- “Netanyahu vows no ceasefire without hostage return in six month address” – The Israeli Prime Minister vows, “there will be no ceasefire without the return of hostages”, in an address marking six months since the conflict in Gaza began, reports the Mail.
- “Palestinian journalist given asylum in the U.K. accused of ‘mocking’ hostages” – Campaign group Camera accuses a Palestinian journalist who was granted asylum in the U.K. after being given a prison sentence in Gaza of mocking Israeli hostages in a series of now-deleted social media posts, says the Express.
- “Maureen Lipman claims protests against Israel ‘close to fascism’” – Actress Dame Maureen Lipman says the protests against Israel by Left-wing actors are “close to fascism”, according to the Mail.
- “Prospective candidate and activists for George Galloway’s party accused of antisemitism” – Activists and prospective candidates for George Galloway’s Workers Party of Britain have endorsed conspiracy theories involving antisemitic tropes, reveals the Telegraph.
- “‘Pray to stay’ row deepens” – The row over asylum seekers who claim they have converted to Christianity has deepened after it emerged one migrant only knew one of the 10 Commandments, reports the Mail.
- “Seven British al-Qaeda terrorists are freed after half sentence served” – All seven dangerous terrorists convicted alongside al-Qaeda ‘dirty bomber’ mastermind Dhiren Barot, who wanted to kill hundreds of people in New York and London, have been released from jail, says the Mail.
- “Less than 1% of ‘hate crimes‘ in Scotland are ‘actual investigations’” – The Scottish Police Federation claims that less than 1% of all ‘hate crimes’ reported in Scotland are turning into “actual investigations”, according to the Mail.
- “Scottish football fans face hate crime complaints from TV viewers, senior lawyer warns” – A senior lawyer warned that Scottish football fans at yesterday’s Old Firm derby face hate crime complaints from members of the public who heard ‘hateful’ chants on TV at home, reports the Telegraph.
- “Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is stifling academic freedom” – If actors and comedians are fair game under Scotland’s Hate Crime Act, why wouldn’t university lecturers be as well? asks Romina Frohar in the Spectator.
- “How Scotland made a mess of its hate crime law – in a week of chaos” – Scottish Police, who were already overstretched, are well into hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of overtime dealing with Yousaf’s hate crime laws, write Alex Massie and Sian Bradley in the Sunday Times.
- “Why aren’t Daszak and Baric arrested?” – There is a mountain of evidence that Peter Daszak and Ralph Baric created SARS-CoV-2, says John Leake on the Courageous Discourse Substack.
- “Angela Rayner should face independent probe as tax scandal row deepens” – Keir Starmer has been challenged to open an investigation into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs, according to the Express.
- “Sadiq Khan ‘losing control’ of crime in London as thefts soar” – Figures reveal that thefts and robberies involving a knife in London have nearly doubled on Sadiq Khan’s watch, reports the Telegraph.
- “Half of Tory councillors think Sunak’s Government is ‘too Left-wing’” – A Savanta survey reveals that 47% of Tory Councillors believe the Government is too Left-wing, compared to 24% who say it is too Right-wing, according to the Mail.
- “The tax-raising Tories deserve to be wiped out” – A heavy defeat would allow the Tories to return to their conservative roots, says Rocco Forte in the Telegraph.
- “Sick-note culture to blame for worklessness crisis, says Pimlico Plumbers founder” – The millionaire founder of Pimlico Plumbers calls for state-backed apprenticeship schemes to combat rising economic inactivity, reports the Telegraph.
- “How Wales’s clampdown on second homes could do more harm than good” – Policies designed to boost local ownership of Welsh properties may have the opposite effect and hollow out towns, says Abigail Buchanan.
- “Why the death of North Sea oil is a disaster for Britain” – Having squandered its most valuable asset, the U.K. has left itself dangerously exposed, write Jonathan Leake and Szu Ping Chan in the Telegraph.
- “Enraged local spray paints ‘embarrassing’ potholes in Chichester” – A pothole vigilante in Chichester has shown road rage of a different kind by spray painting the worst craters plaguing their local roads in a bid to shame the council into fixing them, reports the Argus.
- “Our museums have fallen into the hands of a careless generation” – We must rescue our museums from liberal elites who appear intent on trashing priceless artefacts, says Robert Jenrick in the Telegraph.
- “If young men want ‘traditional’ gender roles, we need to know why” – Gen Z women and men are growing further apart in their political outlook and aspirations. It is vital the root causes are understood so we can all find common ground, writes Kathleen Stock in the Sunday Times.
- “LinkedIn career expert shares do’s and don’ts for working with Gen Zs” – With many employers uncertain about how to engage with the ‘woke’ younger generation, a LinkedIn career expert offers five tips on working with Gen Z professionals in the Mail.
- “Junior doctors accused of smear campaign to seize control of BMA” – Hard-Left junior doctors face allegations of running a covert social media campaign aimed at taking over the British Medical Association, reports the Telegraph.
- “NHS loophole allows puberty blockers for children” – An NHS loophole allows puberty blockers to be prescribed to children who want to change gender despite the drugs being banned, says the Telegraph.
- “Academic who claims trans womens’ milk is as good as breast milk has taxpayer funding” – An academic who told the BBC that trans womens’ milk is as good as breast milk has had a PhD project funded by the taxpayer, reports the Telegraph.
- “Why do schools let children choose pronouns at four, ask parents” – Parents are calling for an independent inquiry into how schools have allowed children as young as four to choose their own names, pronouns and uniforms, says the Sunday Times.
- “Law firms urged to introduce overworking ‘trigger warnings’ to protect mental health” – According to a senior industry figure, law firms should introduce “trigger warnings” to protect lawyers’ mental health when working extreme hours, reports the Telegraph.
- “Theatregoers given trigger warning over ‘sound of people eating oranges’” – Theatregoers for an upcoming London show have been given a trigger warning over the sound of people eating on stage, says the Telegraph.
- “South African Rhodes scholar behind Oriel College’s removal of contentious Duke of Beaufort painting” – The student who urged his Oxford college to remove a portrait of an 18th-century duke because he felt it was “racist and dehumanising” is a Rhodes Scholar, reveals the Telegraph.
- “New AI app encourages women to upload pics of partners’ genitals” – Calmara describes itself as your “tech savvy BFF for STI checks” and urges users to “snap a pic” so their AI can scan for “visual signs of STIs”, reports the Mail.
- “We should be begging Google to charge us” – We got used to digital things being free. Artificial intelligence will change all that, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Justices’ grave error in Murthy v. Missouri” – The Supreme Court is at risk of overturning the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ finding that the federal government’s attempt to influence social media companies was a breach of the First Amendment, argues Aaron Kheriaty for the Brownstone Institute.
- “‘There’s a different expectation for the Prime Minister’” – On Sky News, David Lammy tries to explain to Trevor Phillips why there should be one rule for the Prime Minister and another for Angela Rayner.
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My father and I started work well before the age of 16. Do we get additional votes to make up for our deprivation.
No, thought not. The 16 year olds the Labour Party wants to harvest live in particular places and their pard TS subscribe to particular (currently minority) views.
Voting?
Age should be 25. Only those currently paying taxes can vote. Women raising a family can vote if their husband is paying taxes. If retired or unemployed prove you paid into the system for 10 years. No welfare queens, invaders, criminals or students can vote.
Mass voting is a sham and scam. It is not a ‘right’. Plundering others is not natural law.
Postal voting should be restricted – as it used to be – to members of the Armed Forces and the Diplomatic Corps serving overseas, and to people who cannot physically get to a Polling Station (doctor’s certificate needed).
Otherwise the whole thing is wide open to fraud, coercion and intimidation.
A recent case in point: In the Rochdale By-election 43% of the entire vote was by postal voting. Of those postal votes, 92% were for Galloway.
Go figure.
“In the Rochdale By-election 43% of the entire vote was by postal voting. Of those postal votes, 92% were for Galloway.”
That was the Imams sending out the troops to collect the postal votes. God knows how many of those postal votes were legitimate and how many “voters” had more than one vote.
Corrupt. Damn right.
Kind of agree, but not so sure about the voting rules for women. Why would having a husband make your opinion more correct? And what if the guy’s out of work? They can’t vote because of their employment status? Feminism has gone way too far, but we’ve got to be careful we don’t follow the same path. We have to get our noses out of the shite.
Democracy is a privilege, not a right. I’d make the voting age 30. Why should kids choose our leaders. Their experience of life is living with their parent, where the biggest choice they have to make is burgers or fish fingers for tea.
Mark Twain wrote, ‘When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned.’
The only thing that needs to change is Labours corrupt Muslim postal vote. Get rid of the postal vote and almost all Muslim women disappear off the turnout. Let’s be honest here, Muslim women: do they get to vote as they wish? Hell, half of them aren’t allowed out of the house!
Dropping the age to 16 is a blatant stab at getting stupid kids, wet behind the ears, votes. Who of you wasn’t a Communist or Socialist when you were 15/16? I was, I thought it was a great idea that everybody would be equal. By 18 I grew up and voted accordingly. Some never grow up and would vote for a dead dog with a red rosette and claim it had great ideas.
Did it occur to labour Low Command that this could massively backfire on them because of their preachy teachers telling the kids the planet is frying as they wander aimlessly around in the rain? Seems logical they’d do a Mad Greta and vote Green.
Looking at the comments, I seem to be alone on this one (and believe me I am no Starmer fan) but I can see his point; if you can become part of the adult world in other ways, you deserve a say in how it’s run, in my opinion. I’ve known plenty of 16 year olds who would vote as sensibly (by that I mean they’ve come to their decision in a sensible way, not that I agree with their vote necessarily) as any adult I know.
Having said that I’m sure Sir Keir is well aware that younger vote would benefit him and his party, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily the wrong thing to do.
It’s his motive that is the issue, he suggests it because he knows it gives him an advantage, just the same as he would never suggest tightening down on his corrupt Muslim postal vote. Now, if the Muslims turn on him, as they will eventually do, watch how fast he wants to change the postal votes.
No matter how plausible anything that man says is do not accept it. He never, ever says anything unless there is something in it for him.
I’m sure he does have an ulterior motive as I said above, but I still don’t think it’s intrinsically wrong in itself.
How many kids start work at 16 and pay tax?
How many 16-year-olds in the army have fought or confronted an enemy?
Following Starmer’s logic, kids should be considered adults at 16 so can get married without consent, buy and smoke tobacco, buy and drink alcohol, gamble, see X rated movies, buy porn, get a full driving licence, have their own credit card, get a mortgage etc.
His argument does not stand up to scrutiny, the man is an idiot.
And how many 16-year-olds have the independence of mind to cast a vote, most can’t even wipe their own backsides.
In a proper democracy a super majority in both houses and a referendum would be needed to make such a change to the participants in decision making.