overwhelmed by migrants, says Toni Kroos” – Footballer Toni Kroos believes Germany’s influx of migrants has been “too uncontrolled” and says he’s staying in Spain because he’s worried about his daughter’s safety in Germany, says the Telegraph.
- “The German Government have no money and they can’t stop spending it” – Germany’s problems are the same as most liberal democracies, with its government mortgaging the future for small gains in the present until it can borrow no more money, writes Eugyppius on Substack.
- “Ed Miliband will be a liability as Energy Secretary” – Ed Miliband’s appointment as Energy Secretary means Labour hasn’t abandoned its disastrous plan to decarbonise the national grid by 2030, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Climate campaigners bombard courts with action against oil execs” – Climate campaigners are filing numerous lawsuits, aiming to embroil oil and gas companies in legal battles in an attempt to end the use of fossil fuels, reports the Telegraph.
- “Battery maker SK On declares ‘emergency’ as EV sales disappoint, FT reports” – South Korean EV battery producer SK On has declared itself in crisis as its customers struggle with disappointing EV sales in Europe and the U.S., according to Reuters.
- “Fury as leftie seaside council spends £4 million on cycle lane” – A new seafront cycle lane in Hove, set to cost £4 million, has caused fury among motorists, residents and cyclists alike, reports the Mail.
- “Biden’s doctor ‘met with Parkinson’s disease specialist at the White House’” – A top Washington D.C. neurologist had a meeting with President Biden’s personal doctor at the White House earlier this year, says the NY Post.
- “White House staffer reveals disturbing decline in President” – A senior White House staffer, who worked closely with Biden, has revealed he no longer believes the 81 year-old has what it takes to defeat Trump, reports the Mail.
- “Just one in four say Biden could stay awake through a Cuban Missile Crisis” – Only one in four voters believes President Joe Biden has the endurance to stay up for 48 hours during a Cuban Missile Crisis-type event, according to a new Mail poll.
- “Is the Democrats’ answer Parkinson’s?” – A new possible way to be rid of Joe Biden with as little humiliation as possible has begun floating through the political ether, says Thomas Buckley on his Substack. It would be to reveal he has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
- “Kathleen Stock blasts medical profession for ‘experimenting’ on teens” – Prof. Kathleen Stock has slammed the medical profession for giving teenagers hormones and allowing them to undergo gender reassignment surgery, reports the Mail.
- “Midsomer Murders viewers warned they will see crime scenes” – Viewers of Midsomer Murders are being warned the series includes “crime scenes”, prompting ridicule from its stars, according to the Scottish Express.
- “Business Secretary U-turns on digital ID cards after refusing to rule them out” – The new Business Secretary refuses to rule out introducing digital ID cards after Tony Blair championed the policy as a means to control migration, reports the Independent.
- “Mississippi’s age-verification digital ID law is declared unconstitutional” – A Mississippi state law that requires platforms to introduce age verification has been declared unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court, according to Reclaim The Net.
- “Karma catches up with Nicola Sturgeon” – A video on X showcases the many uncomfortable moments endured by ITV panelist Nicola Sturgeon during the network’s General Election coverage as it became clear the SNP had been reduced to a rump of MPs.
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