News Round-Up

• “How the ‘Boriswave’ of 4.2 million migrants will shape Britain for generations” – New figures reveal the long-term fiscal and social cost of low-skilled arrivals who came to Britain in the post-Brexit immigration surge, reports the Telegraph.
• “How Britain is failing the white working class” – The social and economic struggles faced by children in Lincolnshire are symptomatic of a systemic national failure, says the Telegraph.
• “UK’s ‘lost generation’ of jobless young people to cost £125 billion” – A major report warns that the number of young people classed as Neets will rise to 1.25 million within five years, costing the country £125 billion a year, according to the Mail.
• “One in seven university graduates are Neets” – A flagship Government review finds that the number of economically inactive young people has hit a record high, with one in seven university graduates now classed as Neets, writes the Telegraph.
• “Reform told to keep calm as poll shows surge in lead over Labour” – Despite damaging headlines about its Makerfield candidate’s online history, Reform has surged back into a commanding lead over all other parties, notes the Mail.
• “Ban extremist influencer who defended October 7th, MPs urge Mahmood” – Shabana Mahmood has been urged by MPs to ban Hasan Piker from visiting Britain next week for an UnHerd event, reports the Telegraph. He’s an extremist influencer who praised Hamas and defended the October 7th massacre.
• “British Museum postpones Jewish event over protest fears” – The British Museum says a “significant proportion of registered attendees” intended to cause disruption, prompting the cancellation of the Jewish event, says the Telegraph, although the Museum says it has now been rescheduled.
• “The safety dance – when ‘security concerns’ means ‘keep Jews out’” – Israelis and diaspora Jews are increasingly finding that “security concerns” are being weaponised as an excuse to exclude them from venues and events, according to the Jewish News.
• “Moment Dame Helen Mirren is called an ‘evil Zionist b****’ in London” – A video posted by an anonymous account shows Helen Mirren being shouted at in a London street by a pro-Palestine activist, reports the Mail.
• “Sikh man guilty of murdering student in street using ceremonial dagger” – Finance student Henry Nowak, 18, was attacked by a stranger, Vikrum Digwa, 23, with an eight-inch ceremonial ‘Shastar’ blade as he walked home from a night out, according to the Mail.
• “Police treated stab victim as a racist while he lay dying” – As Henry Nowak lay bleeding to death on a Southampton street, Hampshire Police handcuffed him because his murderer accused him of racial harassment, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Henry Nowak’s murder should trigger the same outrage as the death of George Floyd” – The case of a dying stab victim handcuffed by police acting on his attacker’s claim of racial harassment demands a national reckoning with double standards in policing, writes Ronert Jenrick in the Telegraph.
• “Fury at BBC for hiring a male writer for its Sarah Everard rape drama” – Acclaimed screenwriter Jeff Pope has been commissioned to write a two-part factual series about Sarah Everard’s abduction, rape and murder, prompting a fierce backlash from women in television, says the Mail.
• “Labour leadership chaos ‘to blame for Britain’s surging borrowing costs’” – Leading economists warn that uncertainty over Sir Keir Starmer’s position is driving up the cost of government borrowing to alarming levels, reports the Telegraph.
• “Sturgeon: ‘This week has been the worst of my life’” – Nicola Sturgeon says she’s enduring the “worst week of my life” after her estranged husband admitted stealing more than £400,000 from the SNP, says the Telegraph.
• “Top Tory says ‘Unite the Right’ call cannot include Restore Britain” – Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg argues that Restore Britain, headed by former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe, should be excluded from any Right-wing electoral pact with the Tories and Reform, according to the Mail.
• “Andy Burnham: the simple truth that Tony Blair has ignored” – In an article in the Times, Andy Burnham fires back at Tony Blair’s dismissal of his policies, says the Times.
• “Oxford Union partners with Palestinian group associated with Hamas operative” – The Oxford Union is partnering with a Palestinian group linked to a man described as a “Hamas operative”, notes the Telegraph.
• “Labour hits rural landlords with ‘nice pub tax’” – Tories warn that new Government guidance amounts to a “nice pub tax” that will call last orders for countless beloved rural watering holes, claims the Telegraph.
• “A tale of three Mays” – In Climate Scepticism, Mark Hodgson argues that the current heatwave is not particularly unusual.
• “BP has become ungovernable” – With Albert Manifold gone as BP Chair after just eight months amid accusations of bullying, the oil giant faces a deepening governance crisis, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘Colonial’ farming drives up cancer rates, Green Party candidate claims” – The Green Party’s candidate for Makerfield has suggested that farming practices in former colonies are contributing to rising cancer rates, reports the Telegraph.
• “Left-wing newspaper claims ICE deportations worsen ‘global warming’” – The Guardian has argued that deportations carried out by US immigration enforcement are exacerbating global warming, a claim that draws sharp criticism from Breitbart.
• “Burnham opens door to pact with Greens” – Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has refused to rule out a ‘progressive alliance’ with Zack Polanski’s Green Party, according to the Telegraph.
• “Inside Gavin Newsom’s solar scam” – A California programme that promised solar panels to one million low-income housing residents has delivered to fewer than 100,000 after a decade, falling more than 900,000 short of its goal, notes City Journal.
• “Men condemned to death due to prostate screening recommendation” – Thousands of men face avoidable deaths as government advisors reject calls for a national prostate cancer screening programme, despite the disease being the most common cancer in the UK, reveals the Mail.
• “Jill Biden thought Joe was having a stroke during disastrous 2024 debate” – Jill Biden feared her husband was suffering a stroke during his catastrophic debate performance against Donald Trump – the moment that ultimately ended his bid for re-election – says the Telegraph.
• “Free speech groups urge Ghent University to resist campaign against Nathan Cofnas’s appointment” – Academic freedom organisations are rallying behind Nathan Cofnas and calling on Ghent University to reject petition-driven pressure to rescind his appointment, writes the Committee For Academic Freedom.
• “Study finds paediatric flu shots are a complete failure” – A study covering an entire Spanish region of around 400,000 people found no reduction in flu cases or hospitalisations following the mass rollout of flu vaccinations to children aged six months to five years, says Nicholas Hulscher in his Focal Points Substack.
• “Outrage over Harvard’s ‘anti-Israel’ board pick” – The appointment of Sheryl WuDunn – wife of New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof – to Harvard’s board has landed like a grenade on a campus already under intense scrutiny for its handling of antisemitism, reports the Mail.
• “Maybe Nichola Sturgeon’s Burglar Bill” – Watch Dominic Frisby perform his very topical song about Nicholas Sturgeon at a comedy club.

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