News Round-Up

• “Fury at abuse of asylum system amid claims only 1% are genuine” – Britain is being “taken for fools by illegal immigrants and their enabling lawyers” the Tories have warned amid allegations only one in 100 asylum claims is genuine, says the Mail.
• “UN finds asylum is given to migrants who aren’t entitled to it” – The United Nations Refugee Agency has slammed the Home Office for granting asylum to migrants even though they do not qualify, reports the Times.
• “Illegal migrants with false asylum claims should be sent packing” – In the Sun, Ross Clark makes the case for removing illegal migrants who have submitted false asylum claims.
• “How French helped mega-dinghy make ‘longest ever’ Channel crossing” – Fears are mounting that packed mega-dinghies of migrants could start to land all along Britain’s south coast after a boat completed a 70-mile Channel crossing to Portsmouth, aided by five French vessels and two helicopters, reports the Mail.
• “Moment anti-migrant organiser ‘Danny Tommo’ confronts Zia Yusuf” – Anti-migrant protest organiser Danny Tommo has confronted Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf, telling him his party leader Nigel Farage needs to be “careful with his words”, says the Mail.
• “The live-streamed call-to-arms that brought hundreds to migrant protest” – It was a Right-wing activist’s live-streamed social media appeal that rapidly mobilised hundreds of protesters in Dover, reveals Will Bolton in the Telegraph.
• “Ban balaclavas on Britain’s streets” – Reform leader Nigel Farage is calling for a total ban on face coverings in public – including religious ones, reports the Telegraph.
• “What we really saw at the Portsmouth migrant boat protest” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill argues that the angry Portsmouth locals protesting the migrant boats were standing up for the sovereignty the political class has long abandoned.
• “At long last: England fights back” – On his Substack, Frank Haviland writes that after an agonisingly long wait, the English spirit has finally stirred from its slumber.
• “Stella Creasy’s gender double standard on parade” – Ardent feminist Stella Creasy appears to have set her principles aside to cheer on a gender-segregated Muslim march through Walthamstow, notes Steerpike in the Spectator.
• “Britain loses third-highest taxpayer to Greece” – Hedge fund tycoon and philanthropist Christopher Rokos is switching his residency to Greece, making him the latest wealthy individual to flee Britain, reports the Telegraph.
• “Taxes are to blame for youth worklessness crisis, says Arthur Laffer” – Prominent US economist Arthur Laffer says Andy Burnham must cut taxes on work to solve Britain’s spiralling youth unemployment crisis, according to the Telegraph.
• “More Labour councils chaos as Rayner halts controversial shake-up” – Angela Rayner has halted Labour’s shake-up of councils, plunging the Government’s controversial reorganisation of local authorities into fresh chaos, says the Mail.
• “Andy Burnham is the inevitable product of a culture that has made itself stupid” – Andy Burnham has been exposed as Labour’s Liz Truss – embarrassing, silly and surprisingly destructive – the product of a culture that is utterly adrift, writes Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
• “Next overturns equal pay ruling in ‘victory for common sense’” – A judge has ruled that retailer Next had “sound business reasons” to pay warehouse workers more than store staff, overturning an equal pay ruling in what is being called a victory for common sense, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘Take more legal risks’ to speed up government, ministers told” – Attorney-General Ellie Reeves has replaced guidance issued by Lord Hermer, telling ministers they may proceed with decisions even when the legal risk of doing so is high, says the Times.
• “Petition: write off armed forces pension overpayments” – A parliamentary petition is calling on the MoD to write off thousands of pounds in pension overpayments being clawed back from veterans.
• “Army to mobilise veterans in preparation for war” – Britain is planning a major drill to mobilise its army of veterans as it prepares for war, reports the Telegraph.
• “SAS below strength and struggling to recruit” – The SAS is reported to be operating below full strength amid serious recruitment difficulties, says the Sun.
• “Vengeful Putin’s Russia could attack Britain over backing of Ukraine” – Russia under Vladimir Putin poses a retaliatory threat to Britain as a consequence of the UK’s support for Ukraine, warns Oliver Harvey in the Sun.
• “Andy Burnham to fast-track sanctions on Israel” – No 10 has confirmed that Andy Burnham has not spoken to Benjamin Netanyahu since becoming Prime Minister despite moving to fast-track new sanctions on Israel, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Chagos deal costs to balloon by £288 million” – The cost of the 99-year lease underpinning the Chagos deal is set to rise by £288 million, or 8.5%, pushing the total from £3.39 billion to £3.68 billion, according to the Telegraph.
• “The proof that Cambridge’s Jason Arday inquiry will be a whitewash” – Cambridge University’s inquiry into Jason Arday is shaping up to be a whitewash and the conduct of Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice suggests she is not fit for the role, writes Andrew Gilligan in the Spectator.
• “Shock: 60,000 Brits arrested for speech offences on social media” – The astonishing scale of speech-related arrests in Britain – with 60,000 people detained for social media posts – is exposed in the Sun.
• “How the AfD made history by winning in Saxony-Anhalt” – Sunday’s election in Saxony-Anhalt was historic and may have effects on the foundation of Germany‘s politics for a long time, says Constantin Eckner in the Spectator.
• “Germany’s AfD eyes pact with Merz’s party” – Riding high on its Saxony-Anhalt triumph, Alternative for Germany is seeking a coalition pact with Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats to form a regional government, reports the Telegraph.
• “The triumph of Giorgia Meloni” – In the Spectator, Nicholas Farrell notes that Giorgia Meloni’s Government has this weekend become the longest surviving Italian government since the fall of fascism in 1945.
• “Are blasphemy laws returning to New Zealand?” – A campaign to shield religion from ridicule is dangerously close to succeeding in New Zealand, warns Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
• “Courts and councils are drowning in AI-generated complaints” – From the courts to local councils, public-facing staff are being deluged with floods of lengthy and often complex complaints written by AI, writes Louis Goss in the Telegraph.
• “Sadiq Khan’s Net Zero targets ‘will hit growth’” – The Mayor of London’s proposal to cap carbon emissions for new offices, shops and warehouses at 605kg per square metre threatens to damage economic growth, reports the Telegraph.
• “Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds” – New modelling finds there is no credible scenario in which Heathrow expansion can proceed without blowing a hole in the UK’s legally binding climate targets, writes Paul Homewood on his Not a Lot of People Know That blog.
• “Climate extremists target, attack large-scale power grid infrastructure in Germany” – Climate extremists have carried out attacks on large-scale power grid infrastructure in Germany, reports P. Gosselin at No Tricks Zone.
• “Green movement’s selective outrage over ESA reforms” – Anti-development activists have responded with “crocodile tears” to the Trump administration’s reforms to the Endangered Species Act, says Vijay Jayaraj at CO2 Coalition.
• “Nepal wants a $5 billion climate handout from UN for a Himalayan bedrock collapse” – In Legal Insurrection, Leslie Eastman says the UN should reject Nepal’s $5 billion climate funding request over a Himalayan bedrock collapse unless it would also stump up for recovery from an American earthquake or tsunami.
• “Transgender woman falsely accused six men of rape” – A biologically male trans woman who falsely accused six innocent men of rape as part of a sick web of lies has been jailed, reports the Sun.
• “If woke is over, why do we still capitalise ‘black’?” – In the Spectator, Christopher Caldwell argues that much of the woke agenda has quietly endured through inertia and vested interest – and the capitalisation of ‘black’ is a telling example.
• “Earl Spencer is right to raise concerns about the Church of England’s historic buildings” – In Christian Today, Julian Mann says Charles Spencer, brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, has done Britain’s historic churches a real service by shining a light on the financial threat they face.
• “King Charles won’t meet Jamaican officials over slavery reparations” – Buckingham Palace has refused a meeting with a Jamaican delegation that has arrived in London bearing a petition calling on the monarch to support a massive slavery reparations payout by UK taxpayers, reports the Mail.
• “Harry and Meghan are still not working royals after return to UK” – The Lord Chamberlain has issued formal guidance to senior stakeholders across Government, the military and Lord Lieutenancies confirming that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain non-working royals despite their return to Britain, says the Mail.
• “I hope my new film terrifies billionaires” – ‘Millionaire’ actor Andrew Garfield is facing a backlash after warning that the wealthy should be “scared s—less” by his film about the Peasants’ Revolt, reports the Telegraph.
• “This is private property! You can’t just walk in unannounced!” – On X, comedian Daniel O’Reilly sends up pearl-clutching middle-class liberals reacting in horror to the Dover and Portsmouth migrant protests.

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