- “Far-Left suspected of Olympic sabotage” – Russia and the far-Left are both under suspicion after a ‘co-ordinated’ assault on the French railway network ahead of Paris opening ceremony, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Papa Smurf’ and flaming pianos – strangest moments of Paris Olympics opening ceremony” – The Paris opening ceremony produced moments that the French surrealists would be proud of, says the Telegraph.
- “Olympic opening ceremony review: a damp squib of a show” – Atmosphere of Paris Games is lost on the Seine and spoilt by a lacklustre commentary — and fans had to wait four hours for Céline Dion, writes Carol Midgley in the Times.
- “A glorious finale but otherwise the Olympics opening ceremony was a damp squib” – Celine Dione almost saved the day but last night’s Olympic ceremony will be remembered for the sight of sodden elite athletes huddling together in ponchos, writes Jim White in the Telegraph.
- “Government delays university free-speech fines” – The Government has put the new Freedom of Speech Act on hold, reports the BBC.
- “Labour says Tory law against ‘cancel culture’ at woke universities could be axed because it is a ‘burden’” – Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has torpedoed the last Government’s efforts to defend free speech on campus, according to the Mail.
- “Free speech on campus ‘in peril’, Labour warned over plan to scrap cancel culture laws” – The Education Secretary has pulled the plug on legislation designed to protect academics from being no-platformed, says the Telegraph.
- “Labour halts Tories’ university free speech act” – The Education secretary says campuses should not be a “political battleground” and has announced plan to scrap free speech law, focusing instead on the funding crisis in the sector, reports the Times.
- “How Trump nearly paid the ultimate price for the Secret Service’s diversity targets” – Following the attempt on the former President’s life, experts have called for the agency to focus on security, not inclusion, according to the Telegraph.
- “A country that picks its leader on DEI grounds is doomed” – In the Washington Examiner, Dan Hannan says America has chosen to commit seppuku through the unusual method of identity politics and picked Vice President Kamala Harris as its sharpened blade.
- “The Kamala Chimera” – The Dems’ weakest and wokest candidate has become their nominee, writes Andrew Sullivan on his Substack.
- “Kamala Harris the ‘soul-destroying bully’: Ex-staff expose behaviour” – Behind the recent public self-branding of Harris as a kindly, jovial ‘Momala’, she has earned a nasty reputation as a “soul-destroying” workplace “bully”, says the Mail.
- “Obamas finally endorse ‘my girl’ Kamala Harris” – The former President and his wife Michelle are the latest Democrat heavyweights to back Kamala Harris, reports the Telegraph.
- “Donald Trump: I was hit by a bullet, not shrapnel” – The former President has rejected suggestions that he may have been grazed by shrapnel in the assassination attempt and not a bullet, reports the Times.
- “What I told Washington” – Matt Goodwin’s speech on the crisis facing British conservatism, reproduced on his Substack.
- “Who’s right for the Right?” – Isabel Oakeshott handicaps the runners and riders in the Conservative leadership election on her Substack.
- “Lord Ashcroft charts the rise of Kemi Badenoch in new biography” – Lefty Sussex University is where Kemi Badenoch got a taste for the politics that would inspire her to become a Tory MP, minister and contender for party leadership, writes Michael Ashcroft in his new biography of the former International Trade Secretary as serialised in the Mail.
- “We live in an age of insecurity. The next Tory leader must rethink conservatism for uncertain times” – Confidence and humility are not often combined in one politician, writes Charles Moore in the Telegraph. But that is what the Tory Party needs.
- “Liz Truss only to blame for half of mini-Budget bond meltdown” – The financial crisis following Liz Truss’s mini-budget was compounded by a pension funds’ sell-off according to Bank of England researchers, reports the Telegraph.
- “Rishi Sunak is a millennial tragedy” – In UnHerd, Travis Aareo says Rishi Sunak’s failures are typical of Millennials.
- “Even Starmer has realised heat pumps are a complete con” – Labour can’t let Ed Miliband and his cold-home cronies dictate climate policy, says Andy Meyer in the Telegraph.
- “Murdoch locked in Succession battle with children to keep Fox News Right-wing” – The nonagenarian media mogul is trying to hand sole control of his empire to his eldest son Lachlan in an effort to keep it Right-wing, reports the Telegraph.
- “Cornwall plots second home crackdown and tourist tax” – A local council in Cornwall is planning to increase council tax on second homes by 300%, according to the Telegraph.
- “We’re all at risk, says teacher banned for ‘misgendering’ pupil” – A Christian maths tutor who was fired for misgendering a pupil has lost his appeal against being struck off by the Teaching Regulation Agency, says the Telegraph.
- “How white children and teachers are being systematically targeted and abused at Pretoria High School for Girls” – On his blog, Richard Wilkinson writes about a shocking scandal at Pretoria High School for Girls.
- “The coup against Biden was critically dependent on capturing whoever controlled his X account” – Listen to Nick Dixon and me on the Weekly Sceptic discuss last week’s palace coup against Joe Biden.
Listen to @nickdixoncomic and me talking about how the coup against Biden was critically dependent on capturing Biden's official Twitterer.
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