News Round-Up

• “Bosses say Covid has made Generation Z employees ‘entitled’” – Britain’s businesses are battling to make their “entitled” ‘Generation Covid’ employees return to the office, with many now “viewing work as an inherent negative”, reports the Mail.
• “Suella Braverman takes aim at ‘out-of-touch pampered elite’ critics” – Suella Braverman is remarkably unfazed by the furore her remarks on immigration caused, writes Glen Owen in the Mail.
• “Minister who won’t be intimidated by a sneering liberal elite” – Home Secretary Suella Braverman has presented perhaps the most forceful challenge to the legions of woke-ism ever offered by a senior minister, says the Mail in a leading article.
• “Why we’re tuning out of the Today programme” – The dull, holier-than-thou centrism of BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today show has become insufferable, says Gareth Roberts in Spiked.
• “Carole Malone: We pay Lineker’s wages, so we get to tell him to shut his mouth” – Why is the BBC so scared of Gary Lineker, asks Carole Malone in the Express.
• “British museums admit more than 1,000 items lost, destroyed or stolen” – Two of Britain’s most important museums have admitted losing more than 1,000 historically and scientifically important objects, reveals the Mail on Sunday.
• “Mark Bostock has been proved totally right about HS2” – When it comes to HS2, Rishi Sunak really is in a pickle, writes George Trefgarne in Reaction.
• “Debanking comes to Germany: AFD Co-Chair says account cancelled for political views” – A German MP claims that his bank account has been closed for political reasons, drawing parallels to the communist era, reports Breitbart.
• “PM says councils will still be able to impose Wales-style 20mph limits” – Rishi Sunak has admitted that councils will still be able to impose Wales-style 20mph limits as long as they have “consent” from local residents, says the Mail.
• “Welsh Tory leader blasts ‘dangerous’ Mark Drakeford’s 20mph speed limit” – Welsh Tory leader Andrew R.T. Davies has said Mark Drakeford’s hated 20mph road speed limit is part of a wider “extreme ideology” being forced on Welsh citizens, according to the Express.
• “Ryanair chief praises Sunak for watering down ‘unrealistic’ Net Zero targets” – Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has praised Rishi Sunak for watering down Britain’s “unrealistic” Net Zero targets as he criticised the City’s “frankly mad” approach to ethical investment, reports the Telegraph.
• “Over 40% of French back lifetime limit of four flights per person” – According to a survey from the Consumer Science and Analytics Institute, more than four in 10 people in France would back a lifetime limit of four flights per person, says Breitbart.
• “Mobile phones are to be banned in schools” – Education Secretary Gillian Keegan will order schools to outlaw smartphones during lessons in a bid to end disruption and make it easier for pupils to focus, reports the Mail.
• “‘Nonsense’ of gender data collected by public bodies set for review” – The Tories are hardening their position on the importance of biological sex being recorded in official data gathering exercises, according to the Telegraph.
• “Another classic Disney tale about to be destroyed; Bambi faces woke overhaul” – Disney could be on the verge of butchering another beloved classic as Bambi is earmarked for woke makeover, warns Chris Donaldson in BPR.
• “Cancelled professor prepares for war on woke at Buckingham University” – Eric Kaufmann, an eminent professor cancelled by students at a top London university, is founding a “faculty for common sense” at Buckingham, reports the Mail.
• “When was actual work replaced by ‘woke’ work?” – HS2’s most pressing concerns appear to be categorising employees by their protected characteristics and organising as many identity awareness days as possible, says Lottie Moore in the Express.
• “Police need to ditch ‘woke’ and get back on the streets” – Police need to ditch ‘community engagement’ and make our streets hostile for law breakers, writes Peter Bleksley in the Express.
• “Air traffic control service told to abandon ‘woke’ diversity schemes and ‘focus on the job’” – Britain’s beleaguered air traffic control service has been told to get its “head out of the clouds” and abandon its “woke” diversity agenda, reports the Telegraph.
• “Bill Maher to DeSantis: You did handle Covid better, you were right… and they won’t give you credit” – On X, author Michael P. Senger has posted a clip from Real Time with Bill Maher, with the host giving Governor Ron DeSantis his due over his handling of the Covid pandemic in Florida.

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