- “Netanyahu to ‘settle the score’ with Hamas after six hostages shot in the head” – Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “settle the score” with Hamas after the Israel Defense Forces recovered the bodies of six “murdered” hostages from a tunnel in Gaza, reports the Mail.
- “Why Netanyahu is being blamed for the Israeli hostage deaths” – Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of sabotaging negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Limor Simhony Philpott in the Spectator.
- “Pret a Manger facing protest after ‘caving in to pressure to boycott Israel’” – Campaigners are up in arms against Pret a Manger, accusing the popular sandwich chain of bowing to anti-Israel boycotts amid the ongoing war in Gaza, reports the Express.
- “BBC slammed after giving platform to Palestinian chief” – The BBC has been branded “shameless” after providing a platform to a Palestinian politician who celebrated Hamas’s October 7th massacre, calling it “a glorious day”, says the Mail.
- “Are we Jews only wanted in Israel? Sadly, it’s beginning to feel rather like it” – “In a sickening departure from my childhood years, it’s young Americans that are the most committed to today’s poisonous campaign of hate,” says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
- “Executive confidence plummets as Reeves plots tax raid” – Fears of an autumn tax raid and a radical strengthening of workers’ rights have triggered a collapse in confidence among business leaders, reports the Express.
- “Top earners and entrepreneurs already fleeing Britain over tax raids” – Wealthy individuals and entrepreneurs are already fleeing Britain as fears grow over a raft of tax rises in Rachel Reeves’s first Budget, says the Telegraph.
- “Councils demand power to impose unlimited tax hikes” – Council chiefs are demanding the power to impose unlimited tax rises on residents ahead of next month’s Budget, reports the Express.
- “Education Secretary to clamp down on ‘absence epidemic’ in schools” – Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to tackle the “absence epidemic” in Britain’s schools and warned she will make no “apologies” for fining the parents of frequently absent children, says the Mail.
- “One-word Ofsted school ratings scrapped” – Ofsted’s one-word ratings, ranking all schools ‘Outstanding’, ‘Good’, ‘Requires Improvement’ or ‘Inadequate’, are being scrapped from Monday at the behest of teaching unions, says the Telegraph.
- “Minister wriggles over mooted ban on smoking in pub gardens” – Commons Leader Lucy Powell was left squirming as she denied claims that the proposed ban on smoking in pub beer gardens constituted an “attack on the hospitality industry”, reports the Mail.
- “Outdoor smoking ban could cause violence outside pubs, landlords warn” – Landlords warn that Labour’s outdoor smoking ban could trigger violence outside pubs and thrust bar staff into the firing line, according to the Mail.
- “Keir Starmer’s popularity delusion” – Keir Starmer has showed not a trace of understanding for the concerns of much of the electorate over a loss of border control or high crime, says Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator.
- “Jenrick warns of Labour ‘war on middle class’ as Tory battle heats up” – At a slick U.S.-style rally on the eve of Parliament’s return from the summer break, Robert Jenrick says he is ready to “sock it” to Keir Starmer, according to the Mail.
- “Couple chanting ‘we want our country back’ jailed after Hanley riots” – A couple in Stoke-on-Trent have been jailed for, among other things, chanting “we want our country back’, says Stoke-on-Trent Live.
- “Doctor Who won’t make me shut up, says Badenoch ahead of leadership launch” – Kemi Badenoch says Doctor Who won’t make her “shut up” as she announces a date for the launch of her Conservative Party leadership campaign, reports the Telegraph.
- “British GCSE textbooks remove Taiwan references after CCP complaints” – The AQA GCSE Chinese textbook has deleted references to Taiwan after receiving a letter of complaint from Chinese officials, reports the Telegraph.
- “The day of the DfIDs” – In the Critic, Chris Bayliss outlines the real problem with foreign aid.
- “The crocodile jaws that will crush Net Zero” – On Substack, David Turver explores the yawning gap between Government projections for renewables prices and reality.
- “Ed Miliband betrayed families with energy-saving pledge, says Claire Coutinho” – The Shadow Energy Secretary says Ed Miliband’s breaking of his vote-winning pledge to lower household energy bills by £300 a year was a “betrayal”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Even Germany is talking tough on illegal immigration” – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to be seen to crack down on illegal migration, but it is unlikely to help his centre-Left Government in the upcoming elections, says Katja Hoyer in the Telegraph.
- “East German elections post” – The day has come that Germany’s rulers have long feared: Thüringen and Saxony are electing their new state parliaments, writes Eugyppius on Substack.
- “German far-Right to win first state election since Nazi era” – The AfD is on course to win an election in a state parliament for the first time in its history, says the Telegraph.
- “Lucy Letby inquiry should ‘consider growing doubts’ of her conviction” – David Davis has written to the chair of the forthcoming Countess of Chester Hospital Inquiry, expressing concern that the probe assumes Ms. Letby’s conviction was safe, reports the Mail.
- “Most variation in all-cause mortality explained by mass COVID-19 vaccination” – New analysis suggests a rise in all-cause mortality in heavily vaccinated Australia, with at least two-thirds of regional variation attributed to mass COVID-19 vaccination, writes Dr. Peter A. McCullough on the Courageous Discourse Substack.
- “NYC’s ‘Covid only’ deaths in spring 2020” – There are signs that the Big Apple’s big ‘Covid only’ death spike might be specious, says Jessica Hockett on Substack.
- “Thriving in the age of fear” – On Substack, Rebekah Barnett explores how to live well in challenging times, amid poor governance and constant fear mongering.
- “NHS trust’s new diversity role branded as ‘insult to taxpayers’” –An NHS trust’s advertisement for an £80,000 a year diversity and inclusion officer role has been criticised as an “insult to taxpayers”, reports the Telegraph.
- “If the British Red Cross wants to be woke, it should start by changing its name” – The British Red Cross has given staff a handbook for avoiding causing offence, but why stop there when its own moniker is triggering? wonders William Sitwell in the Telegraph.
- “First transgender manager ignites row by signing biologically male goalkeeper for women’s team” – Sutton United’s women’s team abruptly postponed their scheduled match at Ebbsfleet United on Sunday amid mounting anger over the signing of a biological male goalkeeper, reports the Telegraph.
- “British soap opera Crossroads is given trigger warning” – TV bosses have warned that the long-running soap opera Crossroads might cause offence, in a move that has been criticised as “pathetic” and condescending by viewers, according to the Mail.
- “Falsifying history can only increase racial tension” – In his new book, Frank Furedi argues that historic memory is the key to the identity of any coherent community, and that attacking it undermines a population’s solidarity, writes Jonathan Sumption in his review for the Spectator.
- “Robin DiAngelo, the anti-racist doyenne caught in her own trap” – The woke activist and best-selling author Robin DiAngelo has chided others for not giving credit to people of colour. Now, she’s embroiled in a plagiarism row focusing on her use of the work of Asian-American scholars without proper attribution, says Hadley Freeman in the Sunday Times.
- “‘WTF you playing at you dirty commie c**sucker?’” – On X, a satirical sketch has Donald Trump ringing up Keir Starmer to uncover the truth behind rumours that he’s jailing people just for posting memes.
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