News Round-Up

• “Labour’s plan to scrap jury trials is a threat to Britain’s fundamental freedoms” – Starmer, Hermer and Lammy built their careers defending civil liberties. Now they are dismantling them, says Geoffrey Robertson in the Telegraph.
• “Andrew and Peter Mandelson ‘may not get jury trial’ under Labour reforms” – Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Lord Mandelson could face trial without a jury under Labour’s proposed court reforms, reports the Times.
• “Our national decline is even worse than the British public think” – Incredibly, many voters assume we are as rich – or richer – than America, says David Frost in the Telegraph.
• “Britain has fallen for the great anxiety scam hook, line and sinker” – When we treat everyday worrying as a grave medical condition, is it any wonder the benefits bill is soaring? writes Celia Walden in the Telegraph.
• “Britain’s population ‘would skyrocket by 4.4 million under the Green Party’” – A damning new report has warned that Britain faces a population explosion under the Green Party’s immigration free-for-all, reports the Mail.
• “Green Party candidates ‘blame Israel for 9/11 and Bondi beach attack’” – Green Party candidates blamed Israel for the Bondi beach terrorist attack and shared videos celebrating the “courage” of the October 7th massacre, reveals the Times.
• “The cost of the Boriswave migrants will be enormous, unless something is done” – Reform UK will stop uncontrolled immigration, secure our borders – and always put the British people first, promises Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “How migrants are deceiving Home Office to claim asylum” – People smuggling gangs have circulated a “how-to guide” to sneak illegal migrants into Britain, reports GB News.
• “Axel Rudakubana is a monster of the British state’s making” – The litany of failures exposed by the Southport inquiry show that ‘following process’ is no excuse for inaction, says Ian Acheson in the Telegraph.
• “Migrant on the run after assault on girl, 14, in holiday park” – A migrant who assaulted a 14 year-old girl at a holiday park after offering whisky, cannabis and cocaine to her group of friends is on the run, reports the Telegraph.
• “Man, 27, accused of murdering film student Finbar Sullivan” – A 27 year-old man has appeared in court accused of murdering film student Finbar Sullivan on Primrose Hill, says the Mail.
• “Rapist serving two life sentences attacked student on unsupervised day release” – David Lammy is under pressure to explain how a convicted rapist was able to attack a student at knifepoint while on unsupervised day release from an open prison, reports the Sun.
• “‘Purdah’ purged from Whitehall” – The term ‘purdah’ has been effectively purged from Whitehall amid current political sensitivities, notes Steerpike in the Spectator.
• “Dithering Reeves leaves Britain at the mercy of Iran shock” – Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s dithering is such that the Treasury can’t even bring itself to postpone a 5% rise in fuel duty scheduled to come in later this summer, writes Ben Marlow in the Telegraph.
• “Keir Starmer is plotting to bind Britain to Brussels” – Starmer’s true colours have been exposed by leaked plans revealing that EU single market rules could be imposed on Britain without a full vote in Parliament, writes Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
• “Starmer’s EU concession could add £1,800 to cost of family car” – Sir Keir plans to sign Britain up to European Union rules that could add as much as £1,800 to the cost of a typical new petrol car, reports the Telegraph.
• “Hungary’s new PM urges Britain to rejoin the EU” – Hungary’s new PM has urged Britain to rejoin the EU as Starmer advances plans that could unwind aspects of Brexit, says the Mail.
• “Chagos belongs to us, Maldives claims” – The President of the Maldives has formally told the UK that it does not recognise the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, reports the BBC.
• “Your Party ‘over’ in Scotland as leadership committee quits” – The entire leadership of Your Party in Scotland has quit and declared the party is “over”, according to Holyrood News.
• “Trump-shared image of himself as God sparks outrage from supporters” – An image shared by Trump portraying himself as Jesus has sparked outrage even among some of his supporters, reports the Mail.
• “The Pope must keep out of US politics despite Trump’s provocations” – The President claims he inadvertently posted a picture of himself looking remarkably like Jesus. He is lucky it wasn’t the Prophet Mohammed, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “What if Trump hadn’t attacked Iran? The answer should terrify you” – Had we allowed Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon then an arms race across the Middle East would have broken out, warns Nadhim Zahawi in the Telegraph.
• “Israel won’t stop in Lebanon until Hezbollah is crushed” – Events in Iran, Israel, Iraq, Hormuz and Lebanon are a round of fighting in a much longer conflict that has been under way for decades and is likely to end only when the regime in Tehran falls, says Jonathan Spyer in the Spectator.
• “Germans face having wages docked for taking sick days” – Workers in Germany will want to think twice before ringing in sick as they could have sick pay slashed in a new crackdown to “toughen” the workforce, reports the Sun.
• “Criminal investigation into Christian YouTubers for criticising Islam” – Hamburg prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Christian YouTubers over their criticism of Islam, according to Eugyppius on Substack.
• “Right of reply from Nathan Cofnas” – In the Brussels Times, controversial philosopher Nathan Cofnas rebuts claims he legitimises hate, arguing his views on race and genetics reflect mainstream science.
• “Study of 15,000 nursing homes finds death risk lasted far longer in the Covid-vaccinated than in the unvaccinated after infection” – Analysis of CDC nursing home data reveals Covid shots failed and backfired in the elderly, the very group the “vaccines” were supposed to protect, says Nicolas Hulscher on the Focal Points Substack.
• “Reporters and health bureaucrats attack Dr Jay Bhattacharya for doing the right thing (again)” – The US Government should immediately end funding for all “test-negative” studies that supposedly measure flu or Covid vaccine effectiveness. They are worse than useless, writes Alex Berenson on his Substack.
• “Be prepared for AI to leak your entire private life online” – In the Telegraph, Andrew Orlowski raises fresh concerns over the potential for AI systems to leak users’ entire private lives online.
• “Government YouTube drive to fight conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors’” – The Government has launched a YouTube channel aimed at countering conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors by employing ‘influencers’ to promote Government policy, reports Sky News. Unleash the memes…
• “Wrong again, Associated Press, climate change isn’t overrunning evolution” – In ClimateRealism, Anthony Watts slams the Associated Press for claiming that climate change is outpacing evolution.
• “When a ‘drought’ is not a drought?” – On the Cliff Mass Weather Blog, Cliff questions whether claims of a drought emergency by the Washington State Department of Ecology and others actually meet the criteria.
• “Cave discovery reveals today’s desert climates were teeming with life” – A recent cave discovery has shown that today’s desert climates were far warmer, wetter and more alive in the recent past, reports Kenneth Richard on the NoTricksZone.
• “Hollywood climate crusader warns of imminent collapse, ignores own carbon footprint” – Filmmaker Adam McKay has warned of a food supply collapse while regularly flying 5,000 miles between his mansions, notes John Nolte on Climate Change Dispatch.
• “No linear warming or glacier retreat along northern Antarctic Peninsula since 1980s” – A new study has found no linear warming or consistent glacier retreat along the northern Antarctic Peninsula since the 1980s, according to Kenneth Richard on the NoTricksZone.
• “Nurse in trans dispute win settlement from NHS employer” – A nurse from South London who was suspended over an alleged breach of a trans patient’s confidentiality has won a settlement against the NHS trust she works for, reports the BBC.
• “Scottish Labour backs trans ban in snub to Phillipson” – Anas Sarwar has vowed to defy Bridget Phillipson and ban trans women from female changing rooms if Labour wins next month’s Holyrood election, says the Telegraph.
• “The UK government will build a central YouTube content channel featuring influencers and everyday people in a bid to better communicate its policies to the public” – Sartorial Thug has an interesting take on this announcement, comparing the Government’s new YouTube channel to a mocked-up show from an old episode of The Young Ones.

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