- “What is Labour doing to fix the grooming gangs scandal?” – In the Spectator, David Shipley blasts Labour’s feeble response to the grooming gangs scandal.
- “Labour has failed the victims of ‘grooming gangs’ again” – In the Spectator, Hardeep Singh argues that Labour has once again failed the victims of grooming gangs by prioritising vote-chasing over justice.
- “Labour’s grooming gangs position is contemptible” – In the Spectator, Stephen Pollard slams the Government’s refusal to hold a national inquiry into rape gangs, branding it a cowardly betrayal that prioritises political sensitivities over justice for victims.
- “If Labour buries the grooming gangs scandal, it will be the greatest disgrace in political history” – Instead of a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal, we’re getting a patchwork of council cover-ups, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “The moment in the ‘grooming gangs’ debate that shamed Jess Phillips” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill slams Jess Phillips for her dismissive body language and response to the rape gangs scandal.
- “Hamas uses ECHR to challenge terror group status” – Hamas is using the European Convention of Human Rights to challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation in the UK, reports the Telegraph.
- “Police force blocks white applicants to boost diversity” – West Yorkshire Police has temporarily blocked applications from white British candidates in an attempt to boost diversity, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Reeves rejects ‘Buy British’ campaign as a response to US tariffs” – Rachel Reeves has distanced herself from a campaign urging people to “buy British” in the wake of Trump hitting UK exporters with trade tariffs, reports the Mail.
- “Nandy changes her tune on Trump trade deal” – The Spectator’s Steerpike takes aim at Lisa Nandy for her U-turn on Trump trade talks.
- “Covid made me commit crime, claims drug dealer spared deportation” – A convicted cannabis dealer has been spared deportation after claiming that he only committed the crime because he ran out of money during the Covid pandemic, reports the Telegraph.
- “Who will crack down on Britain’s corrupt prison governors?” – It’s very rare for a prison governor to face justice, no matter what they’ve done, writes David Shipley in the Spectator.
- “What caused Birmingham’s bin strikes?” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark argues that Birmingham’s bin strikes are the direct result of a decades-old equal pay law.
- “The Birmingham bin strike is a symptom of British decline” – The Birmingham bin strike is a mess made by local-government idiocy and ‘equalities’ law run amok, says Hugo Timms in Spiked.
- “The world isn’t admiring Starmer’s Britain, it’s mocking us” – From Diego Garcia to the Elgin Marbles, the Labour Government is simply unwilling to stand up for Britain’s interests, says Annabel Denham in the Telegraph.
- “BBC spends £500,000 restoring paedophile’s sculpture” – The BBC has spent more than £500,000 restoring a controversial statue created by a paedophile that sits outside its London HQ, reports the Telegraph.
- “He’s cost taxpayers £200 million: meet Britain’s biggest Nimby” – In the Telegraph, Jonathan Ford profiles anti-road campaigner Chris Todd who has used judicial reviews to delay road projects worth £2.5 billion, costing the British taxpayer up to £300 million.
- “Are the wheels finally coming off Net Zero?” – So long as Labour continues to trumpet its attachment to Net Zero, it will be painting itself into a corner, warns Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “Merz’s new coalition is bad news for Germany” – The CDU’s Friedrich Merz has just formalised the most spectacular betrayal of centre-Right voters in modern German history, says Henry Donovan in the Spectator.
- “Markets rebound as Trump makes stunning U-turn on tariffs” – White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt says the media – not Donald Trump’s tariffs – was responsible for tanking global markets, leaving tens of millions of everyday Americans fearing for their jobs, according to the Mail.
- “MAGA is shattering before America’s eyes” – The spat between Musk and the President’s trade adviser is symptomatic of a major flaw with the MAGA project, says Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “The hidden logic behind Trump’s market meltdown” – While Trump’s plan remains deeply flawed, that does not mean it is completely ridiculous, argues Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “Why tariffs work” – In electing Trump last year, American voters have called time on decades of elite indifference to industrial production, says William Clouston in the Spectator.
- “These MAGA influencers helped elect Trump. Tariffs have them questioning their faith” – Some loyal soldiers of the US President’s cavalry may be losing faith as their fortunes take a hit, writes Susie Coen in the Telegraph.
- “Donald Trump has just blown up China’s economy” – Trump has upended global trade, and left Xi Jinping with nowhere else to go, says Gordon Chang in the Telegraph.
- “Chinese launch racist humiliation campaign mocking Trump’s tariffs” – A new AI-generated video, believed to have been created by a Chinese TikToker, has depicted a depressing America under Trump’s tariffs, reports the Mail.
- “New Zealand had a plan to be as rich as Australia. Here’s how it failed” – Thousands of Kiwis are leaving the country amid rising unemployment and a gloomy economic outlook, writes Sarah Newey in the Telegraph.
- “Kyrgyzstan will fine women for wearing full-body niqabs” – Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing a full-body niqab under a new plan that is supported by the country’s official Muslim governing body, reports the Mail.
- “Why scientists are resistant to prostate cancer screening” – Excessive treatment of low-risk tumours may do more harm than good, reports the Telegraph.
- “Alarming data reveals sexual orientation at highest risk of self harm” – Alarming new data suggests that bisexual adults are almost three times more likely to suffer self-harm than their heterosexual peers, according to the Mail.
- “Pool body sued by transgender player forced to crowdfund money for defence” – The English Blackball Pool Federation, staffed entirely by volunteers, is crowdfunding its legal defence after being sued by a transgender player it banned from women’s events, reports the Telegraph.
- “The academics incensed by the woke overhaul of Oxford’s 800-year-old graduation ceremony” – A plan to make the Latin wording of Oxford’s 800-year-old graduation ceremony gender-neutral has met stiff resistance from Latin experts, students and university staff, writes Natasha Leake in the Telegraph.
- “Joey Barton made defamatory comments against Eni Aluko” – A judge has ruled that former Premier League footballer Joey Barton was being defamatory when he accused ex-England international Eniola Aluko of being a “race card player” in a bitter online row, reports the Mail.
- “Rachel Zegler breaks cover as Disney braces for $115 million Snow White loss” – Rachel Zegler looked sombre as she was pictured out in New York City this week, following the humiliating box office performance of her latest film, Snow White, according to the Mail.
- “‘It is so obviously political’” – On Times Radio, Sir Trevor Phillips tears shreds out of the Labour Party for their disgusting response to Pakistani rape gangs.
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