News Round-Up

• “Burnham rushes to axe photo ID checks at election” – Andy Burnham is fast-tracking legislation to abolish photo ID requirements at polling stations amid growing speculation that he will call an early general election, reports the Telegraph.
• “Conservatives ready for a Christmas general election” – Kemi Badenoch has declared that she has instructed the Conservative Party to be ready for an election at any point as speculation mounts over a snap poll, says the Mail.
• “Labour’s war on wealth will bring disaster to Britain this winter” – The Burnham Government’s assault on wealth is pushing Britain towards economic catastrophe this winter, warns Luke Johnson in the Telegraph.
• “M&S boss tells Labour: unshackle business and get Britain growing” – M&S chief Stuart Machin has branded Labour’s economic policies “disasters” and “a crushing disappointment” in a landmark intervention, reveals the Mail.
• “Home Secretary knowingly plans to import more rapists” – On the Right Times Substack, Laura Perrins argues that Home Secretary Mahmood’s new ‘safe routes’ for Palestinians and Afghans cynically exploit the suffering of women and children while creating fresh corridors for crime and terror.
• “Reform will deport Afghan and Palestinian refugees” – Reform plans to review resettlement schemes and publish a full breakdown of immigrant numbers as part of a sweeping new deportation policy targeting Afghan and Palestinian refugees, according to the Telegraph.
• “Marine who liberated Falklands says: machine-gun the migrants’ boats” – The commander who led the land operation to retake the Falklands has triggered a furore by calling for boats carrying migrants across the Channel to be machine-gunned, says the Mail.
• “How Whitehall penpushers stabbed the SAS in the back in Afghanistan” – A powerful new book by the Mail‘s Defence Editor Mark Nicol argues that the lives of British soldiers were sacrificed to preserve the rights of Taliban insurgents.
• “DWP pays £170 million to dead pensioners in record blunder” – Civil servants paid out £170 million to dead pensioners in a record benefits blunder last year, notes the Telegraph.
• “BBC reporter’s history of glorifying murder of Jews” – A BBC Arabic reporter who wrongly described terrorists killed in Gaza as “journalists” has a history of glorifying the murder of Jewish people, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Green MSP facing demands to quit after endorsing antisemitic post” – A Scottish Green MSP is under mounting pressure to resign after endorsing a vile antisemitic post on social media, reports the Mail.
• “Shakespeare’s Globe ‘discriminated’ against private school students” – Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Space Academy are among organisations found to have charged independent schools higher fees than state schools for educational trips, says the Mail.
• “Mauritius reignites Chagos row by threatening to sue Britain” – Mauritius has threatened to sue the Government because of delays to the Chagos island deal, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Orange Order launch legal action after minister bans march” – The Orange Order has taken legal action after Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant banned the Drumcree parade following two weeks of deadlock, notes the Mail.
• “Trump agreed to Russian oil deal after Zelensky defied him” – Donald Trump struck a deal to purchase diesel from Putin after Zelensky ignored his demands to halt Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, reports the Telegraph.
• “Trump’s attack on Zelensky is just what Putin wants” – Donald Trump’s decision to call for Zelensky to be removed from office is as shameful as it is absurd, according to the Telegraph.
• “The Nobel Peace Prize is now totally discredited” – Benjamin Netanyahu says the Nobel committee has “lost its moral compass” by awarding its peace prize to Navi Pillay. And who could argue? asks Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “History teacher fired after saying she is ‘pro life’” – A Christian teacher at a state school has been fired for telling students that she was pro-life, reports the Telegraph.
• “Your brain wasn’t built for this…” – On his Substack, C.J. Strachan argues that modern life is engineered to provoke reaction rather than clear thinking, leaving human cognition ill-equipped for the modern age.
• “I’m afraid my old party has abandoned its mission to save the planet” – A former Scottish Green Party candidate argues that the party he once stood for has drifted so far from its environmental roots that it has effectively abandoned the core mission of saving the planet, according to the Mail.
• “‘National Emergency Briefing’ demand UK Government deliver a prime time climate emergency broadcast” – Climate activists are demanding the UK Government hand them prime time national television to broadcast their ‘climate emergency’ message, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
• “Countryfile farmer who died at 35 admitted business was £1 million in debt” – A fourth-generation farmer who starred in BBC’s Countryfile and died suddenly aged 35 spoke candidly about his family business’s struggles with debt in the last episode he appeared in, reports the Mail.
• “Build power stations to protect the environment” – At CFACT, Kelvin Kemm argues that expanding power grid access to the world’s energy-poor would deliver dramatic environmental improvements far beyond what renewable mandates can achieve.
• “Euronews is wrong – climate change is not the biggest threat to tourism” – Data showing record numbers of European holidaymakers year after year flatly contradicts Euronews’s claim that climate change poses the greatest threat to tourism, says Linnea Lueken in ClimateRealism.
• “The refinery war and the vulnerability of modern society” – In America Out Loud News, Ronald Stein P.E. reveals just how exposed modern society is to disruptions in its energy infrastructure.
• “Australia’s ‘impartial’ national broadcaster” – Australia’s ABC is supposed to be accurate and impartial by law. But when it comes to climate, it seems that rule goes out the window, writes Tony Thomas in Climate Scepticism.
• “Was Prince Harry booed on his night out at the rugby?” – Prince Harry was greeted by audible boos from sections of the crowd when he appeared on the Welford Road Stadium’s big screen during his first solo public outing, notes the Mail.
• “Oh, Dot! I lost the election” – In Crewkerne Gazette’s latest satirical parody, Zack Polanski laments his Holborn and St Pancras by-election defeat to Dot Cotton, only for Deputy Leader Mothin Ali to turn up and give him the boot.

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