News Round-Up

“Trans victory was huge but new Labour laws means battle against woke isn’t over” – In the Sun, I hail the victory for common sense in the Supreme Court, but caution that the battle to save free speech is far from over.
“Britain’s most dangerous criminals recorded under 51 different genders” – Dangerous criminals are being classed as ‘pangender’, ‘androgyne’ and ‘neutrois’, according to the Mail.
“Trans activists won’t be silenced by the Supreme Court ruling” – Many people have been celebrating after the Supreme Court’s declaration that the definition of a woman will indeed be based on biological sex, but don’t expect trans activists to take this judgement lying down, writes Patrick West in the Spectator.
“Trans celebrities and activists vow to defy Supreme Court ruling” – A string of high profile figures from Britain’s trans community have used TV interviews and social media posts to brand the Supreme Court judgment “an attack” and “blatant discrimination”, reports the Mail.
“JK Rowling clashes with trans activist doctor and PM on ruling” – Taking to social media, the Harry Potter writer said women are “waiting to hear the Prime Minister’s views” on the ruling and had a dig at his previous assertions that “trans women are women”, according to the Mail.
“Mumsnet boss claims she was blacklisted from Barclays and Ocado” – Justine Roberts, the founder of Mumsnet, tells the Mail that Barclays and Ocado had refused to advertise or partner with the online forum when they called for the Government to clarify the definition of “a woman” under the Equality Act.
“‘We are called fascists because we believe lesbian events have a right to be women-only’” – Trans activism has driven lesbian dating underground, but campaigners are fighting back – determined to create safe spaces for women, writes Julie Bindel in the Telegraph.
“HR hypocrisy on diversity fuelled trans extremism” – The Telegraph’s Lucy Burton says woke HR departments bear a lot of the responsibility for the spread of gender woo in the workplace.
“Transgender rules ‘making passports unreliable’” – Women’s safety is at risk due to the unreliability of passports when it comes to proof of a person’s biological sex, warns Lord Arbuthnot in the Telegraph.
“Let’s not downplay this triumph for women” – The fight for ‘woman’ to be ruled a biological term has been long and bitter — we won’t forget our allies and opponents along the way, writes Janice Turner in the Times.
“Graham Linehan: It will take decades to undo the trans movement damage” – The co-creator of The IT Crowd and Father Ted celebrated the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on trans women this week, after years of being cast out over his views, reports the Times.
“The Supreme Court ruling on sex proves the peril of self-satisfied moral hubris in Parliament” – Pride comes before a fall, but the real danger to politicians is an excessive focus on the supposed judgment of future generations, writes Paul Goodman in the Telegraph.
“The hilarious meltdown of men who think they’re women” – The Supreme Court’s ruling has driven trans activists nuts – and I’m loving it, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
“The school chaplain cancelled for questioning LGBT dogma” – On the Telegraph podcast, Reverend Bernard Randall describes being sacked as the chaplain of a Christian private school for telling students to challenge LGBTQ dogma.
“Bin strike activists plot new pro-Palestine party” – Union campaigners in Birmingham are aiming to supplant Labour loyalties by setting up a pro-Palestinian group, according to the Telegraph.
“Meet the Chief Constable of common sense in Manchester” – The Mail hails Greater Manchester Police’s “anti-woke” Chief Constable Stephen Watson.
“Labour advisers urge PM to ditch ban on North Sea oil and gas drilling” – A handful of senior Labour officials are understood to be quietly urging the PM to consider watering down or scrapping the manifesto pledge to ban North Sea oil and gas drilling to see off the growing threat from Reform UK, according to the Mail.
“Reform UK ‘in talks with ex-PM Liz Truss’” – After winning five seats at last summer’s General Election, Reform are seeking to win hundreds of council seats at next month’s local elections in England and are seeking advice from Liz Truss, reports the Mail.
“Black barrister hit with £20,000 bill after losing employer race claim” – Jeniffer Campbell alleged her manager Alexandra Jacobs racially discriminated against her by saying her writing wasn’t “vanilla enough”, suggesting that it be “safer and blander”, but the Employment Tribunal has ruled that wasn’t racist, says the Mail.
“Donald Trump ‘blocks Musk from top secret China briefing’” – Two top Pentagon officials, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick, have been suspended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following an investigation into who leaked the news of a top secret briefing on China to Elon Musk, reports the Mail.
“Cutting ties with China would be very foolish, says Reeves” – The Chancellor tells the Telegraph that Trump’s efforts to isolate Beijing are unwise.
“Trump transforms Covid support website into lab leak ‘truth page’” – Donald Trump as transformed the White House Covid support website into an acocunt of the originals of Covid that castigates the Biden administration for engaging in a “cover-up”, says the Telegraph.
“The trouble with Harvard” – Harvard is in trouble, but I’m finding it hard to have any sympathy given the way that Jewish students have been made to feel, writes Zoe Strimpel in the Spectator.
“Is Trump Destroying Science or Saving It?” – Apparently, some 75% of U.S. scientists are planning to emigrate to Canada and Europe “in light of President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to federal science policy”, reports John Staddon for the James G Martin Center. But Is that really such a bad thing?
“US-UK trade deal: three possible scenarios” – Persuading President Trump to lower his tariffs on key British industries depends on several factors — and the outcome is hard to predict, according to the Times.
“Activist-academics push to Make America Teetotal Again” – A new American temperance movement wants alcohol to be treated like tobacco in the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, writes Christopher Snowdon in Spectator World.
“Steve Witkoff is embarrassingly out of his depth dealing with Putin” – The man placed in charge of dealing with the Middle East and Ukraine is proving to be utterly hopeless, says Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
“We should not forget the meaning of Easter” – Much of the story of Jesus is historical fact. As for the Resurrection, that’s for each of us to decide on, according to David Frost in the Telegraph.
“What English Heritage gets wrong about the origins of Easter” – Easter is when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus but don’t expect to learn that on the English Heritage children’s Easter trail, writes Bijan Omrani in the Spectator.
“Our multifaith society can revive the church” – Rather than threatening British Christianity, the rise of Islam may be helping it by defending religious practice, says Fraser Nelson in the Times.
“How I and thousands of other Gen-Zers found salvation through Church” – A young British man tells the Mail how he was saved by Christianity.
“Douglas Murray: Society is being polluted by people who hate us” – The associate editor of the Spectator discusses Trump, conspiracy theorists and the anti-Western sentiment behind criticism of Israel in a wide ranging interview with the Telegraph.
“How Islamist gangs are terrorising staff in high-security prisons” – For an insight into the current state of the British penal system, the case of Denny De Silva is as instructive as it is worrying, writes Tom Rawstorne in the Mail.
“Veterans protest over Labour’s move to scrap Troubles protection” – A motorcyle rally closed Whitehall yesterday as ex-soldiers who battled the IRA vow to “carry on fighting” to stop the prosecutions of ex-veterans, according to the Telegraph.
“If criticising mass immigration can get you banned from Britain, free speech is dead” – The Home Office has barred a controversial French author from entering the UK. But this will only help to spread his explosive views, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
“A message to all those people still upset by the Supreme Court ruling” – On X, Bill Moon compiles a photomontage of all those woke activists really, really upset by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling and attaches an amusing soundtrack.

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