- “Britain to stop exporting some arms to Israel, Lammy announces” – Israel has responded furiously to Britain’s decision to clamp down on arms sales, saying it is “deeply disheartened” by the drop in support, reports the Mail.
- “Dark tunnels and moral beacons”– The names of the six murdered Israeli hostages – and the evil ideology of their executioners – should be seared into the minds of all who wish to live in a civilised society, writes Bari Weiss in the Free Press.
- “Israel has always been forced to be too kind to its enemies” – When it comes to pushing forward to victory in war, the Jewish state has always been held to a different standard, says Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “Tory councillor’s wife admits inciting racial hatred” – The wife of a Conservative Party councillor has pleaded guilty to publishing social media posts that stirred up racial hatred, reports the Standard.
- “Telegraph readers on Starmer’s free speech approach” – In the Telegraph, readers voice their views on the Prime Minister’s actions in response to the widespread riots.
- “Starmer taking knee for BLM shows Labour ‘takes some violence less seriously’” – James Cleverly claims that Keir Starmer taking the knee for Black Lives Matter shows Labour “takes some violence less seriously than others”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Police log more non-crime hate incidents despite crackdown” – Official data obtained by the Free Speech Union reveals that, despite a crackdown, the police are logging more non-crime hate incidents than ever, says the Telegraph.
- “Tories governed like Labour, says Badenoch” – Kemi Badenoch says the Tories’ mistake was that it “talked Right but governed Left” at the launch of her Tory leadership campaign, according to PA Media.
- “Scrapping one-word Ofsted verdicts is a mistake” – The decision to scrap one or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools is good news for teachers – but bad news for parents, says Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “Scrapping one-word Ofsted ratings puts feelings above facts, says Birbalsingh” – Britain’s ‘strictest head teacher’ has described the decision to scrap one-word Ofsted ratings as a “nod in the wrong direction”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Has the number of rapes in Britain really gone up?” – Has the number of rapes in England and Wales soared in recent years? A little digging reveals that this apparent increase is entirely down to changes in recording and reporting, writes Noah Carl in UnHerd.
- “The SNP is wrong: Scotland is a conservative country” – The inept Tories have failed to realise many voters north of the border are crying out for an anti-woke party, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “Man found dead at home after GP surgery told patients to email” – A senior coroner has written a warning to the Government over GP surgeries asking patients to email rather than call after a man died when staff ignored him, reports the Mail.
- “Who wants to be weighed in the workplace?” – ‘Health MoTs’ for middle-aged men are the latest harebrained scheme from Starmer’s nanny state, says Lauren Smith in Spiked.
- “The war on smokers has gone too far” – Banning smoking in public parks, outdoor restaurants and pub gardens – as reports suggest Labour might do – is illiberal to no clear purpose, writes Sam Leith in the Spectator.
- “Royal Society report contains half-trillion-pound error” – A key report published under the auspices of the Royal Society understated the cost of building a Net Zero electricity grid by half a trillion pounds, according to Net Zero Watch.
- “Coolest U.K. summer since 2015” – According to the latest statistics from the Met Office, the U.K. has experienced its coolest summer in nine years, reports the BBC.
- “Low popularity zones” – Transport Minister Louise Haigh’s move to lift the ban on LTNs and 20mph speed limits will face the same backlash as Wales and Khan’s Ulez, writes Jack Watson in Country Squire.
- “Starmer faces more backlash over winter fuel payment cuts” – The prospect of 10 million pensioners missing out on the winter fuel payment has ruffled feathers among his backbenchers, especially since Sir Keir somehow rustled up cash for public sector pay rises, notes Steerpike in the Spectator.
- “Moscow says it will revise its nuclear doctrine over Western ‘escalation’ in Ukraine” – State media has quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying that Russia will amend its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it perceives as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, according to the Guardian.
- “The trans ‘cult of ideology’ ripping apart Britain’s doctors’ union” – The British Medical Association’s decision to challenge the Cass review and condemn the puberty blockers ban has started a civil war, says Sanchez Manning in the Telegraph.
- “How Creative Scotland was corrupted by gender ideology” – Creative Scotland is over. The organisation has managed to make itself hated by both politicians and artists. It exists only to feed itself and its infantile staff, writes Euan McColm in the Spectator.
- “‘The police are too busy investigating our tweets to police our streets’” – On TalkTV, Toby explains to Mike Graham the dangers of policing “non-crime hate incidents”.
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