News Round-Up

• “Now it’s revealed Jeremy Hunt is denied bank account days after Farage is blocked” –According to the Express, it appears that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was rejected for an account by the online bank Monzo before assuming his position at the Treasury.
• Jacob Rees-Mogg to table law to stop banks shutting accounts over political views” – An anti-discrimination law that would prevent banks from blocking accounts over customers’ political views is to be tabled by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, says the Telegraph.
• “Woke banks are ‘a risk to national security’ as they are not backing U.K. defence” – Banks’ refusal to do business with Britain’s defence industry has raised concerns about national security and the potential collapse of vital military firms, reports the Express.
• “Mark Harper calls for review of unpopular LTNs” – Transport Secretary Mark Harper warns that low traffic neighbourhoods have set “people against each other” and risk putting voters off Net Zero, reports the Telegraph.
• “Hottest days ever? Don’t believe it” – ‘Average global temperature’ is a meaningless measure, and comparisons to 125,000 years ago are preposterous, says Steve Milloy in the WSJ.
• “Rishi Sunak is a conservative brexiteer doomed to be denounced as a wet, woke remainer” – The PM is by most measures to the Right of Boris Johnson, but this is an era in which vibes trump reality, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “Why Europe riots” – The riots across Europe are the result of decades of wishful thinking about how migration-related problems will resolve themselves, says Jonathan Miller in the Spectator.
• “Humans need faces: A lesson for the pro-mask zealots” – From smiles to rapport, we lost our humanity during the mask mandates, says Gary Sidley.
• “Thousands of middle class British students ‘will lose out to foreign applicants’” – Universities are increasing the proportion of international students, who pay much higher fees, in a scramble to keep up funding, reports the Telegraph.
• “The school with extra lessons for black pupils only” – Parents have complained to the Government about Saturday literacy sessions with sections on black culture, reports the Sunday Times.
• “The Left’s war on correct grammar has betrayed the poor” – Sir Keir Starmer’s attack on private schools about inarticulacy among schoolchildren is an attack on the high standards that help children to achieve articulacy, argues Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
• “YouTube censors Australian politician’s maiden speech to Parliament” – YouTube faces backlash after removing the maiden speech of Liberal Democrat John Ruddick to the New South Wales Parliament, claiming that it violated its “medical misinformation policy”, writes Rebekah Barnett for the Brownstone Institute.
• “The violent purging of womanhood” – It is a sick society that celebrates the medieval-style erasure of Ellen Page, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “This is psychosis, plain and simple” – From kids claiming to be cats to adults seeking paralysis, the woke culture’s unchecked delusions are pushing society into madness. It’s time to wake up, says Todd Hayen in OffGuardian.
• “God the ‘Father’ isn’t sexist” – Like much of the corporate world, the Church of England has become especially vulnerable to woke capitalism, says Daniel French in the Spectator.
• “What does Caitlin Moran know about men?” – Times columnist Caitlin Moran ventures into uncharted territory with her new book, What About Men?, delving into the minds of men to offer advice. Opinions are divided, says Kathleen Stock in UnHerd.
• “Trans+ Pride defends activist who told crowd to punch TERFs ‘in the f—— face’” – London Trans Pride has defended Sarah Jane Baker, who served 30 years for kidnapping and attempted murder, after he called for protesters to “punch” gender critical people “in the f—— face”, reports the Mail.
• “If you see a TERF, punch them in the f——— face!” – Watch video of Sarah Jane Baker, on the Trans Pride stage, saying “If you see a TERF, punch them in the f——— face!” to a cheering crowd.

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