News Round-Up

• “Labour ‘riding roughshod’ over town hit by small boat crisis” – Local politicians are urging the Home Office to stop landing Channel migrants in Gosport amid rising community tensions, reports the Mail.
• “Is the Home Office finally waking up to the migrant threat to women?” – In the Spectator, Tom Slater warns that porous borders in the English Channel have created a fertile environment for the predation of women.
• “Iraqi who found immigration process ‘stressful’ uses ECHR to remain in the UK” – An Iraqi migrant has been allowed to stay in the UK on family life grounds after claiming the immigration process was too stressful, says the Telegraph.
• “Islamist who entered UK illegally as teen faces prison” – An ISIS terrorist who had been granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain as a teenager after arriving illegally now faces prison after being found with a “suicide bomb manual”, according to the Mail.
• “The Green party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ motion is unforgivable” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill argues that it is rank bigotry for the Green party to seek to deprive the Jews, and the Jews alone, of their sovereign rights.
• “Top Tory says Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’” – Kemi Badenoch has backed a senior Conservative who claims there are “no-go zones” for white people in Luton, reports the Mail.
• “Niqabs and burqas harm society, says Tory shadow minister” – Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy has told a Tory conference fringe event that he hates the niqab and burqa, and that the Conservative policy on the issue is a work in progress, says the Times.
• “Is it really true that a mosque is attacked every five days in Britain?” – The Government’s new anti-Muslim hate monitor claims a mosque is attacked every five days. But the evidence doesn’t stack up, writes Andrew Gilligan in the Spectator.
• “We can reclaim Englishness from the racists” – Suella Braverman’s disavowal of her own ethnicity is wrong, according to Kathleen Stock in the Times.
• “What are British values?” – On his Substack, Nigel Biggar attempts to distil British values into a definitive list of 12.
• “Labour delays tougher sentences for child rapists” – Child rapists are avoiding tougher sentences because of delays caused by prison overcrowding, reports the Telegraph.
• “Rachel Reeves named worst chancellor in recent history” – Rachel Reeves has been voted the worst chancellor in recent history, according to the Times.
• “‘He’s absolutely bang on’: Bosses back Clarkson over attack on Labour” – Entrepreneurs have endorsed Jeremy Clarkson’s warning about how hard it is to start a business under Labour, says This is Money.
• “Why the Civil Service keeps making mistakes – and Britain pays the price” – From incorrect price indices to retail sales miscalculations, Civil Service incompetence is costing Britain dearly, warns Benedict J. Smith in the Telegraph.
• “Kemi Badenoch promises tax cuts in ‘battle for the soul of this nation’” – The Tory leader is set to announce plans in her keynote Conservative conference speech today to reduce inheritance tax and halve national insurance for young workers, reports the Times.
• “Badenoch admits Tories might not restore state pension triple lock” – Kemi Badenoch has conceded that a future Conservative government may not reinstate the state pension triple lock, says the Mail.
• “Reform to target Badenoch’s seat with US-style primary” – Reform UK is planning a US-style primary to find a candidate to challenge Kemi Badenoch in her Essex constituency at the next general election, notes the Telegraph.
• “Teachers ‘brainwashing’ kids with Left-wing ideas, says Laura Trott” – Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott says the party would ban teachers from promoting Left-wing views in the classroom – such as teaching children about ‘white privilege’ and claiming that people can change their biological sex, according to the Mail.
• “US withdrew bombers from RAF base ‘over fears of Iran drone plot’” – Pentagon officials allegedly feared a copycat Iranian drone attack on RAF Fairford following Operation Spiderweb, the June 2025 strike that destroyed 10 Russian aircraft, says the Mail.
• “Trump blames French student riots on ‘mass migration’” – Donald Trump has waded into the French unrest, claiming the situation in France has become “out of control” due to mass migration, reports the Mail.
• “Far-Left mayor joins student protest to confront police in France” – A far-Left mayor has joined rioters causing chaos across France, reports the Mail.
• “Germany’s former spy chief arrested for treason” – The former head of Germany’s BND intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason, in what could amount to Europe’s gravest postwar spy scandal, says the Telegraph.
• “German political ennui and the guilt cult” – Germany’s endless guilt over its Nazi past may be fuelling political malaise, but the bigger problems are economic decline, demographic collapse and failing infrastructure, argues Eugyppius on his Substack.
• “Plague leak is big problem for Russia” – The US has demanded that Russia release information about the death of a plague institute laboratory worker from a suspected leak of the infectious disease, reports the Telegraph.
• “I documented the crimes of October 7th – too many still believe the lies of Hamas” – The myriad atrocities of October 7th were filmed and yet the terrorists’ lies continue to find willing believers, laments Andrew Roberts in the Telegraph.
• “Dear Professor Whitty, you are a dishonest doctor…” – On its Substack, the UK Medical Freedom Alliance has published an open letter from Dr Sarah Myhill challenging Sir Chris Whitty to either sue her for libel or resign over what she calls his dishonesty.
• “Rogue AI bots took down Wikipedia service” – The operator of Wikipedia has blamed rogue OpenAI bots for knocking one of its systems offline through excessive data downloading, reports the Telegraph.
• “Grid operator puts power stations on alert over electricity shortfall” – Britain’s grid operator has put power stations on alert to cover a potential energy shortfall as low winds weaken output from turbines, says the Telegraph.
• “Norway oil giant warns UK investment at risk unless Rosebank approved” – A Norwegian energy giant has threatened to pull its UK investment if Andy Burnham blocks two of the North Sea’s largest untapped oil and gas fields, reports the Telegraph.
• “Beijing warns Britain of ‘serious concern’ about EV tariff plan” – China has expressed “serious concern” about potential British tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, says the Telegraph.
• “What’s going to happen at COP31?” – With COP31 approaching, the prospects for meaningful progress at the summit look decidedly slim, according to Mark Hodgson at Climate Scepticism.
• “On the criteria for falsifying a scientific hypothesis” – In the Manhattan Contrarian, Francis Menton asks whether getting hurricane intensity predictions wrong time and time again is enough to say the theory of human-caused global warming has been falsified.
• “India rejects UN climate politics in favour of industrialisation” – In PJ Media, Vijay Jayaraj notes that India is openly prioritising industrial growth and energy security over UN climate politics and Net Zero deadlines.
• “Why there’s a new battle raging over the Second World War” – The allied victory of 1945, long regarded as the founding myth of the liberal Western order, is coming under fierce assault from the new radical Right, writes James Marriott in his Times column.
• “BBC licence fee is dead” – Veteran BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson has declared that the era of the licence fee model is over, according to the Telegraph.
• “High-school students in Perpignan, France, convincingly make their case for smaller classes and better arrangements for absent teachers” – Mark Higgie has a suitably sarcastic take on the Left-wing case for the French riots.

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