- “Trump rally attendee arrested with two firearms in his car” – Vem Miller, a registered Republican, tried to access Trump‘s rally in California with fake VIP credentials and then found himself arrested on illegal firearms charges, reports the Mail.
- “Starmer’s investment summit gets ex-Google boss’s name wrong in latest blunder” – The official invitation to Labour’s investment summit has misnamed Eric Schmidt, the co-founder of Google, reports the Telegraph.
- “Keir Starmer faces calls for independent inquiry into Taylorgate” – Fury grew last night as it emerged Taylor Swift was given taxpayer-funded protection after the Attorney General was called in to put pressure on Scotland Yard, says the Mail.
- “Starmer removes paintings of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh from No 10” – Our increasingly cranky PM has removed more historic portraits from Downing Street, reports the Telegraph.
- “Train guards to get £300 bonus to work five-day week” – Louise Haigh, the beleaguered Transport Secretary, has agreed a deal with the train drivers’ union whereby they will get a £300 bonus if they work five days a week, according to the Telegraph.
- “Rachel Reeves is masterminding the most shambolic Budget in recent memory” – The Chancellor has left a vacuum for fear and frenzied speculation to thrive, argues Annabel Denham in the Telegraph.
- “Ministers ready to force through abolition of hereditary peers” – The government is prepared to use the Parliament Act to get the abolition of hereditary peers through the Lords, reports the Sunday Times.
- “One million top taxpayers pay more than two fifths of all income tax” – Concentrating tax raids on small groups is a “riskier strategy”, the IFS warns Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget, according to the Telegraph.
- “Chagos surrender has ‘emboldened Spanish claims over Gibraltar’” – Starmer has declared “open season” for Madrid to pursue international support for its claim to the Rock, warns former defence secretary Michael Fallon in the Telegraph.
- “David Lammy tipped to cave in to Caribbean’s ‘ludicrous’ £200 billion reparations demand” – The Prime Minister of Barbados told the United Nations that a “global reset” is required on slavery (translation: “Give me the money”) and our Foreign Secretary agrees with him, reports GB News.
- “Labour MP’s husband quits as fire service chair after exaggerating military service” – Greg Brackenridge, the former Mayor of Woverhampton and the husband of a Labour MP, stands down as Chair of West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority after admitting he lied about serving in Royal Marines, according to the Telegraph.
- “We remove the taboo on assisted dying at our peril” – Legalising euthanasia is the thin end of the wedge, as other countries are already finding out, says Sebastian Milbank in the Telegraph.
- “Euthanasia is for pets. Humans are different” – Campaigners for ‘assisted dying’ constantly invoke the way animals are put down, arguing that if we euthanize our pets, we should be able to euthanize humans. But it’s a lot more complicated than that, argues Dominic Lawson in the Sunday Times.
- “Robert Jenrick: I will make Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative Party chairman” – Robert Jenrick MP says Jacob Rees-Mogg “understands better than anyone the need for party reform”, says to the Telegraph.
- “Robert Jenrick: My plan for curing UK includes sacking NHS chief” – Robert Jenrick tells Harry Yorke, the Deputy Political Editor of the Sunday Times, that if he’s elected he will stop the Tories “banging on about Europe” and focus on the economy, the health service, housing and education. Good luck with that!
- “British Muslims deserve a better champion” – Andrew Gilligan reviews Baroness Warsi’s new book for the Telegraph and isn’t impressed.
- “Scandinavia has got the message on cousin marriage. We must ban it too” – Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times argues it’s high time Britain banned cousin marriage.
- “SpaceX’s successful rocket landing boosts hopes for travel to Mars” – Elon Musk’s Starship returns to earth and parallel parks in a “day for the engineering history books”, according to the Telegraph.
- “The worst of transgender extremism is far from over” – It’s all barking, says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph. But there are few signs gender identity ideology is in retreat.
- “The sanctity of international law has been compromised to demonise Israel” – Principles of the rules based order are being eroded by those who see Hamas and Israel as morally equivalent, argues David Wolfson in the Telegraph.
- “Police seize cars from men for catcalling women who were officers” – Police seized cars from men for catcalling undercover female officers disguised as joggers in a crackdown on harassment, says the Mail.
- “A great Parliamentarian of our time and a close personal friend” – On X, Bonnie Prince Bob has dug up a clip from Not the Nine O’Clock News that perfectly captures the volte-face Alex Salmond’s political rivals have done following his death.
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