- “The people who backed Huw Edwards – from Andrew Marr to Emily Maitlis” – When allegations concerning Huw Edwards were first reported last summer several figures in the media industry came to his defence, including Edwards’s former BBC colleagues such as Andrew Marr and Emily Maitlis, writes Alex Farber in the Times.
- “BBC bosses’ ‘unforgivable’ handling of Huw Edwards scandal” – The BBC faces yet more damaging questions after another of its biggest stars was revealed to be a sex offender, reports the Mail.
- “The Huw Edwards cover up and why it proves the BBC is rotten to the core” – The idea that Brits should have to keep paying for this morally bankrupt broadcaster is a sick joke, says Dan Wootton on his Outspoken Substack.
- “Why the BBC is one of Britain’s greatest scandal magnets” – Huw Edwards is the latest in a long line of high-profile controversies at the Beeb, but will they ever learn from their mistakes? wonders Rosa Silverman in the Telegraph.
- “BBC Chairman accused of dismissing staff complaints of antisemitism” – “Jews don’t count” at the BBC, staff have warned as part of a complaint about “systemic antisemitism”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour face a brutal awakening about the realities of governing modern Britain” – The Government must address concerns over preferential group treatment, or risk more disorder on the streets, says Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
- “What did you expect? Britain’s protests reflect decades of elite failure” – On Substack, Matt Goodwin shares his thoughts on the latest atrocities in Britain – and the reaction to them.
- “Political violence must never be tolerated” – It takes an authoritarian mindset to choose violence over the ballot box, says Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
- “How censorship made Tommy Robinson” – The attempts to silence Tommy Robinson have only fuelled his grift, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
- “Jenrick overtakes Badenoch as bookmaker’s favourite to become Tory leader” – William Hill says the odds on the former Immigration Minister winning the Tory leadership battle have narrowed following Lord Frost’s endorsement, according to the Telegraph.
- “Don’t ‘drive me’ to join Reform, Braverman tells Tory MPs” – Suella Braverman says she hopes she is not “driven out” of the Conservative Party by Tory MPs, insisting that she has no intention of defecting to Reform U.K., says the Telegraph.
- “Bank of England cuts interest rates for first time in four years” – Rachel Reeves has indicated she might still raise taxes after the Bank of England cut interest rates for the first time in four years and more than doubled its growth forecast, reports the Telegraph.
- “Rachel Reeves has just admitted the grotesque truth about her plans for Britain” – The Chancellor has given the game away. She will punish the prudent and successful to reward the feckless, says Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
- “Hamas terror chief boasted of his freedom – hours later, he was dead” – The fear now is that the Hamas leader’s funeral could be the first of many, if his assassination triggers a wider war in the Middle East, write James Crisp and Akhtar Makoii in the Telegraph.
- “Israel has shown it can still hit back – and now the world can sleep safer” – Leaders in London and Washington don’t like Tel Aviv’s tactics. But Tehran’s losses are the West’s gain, says Douglas Murray in the Telegraph.
- “Giving up Ukrainian territories is ‘a very, very difficult’ question” – In an interview with Le Monde, Ukrainian President Zelensky discusses the possible outcome of the war and calls on China to put pressure on Russia to open the way to negotiations.
- “Biden hails ‘feat of diplomacy’ as U.S. journalist freed in biggest prisoner swap since Cold War” – The American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been freed by Russia as part of the largest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War, reports the Independent.
- “TV commentators silent on Olympics boxing gender row” – TV viewers were kept in the dark about the mounting Olympic gender row as a masculine Algerian fighter felled an Italian opponent with one ferocious punch, says the Telegraph.
- “IOC is betraying women in worst possible way” – Olympics organisers are putting female boxers at risk of extreme harm by allowing fighters with abnormally high testosterone levels to compete, writes Oliver Brown in the Telegraph.
- “The simple way to protect women’s sport at the Olympics” – Someone with XY chromosomes who went through male puberty has no business competing in women’s sports, says Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
- “Female high school volleyball player, 17, is left paralysed with brain damage by trans opponent” – A female volleyball player, partially paralysed by a transgender opponent, has slammed the Olympics for letting two boxers who failed gender eligibility tests last year compete against women, reports the Mail.
- “England’s GPs vote to take industrial action” – For the first time in 60 years, family doctors have voted for collective action, writes Lucy Dunn in the Spectator.
- “The militant BMA is becoming an enemy of the people” – Calling on the NHS to lift the ban on puberty blockers will embolden trans extremists and put children at risk, warns Ella Whelan in the Telegraph.
- “Sir Paul Marshall leads race to buy the Spectator” – Hedge fund magnate and GB News shareholder Sir Paul Marshall is close to securing a deal to buy the Spectator, says City A.M.
- “U.K. police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions” – Following a tip-off from Gordon Brown, British police are investigating whether Washington Post CEO Will Lewis destroyed evidence while working at News International 13 years ago, reports the Guardian.
- “Labour and Conservative stalwarts in race for University of Oxford chancellor job” – Peter Mandelson and William Hague are both in the race to become the next chancellor of the University of Oxford, says the Mail.
- “Sending them back: the Horniman Museum and the restitution of its Benin bronzes” – In History Reclaimed, Mike Wells gives a critical review of a new book by Nick Merriman, the former Director of the Horniman Museum, who gave away its Benin bronzes.
- “Will the real Kamala Harris please stand up?” – Should Kamala Harris win in November, there will be no change. The same people in control now will remain in control, says Lionel Shriver in the Spectator.
- “Media gaslighting about Kamala Harris nears totalitarian levels” – Ever since Kamala Harris became the Democrats’ Presidential nominee, we have been told to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears in favour of party propaganda, says Michael Shellenberger on his Public Substack.
- “Right-wing court shocks MAGA with brutal ruling” – On YouTube, the State Attorney for Palm Beach County reacts to Ron DeSantis’s “Stop Woke Act” being shut down by Florida’s conservative district court for violating the First Amendment.
- “Just Stop Oil Heathrow Airport protest fails – again” – Just Stop Oil protesters have been removed from Heathrow airport following another failed protest, reports the Mail.
- “Hillary Clinton-run group helps fund Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion” – U.S. financial disclosures reveal that Just Stop Oil’s stunts are partly funded by a campaign organisation run by Hillary Clinton, reports the Telegraph.
- “Young eco-catastrophists are clueless about real nature” – Childhoods are no longer being spent outdoors, but lost in an online world that spreads climate doom, says Judith Woods in the Telegraph.
- “Campaigners call on Labour to end foxhunting ‘loophole’” – Anti-fox hunting activists have urged the Government to shut down a so-called loophole which they say facilitates the sport to take place on Ministry of Defence land, reports GB News.
- “The inconvenient truth about ‘rewilding’” – Why is the cost of rewilding being dumped on new housing? asks Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “German start-up brings cryonics to Europe” – Hoping to have your body deep-frozen and reanimated at some distant point in the future? A fleet of repurposed ambulances is on standby to oblige, reports William Hunter in the Mail.
- “Another spot on South Park prediction” – A video on X reveals another South Park prediction that hit the mark.
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It’ll play the race card and get a slap on the wrist
Black Muslim – commits 2 major felonies – theft of funds and destroying public property. What happens to her – nothing.
You the White guy, yeah you, who refuse to replace your boiler with a heat pump – 6 months in jail and a large fine (public good, saving Gaia etc).
Vandals let off scot free by the courts move on to fraud…….
Astonishing…..not….
“Organisers agreed before the event to give any money left over from this (fundraising) to a Bristol youth group called Changing Your Mindset, which planned to use it to fund a life-changing trip to Africa for young people in the deprived St. Pauls area of Bristol.”
It would appear that the organisers were very confident that the fundraising would provide a few of them with enough money for a Wildlife Safari in, oh I don’t know, Tanzania. Forward planning, it’s all about forward planning.
Sadly, the chief organiser isn’t the sharing type.
‘Card madam?’
Race card. I never leave home without it.
‘That will do nicely. Have a nice day.’
Lol if they think Bristol is “deprived” wait until they see Africa!
Ah yes Africa, where huge numbers in the millions don’t even have electricity. But most of the equality and diversity people who likely also support climate policies are actually supporting keeping those people in abject poverty, as only fossil fuels can bring them out of it.
Consciously or unconsciously a lot of these supposed “do gooders” seem to want to keep their pet “victim” group needy.
The funniest ad on TV is Macmillan. Its a drinking game called “spot the white”. You’ll go to bed sober
Love it.
Check out their income this year.