News Round-Up

• “The silence on how to deal with antisemitism is deafening” – Since the Golders Green terror attack, politicians have responded largely in platitudes – the lack of urgency must end, says the Times in a leading article.
• “Time to stand with the Jews, come what may” – Politicians must stop point-scoring and lead the fight against extremism, including ditching candidates who support antisemitism, writes Trevor Phillips in the Times.
• “Britain is facing an Islamist insurgency” – Britain has a major Islamist problem it is plainly refusing to confront, warns Simon Diggins in the Spectator.
• “Green candidate called Jewish people cockroaches as depth of party’s antisemitism problem revealed” – The arrest of two Green Party candidates over antisemitism allegations is “just the tip of the iceberg”, with opponents claiming the problem runs far deeper, reports the Telegraph.
• “Banning marches won’t eradicate antisemitism. My five-point plan will” – In theTelegraph, Suzanne Moore sets out a five-step blueprint for tackling antisemitism – from stamping out ignorance to calling out prejudice.
• “Maureen Lipman depicted as devil by pro-Palestinian activists” – Pro-Palestinian activists have depicted Dame Maureen Lipman as a devil and called for her new stage show in Aberdeen to be cancelled, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Small boat crossings poised to hit 200,000 total since crisis began” – The total number of migrants to have reached Britain since the start of the Channel crisis is poised to tip over an eye-watering 200,000, reports the Mail.
• “‘Toxic’ Starmer kept away from campaign trail” – Keir Starmer has been kept away from the campaign trail because senior Labour figures regard him as kryptonite to voters, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Labour MPs plot Keir Starmer putsch after election losses” – Backbench Labour MPs have begun plotting a putsch to force Keir Starmer’s resignation, reports the Times.
• “After Starmer we face a hard-Left extremist” – In the Mail, Stephen Glover says it is a mistake to describe those plotting to succeed Starmer as being on the ‘soft Left’.
• “We hereditary peers are not leaving the House of Lords better than we found it” – In the Telegraph, the Earl of Leicester warns the House of Lords will lose valuable expertise from farmers, diplomats, businessmen and others with the removal of hereditary peers.
• “We should end Net Zero and welfare freeloading, not the triple lock” – Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph argues that Net Zero and welfare dependency are the real targets politicians should be hitting.
• “Is Reform brave enough to be a pro-family party?” – In the Spectator, Joe Shalam argues that abandoning pro-family policy after a botched start would be Reform’s greatest mistake.
• “I worry about Farage after Charlie Kirk assassination” – Reform’s head of policy James Orr talks about J.D. Vance, being Nigel’s policy guru and the deadly dangers of challenging political norms with the Telegraph’s Tim Stanley.
• “The Tories are on the verge of a surprise Westminster comeback” – In the Spectator, Mary Dejevsky writes that dirty streets, falling Labour poll numbers and a motivated Conservative base is putting Westminster Council within the Tories’ reach.
• “Labour’s workers’ rights reforms leave over-50s struggling for a job” – Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul is making it harder for older people to find work, with experts warning that nearly a million over-50s are now affected, according to the Telegraph.
• “Mansion tax will cost almost £400 million before a penny is collected” – Labour’s mansion tax will cost the Treasury almost £400 million before any money is collected, reports the Times.
• “Wealth taxes will drive entrepreneurs out of Britain” – Huel founder Julian Hearn has warned that raising capital gains tax will push wealth creators out of the country, reports the Telegraph.
• “EU pours cold water on Starmer’s hopes for post-Brexit concessions” – Sources say Britain’s involvement in a €90 billion Ukraine loan scheme will not soften Brussels’s stance in negotiations, according to the Telegraph.
• “Royal Navy left with five frigates after HMS Iron Duke quietly withdrawn” – HMS Iron Duke has been taken out of service despite a £103 million refit intended to extend her lifespan to 2028, leaving Britain’s frigate force at a historic low, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Trump has finally realised he must seize the Strait of Hormuz” – With Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz bringing the global economy to the brink, the US President has raised the stakes, writes David Blair in the Telegraph.
• “Iran threatens to attack US ships on Hormuz escort mission” – Iran has threatened to attack US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz after Trump announced that American destroyers will guide tankers through the waterway, according to the Telegraph.
• “Knifeman who stabbed woman in Barcelona ‘shouted ‘Allah’’” – A knifeman who fatally stabbed a woman in a Barcelona suburb reportedly shouted “Allah” before targeting his victim, reports the Mail.
• “The NY Times’s latte logic of social collapse” – In City Journal, Heather Mac Donald accuses the New York Times of promoting “latte logic” that justifies shoplifting as an act of resistance and normalises political violence.
• “Doomed cruise ship pleads to offload two ill passengers as three die” – Dutch authorities will attempt to repatriate two sick people from a cruise ship battling a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, according to the Mail.
• “One-minute jab to treat cancer rolled out on NHS” – Tens of thousands of patients with breast, cervical and other cancers can now receive immunotherapy in a fraction of the normal time thanks to a new injectable form of pembrolizumab, reports the Telegraph.
• “Covid dissident cardiologist facing career ruin” – In the DocMalik podcast, Dr Ahmad Malik sits down with Dean Patterson, a cardiologist whose career is under threat after speaking out against the mainstream Covid narrative.
• “This Harvard doctor believes we’ve been getting cholesterol all wrong” – In the Telegraph, Miranda Levy profiles Nick Norwitz, who makes the case that statins are overprescribed and conventional medical thinking on cholesterol is fundamentally wrong.
• “In defence of Palantir” – Concerns about the NHS’s use of Palantir are overblown, says Matthew Lesh in the Telegraph.
• “Green mayoral candidate vows to ditch council’s leaf blowers” – Green mayoral candidate Zoe Garbett says she will replace council leaf blowers with more manual methods of collecting leaves, reports the Telegraph.
• “The invisible force making food less nutritious” – Climate change is making food less nutritious, according to the Washington Post.
• “What fuel crisis? New Aussie call to tax fossil fuel giants for climate damage” – Australian activists have called for fossil fuel giants to be taxed and sued for climate damage despite an ongoing local fuel crisis, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
• “No, USA Today, Day After Tomorrow AMOC collapse isn’t happening” – In Climate Realism, Anthony Watts debunks alarmist claims of an imminent Day After Tomorrow-style AMOC collapse.
• “Graham Linehan accuses Ardal O’Hanlon of abandoning him in trans row” – Graham Linehan has launched a fresh attack on former colleague Ardal O’Hanlon, accusing him of abandoning him at the height of a bitter row over transgender issues, reports the Mail.
• “Do women really need breast reductions?” – In the Spectator, Julie Burchill argues that the fashion for breast reductions reflects a sex-scared culture asking young women to diminish themselves.
• “Bella Hadid joins Met Gala anti-Bezos backlash as she likes a post criticising stars for attending” – Supermodel Bella Hadid has waded into the row over Jeff Bezos co-chairing the Met Gala, publicly liking a post criticising attending stars, reports the Mail.
• “He doesn’t understand the fundamentals of taxation” – On the Diary of a CEO podcast, Gary Stevenson is handed a lesson in taxation by entrepreneur Daniel Priestley.

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