- “Keir Starmer’s ‘surrender squad’ to undo Brexit: PM accused of betraying historic 2016 vote to leave EU as 100-strong Whitehall unit is launched to tie Britain back to Brussels” – Insiders say the new team, to be established in the heart of the Cabinet Office, will aim to ensure that any concessions yielded to Brussels will be almost impossible to undo by a future Tory Government, reports the Mail.
- “Labour think tank calls for Australia-style migration plan” – The influential Labour Together group has told Keir Starmer he should adopt an Australian-style borders plan and set specific caps on immigration numbers, the Telegraph reports.
- “EU farmers threaten to blockade supermarket deliveries in biggest trade deal protest yet” – European farmers have threatened to blockade supermarket deliveries and leave shelves bare as part of their biggest tractor protests against the EU yet over the Mercosur trade deal, the Telegraph reports.
- “The ‘tractor tax’ loophole exploited by the super-rich” – Small family farms will be worst-hit by Labour’s inheritance tax raid as they are unable to benefit from a loophole exploited by the super-rich, experts have warned, reports the Telegraph.
- “An open letter to Harvard President, Alan Garber” – On Substack, Dr. Vinay Prasard calls on the Harvard President to reinstate Martin Kulldorf and others fired because of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
- “A Critical Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Impact Claims” – In Brownstone, Dr. Joseph Fraiman and Dr. Timothy Kelly defend Dr. Aseem Malhotra’s claims about the ineffectiveness of Covid vaccines against a ‘fact check’ by Full Fact.
- “They’ll stop at nothing to get you jabbed” – In TCW Defending Freedom, Dr. Roger Watson finds Covid vaccine zealots undeterred in their swivel-eyed jab-pushing.
- “How pro-mask zealots are rewriting the awkward truth” – In TCW Defending Freedom, Dr. Gary Sidley says NHS Scotland looks set to rewrite science to support its pro-mask views.
- “Where Ed Miliband is plotting to build one billion solar panels across Britain” – Middle England will be worst hit under the Energy Secretary’s Net Zero blitz, according to the Telegraph.
- “Heat pumps and solar panels may be forced on listed buildings” – Ed Miliband has tabled proposals that would mean all heritage buildings have to get an energy efficiency certificate and may be compelled to used unsightly ‘green’ technology, the Telegraph reports.
- “Ed Miliband’s offshore wind expansion is already doomed” – In UnHerd, David Rose says the infrastructure is simply not there to get plentiful Scottish wind power across into England.
- “New York Bight Wind Farm: A Whale-Killing Project?” – New offshore wind turbines could devastate local habitats, writes Jonathan A. Lesser in City Journal.
- “BBC accused of portraying Palestinian Hamas fighters as ‘innocent civilians’” – The BBC’s Arabic channel has failed to reveal that victims are combatants or terror group members, analysts have said, the Telegraph reports.
- “Number of civilians killed in Gaza ‘inflated to vilify Israel’” – The number of civilians killed in the Gaza conflict has been inflated to portray Israel as deliberately targeting innocent people, a report from the Henry Jackson Society claims, reports the Telegraph.
- “Watch: Stars at Gaza aid concert accuse Israel of genocide” – Paul Weller and Paloma Faith were among musicians accused of turning a south London fundraiser into a “political rally”, says the Telegraph.
- “Streeting vows to root out NHS antisemitism” – Wes Streeting has called on regulators to strike off doctors who bring extremist views about Gaza into the workplace in a crackdown on antisemitism in the NHS, reports the Telegraph.
- “The unhinged crusade to find Israel guilty of genocide” – Ireland wants to change the definition of genocide in order to find the Jewish State guilty of it, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Hollywood’s great unwokening has been unleashed” – Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin says that Inside Out 2, Twisters and Civil War are all evidence that cinema has finally entered its post-woke era.
- “Female counsellor suing Catholic school says she was sacked after teachers compared her ‘provocative’ views on marriage to Andrew Tate” – A female counsellor who was sacked from an all-girls Catholic School has claimed her colleagues referred to her traditional views on marriage as “provocative like Andrew Tate”, reports the Mail.
- “England stands as a chilling example to the world of the costs of abandoning free speech” – England is no longer a free country and Americans shouldn’t imagine they are destined to escape the same fate, warns Douglas Carswell in the Telegraph.
- “J.K. Rowling is right: we must stop pandering to violent ‘trans’ criminals” – A shocking story about a vicious male sex offender makes Ipso’s ruling against the Spectator look all the more absurd, says the Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon.
- “In the 18th century, saying the wrong thing got you banned from Parliament. Those times are back” – Cancel culture is dismissed as a figment of the Right-wing mind, but Lady Meyer’s case shows that the phenomenon is all too real, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Only two Navy destroyers currently operational as fleet size hits record low” – Only two of the Navy’s leading battleships are currently operational with two-thirds of the vessels currently languishing in the repair yard, the Ministry of Defence has admitted, reports the Telegraph.
- “Private school VAT raid ‘will force families out of Armed Forces’” – Military families are preparing to quit the Armed Forces and flee the country as a result of the Government’s tax raid on private schools, reports the Telegraph.
- “Letby lawyers to reveal evidence they say ‘significantly undermines’ her convictions” – The former neonatal nurse’s new barrister says “fresh developments in the case” will be made public on Monday afternoon, reports the Telegraph.
- “University cuts ties with academic who wrote negative paper about migrants” – Professor Steve Fothergill has claimed he was sacked by Sheffield Hallam university after writing a paper that was negative about foreign workers, the Telegraph reports.
- “For once, Elton John is right – cannabis is deadening to the soul” – In the Telegraph, Zoe Strimpel agrees with Elton John’s denouncement of weed.
- “Chick-fil-A tries to draw a line under LGBT backlash with British relaunch” – A backlash to the major U.S. chicken chain’s conservative Christian roots forced a retreat from its U.K. launch in 2019, but now it’s ready to try again, and has been talking to Stonewall to try to avert criticism, reports the Telegraph. Seriously, Stonewall? Oh dear.
- “Taxpayers foot £6 billion bill for ‘nonsense’ research despite Reeves crackdown on waste” – Piles of public cash are being wasted on studies about ‘literary decolonisation’ of Africa and LGBT rights in China, says the Telegraph.
- “She said she’s an economist…” – Dominic Frisby has added a new verse to one of his songs that’s all about Rachel Reeves
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