News Round-Up

• “Starmer on brink as ‘lies’ exposed as No 10 admits Mandy failed vetting” – Sir Keir Starmer was facing mounting calls to quit last night after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was made US ambassador despite failing security vetting, reports the Mail.
• “The consummate mandarin thrown under a bus over Mandelson” – Sir Olly Robbins has been blamed by the Government for the appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador, says the Telegraph.
• “Starmer faces demands to apologise to Speaker for ‘shameful’ PMQs rant” – Sir Keir Starmer is facing demands to apologise to the Commons Speaker over his extraordinary temper tantrum at PMQs, according to the Mail.
• “The collapse of Starmer’s housebuilding revolution” – Labour’s ambitious plans for a major housebuilding surge have largely come up short, writes Melissa Lawford in the Telegraph.
• “Public sector pensioners in line for £880 million windfall from Iran war inflation” – Public sector pensioners could receive an extra £880 million in payouts due to higher inflation linked to the Iran conflict, reports the Telegraph.
•  “‘Super-forecaster’ predicts one-in-four chance of UK going to war” – A leading super-forecaster has estimated a one-in-four chance of the UK becoming involved in a war by 2036, though the odds would drop significantly with higher defence spending, says the Times.
• “Cut welfare to fund defence” – Wes Streeting suggests cutting welfare spending to help fund higher defence budgets, according to the Sun.
• “London stock market falls behind Taiwan in global rankings” – The City of London has been dealt another blow after the value of Taiwan’s stock market overtook that of the UK to become the world’s seventh largest, reports the Times.
• “BMA’s own staff to strike for third time in a month over pay” – Hundreds of the British Medical Association’s own staff are to strike for the third time in just over three weeks in a dispute over pay, says the Times.
• “I will deport antisemitic foreigners” – Kemi Badenoch says she will use immigration powers to deport foreigners who harass or attack British Jews, according to the Telegraph.
• “Lawyers ‘should face jail’ for helping asylum seekers make false claims” – Reform UK’s plans could see lawyers face up to two years in prison for assisting migrants with false asylum claims, reports the Telegraph.
• “What we can learn from the Southport killer” – Rod Liddle argues in the Spectator that the Southport attack was ultimately the fault of the British state and the ideological capture of its most senior officials.
• “The Scottish Greens want everything to be free” – The Scottish Greens have outdone themselves in fantasy policy-making, writes Iain Macwhirter in the Spectator.
• “‘Islamist’ Green Party is danger to society, says former deputy leader” – Ex-deputy Green leader Dr Shahrar Ali warns that the party has been “infiltrated” by Islamists and is a “danger to society”, according to the Telegraph. He made these claims in a podcast for the FSU that you can find here.
• “I’m baffled by my middle-class neighbours voting for the Greens” – Swapping Corbyn for Polanski, the urban elite are flocking to a party that offers a toxic mix of extremist policy and pure hypocrisy, says George Chesterton in the Telegraph.
• “Sharon Osbourne confirms plans to attend activist Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march” – Sharon Osbourne has confirmed she will be attending Tommy Robinson’s upcoming ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march, according to the Mail.
• “Judges dismiss ‘ludicrous’ legal case against SAS killings of IRA terrorists” – Judges have dismissed a legal challenge over the SAS’s use of lethal force against an IRA terrorist, describing the case as ludicrous, says the Telegraph.
• “Expect flight cancellations ‘soon’” – An energy chief has warned that flight cancellations across Europe could begin soon due to jet fuel shortages, reports the Telegraph.
• “Summer holiday flights face cancellation” – Summer holidays for many Britons could be disrupted by a shortage of jet fuel in Europe, says the Times.
• “$3 billion wiped off Europe’s major airlines as carriers ground flights” – Major European airlines have lost around $3 billion in market value after warnings of wider losses due to rising jet fuel costs, reports the Times.
• “Trump announces 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon” – President Trump has announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, describing the truce as an initial step toward a permanent end to hostilities between the two nations, says the Mail.
• “Trump’s goals in Iran have always been clear” – Donald Trump’s objectives in Iran have remained consistent from the start of the conflict, argues Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
• “Pope Leo is conspiring with Democrats to harm Trump” – In the Mail, Ayaan Hirsi Ali slams Pope Leo for appearing to align with the Democrats against Trump.
• “Britain once backed assisted dying. Not anymore” – The shape of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation has altered and the public want nothing to do with it, writes James Johnson in the Telegraph.
• “Covid vaccine victims’ payouts ‘should be doubled’” – Families affected by Covid vaccine injuries have called for the standard £120,000 compensation payment to be doubled, according to the Mail.
• “UK Covid Inquiry Module 4 – vaccines and therapeutics” – The UK Covid Inquiry’s module on vaccines has prompted a detailed response from HART’s People’s Vaccine Inquiry Team.
• “Alzheimer’s ‘wonder drugs’ do not work” – New research has found that Alzheimer’s drugs targeting amyloid protein deliver no real clinical benefit and can cause brain swelling and bleeding, reports the Telegraph.
• “Neuroscience, vaccines and autism” – On Substack, Dr Robert Malone examines what current science does and does not say about links between vaccines, neuroscience and autism.
• “The things you have to do to be heard” – The scientific Overton window is moving – but it moves at the pace of what reviewers will tolerate, not what the evidence demands, says Dr Claire Craig for HART.
• “Dale Vince is an anti-capitalist rebel – so why is he paying himself millions” – The Telegraph takes an in-depth look at the finances of the Ecotricity boss and Labour donor Dale Vince.
• “Time to end the biomass scam” – Households handed over a record amount of nearly £1 billion in public subsidies to Drax last year, the UK’s largest carbon emitter, according to the Mail.
• “In Aberdeen, the full cost of Ed Miliband’s Net Zero crusade is painfully clear” – A once thriving city is being hollowed out, with few ‘green jobs’ in sight, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph.
• “Majority of New York’s pending wind and solar projects getting cancelled” – The majority of the remaining wind and solar electricity projects still in development in New York State are under imminent threat of cancellation, writes Francis Menton on the Manhattan Contrarian.
• “Labour’s shameful betrayal of women” – Hundreds of public bodies are still defying the Supreme Court on the first anniversary of the landmark ruling, reports the Mail.
• “UN accuses Starmer of endangering women with trans guidance delay” – The UN has accused Sir Keir Starmer of weakening legal protections for women and girls by delaying issuing guidance on how to comply with the Equality Act in light of the Supreme Court judgement, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour’s secret stitch-up on trans” – Labour is quietly delaying full implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex, writes Joanna Williams in the Telegraph, for fear of upsetting trans activists.
• “Reeves accused of resisting pleas for a major defence spending boost because the military doesn’t employ enough women” – Rachel Reeves has been accused of delaying extra defence funding over concerns about gender balance in the military, reports the Mail.
• “Still asleep at the wheel” – A new report by Policy Exchange reveals that secondary schools in England remain heavily influenced by gender ideology, with many socially transitioning gender-confused children without reliably informing parents.
• “Forget the manosphere. It’s angry Leftie women we need to worry about” – Radicalised by the likes of Greta Thunberg, young females are spurning marriage and capitalism, warns Rowan Pelling in the Telegraph. Society as we know it is at risk.
• “Gentleman’s Relish no longer toast? Brand may yet have a future” – Gentleman’s Relish could still have a future after its owner announced it was exploring options to rescue the brand, says the Times.
• “If we are going to get rid of NCHIs, let’s do it properly” – In the Lords, Toby addresses the problem of historic NCHIs remaining on police databases — likely numbering in the tens of thousands.

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