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News Round-Up

by Toby Young
10 May 2025 1:33 AM

  • “Head of Royal Navy steps down ‘over affair with female subordinate’” – The Ministry of Defence is carrying out an investigation into married Admiral Sir Ben Key’s relationship with junior colleague, says the Telegraph.
  • “Pope Leo XIV ‘ignored’ child sex abuse allegations his Chicago church” – The new pope has been accused of turning a blind eye when priests under his wing have been accused of sexual abuse, according to the Mail.
  • “Southport fiend hurled boiling water over prison guard in ‘terrifying’ attack” – The Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana hurled scalding water over a prison officer, reports the Sun.
  • “Most divided UK city: In one part, half of adults speak little English” – David Patrikikarakos visits Leicester for the Mail.
  • “Migrant spared deportation because he has tattoos” – A Kurdish man has avoided deportation after claiming his father and uncle threatened to kill him because of his un-Islamic tattoos, says the Telegraph.
  • “Soft touch Britain is being left behind as the West hardens on immigration” – Labour appears to lack the will or the way to reduce our unsustainably high numbers of migrants, both legal and illegal, writes Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph.
  • “Migrants are cynically gaming our visa system and leaving you with the bill” – Tony Smith in the Sun explains how migrants are gaming our immigration system.
  • “Why Britain won’t ban the Iranian terrorists stalking our streets” – A suspected terror plot by Iranians to attack the Israeli embassy in London has led to renewed calls for Labour to proscribe Iran’s IRG, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Islamist sectarianism is the most frightening force in British politics and will only grow stronger” – Extremism has found a powerful democratic voice, bolstered by mass immigration and cowardly politicians from the mainstream parties, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
  • “‘I was scared and alone’: the victims of university antisemitism” – Jewish students talk of being abused and ostracised as campuses report a 117% increase in antisemitic incidents in two years, says the Times.
  • “Only British citizens deserve the right to vote” – Our democracy is not just an entitlement but a privilege, says David Frost in the Telegraph. It is for those committed to our nation.
  • “A Pulitzer Prize for denial, distortion and desecration” – In her Free Mind Substack, Lara Dodworth takes aim at Mosab Abu Toha, the October 7th-denying recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.
  • “For Remoaners, Starmer has just committed the ultimate betrayal” – Those who still hoped we would rejoin the EU must have been horrified by yesterday’s US-UK trade deal, writes Isobel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
  • “Tory MPs are forgetting Britain” – For Tory MPs, striking poses about foreign policy is so much easier than facing the reality of the ‘Scuzz Nation’ collapsing around them, writes William Atkinson in the Spectator.
  • “Ed Miliband’s Net Zero target is now in tatters” – If wind can no longer be relied on for power, the Energy Secretary must present a credible plan B – and fast, writes Ben Marlow in the Telegraph.
  • “It’s time to face facts. Net zero is destroying the economy” – With Reform now in pole position to form the next government, investors can see that the writing is on the wall for climate zealotry, says Richard Tice in the Telegraph.
  • “Major British chemical plant faces closure as energy prices soar” – Doubts over the Teesside factory deal a blow to ministers preparing to unveil the UK’s industrial strategy, according to the Telegraph.
  • “I’m not coming back… but Badenoch can beat Farage” – In his Mail column, Boris Johnson rejects calls to come back and lead the Conservative Party and insists Kemi Badenoch just needs “time to get going”.
  • “George Galloway visits Moscow after picking up Hamas award” – The leader of the hard-Left Workers Party of Britain, George Galloway, collected a gong yesterday honouring the assassinated former head of Hamas, reports the Telegraph.
  • “The Resistance will be woke” – Yascha Mounk says in the Spectator that Trump’s presidency will give the woke movement a new lease of life.
  • “What has Ofcom got against the Carry On films?” – In the eyes of Ofcom, Carry On films are suspect, says Robert Taylor in the Spectator. They have made the unpardonable error of reflecting the social and cultural norms of their time.
  • “ONS chief quits amid criticism of ‘flawed data’” – Sir Ian Diamond, Britain’s most senior statistician, has resigned amid criticism over flaws in recent economic data, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Elon Musk’s X clashes with India over free speech” – Narendra Modi’s government has demanded that X block thousands of accounts amid tensions with Pakistan, says the Telegraph.
  • “How can a senior politician be so out of touch?” – Nick Ferrari on LBC says that if he dismissed the Channel 4 grooming gang documentary as a ‘dog whistle’ he’d probably be fired.

'How can a senior politician be so out of touch?'
@NickFerrariLBC criticises House of Commons leader Lucy Powell's 'crass unawareness' after she implied grooming gangs are a 'dog whistle' issue. pic.twitter.com/I0lo07pDl9

— LBC (@LBC) May 6, 2025

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