News Round-Up

• “Luis Rubiales finally announces he is resigning” – Defiant Luis Rubiales has promised to “defend his innocence” after telling Piers Morgan he’s quitting as Spanish FA President, reports the Mail.
• “Renewed hysteria shows why we need a commission for Covid accountability” – Only through a national commission that would assign accountability for Covid failures can we ensure America won’t repeat the same mistakes, writes Helen Raleigh in the Federalist.
• “Florida Surgeon General goes on anti-vaccine rant against new COVID-19 booster” – Florida’s Surgeon General slammed the recent push to receive the latest COVID-19 jab, claiming that the vaccine is littered with “red flags”, reports the New York Post.
• “Woke Lancet decries ‘structural racism’ behind anemia” – The once-venerable Lancet medical journal has dedicated an entire article to the impact of “structural racism” on iron deficiency, says Breitbart.
• “Biden administration’s policing of online content likely violated free-speech rights, court rules” – A federal appeals court has ruled the Biden administration’s policing of social-media content during the pandemic probably violated the First Amendment, reports the Wall Street Journal.
• “Cancer patients face £12.50 Ulez fee to visit 35 hospitals” – Cancer patients are facing a ‘red tape nightmare’ after being targeted by Sadiq Khan’s hated Ulez scheme, says the Mail.
• “Council threatens to fine Sadiq Khan’s Ulez vans for parking on grass verges” – A South London council has threatened to fine Sadiq Khan’s mobile Ulez vans if they continue to violate parking rules, reports the Telegraph.
• “There’s no smog on the Tyne – so why are we being charged, demand drivers” – Amid the row over London’s Ulez, people in Newcastle are also fuming over fees – and fines – in the city’s clean air zone, according to the Sunday Times.
• “Drivers ‘should be fined for going just one mph over the speed limit’” – MPs and peers are demanding that drivers should be fined for going just one mph over the speed limit, says the Mail.
• “Net Zero ‘stuck in cloud cuckoo land’ due to ‘astronomical’ cost” – Senior conservatives say the Government’s plans to reach Net Zero by 2050 are “stuck in cloud cuckoo land” due to the “astronomical” costs involved, reports the Express.
• “Britain’s largest wind farm developer rules out onshore farms” – The U.K.’s largest wind farm developer has ruled out building new onshore wind farms in England and Wales in a blow to the Government’s Net Zero plans, according to the Telegraph.
• “Electricity from wind isn’t cheap and it never will be” – Politicians should stop raving about wind power as it isn’t particularly clean or secure and won’t bring down prices, says Matt Ridley in the Telegraph.
• “Net Zero and ageing populations risk higher taxes, warns City bank” – Analysts at BNP Paribas have warned that the transition to Net Zero and pressures from ageing populations risk pushing up the tax burden, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘It would be helpful if you were to do some proper research’: Caller challenges Andrew Castle on Net Zero” – Broadcaster Andrew Castle is asked to ‘reconsider’ his views on Net Zero by a caller on LBC.
• “Is your pet killing the planet?” – Owning a big dog generates twice as much carbon dioxide a year as driving an average car, writes Sean Thomas in the Spectator.
• “Bosses at five councils facing bankruptcy pocketing more pay than PM” – The heads of five councils facing bankruptcy are being paid more than the Prime Minister, reports the Mail.
• “Theodore Dalrypole: The British lack the qualities to succeed in a postindustrial age” – Cultural aversion to work and systemic educational failures are all contributing to Britain’s decline, laments Theodore Dalrymple in City Journal.
• “Steven Berkoff: Offensive art is liberating” – Speaking to UnHerd, actor and director Steven Berkoff says people in the arts are “beginning to self-censor”.
• “Keegan faces Tory anger after refusal to publish sex education review findings” – Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is facing a backlash from Tory MPs and parents after refusing to the findings of a review into sex education, according to the Telegraph.
• “Frederick Forsyth: I’d be horrified if they tried to make The Day of the Jackal woke” – With a new TV adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s most well-known novel in production, the author talks to the Telegraph about cancel culture, MI6 and getting fined for speeding.
• “Bertie Carvel: Is it wrong that a white actor ever played Othello? No, I don’t think so” – In an interview with the Telegraph, actor Bertie Carvel condemns the ‘red lines’ that now put certain roles off limits.
• “Oklahoma elementary school faces calls to fire drag queen principal” – An elementary school in Oklahoma is facing a huge backlash after hiring a drag queen as school principal, reports the New York Post.
• “Two transgender cyclists hammer female competition at Illinois races” – Trans cyclists Evelyn Williamson and Tessa Johnson dominated the field at two recent women’s races in Illinois, says the Mail.
• “Conservative activist Christopher Rufo named in complaint for misgendering school official with ‘ze/zir’ pronouns” – The conservative activist is being probed by federal authorities for publicly “mocking” transgender and non-binary students, according to the New York Post, i.e., not using their preferred pronouns.
• “Compelled speech: How the Indian Supreme Court is imposing woke ideology and radical gender theory on society” – The Indian Supreme Court has released a Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes containing a glossary of woke terms, writes V. Ramakrishnan in Verdictum.
• “Caribbean nations to formally demand slavery reparations from Royal family” – Caribbean nations are to formally demand slavery reparations from the Royal family, the Telegraph reveals.
• “Headteacher at girls’ school says pupils should use AI to do homework” – The newly-appointed headteacher of a prestigious public school has called for more children to learn how to use AI to do their homework, reports the Mail.
• “Christina Hoff Sommers: Men have privileges, but so do women” – Christina Hoff Sommers debunks the myth of ‘male privilege’ in an interview with Bill Maher.

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