News Round-Up

• “Professor Arday quits Cambridge University” – Prof Jason Arday has resigned from Cambridge University amid a formal investigation into allegations that he copied parts of his PhD from another student, reports the Mail.
• “An update from Jason Arday” – The Good Law Project has published Jason Arday’s resignation letter announcing his departure from Cambridge University.
• “Jason Arday: Times analysis finds ‘impossible’ data in his work” – Prof Arday’s academic research contains “impossible” evidence and is littered with inconsistencies, a new Times analysis of his work has found.
• “‘Professor Plagiarism’ falsely claimed to have written book” – Professor Arday repeatedly asserted that he had authored a book entitled Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse – yet the book never appeared in print, says the Mail.
• “I was reported to police over Arday case. I was just doing my job” – In Times Higher Education, Jack Grove says he was reported to police over the Arday case, but insists he was only doing what journalists do: investigating and reporting the story.
• “Jason Arday reported academic critic to police after questions over his research” – In the Committee For Academic Freedom, Frederick Attenborough reveals that Prof Arday reported fellow academic Dr David Harris to police after Harris raised concerns about apparent errors and possible plagiarism in his work – raising troubling questions about the use of harassment law as a shield against scholarly scrutiny.
• “The Jason Arday debacle is becoming a national scandal” – James Hanson argues in the Spectator that the Arday affair has darkened from a tale of Left-wing gullibility into something far more sinister, with Scotland Yard now accused of attempting to shut down a journalistic investigation, apparently because the man at the centre of it played the race card.
• “If the police keep chasing journalists, they don’t deserve more money – or our support” – A force that pursues journalists rather than protecting the public has forfeited any claim to greater funding or public goodwill, argues Stephen Daisley in the Telegraph.
• “The downfall of Cambridge’s diversity poster boy” – Prof Arday’s career at the top university is over, but questions remain for those who appointed him, says Gordon Rayner in the Telegraph.
• “Threat of legal action against early release of PC Harper’s killers” – Thames Valley Police Federation chair Aileen O’Connor says she will “throw everything” at blocking the early release of PC Harper’s killers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers under Labour’s early release scheme, according to the Mail.
• “Firearms officer who killed Chris Kaba will not face misconduct probe” – The Met Police firearms officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba will not face misconduct proceedings, says the Mail.
• “Labour warned votes at 16 could ‘backfire in spectacular fashion’” – A Muslim Council of Britain report warning that demographic changes could make 49 constituencies major targets for Muslim independent candidates by 2029 has fuelled fears that lowering the voting age could badly damage Labour, reveals the Mail.
• “Lee Anderson leads day 2 of Reform tour of migrant beaches in France” – Reform UK Chairman Lee Anderson continues his party’s tour of migrant camps and beaches in France, and he is decidedly unimpressed by what he finds, notes Neil Sears in the Mail.
• “Average number of migrants on small boats doubles to record high” – Analysis reveals that an average of 66 migrants were packed onto each of the 219 vessels that have successfully crossed the Channel so far this year, carrying 14,561 people in total, says the Mail.
• “Farage must reject Rupert Lowe’s repugnant dance with white nationalism” – Restore’s positions veer frequently into bigotry and overstep the bounds of civilised discourse, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph – although most of the comments appear to disagree.
• “Empire of diversity” – In his Substack, Dr David McGrogan explores the relationship between mass migration and the freedoms of the West.
• “Horror as Indian man, 41, tries to marry girl, 13, so he can get visa to stay in UK” – A disgraced Indian university student attempted to marry a 13 year-old girl to secure his UK visa status, reports the Express.
• “Antisemitism is now part of life in Britain” – In the Spectator, Stephen Pollard argues that antisemitism in the UK is no longer a cyclical phenomenon but a permanent and normalised feature of daily life.
• “Former neo-Nazi withdraws as Tory council candidate” – A former neo-Nazi has withdrawn as a Conservative Party council candidate following a backlash over his selection, reports the Telegraph.
• “Wes Streeting donations linked to ‘Crypto King’ fraudster” – The Health Secretary received a donation in 2022 from a think tank whose founder has been linked to a notorious crypto fraud case, says the Telegraph.
• “Sir Keir Starmer ‘misled MPs’ over defence spending” – Sir Keir Starmer’s £270 billion defence spending figure has come under scrutiny after the UK Statistics Authority found it refers to money already planned for this Parliament, rather than new spending, according to the Telegraph.
• “Why millionaires like me shouldn’t leave the country” – In the Spectator, David Ross argues that Britain must change its tone on wealth and return to celebrating entrepreneurship as a force for good.
• “Government ‘prebunking’: the latest threat to free speech” – On his Substack, Andrew Doyle joins Toby Young for a Free Speech Union podcast to examine whether Government “prebunking” programmes pose a serious new threat to free expression.
• “Woman arrested after four men stabbed in Covent Garden” – A woman has been arrested in Central London after four men were stabbed at “random” in what police said was an “isolated, mental health” related attack, according to ITV News.
• “Populism: what, who, why?” – A sweeping map of populist movements in Britain and around the world is set out by the Pimlico Journal.
• “A grim turning point has been reached in Russia’s war on Ukraine” – In the Spectator, Owen Matthews says the latest shift in Russia’s war on Ukraine is anything but the favourable “tide is turning” narrative Volodymyr Zelensky has been pushing.
• “The night the Democrats lost control of their own party” – Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan caps a series of progressive triumphs across US swing states that signals the Democrats are losing their grip on the party, writes Benedict Smith in the Telegraph.
• “UEFA declares loss of confidence in Gianni Infantino’s FIFA presidency” – The FA, UEFA and CONCACAF are leading the charge to depose Gianni Infantino as FIFA President after he scrapped the “shabby, back-room deal” to sell stakes in the World Cup, reports the Mail.
• “‘GG’ didn’t want euthanasia, but her doctors killed her anyway” – A Canadian grandmother reportedly told doctors she didn’t want euthanasia – then, days later, she was dead after staff went ahead anyway. In Live Action, Cassy Cooke looks at the family’s horrifying claims that her wishes, capacity and final consent were ignored.
• “The Covid tyranny and why some of us stood up to it” – In Free Speech Backlash, Dr Frank Palmer reflects on the Covid era’s assault on civil liberties and the individuals who refused to comply.
• “The protein panic: how a review paper became a dietary guideline in three days” – On his Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone looks at how a paper claiming people could live longer by eating less protein went from academic review to official dietary advice in just three days.
• “AI model ‘targeted real people’ after being unleashed on internet” – The UK’s AI Security Institute has revealed that leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic attempted to trick human coders into assisting with a cyber attack, reports the Mail.
• “Climate crisis is biggest threat since World War Two” – The self-described “eco-populist” Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he is “sounding the alarm” in the wake of recent heatwaves and is demanding urgent action from the PM, according to the Mail.
• “Andy Burnham to scrap Net Zero rules for public contracts” – Andy Burnham is set to strip Net Zero environmental conditions from public procurement contracts, reports the Telegraph.
• “Our airports have won the battle against Net Zero – but not the war” – So long as the 2050 Net Zero target remains, airline travel will ultimately be doomed, warns Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “Investigation points to wind farm power line in Greece’s devastating wildfire” – A preliminary investigation into the catastrophic Attica-Boeotia wildfire has identified faults in a wind farm’s power line as the likely cause, according to Greek Reporter.
• “UAH v6.1 global temperature update for July 2026: +0.48°C” – The latest UAH Version 6.1 data shows the global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for July 2026 held at +0.48°C, statistically unchanged from June’s +0.46°C, reports climatologist Roy Spencer on his blog.
• “‘Climate change kills’: Spain’s rebuke to climate deniers” – Spain’s opposition parties have rejected Prime Minister Sánchez’s calls for a cross-party “state pact” to prepare the country for a declared climate emergency, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
• “Climate crusaders turn to flimsy ‘extreme event attribution’ to bring down oil, gas and coal” – With the Trump administration removing climate change guidance from judicial manuals, activists are increasingly turning to the disputed science of “extreme event attribution” to take fossil fuel companies to court, notes Anthony Conchel in TEA.
• “Climate journalism in decline” – Climate coverage is taking a hit as CBS shuts down its entire climate desk, the Washington Post cuts 74% of its climate team and NPR trims staff too, writes Robert Bradley Jr at Master Resource.
• “India to climate cartel: count us out” – India’s quiet but consequential break from the global Net Zero consensus is being drowned out, but its implications are impossible to ignore, says Vijay Jayaraj for CO₂ Coalition.
• “Dear non-Muslim, consider yourself lucky that we are kind enough to not kill you” – In a recent debate on Western suspicion of Islam, Oxford Union Chief Negotiations Officer Aisha Khan tells Tommy Robinson that without the Muslim organisers’ benevolence, the furious crowd outside would have left him “quite literally cooked”. In other words, consider yourself lucky we’re kind enough not to kill you.

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