- “Defence boost brought forwards after Trump intervention, says Starmer” – Keir Starmer has signalled that Trump pushed the Government to fast-track its defence budget boost, according to Sky News.
- “This is a once-in-a-generation moment for the security of our Continent” – Labour will take the right decisions to keep our country safe as our defence spending commitments show, writes Rachel Reeves in the Telegraph.
- “‘Europe must step up on defence spending’” – Rachel Reeves has urged European allies to follow Britain and increase defence spending, according to Reuters.
- “How Starmer bounced Lammy into foreign aid cut” – In the Telegraph, Daniel Martin reveals how Keir Starmer’s defence splurge left David Lammy eating his words on foreign aid cuts.
- “Starmer’s defence spending hike isn’t enough” – If Starmer thinks he is taking a fattened calf to Washington, he may find President Trump’s assessment disappointing, writes Eliot Wilson in the Spectator.
- “Tractor tax ‘has wiped out hope for farmers’” – In his first address to the NFU Conference, NFU President Tom Bradshaw has called on the Government to set a new course for British food and farming, according to NFU Online.
- “Minister apologises to farmer whose elderly mother is ‘wishing her life away’ over tax raid” – Environment Secretary Steve Reed has apologised to a farmer whose 90 year-old mother is “wishing her life away” over the Government’s tractor tax raid, reports the Telegraph.
- “BBC removed references to ‘Jews’ and ‘jihad’ in Gaza documentary” – The BBC has been accused of “whitewashing” the views of participants in its controversial Gaza documentary after repeatedly mistranslating references to “the Jews” and omitting praise of “jihad”, says the Telegraph.
- “Non-crime hate incidents could be renamed rather than scrapped” – A senior policing figure has suggested that non-crime hate incidents could be renamed rather than being scrapped, according to the Telegraph.
- “‘Why I’ve decided to take legal action against the police’” – The Telegraph’s Allison Pearson is taking legal action against the police, calling out a system that allows citizens to be intimidated for expressing lawful opinions.
- “Free speech is not a virus” – On his Substack, Andrew Doyle says Ursula von der Leyen’s defence of censorship is a new low for the EU.
- “Indefinite Leave to Remain is wrecking the UK” – Britain is a soft touch when it comes to letting people stay here who will be a burden on the rest of us, says Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
- “The endless entitlement of Waspi women” – In this godforsaken era of feigned victimhood, is there any group less worthy of our sympathy than the Waspi women? asks James Hanson in the Spectator.
- “They don’t like us, we shouldn’t care” – The British Right must abandon ‘respectability’, says Pimlico Journal, and become more like Millwall.
- “Why BP is ditching renewables” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark reacts to news that BP is dropping its target to operate 50 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
- “Net Zero has rendered the energy price cap useless” – In the Telegraph, Jeremy Warner blasts the absurdity of the energy price cap, arguing that thanks to clueless government meddling, we now have a system that’s worse than just letting the market decide.
- “AR7 changes show Net Zero is not working” – If offshore wind is so cheap, why the endless subsidies, rule changes and taxpayer-funded bungs? asks David Turner on his Eigen Values Substack.
- “Donald Trump humiliated Emmanuel Macron” – The French media is repeating the Elysée line that Macron has rekindled his bromance with Donald Trump, but this is disconnected from reality, says Jonathan Miller in the Spectator.
- “NATO scrambles warplanes in Poland as Putin’s bombers pound Ukraine” – NATO has been forced to scramble its warplanes in Poland after Vladimir Putin used strategic bombers and missiles to attack neighbouring Ukraine, according to the Mail.
- “Putin signals he could agree to massive cuts in defence spending” – Putin has signalled he could agree to Trump’s proposals for massive defence cuts in return for the US doing the same, reports the Mail.
- “Zelensky ‘says yes to rare minerals deal with Donald Trump’” – Ukraine has agreed a minerals deal with the US in a big step towards a peace settlement just days after rejecting the plans, says the Mail.
- “Donald Trump is utterly wrong about Ukraine’s leadership” – “It’s unacceptable for any foreign leader to humiliate our President, decide when we should hold elections and lie about who started the war,” says Daria Kaleniuk in the Spectator.
- “Trump – not Zelensky – is Ukraine’s only hope” – Ukraine has become a paradox: a nation fighting for its sovereignty while dismantling its own democratic foundations, writes Oleksiy Kosach in the Spectator.
- “J.D. Vance responds to Trump’s refusal to endorse him” – In an interview with the Mail’s Rob Crilly, J.D. Vance shrugs off Trump’s non-endorsement, slams Europe’s woke elites and reminds Zelensky that public tantrums won’t sway the boss.
- “Some agencies urge staff not to comply with Elon Musk’s performance email” – FBI director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and others have told employees not to respond to a directive from Elon Musk to summarise their accomplishments, according to Republic World.
- “‘We make our staff fill in time sheets – it’s only right the Civil Service does the same’” – In the Telegraph, Elliot Hammer, a law firm partner who makes his team log every six minutes, thinks Elon Musk is right – government staff should justify their time, just like the rest of us.
- “Trump is doing us a favour by targeting our dreadful tech laws” – Much like the EU, the UK has been concentrating on how to regulate technology instead of working out how to create a vibrant, growing industry of its own, writes Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “North Korea steals $1.5 billion as it pulls off world’s biggest ever heist” – State-backed North Korean hackers have stolen £1.2 billion of cryptocurrency in the largest heist in history, according to Silicon.
- “The NHS crises that damned its low-profile boss” – Amanda Pritchard’s departure as NHS chief has come as a surprise to many – but failures and complacency sealed her fate, writes Laura Donnelly in the Telegraph.
- “Assisted dying committee votes down palliative amendment” – In the Spectator, Steerpike reflects on the baffling move by MPs to reject an amendment requiring patients to consider palliative care before opting for assisted suicide in Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.
- “Civil servants complain about working in office three days a week” – A survey by the FDA reveals that civil servants claim to work less effectively when forced into the office three days a week, reports the Mail.
- “Civil Service chief defies unions and MPs on working from home” – The head of the Civil Service has rejected calls to rewrite rules requiring staff to come to the office three days a week, saying that the policy is “about right”, according to the Times.
- “MS patients suffer side-effects after NHS England switches to cheaper drug” – Scores of people with multiple sclerosis have suffered debilitating side-effects after being put on to a cheaper new drug as part of an NHS drive to save money.
- “Doctors sound alarm over mystery illness after 50 people die suddenly” – A mystery disease has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo just hours after symptoms began, reports the Mail.
- “Violins out for the ‘traumatised’ Covid journalists” – In TCW, Dr Roger Watson slams the Italian media’s lingering Covid PTSD.
- “Open letter to RFK Jr. from Sasha Latypova” – In an open letter on Debbie Lerman’s Substack, Sasha Latypova urges Secretary Kennedy to end the contrived Covid emergency, scrap the PREP Act shield protecting Big Pharma and prove he truly cares about vaccine victims.
- “The FDA’s top regulator just took a senior job at Pfizer” – On Substack, Alex Berenson calls out the FDA’s top regulator-turned-Pfizer exec Patrizia Cavazzoni for a 25-year track record of prioritising Big Pharma over patient safety.
- “None of the 70,000 adverse events of puberty blocking drugs were a ‘safety priority’ for Biden’s FDA” – On Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone exposes how Biden’s FDA ignored 70,000 adverse events from puberty blockers.
- “Unilever boss quits as company struggles to move on from ‘social purpose’” – The boss of Unilever has been ousted as the business struggles after backing progressive causes for years, reports the Telegraph.
- “Nelson makes way for Yvette Cooper portrait in Parliament’s diversity drive” – Paintings of Lord Nelson have been taken down under plans to make Parliament’s artworks more diverse, says GB News.
- “A girl and her dad” – Read the latest instalment in Paul Sutton’s Drenching Arms series.
- “Chris O’Dowd becomes latest star to back ‘cancelled’ Graham Linehan” – Chris O’Dowd is the latest star to back Graham Linehan after the Father Ted creator was “cancelled” for his outspoken criticisms of transgender issues, reports the Mail. Better late than never.
- “The Left are hypocrites on diversity – and here’s how to prove it” – In the Telegraph, Michael Deacon calls out the Left’s quota-driven mindset for ignoring common sense and merit.
- “Apple investors defy Trump and vote to keep diversity policies” – Apple shareholders have voted to keep the iPhone maker’s DEI policies, despite pressure to drop them from President Trump and conservative activists, reports the Times.
- “Kathleen Kennedy was supposed to save Star Wars – instead she ruined it” – So-so TV shows, a bungled trilogy, countless films stuck in limbo… the outgoing head of Lucasfilm has turned Star Wars into a spent force, says Robbie Collin in the Telegraph.
- “South Park summed her up” – Watch the clip of Kathleen Kennedy demanding more gay female characters in all Disney films on South Park, courtesy of End Wokeness.
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