- “Inside Project Chainsaw: How Labour copied Trump and moved to the Right” – From slashing foreign aid to waging war on bureaucracy, Starmer has outflanked his rivals and begun to look like a leader, says Tony Diver in the Telegraph.
- “Streeting: I’ll axe more quangos cluttering up the NHS” – The Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned that hundreds of official bodies are “cluttering” up the health system as he prepares to axe more health quangos, according to the Mail. Why didn’t the Tories do this?
- “Will the real Kemi Badenoch please stand up? It is time for her to turn up the volume” – The Telegraph‘s Camilla Tominey has some advice for the Conservative leader, including that she has “no hope of becoming the next Prime Minister if she doesn’t set out her stall clearly and decisively in her first 18 months”.
- “Putin planning fresh ground invasion of Ukraine, warns Zelensky” – Vladimir Putin is planning a fresh ground invasion of Ukraine, despite Western pleas for a ceasefire, Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, reports the Telegraph.
- “Revisiting the Numbers: Professor Simon Wood on the statistical flaws of the UK’s Covid response” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth interviews lockdown mathematician legend Simon Wood, who is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh.
- “Is SARS-COV-2 of Dutch origin?” – In De Andere Krant, Toine de Graaf outlines Jim Haslam’s case for suspecting Dutch virologist Vincent Munster to be a key player in Covid’s origins.
- “‘Scientists swallowed Beijing’s propaganda on Covid origin’” – The scientific establishments in the US and the UK connived together to prevent discussion about the origin of the Covid pandemic, writes Sir Richard Dearlove in the Mail.
- “How long until they try to shut down society again?” – In the Mail, Peter Hitchens wonders what will be the next excuse for shutting down and ruining the country.
- “No cure in sight for Covid derangement syndrome” – “As the narrative of an unending pandemic persists,” writes Roger Watson in TCW, “the real crisis lies not in Covid itself but in the unwavering grip of fear and misinformation that continues to shape public perception and policy.”
- “How Europe’s electric battery dream ran out of power” – The collapse this week of the Swedish electric vehicle battery-maker Northvolt has once again shown how the countries most committed to Net Zero seem to be the ones which keep missing out on the spoils, while their industries drain away abroad, quite often to China, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Met Office Peddles Ridiculous NAO Scare Story” – It’s Jackanory time at the Met Office as it spins yet another climate fairy story, says Paul Homewood on Not a Lot of People know That.
- “Electric cars ‘so heavy they can smash through motorway barriers’” – Outdated safety measures on Britain’s roads will not cope with the impact of vehicles loaded with batteries, experts have warned, the Telegraph reports.
- “Trump’s tech bros pose ‘existential threat’ to EU, says Brussels” – Pressure from the US to water down the EU’s disinformation rules for social media are described by Brussels officials as an assault on the bloc’s “regulatory sovereignty” and an “existential threat”, according to the Telegraph. Come again?
- “Waitrose wine expert claims he was suspended for sharing Telegraph cartoon” – A Waitrose wine expert has said his right to free speech has been infringed after he was suspended for supporting Reform on social media and sharing a Matt cartoon from the Telegraph.
- “Why can’t I get pregnant?” – According to several British newspapers this week, men can give birth, leading the Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon to wonder where he’s been going wrong.
- “David Bailey’s son Sascha: Diversity targets mean men are transitioning to enjoy the perks of being a woman” – Three years ago, Sascha Bailey almost changed gender. Now, he’s about to become a father and is sounding the alarm on trans ideology, says the Telegraph.
- “Retard German political establishment responds to Donald Trump with the ultimate checkmate – a constitutionally-anchored pledge to deindustrialise in the next 20 years” – The story of Friedrich Merz’s debt brake overhaul continues to be one of the greatest political farces Eugyppius says he has ever seen.
- “Easy come, Easy go. DEI buzzwords helped you get a grant and now they will cost you one.” – As DEI goes from being a plus to minus in funding applications, Vinay Prasad suggests that next time divisive fads should be avoided.
- “I was Attorney General. I say it’s time to leave the ECHR” – We must adopt a realistic view of so-called international law and the first step is to free ourselves from a body that has lost its way, argues Sir Michael Ellis in the Telegraph.
- “Saying ‘midwife’ could upset transgender people, medics warned” – The NHS has been told by academics that it should stop using the word ‘midwife’ because it is not inclusive of transgender people, reports the Telegraph.
- “Reeves reignites freebies row over Sabrina Carpenter show” – Chancellor Rachel Reeves got her hands on free tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter in concert in London, reigniting the freebies row, says the Spectator.
- “Trump to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to US” – Donald Trump is set to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to the US, with visas from Russia being “sharply restricted”, according to the Mail.
- “J.D. Vance warns Europe that open borders risk ‘civilisational suicide’” – Speaking on Fox News , the US Vice-President says he fears for the future of the West as many countries in Europe are “unable or unwilling” to “control their borders”, while censorship is rife, reports the Mail.
- “We want to live in America’s 51st state: the Canadians pledging their loyalty to Trump” – To many Canadians, talk of joining the United States is simple apostasy, but for some the idea is appealing, says the Telegraph.
- “US expels ‘race-baiting’ South African ambassador as relationship reaches ‘lowest point’” – America has expelled South Africa’s ambassador, calling the envoy a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and Donald Trump, the Telegraph reports.
- “Republicans buy up Teslas as Trump urges MAGA to back Elon Musk” – Elon Musk’s Tesla is enjoying a sales boost in MAGA-backing parts of America as the billionaire’s support for Donald Trump leads to boycotts from Left-wing opponents, the Telegraph reports.
- “Medical experts ‘struck by witnesses’ lack of expertise’ at Letby trial” – A panel of medical experts reviewing the Lucy Letby baby deaths have said they were struck by a lack of expertise of witnesses at her trial and the failure to consider alternative explanations, the Telegraph reports.
- “Religious school leader appointed Ofsted Chairman” – Sir Hamid Patel will take up the interim role as head of the schools regulator, becoming the first religious school leader appointed to the position, reports the Telegraph.
- “How Reform can survive its civil war” – After a spectacular week of feuding, opinion polls appear to show support for Reform UK remains unscathed, says Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator. But the real danger lies in large numbers of members now being mightily hacked off with the leadership.
- “A 40 second video from a Shale Gas meeting about the pointless concreting over two Shale Gas wells” – Watch cartoonist Josh’s video summarising why we need to stop the madness.
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