- “You are very welcome to No 10, Starmer tells Zelensky” – The Prime Minister reassured the Ukrainian leader of Britain’s support after the President’s humiliation at the White House, reports the Telegraph.
- “Zelensky thanks US for support but demands Trump does more” – Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that he is grateful for US support in the war against Russia, but said Donald Trump needs to stand “more firmly” behind Ukraine, the Telegraph reports.
- “‘You don’t have the cards right now’ – ‘I’m not playing cards Mr President’ – ‘Oh you’re playing cards, you’re gambling with the lives of millions of people’” – Eugyppius offers his thoughts on “the most amazing bilateral meeting and press conference of all time”.
- “Starmer told Zelensky: Go back and patch things up with Trump” – Keir Starmer urged Volodymyr Zelensky to return to the White House and patch up his relationship with Donald Trump after the shouting match in the Oval Office, reports the Telegraph.
- “End of NATO alliance could be ‘days away’, warns former commander” – Wavering US support for the defence bloc may open the door to a new ‘European Treaty Organisation’, says Admiral James Stavridis, according to the Telegraph.
- “NATO issues dire warning to Volodymyr Zelensky as Keir Starmer hugs him at No 10 amid frantic talks after his bust-up with Donald Trump” – Starmer warmly greeted Zelensky with a hug outside of Downing Street after the Ukrainian President’s bruising encounter with Donald Trump, but NATO chief Mark Rutte warned Zelensky that he needs to find a way to restore his relationship with the US President, reports the Mail.
- “Calls to cancel Trump’s state visit to Britain: put arrangements on hold until US President provides assurances about Ukraine’s security, say politicians and military leaders” – Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain should be shelved in the wake of his White House tirade against President Zelensky, a series of prominent public figures declared last night, according to the Mail.
- “Why Trump’s state visit puts the King in a difficult position” – Charles is a strong supporter of Ukraine and the US President’s war of words with Zelensky will undoubtedly have made him uncomfortable, says Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
- “How J.D. Vance and an old Trump grudge led to disaster for Zelensky” – As an Oval Office press conference imploded, how much were the Vice-President’s isolationist views to blame and what price will Ukraine pay, asks the Times.
- “Can J.D. Vance be part of the peace talks?” – It was clear that Vance was not on board with Trump’s studied neutrality – and that is not going to help the President get his deal across the line, says Kate Andrews in the Spectator.
- “America’s commitment to Europe can no longer be taken for granted” – We in Europe must do whatever it takes to ensure that Ukraine can secure its freedom and democracy, writes Kemi Badenoch in the Telegraph.
- “What it would take to get Britain ready for war with Russia” – As the post-war consensus crumbles and US loyalties lie in flux, experts warn the UK’s defence spending commitment is woefully inadequate, reports the Telegraph.
- “Dark Maga isn’t a gateway to fascism. It’s the ultimate joke against the joyless Left” – Elon Musk’s embrace of the gothic Trumpian aesthetic might seem obscure, but it’s the latest sign of the Right’s new cultural power, says Poppy Coburn in the Telegraph.
- “Trump’s interests align with Starmer’s on Britain’s Chagos giveaway” – Trump says he hasn’t looked at the detail yet, but what appeals to him about the Chagos giveaway is presumably that it reinforces his notion of purchasing countries, argues Kate Andrews in the Telegraph.
- “The clock is ticking on an economic catastrophe only Reeves can stop” – Britain is heading for the cliff-edge and the Chancellor is content to watch it drop, says the Telegraph‘s Matthew Lynn.
- “Reeves replaces Churchill portrait with tapestry of ‘unknown woman’” – Rachel Reeves has replaced a portrait of Winston Churchill with a woollen tapestry depicting an ‘unknown woman’ in Number 11, the Telegraph reports.
- “Starmer hints at climbdown over plans to do with tech giants” – Keir Starmer has signalled a partial climbdown over the Government’s controversial plans to let the tech giants pillage the work of Britain’s writers, musicians and artists, the Mail reports.
- “Another private school faces closure under Labour tax raid” – A private school that counts Suella Braverman among its past pupils – St Hilda’s Prep School for Girls – faces closure because of Labour’s VAT raid on fees, reports the Telegraph.
- “Special guest piece: A former FDA vaccine regulator speaks out about the Covid jabs” – No one can accuse Dr Philip Krause of being anti-vaccine, but he hated the way Joe Biden rushed through Covid boosters in summer 2021 so much that he quit the FDA. Now he tells his story in Alex Berenson’s Unreported Truths.
- “Could you have Covid vaccine syndrome? Truth about the side-effects” – Last week researchers suggested some Covid jabs may have triggered debilitating long-lasting side-effects and the Mail takes a closer look.
- “The legacy of Covid will stay with children for life” – In the Spectator, Debbie Hayton looks back on the lasting harm lockdowns did to children.
- “Scientific critique must follow scientific principles” – In TCW, Dr Roger Watson looks at the debate over vaccine science going on over at Retraction Watch.
- “Ireland’s asylum backlash: Ukrainian draft dodgers. A Nigerian accused of rape. Free hotel accommodation even if you are working and have a job… it’s no wonder even one of Europe’s most liberal nations has had enough” – In the Mail, Robert Hardman says that the latest figures show that Ireland is now housing more than 33,000 applicants for what is known as ‘international protection’ and locals have had enough.
- “BBC pressured to axe senior staff who oversaw Gaza documentary narrated by son of a Hamas official” – A core of executives who work on the BBC’s current affairs output are under intense scrutiny over the programme and whether licence fee money was paid to the terror group, reports the Mail.
- “The BBC must submit to external investigation” – The national broadcaster cannot be permitted to mark its own homework on the Gaza documentary scandal, argues Danny Cohen in the Telegraph.
- “UK charity accused of helping to fund Hamas” – UK charity Save One Life UK, which raises money for Gaza, is facing a police investigation over claims the cash ends up funding Hamas, the Telegraph reports.
- “Angela Rayner to promise new definition of Islamophobia” – Deputy PM Angela Rayner is to promise to draw up a new official definition of Islamophobia, according to the Telegraph.
- “Gentler stop and search tactics won’t keep Britain safe” – We ought to be more worried about the reported reluctance of officers to use their street powers legitimately for fear of years-long disciplinary investigations than occasional misbehaviour, says Ian Acheson in the Spectator.
- “Student midwife suspended from training ‘over pro-life beliefs’” – Sara Spencer, who was on a placement with NHS Fife was investigated after posting religious objections to abortion in a private Facebook group, reports the Times.
- “The bloated quango with a £1.7 billion pensions bill – paid for by the taxpayer” – Taxpayers have been handed an eight-figure bill for the gold-plated Government pension scheme of the Environment Agency that cannot afford its payments, new figures show, according to the Telegraph.
- “CPS charged girl with terrorism despite knowing she was suspected grooming victim, court hears” – The CPS charged a vulnerable teenager with terror offences despite being aware she was a suspected victim of online grooming and radicalisation, an inquest has heard, reports the Telegraph.
- “The Third World should be paying reparations to Britain” – Enough of these ridiculous demands for trillions of pounds, says the Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon. If anything, poorer countries owe us!
- “Our treatment of gender-critical campaigner was ‘unacceptable’, police admit” – Police have apologised over an investigation they mounted into Newcastle United fan Linzi Smith, who was banned by the football club after expressing gender-critical views on social media, reports the Telegraph.
- “It’s time to begin forging our new post-DEI culture” – It will be a long march back to the restoration of national pride in our history, traditions and British way of life, writes Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “Australian Federal Police finally drops Covid vaccine mandate but ‘devastating’ effects live on” – Three years after it became universally acknowledged that Covid vaccines provide negligible protection against infection and transmission, the Australian Federal Police has finally dropped its Covid vaccine mandate, reports Rebekah Barnett on Dystopian Down Under.
- “The assisted-dying bill gets more dangerous by the day” – Kim Leadbeater has now rejected or scrapped almost every conceivable ‘safeguard’, says Kevin Yuill in Spiked.
- “An American reporter calls out Keir Starmer’s lie about how the UK has freedom of speech” – Watch on X, courtesy of Lewis Brackpool: “His country’s Government arrests people for memes and thought crimes, and even worse, he’s pressuring American companies to censor Americans on its behalf.”
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