News Round-Up

• “Furious Trump hits out as Iran fires missiles at Israel” – Donald Trump has called Iran’s missile strikes on Israel “unhelpful” and says he will urge Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate, reports the Mail.
• “Lammy: I rang Vance and told him he was wrong about Nowak murder” – Foreign Secretary David Lammy has revealed he personally telephoned JD Vance to dispute his claim that Henry Nowak’s death was the result of a “mass invasion of migrants”, with the two agreeing to disagree after an amicable conversation, according to the Telegraph.
• “White guilt is a pathology that afflicts the West – Henry Nowak is its latest victim” – Those demanding public rage over the Henry Nowak case are exploiting a pathological white guilt that has come to afflict Western societies, writes Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
• “Doctors discouraged from sectioning black patients” – NHS services have told psychiatrists to reduce the ‘over-representation’ of African and Caribbean people being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, reports the Telegraph.
• “Entire fleet of UK attack subs is unfit for war and stuck in dock” – All five of Britain’s Astute-class submarines are currently laid up awaiting maintenance and repair work, in a fresh humiliation for the country’s Armed Forces, says the Mail.
• “MPs warn delays to defence review undermine Britain’s credibility” – The Public Accounts Committee has found that delays to the Government’s defence review are damaging Britain’s standing with its allies and a £6.3 billion tank programme may not deliver equipment “fit for purpose”, according to the Mail.
• “US may buy Chagos Islands if Britain hands over sovereignty” – The Trump administration is weighing options to retain control of the Diego Garcia base, including purchasing the islands outright from Maritious, should Starmer press ahead with his controversial sovereignty deal, reports the Times.
• “Vote Leave founder: the next election will be a rerun of the Brexit battle” – Ten years after his campaign’s shock victory, Lord Elliott reflects on the brutal course of the 2016 referendum and argues that the debate over Britain’s relationship with the EU is far from over, says the Telegraph.
• “Sturgeon’s husband sold Portuguese villa after claiming legal aid” – Peter Murrell, 61, sold a villa in the Algarve last October – just six months after the Scottish Legal Aid Board approved his application for legal aid, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour’s Net Zero ‘madness’ is destroying jobs, union boss says” – Gary Smith, the head of one of Labour’s largest supporting trade unions, has accused the party of “destroying” jobs in the manner of Margaret Thatcher through its Net Zero agenda, according to the Times.
• “Is Britain’s Net Zero economy really worth £100 billion?” – Government claims that the Net Zero economy supports 1.1 million UK jobs and generates £105 billion in economic value don’t stand up to scrutiny, writes Tom Calver in the Times.
• “The reality of motoring in Zack Polanski’s Britain” – Rewilded car parks, 20mph speed limits, and compulsory cargo bikes offer a glimpse into the Green Party leader’s vision for transport in Britain, writes Ed Cumming in the Telegraph.
• “Government to buy AI chips to stop tech companies fleeing Britain” – Ministers are offering to purchase AI chips directly from British technology firms in a bid to prevent them relocating to the United States, reveals the Telegraph.
• “I’d like to believe California can be saved from the Left – it may be too late” – Conservative excitement over Steve Hilton’s gubernatorial bid is tempered by the harsh reality of the state’s demographic shifts, writes Joel Kotkin the Telegraph.
• “Police boss: efforts to tackle racism have not gone far enough” – A police race watchdog claims that forces across Britain have failed to go far enough in combating “institutional racism”, notes the Telegraph.
• “Furious Iceland chief says cops rushed to store over fake racism claim” – Sir Malcolm Walker, the founder of Iceland, says police arrived at one of his stores within three minutes of a bogus racism accusation while shoplifters are routinely ignored, in what he calls two-tier policing, says the Mail.
• “This is the moment I knew I had to quit the police” – Counter-terrorism officer Paul Birch, who served for 24 years, explains why Henry Nowak’s horrific death came as no surprise to him and what finally drove him to quit the force, reports the Mail.
• “Birmingham councillor praised ‘courageous’ October 7th attacks” – Kamel Hawwash, Birmingham’s cabinet member for children and families, made a series of controversial comments praising Hamas and attacking Israel in 2023, says the Times.
• “Trump storms out of interview calling female host ‘crooked or stupid’” – Donald Trump clashed with NBC’s Kristen Welker over voter fraud before walking out of the interview and branding her “crooked or stupid”, according to the Telegraph.
• “The RML files: Vincent Munster’s headspace” – On his Substack, Jim Haslam writes that the FBI has charged Rocky Mountain Lab’s Vincent Munster and a postdoc with smuggling monkeypox vials and lying to customs officials about their contents.
• “David Lammy is asked why it was okay for Keir Starmer and his colleagues to try to influence the outcome of the George Floyd case but not for J.D. Vance to weigh in on Henry Nowak’s murder?” – Andy Ngo has posted a clip of Sir Trevor Phillips interviewing David Lammy on Sky News yesterday.

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