- “The response to the riots reflects terribly on our political class” – The appalling scenes of violence across the country cannot be allowed to happen again, writes Nick Timothy in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer is in huge trouble – the double standards of ‘Two-Tier Keir’ are plain for all to see” – This Prime Minister can’t prevent the division of British society on sectarian lines because he is at the heart of an establishment whose beliefs are causing it, says Patrick O’Flynn on his State O’ The Nation Substack.
- “Starmer is failing his first major test” – The grotesque violence on our streets is unacceptable. But politicians are doing too little to ensure it won’t erupt again in future, writes Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “No. This is not just ‘far-Right thuggery’” – On Substack, Matt Goodwin explains what the reaction to Britain’s immigration protests tells us about the elite ruling class.
- “We need a liberal answer to Britain’s divisions” – Opposition to multiculturalism challenges the tradition of British liberty, says Graeme Orchard in CapX.
- “New era of ethnic conflict exposes liberal Britain’s double standards” – This week’s riots won’t be the last, warns Aris Roussinos in UnHerd.
- “The grotesque rise of white identity politics” – In Spiked, Tom Slater explores how multicultural sectarianism helped to kindle the racist carnage on our streets.
- “England burning” – Disorganised uprisings have few prospects of realising their political goals and are often a gift to the regime, says Eugyppius on his Substack.
- “Is Britain heading for civil war?” The potential for civil war is written into the DNA of all ethnic conflicts – and, like a sleeping demon, once its fires are lit there’s no knowing where it will spread, writes Brad Evans in UnHerd.
- “Operation Scatter: Labour to disperse asylum seekers around country” – In a remarkably tone deaf move, Yvette Cooper is planning a mass procurement of HMOs, family properties, former care homes and student accommodation to house illegal immigrants, reports the Times.
- “Race riots are the logical endpoint of identity politics” – Ralph Leonard in UnHerd says the race riots engulfing Britain’s cities are the inevitable consequence of identity politics.
- “Don’t let free speech be a victim of these riots” – The despicable behaviour of the few must not become a pretext for silencing the many, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
- “Banning Islamophobia: blasphemy law by the backdoor” – Any attempt to define ‘Islamophobia’ and punish those responsible for it would have a chilling effect on free speech, warns Tim Dieppe for the FSU.
- “Balaclavas to be banned in Ireland amid anti-immigration demonstrations” – Ireland will ban “intimidating” rioters from wearing balaclavas after clashes with police at anti-immigration demonstrations, reports the Irish Times.
- “Stopping lab-made pandemics – NYT had an op-ed on this subject on July 23rd, with three curious omissions” – On Substack, Dr. Meryl Nass raises concerns about the effectiveness and motives behind current U.S. gain-of-function research regulations.
- “Thinktank urging Labour to turn hamlet into megacity is branded ‘joke’” – Furious locals are facing new-build hell amid Labour plans to turn their sleepy village into a megacity, reports the Mail.
- “Labour is about to put the final nail in our economic coffin” – Rachel Reeves’s fiscal plans are looking positively foolhardy as global stock markets plummet, writes Matthew Lesh in the Telegraph.
- “Labour’s ‘Ofsted for employers’ threatens a storm of red tape” – Labour’s new workers’ rights watchdog must steer clear of arbitrary inspections and micromanagement, says Lucy Burton in the Telegraph. Some hope!
- “England’s curriculum review: what education experts want to see” – Education experts, as selected by the Guardian, unveil their wish list for the new National Curriculum. It’s a horror show.
- “A free speech counter-revolution is stirring in Britain’s universities” – The spirit of free enquiry appears to have died at our most distinguished universities, but there are now signs of a resistance movement emerging in academia, writes Neil Record in CapX.
- “Council’s ‘nightmare’ rewilding scheme brings ticks to our parks, residents claim” – Residents in Derbyshire have slammed their local council for a ‘rewilding’ scheme which they say has only brought rats, ticks and dog poo, says the Mail.
- “Electric car sales forecast slashed as drivers turn to secondhand market” – Car makers have slashed their forecast for electric car sales this year amid an ongoing slowdown in demand, reports the Telegraph.
- “Met Office admit storms were much worse in past” – Despite the plethora of silly names the Met Office has given every passing low-pressure system, their new report admits that storms were much worse in the past, says Paul Homewood in WUWT?
- “J.K. Rowling bankrolls legal fight against workplace gender police” – J.K. Rowling has helped to bankroll a gender critical woman’s employment tribunal fight in Belfast, according to the Mail.
- “The U.S. is at real risk of recession – and it’s a disaster for Kamala Harris” – The declining health of America’s economy threatens to upend the Presidential election, says Eir Nolsøe in the Telegraph.
- “We are proud to present this dazzling version of Firestarter by a prodigy named Keir Starmer” – On X, Harvey Wallbanger posts a deep fake of the Prime Minister singing ‘Firestarter’ by Prodigy.
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