- “Andrew Bailey to install heat pumps at Bank of England in net zero drive” – Governor reveals proposals to help Threadneedle Street reach green targets by 2040, reports the Telegraph.
- “Banks are closing the accounts of high-profile people” – High street lenders are facing a Treasury probe after closing numerous accounts with the help of vast online indexes that scrutinise ‘politically exposed persons’, says the Mail.
- “Now scientists say climate change is making us blind” – Canadian researchers say climate change is blinding people, according to the Mail.
- “Free speech does not belong to the right… it’s a precious progressive value” – The High Court’s ruling on Maya Forstater is good news for everyone, says Matthew D’Ancona in the New European.
- “We can’t trust the Government to protect your privacy, says Signal boss” – Meredith Whittaker, the CEO of Signal, warns the Online Safety Bill will allow regulators to read private messages at will, reports the Telegraph.
- “Mexico has made it a crime to tell the truth” – Two politicians have been convicted for speaking out against trans activism, says Spiked.
- “Britain to axe E.U. laws that let banks shut accounts after Farage row” – According to the Express, Britain will now axe the ‘Politically Exposed Persons’ law that may have been a factor in the closure of Nigel Farage‘s bank account.
- “E.U. laws that let banks shut accounts over political views to be scrapped” – E.U. laws which banks have been accused of using to close customers’ accounts over their political views are expected to be scrapped under plans being considered by ministers, reports the Telegraph.
- “As a GP, my diagnosis is clear: The NHS is dying” – More on the basket case that is the NHS from the Telegraph.
- “Why eating red meat and cheese may not be as bad as you thought” – The odd steak or slice of gouda is unlikely to lower your life expectancy, says landmark report, with ‘profound implications for diets’.
- “Britain’s energy failure risks killing off what is left of our manufacturing base” – Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s latest jeremiad provides yet another wake-up call to sleepy ministers, reports the Telegraph.
- “Fears for EastEnders’ future as fans switch off over ‘desperate’ plots” – Get woke, go broke: Fears for EastEnders’ future have been ignited as fans have switched off in their droves over woke storylines, according to the Mail.
- “Nearly half over-50s who quit jobs in Covid now ‘in poverty’” – Half the older people who dropped out of the workforce at the start of the pandemic have struggled financially, says the Mail.
- “How the Met Office cooks the temperature books” – The climate scaremongers are cooking the temperature books, says Paul Homewood in TCW: Defending Freedom.
- “Motorist rips banners out of Just Stop Oil eco zealots’ hands” – Having disrupted Wimbledon twice on Wednesday with confetti and jigsaw pieces, the eco-protesters continued to cause fury with their slow marches, reports the Mail.
- “The Net Zero time bomb that will make holidays more expensive” – A raft of new environmental measures are on the horizon that threaten to render the days of cheap flights history, says the Telegraph.
- “What does Caitlin Moran know about men?” – Kathleen Stock gives a bad review to Caitlin Moran’s new book in UnHerd.
- “The sludge of sensitivity” – Rhys Morgan in the Critic explains why adulterating classic literature, and attaching trigger warnings to the works of PG Wodehouse, is a bad idea.
- “Lockdowns: the Self-Inflicted Disaster” – John Tierney in City Journal says it’s not just lockdowns that were a disaster. Almost every time the executive branch of government is granted emergency powers people die.
- “As Greens double down on their politically suicidal climate agenda, the German political establishment begins to crack” – The only hope for political victory against the enormously powerful governments of Western countries is a divided elite, says Eugyppius.
- “Japanese get trained in ‘Hollywood’ smiles as masks slowly come off” – Japanese people have been wearing masks for so long, they now have to get lessons in how to smile, says Reuters.
- “I’d like to report myself for murder” – Konstantin Kisin slaps down Paul Mason on Politics Live.
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