News Round-Up

• “Boriswave will cost every family £20,000, claims Reform” – The “Boriswave” of immigration has been claimed to cost every British household £20,000, reports the Telegraph.
• “Boy, 11, raped two primary school girls” – An 11 year-old boy has been convicted of raping two primary school girls, says the Manchester Evening News.
• “Woman gang raped outside Epsom church” – A woman in her 20s has been gang raped outside an Epsom church after being followed from a nightclub, reports the Telegraph.
• “More than half of Keir Starmer’s Cabinet ministers set to lose their seats at a general election” – More than half of Keir Starmer’s Cabinet ministers have been projected to lose their seats at the next general election with 12 falling to Reform and three to the Greens, says the Mail.
• “Reform should not have pledged to keep the pension triple lock” – Politicians cannot claim to stand for fiscal prudence without facing up to the pension budgetary time-bomb, says Liam Halligan in the Telegraph.
• “Phillipson ‘refuses to meet’ women who secured landmark trans ruling” – Bridget Phillipson has been accused of refusing to meet the women who secured the landmark Supreme Court trans ruling, reports the Mail.
• “Bridget Phillipson accused of putting career ahead of women’s rights” – Bridget Phillipson has been accused of putting her career ahead of women’s rights by blocking guidance on single-sex spaces, according to the Mail.
• “Bosses, generals and tech chiefs to be trained for high office” – The Centre for Government Reform wants to help experienced outsiders enter government and shake up the ‘bloated’ state, says the Sunday Times.
• “Britain’s bases in Cyprus ‘not up for negotiation’” – Britain’s military bases in Cyprus have been declared not up for negotiation, with their legal status described as rock solid, reports the Mail.
• “Once-mighty Navy faces begging French fleet for help” – The Royal Navy faces the prospect of asking the French fleet for help to patrol British waters amid operational pressures, says the Mail.
• “How Britain holed the Royal Navy below the waterline” – The UK is struggling to defend its own waters while committing ships to missions abroad, writes Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.
• “‘Our business was born in a pub – we cannot let the British institution die” – As many as one in five of us has dreamt up a business idea over a pint, writes Zachariah Sharif in the Telegraph.
• “Why taxes are to blame for Britain’s fly-tipping problem” – Taxes have been blamed for fuelling Britain’s fly-tipping problem by encouraging illegal waste dumping, says Patrick Galbraith in the Telegraph.
• “More than 500 arrested at Palestine Action protest” – Police have arrested more than 500 people for allegedly voicing support for the banned group Palestine Action, reports the Express.
• “Keir Starmer to use ‘Henry VIII powers’ to align UK with EU rules” – Sir Keir Starmer wants the power to sign Britain up to EU single market rules under plans that would avoid a normal parliamentary vote, says the Times.
• “EU rules to be imposed on Britain under Labour plans” – EU rules are set to be imposed on Britain under Labour’s plans for trade deals, reports the Telegraph.
• “Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election” – Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat in the Hungarian election after 16 years in power, says the BBC.
• “Who is Peter Magyar, Hungary’s next Prime Minister?” – The opposition leader who has ended Viktor Orban’s 16-year grip on power has pledged to tackle corruption and repair ties with the European Union, writes Tom Kington in the Times.
• “Kill off Chagos Islands deal, Labour MPs tell Keir Starmer” – Labour MPs have demanded that Sir Keir Starmer kill off his deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, according to the Times.
• “Starmer refuses to join Trump’s Hormuz blockade” – Keir Starmer has refused to join Donald Trump’s Hormuz blockade, with the UK choosing not to send warships, reports GB News.
• “Erdogan threatens to invade Israel” – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to invade Israel, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of being blinded by blood and hate, says GB News.
• “Levelised Cost of Energy Models are Junk” – Fake LCOE model results are being used to distort the debate about the true cost of renewables, warns David Turver on his Eigen Values Substack.
• “Fossil fuels shine light of hope in Africa” – Fossil fuels bring light and hope to Africa by enabling development, says Vijay Jayaraj in Watts Up With That?
• “Heat dome led to record temps in western USA… warmer in 1934, 1936” – Record temperatures in the western USA have been linked to a heat dome, with similar or warmer conditions recorded in 1934 and 1936, reports P. Gosselin on NoTricksZone.
• “Why energy efficiency won’t save you money in a ‘green energy’ world” – Energy efficiency measures have failed to deliver savings in a green energy system dominated by wind and solar, say the Energy Bad Boys on Substack.
• “Trans activists threatened me and my family” – Baroness Falkner has revealed that trans activists threatened her and her family with abuse, reports GB News.
• “Dan Walker faces employment tribunal as former Channel 5 co–anchor accuses him of sexism, misogyny against a black woman and bullying” – Dan Walker faces an employment tribunal after his former Channel 5 co-anchor accused him of sexism, misogyny and bullying, says the Mail.
• “The dismantling of Scott Mills’s career is a warning to us all” – In the eyes of the law Scott Mills is innocent, yet that hasn’t stopped the BBC destroying his reputation to save its own, writes William Sitwell in the Telegraph.
• “Ruddy hell!” – A revisited Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse comedy sketch mocking the porous state of our borders, which first aired 19 years ago, is now the reality of living in the UK.

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