- “Wales’s FM Gething denies wrongdoing as he resigns” – Wales’s First Minister Vaughan Gething has announced his resignation four months after taking the job, reports the BBC.
- “Trump shooting: the footage you didn’t see” – The Telegraph has behind-the-scenes clips showing every second of the moment that shook America.
- “Five unanswered questions about assassination attempt on Trump” – There are many questions remaining about how would-be assassin Thomas Crooks perched on a rooftop and took aim at Donald Trump before he was taken down, says Paul Farrell in the Mail.
- “‘Sloping roof’ used by assassin was too dangerous for our agents, says Secret Service chief” – Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle has revealed the bizarre reason why her agency failed to place an agent on the roof used to carry out an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, according to the Mail.
- “Insider details of why Secret Service botched Trump shooting” – In the Mail, Andrew Neil reveals alarming insider information on why the U.S. Secret Service botched the job or protecting Trump.
- “Trump’s phone call with RFK Jr. is leaked” –A private phone call between Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been leaked, revealing new details about the shocking attempt on the ex-President’s life, reports the Mail.
- “Britain will be an Islamist country under Labour, claims Trump VP pick” – Donald Trump’s running mate joked that the “first truly Islamist country” to obtain nuclear weapons would be the U.K. after Labour won the election, according to Sky News.
- “J.D. Vance as Trump’s running mate is the death knell of American conservatism” – How is it ‘conservative’ to back Putin? asks Isaac Schorr in the Telegraph.
- “David Lammy is a national embarrassment” – With the prospect of a second Trump Presidency looking increasingly likely, we need a Foreign Secretary who can unite rather than divide, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler” – Reckless comparisons with fascism degrade our political discourse, writes Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
- “College professor suspended over ‘unacceptable’ comment about Trump” – A Kentucky professor has been placed on unpaid leave following an insensitive comment about the failed Trump assassination attempt, reports the Mail.
- “Jack Black issues shock update after bandmate’s Trump comment” – Jack Black has cancelled Tenacious D’s tour after bandmate Kyle Gass said he wished Trump’s would-be assassin hadn’t missed, says the Mail.
- “How the American Left jumped on the conspiracy theory bandwagon” – The attempt on Donald Trump’s life has led to wild speculation online, inspired partly by political indignation, writes Rosa Silverman in the Telegraph.
- “Elon Musk ‘to give Trump campaign $45 million a month’ after shooting” – Elon Musk reportedly plans to give up to $45 million (£35 million) a month to support Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign, reports the Hill.
- “Britain has reached its immigration breaking point” – Labour has no plans to address open borders, declining public services or the housing crisis, says Guy Dampier in the Telegraph.
- “Record number of migrants cross in single day since Starmer became PM” – More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in the U.K. after crossing the Channel since Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, reports the Standard.
- “Starmer’s plan to stop the boats might not be what it seems” – It comes as a relief to learn that Keir Starmer doesn’t believe setting up an organisation to “smash the gangs” will stop illegal immigration, writes Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator.
- “Boston’s unskilled migrants are proof that the benefits of Brexit have been squandered” – Puritans left Lincolnshire for America 400 years ago to create a better place; the masses pouring into the county today have no such intent, says Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
- “Labour is about to crush what’s left of Britain’s economy” – This will be the most anti-business Government we’ve experienced in 50 years, predicts Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Labour’s tax raid could ‘decimate’ Jewish schools” – A charity that supports Jewish independent schools says Keir Starmer’s VAT raid and plans to remove business rate exemptions would force many to close, according to the Telegraph.
- “Tour de France reintroduces mask mandate amid COVID-19 concerns” – The Tour de France has reintroduced COVID-19 protective measures, mandating masks for race organisers, media and guests in any interaction with riders and team staff, reports Cycling News.
- “Boris Johnson urges Trump to stand by Ukraine” – Boris Johnson has urged Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine after the former President picked a running mate who strongly opposes American support for the war, according to the Telegraph.
- “German Interior Minister bans AfD-adjacent ‘Right-wing extremist’ magazine, raids homes of editorial staff, seizes assets, in the latest effort to defend democracy by abolishing democratic freedoms” – German politicians appear to be caught in an ever-escalating authoritarian spiral, says Eugyppius on Substack.
- “British commentator unloads at ‘woke’ Australia” – Toby says Australia is surrendering its larrikinism to the “woke mind virus”, according to the Mail.
- “Now doctors told to lecture us on climate change!” – Doctors have been told to use their status as “trusted members of the community” to warn patients about the dangers of climate change, reports the Mail.
- “This is just the start of Ed Miliband’s green energy madness” – Large scale ‘solar parks’ are not the best and cheapest way to reduce Britain’s carbon emissions, says Jamie Blackett in the Telegraph.
- “The alarming rise of the ‘far-wrong’” – On Substack, David Turver takes a light-hearted look at what might happen in a parallel universe if the Guardian decided to worry about the rise of the ‘far-wrong’ rather than the far Right.
- “Labour to ban conversion therapy in King’s Speech despite fears for parents” – Conversion therapy will be banned under a new law to be announced in the King’s Speech, reports the Telegraph.
- “Transwomen can be excluded from female-only jobs, watchdog rules” – The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has ruled that companies can legally block transwomen from taking jobs intended only for women, says the Irish News.
- “Former SNP equalities officer who wanted ‘to beat up terfs’ jailed for sexual assaults” – A former SNP equalities officer who once said he wanted to “beat the f***” out of gender critical feminists has been jailed for a string of sexual and physical ofences, according to Sky News.
- “Musk vows SpaceX and Twitter will flee California over school trans law” – Elon Musk has hit out at a new California transgender law and pledged to move the headquarters of SpaceX and X out of the state in protest, according to NBC News.
- “U.K. death chart shows the futility of lockdowns” – On X, Miriam Cates points to a recent ONS chart on U.K. deaths as evidence that draconian Covid lockdowns were completely out of proportion to the threat.
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