News Round-Up

“Britain agrees to ‘Eurostar’ border controls for Gibraltar” – Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of surrendering Gibraltar after striking a deal that allows Spain to check passports on the Rock, reports the Mail.
“Starmer is teeing up Gibraltar for another great overseas betrayal” – Handing over Gibraltar’s border security to Spain is a fundamentally anti-democratic gesture, says Samuel Ramani in the Telegraph.
“The world is laughing at Britain, and only Starmer hasn’t noticed” – In the Telegraph, Robert Taylor savages Starmer for handing £30 billion and the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while voters face tax hikes and broken promises at home.
“Irish fury over asylum crisis: thousands attend anti-migrant protests” – In the Mail, Elena Salvoni reports on a rising tide of Irish resentment over surging asylum seekers.
“Centre ‘being used as emergency accommodation for immigrants’ on fire” – A leisure centre used as an emergency centre for families has been set on fire during a third night of violence in Northern Ireland, reports the Mail.
“What caused the Ballymena riots?” – The violence in Ballymena points to another British community that feels powerless to protect its children, uphold its way of life or retain its identity, in the face of changes that have been forced upon it, writes Owen Polley in the Spectator.
“It’s no surprise that Prevent has gone to the dogs” – Of the 6,817 people referred to Prevent in the year ending March 31st 2023, just 11% were suspected of Islamist extremism, notes Toby in the Spectator.
“Love Western culture? You’re a terrorist” – On the Restoration Substack, Connor Tomlinson reveals how the UK Home Office’s branding of “cultural nationalism” as Right-wing terrorism has sparked US State Department outrage.
“Fears of rise in tent cities as rough sleeping is decriminalised” – Rough sleeping is to be decriminalised by Spring next year under radical plans by Labour to stop people becoming homeless in the first place, reports the Mail.
“Outrage as pensioner is ‘kicked out of her home by foreign squatters’” – Squatters seized the London home of a frail pensioner while she was visiting a friend, triggering an “absurd” two-month legal battle to have them removed, reports the Mail.
“Council tax set to rise to fund police” – Council tax will increase to fund policing after Rachel Reeves announced a 2.2% cut to the Home Office budget in her spending review, says GB News.
“Sadiq Khan swipes that Rachel Reeves risks ‘levelling down London’” – Sadiq Khan says that he is “disappointed” that the Chancellor’s review has not committed to any new infrastructure in the capital, according to the Mail.
“Khan takes a pop at Reeves over spending review” – There were always going to be winners and losers in Chancellor Reeves’s spending review and it appears that Sadiq Khan’s London has pulled the short straw, writes Steerpike in the Spectator.
“It is now too late for Britain to avoid financial Armageddon” – Rachel Reeves is the Chancellor that lazy, feckless Britain deserves, says Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
“The markets won’t be fooled by Rachel Reeves again” – The Chancellor has no credibility left and interest rates will keep rising, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
“Rachel Reeves’s spending review is a recipe for trouble” – Britain is heading for a very deep fiscal crisis, warns Ross Clark in the Spectator.
“Rachel Reeves may have just killed Nato” – In the Telegraph, Ben Wallace warns that Rachel Reeves’s reclassification of spending as defence disguises a failure to properly fund the military.
“Starmer and Farage have doomed Britain to an endless spiral of decline” – Our inability to cut entitlement spending to people who don’t need it illustrates why we are in a terrible state, says Henry Hill in the Telegraph.
“Reform was meant to be the party you can trust on immigration. So what on earth is going on?” – It’s one thing to move Left on welfare, but quite another for the new chairman to parrot smug clichés about multiculturalism, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
“Reform’s Zia Yusuf to stand as MP” – Zia Yusuf has rejoined Reform UK and plans to stand in the next by-election where the party has a realistic chance of winning, reports the Telegraph.
“Sizewell C looks like an expensive mistake” – In UnHerd, David Rose argues that pouring another £14 billion into the troubled Sizewell C project is less a “golden age” for nuclear energy than a costly gamble on outdated, over-budget tech.
“Miliband has got his nuclear plans wrong. Here’s what we should do” – We need more than romantic notions of golden ages if we’re to keep the lights on, says Kathryn Porter in the Telegraph.
“Oxford council want to impose £5 congestion charge on every car” – In what critics call the latest strike in its “war on motorists”, Oxford is set to become the first city in over 20 years to bring in a congestion charge, reports the Mail.
“‘More wind farms in the South’ under Miliband’s regional energy blueprint” – Plans to overhaul Britain’s energy market are set to prompt a surge in the number of wind farms in the South of England, says the Telegraph.
“SNP’s new Net Zero wind farm ‘will harm golden eagles’” – Ministers are being urged to block an eight-turbine scheme in the Scottish Borders after conservationists warned it is likely to harm rare golden eagles, reports the Telegraph.
“The Conversation’s Greenland ice melt hype: history and data say otherwise” – On WUWT?, Anthony Watts blasts the Conversation’s Greenland ice meltdown hype as alarmism, showing that the data reflect natural cycles and seasonal melt – not an apocalyptic climate crisis.
“David Frost is wrong about the Elgin Marbles” – Daniel Hannan argues in the Telegraph that the Parthenon friezes were legitimately acquired. If Greece wants them back, it must pay the market rate.
“US demands Britain drops sanctions on Israel ministers” – The US has demanded Britain drops sanctions on Israeli ministers for “inciting violence” against Palestinians, reports the Mail.
“PA President says Hamas must exit Gaza” – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called for Hamas to “hand over its weapons”, immediately free all hostages and cease ruling Gaza, says the Times of Israel.
“Greta Thunberg’s reaction when asked about group member’s Hamas links” – Greta Thunberg says that she was not aware that some of those involved in the “freedom flotilla” voyage had previously shown support for Hamas and Hezbollah, according to the Mail.
“No, Nato: Brits had not ‘better learn to speak Russian’” – The real threat from Russia lies less in direct military action and more in its ‘hybrid war’ tools of subversion and division, says Mark Galeotti in the Spectator.
“Russia planning attack on NATO as a test, says Germany spy chief” – Germany’s spy chief has warned that Vladimir Putin is plotting an attack on NATO territory to test the Western alliance’s mutual assistance clause, reports the Mail.
“Donald Tusk has found his own ‘special place in hell’” – Despite surviving a vote of confidence, Polish PM Donald Tusk now faces years of being hobbled by a new veto-wielding opposition president, writes James Crisp in the Telegraph.
“US immigration protests spread nationwide as National Guard sent to other cities” – Days of protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration measures have sparked demonstrations across the country, reports Axios.
“Will the LA immigration riots reach Europe?” – The anti-ICE protestors in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the US are in the minority, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
“Los Angeles has fallen” – How can riot-rocked LA be trusted to host the Olympics? asks Joel Kotkin in Spiked.
“French drivers sue Tesla over claim Musk made cars ‘extreme-Right’ symbols” – Tesla owners in France have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, claiming the tech mogul has turned the cars into symbols of the “extreme-Right”, according to LBC.
“Elon Musk admits posts attacking Donald Trump ‘went too far’” – Elon Musk has admitted regretting some of his posts about Donald Trump last week, reports the Mail.
“US-China trade deal is done, says Trump” – Donald Trump says that the US has struck a trade deal with China following 48 hours of talks between the two countries, according to LBC.
“Hongkongers warned not to download mobile game ‘promoting secessionist agenda’” – Hong Kong police have warned residents against downloading a mobile game advocating Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence or risk breaking national security laws, reports the SCMP.
“The new slate of ACIP members” – The new members of the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices signal a hopeful shift towards restoring public trust in immunisation policy, writes Dr Meryl Nass on her Substack.
“Unraveling autism’s surge” – On Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone pins the surge in autism on genetics, societal changes and possible vaccine links.
“Green politician expelled over ‘harmful’ gender critical views” – Norfolk councillor and parliamentary candidate Dr Pallavi Devulapalli has accused the Green Party of acting “like a cult” after it expelled her for raising concerns about trans ideology, according to the Eastern Daily Press.
“Academics lose discrimination case over trans-critical film” – Two academics have failed in their attempt to sue their union for stopping their trans-critical film from being shown to students at the University of Edinburgh, reports the Telegraph.
“Only 7% of ethnic minority Britons have ever used the term ‘global majority’” – Just 7% of ethnic minority Britons have ever used the term “global majority”, with most preferring “ethnic minorities” or “BAME”, according to YouGov.
“There’s no such thing as the ‘global majority’” – Ethnic-minority groups are right to reject the latest activist jargon, says Benedict Spence in Spiked.
“Ed Sheeran identifies as Irish despite being born and raised in England” – Ed Sheeran has sparked an outcry after revealing he identifies “culturally as Irish” despite being born and raised in England, reports the Mail.

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