News Round-Up

• “RAF base terror suspects released on bail” – Five British nationals aged 23 to 25, arrested on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offences near an RAF base, have been released on bail, reports the BBC.
• “I would not have bailed RAF terror suspects” – Donald Trump has declared that he would not have allowed the five men arrested over a suspected bomb plot targeting RAF Fairford to be released on bail, according to CNN.
• “Another megapoll shows Labour recovering as Reform surge recedes” – A new megapoll has suggested Labour’s position has significantly improved, reports the Mail.
• “Andy Burnham to signal end of triple lock” – Andy Burnham is set to signal the end of the pensions triple lock in his Labour conference speech on Tuesday, according to the Express.
• “It’d be wrong to scrap triple lock when foreigners are exploiting our benefits” – It’s not a binary choice between helping pensioners and our young people get a better deal, says Robert Jenrick in the Telegraph. We can, and must, do both.
• “Healey warns Labour can’t afford another Blair-style spending splurge” – In a plea for fiscal realism, John Healey has told Labour activists that the money Tony Blair poured into the public sector is “simply not there now”, reports the Mail.
• “Mahmood’s about-turn on immigration will sink Labour” – Nowhere is Labour’s penchant for self-immolation clearer than when it comes to controlling the border, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph.
• “Why are we giving asylum to a Hamas bodyguard?” – In the Spectator, Ameer Kotecha says the decision to grant asylum to a man who served as a bodyguard for Hamas represents a jaw-dropping failure of Britain’s public institutions.
• “Judge grants anonymity to Albanian burglar fighting fifth deportation” – A judge has granted anonymity to a serial Albanian burglar who has been convicted of multiple crimes, repeatedly deported and repeatedly returned to the UK illegally, while now fighting his fifth removal, reveals the Mail.
• “What kind of man abandons a child in the Channel?” – In the Spectator, Patrick West writes that the callous abandonment of a baby in the Channel exposes a moral failure no civilised society can stand.
• “Sir Jim Ratcliffe unhappy with being included in Reform video” – Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says his comments that Britain has been “colonised by immigrants” were used by Reform UK in a campaign video without his permission, according to the Telegraph.
• “Foreign flags have no place in British by-elections” – The Green evangelists of the Palestine cause in some ways share the ethos of Medieval crusaders, notes Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Record 69,000 workers flee high-tax Britain in a year” – A record 69,300 taxpayers filed P85 forms with HMRC declaring they were leaving Britain last year, marking the highest annual exodus on record, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘Saturday jobs’ for young people on path to extinction in rural Britain thanks to Labour tax hikes” – Saturday jobs for young people in rural Britain are being driven toward extinction by Labour’s tax hikes on employers, says GB News.
• “Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election” – Polling for the rights group Liberty shows that voters are increasingly concerned about free speech and that many believe recent Labour policies have had a negative effect, reports the Guardian.
• “Labour MP Stella Creasy says speech must be controlled to be free” – Prominent Labour backbencher and amateur ornithologist Stella Creasy has spoken out again against free speech – at an event discussing free speech, notes Guido.
• “Booed at Lib Dem Christian Forum event for saying marriage is good for society” – In Christian Concern, Tim Dieppe recalls how his claim that marriage is good for society was met with boos at a recent Lib Dem Christian Forum event.
• “The BBC is in horrible danger of erasing itself” – The BBC is not just cancelling shows, it’s scrubbing its own past, warns Giles Coren in Times.
• “TV remotes should have BBC button, corporation urges ministers” – The BBC is lobbying ministers to require that TV remotes carry a dedicated BBC button, arguing that public service broadcasters need greater “prominence” to compete with platforms such as YouTube and Netflix, says the Times.
• “I’ve been warning about the Iran menace for years” – With the establishment having long ignored warnings about Iran’s growing threat, the Government must now show the moral fortitude to act, argues Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “Child aged two is euthanised in Netherlands in first case of its kind” – A two year-old child has been euthanised in the Netherlands in what is the first known case of a non-infant under the age of 12 undergoing assisted death, reports the Mail.
• “The absurdity of calls to ‘pace’ artificial intelligence” – The growing chorus of voices calling for AI development to be slowed down ignores the practical impossibility of deciding which projects to cancel, says Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
• “The capture of MAHA” – On his Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone argues that the Make America Healthy Again movement has been captured by corporate interests.
• “Andy Burnham again fails to back Heathrow third runway” – For the second day running, the PM has dodged giving a straight answer on whether he wants to see the expansion of Britain’s busiest airport, reports the Mail.
• “Diesel prices hit new all-time record of 199.18p a litre” – Average diesel pump prices have reached 199.18p per litre, surpassing the previous record of 199.09p set in June 2022, according to the Mail.
• “Trump rolls back Biden fuel-efficiency rules” – The Trump administration has scrapped Biden-era vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, which it says were a costly attempt to prop up electric vehicles in the name of fighting climate change, says the Washington Examiner.
• “Met Office caught fabricating daily temperature record claims” – On his Not a Lot of People Know That blog, Paul Homewood accuses the Met Office of manipulating daily temperature records to serve a green agenda.
• “Protesters erupt at Climate Week NYC over data centres” – Climate activists have disrupted Climate Week NYC with protests targeting data centres, according to Watts Up With That?
• “We came to New York looking for climate activists. We found communists instead.” – CFACT’s Christina Norman went looking for Climate Week’s missing street activists in New York and instead found a climate crowd more focused on Gaza, Israel and capitalism.
• “‘Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026’” – A new legislative push is aiming to shield American consumers and energy companies from the wave of climate litigation targeting decades of lawful petroleum use, writes Robert J. Bradley at Master Resource.
• “No, NPR, climate change is not challenging New York’s apple growers” – In Climate Realism, Linnea Lueken reveals that data flatly contradict an NPR affiliate’s claim that climate change is squeezing apple production in New York.
• “The Gaza grift: are activists just virtue signalling for clicks?” – A viral post slamming celebrities and commentators who have embraced the Gaza cause as a route back to relevance and riches is gaining traction on X.

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