News Round-Up

• “Dozens of Palestine activists surround house of Tory MP Tobias Ellwood in ‘wholly unacceptable’ protest” – As many as 80 pro-Palestine protesters surrounded the home of Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood to accuse him of being complicit in genocide, reports LBC.
• “Gaza protesters disrupt opening of Yoko Ono’s new exhibition” – Protesters demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza disrupted a private viewing of Yoko Ono’s new exhibition at Tate Modern, says the Standard.
• “The problem with the ‘paraglider girls’ ruling” – Three women were convicted of terror offences for wearing clothes or carrying signs that appeared to glorify Hamas – and they were let off virtually scot-free, writes Laurie Wastell in the Spectator.
• “Judge admits liking post branding Israel a ‘terrorist’” – A row has broken out after the judge who decided to let the three women wearing parachute images walk free admitted to liking a social media post branding Israel a “terrorist” state, reports the Mail.
• “David Cameron’s patronising advice would doom Israel to defeat” – David Cameron has virtually called on Israel to surrender to Hamas as it prepares to destroy the terrorist group in Rafah, says Richard Kemp in the Telegraph.
• “There’s nothing funny about Jew-baiting” – When did it become acceptable to hound Jewish audience members out of a comedy show? asks Simon Evans in Spiked.
• “Women in Armed Forces ‘feel unsafe’ after Grant Shapps comments” – Women in the Armed Forces have been made to feel “unsafe” in the wake of the Defence Secretary’s comments over the diversity row engulfing the military, according to the Telegraph.
• “Our debilitated Armed Forces need money, not diversity” – The upcoming Budget will be a new test for the Tories. Do they recognise the threats we face? asks Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “Labour poll lead falls by seven points amid antisemitism crisis” – Labour’s poll lead over the Tories has tumbled by seven points in a fortnight amid a major row over the anti-Israeli views of its election candidates and its green energy U-turn, reports the Mail.
• “France investigates U.K. Coastguard over migrant deaths in Channel” – French prosecutors are investigating the British Coastguard following the deaths of four U.K.-bound migrants in the English Channel, according to the Telegraph.
• “Elon Musk urges U.S. not to send Ukraine aid as ‘no way in hell Putin loses war’” – Elon Musk urged Republican senators to oppose a Ukraine aid bill on the eve of a critical vote because “there is no way in hell” Vladimir Putin could lose the war, reports the Telegraph.
• “iNews bizarrely choose private school abolitionist as their ‘fact-checker’” – If you wanted an unbiased fact-check about private schools, you wouldn’t ask the Private Education Policy Forum, says Mr. Chips on Substack.
• “‘I am fighting for my school’s survival’” – Katharine Birbalsingh explains to Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill why she won’t back down on her school’s prayer ban.
• “Journalists are out to censor the French GB News” – France is already quietly one of the most censorious countries in Europe, remarks Jonathan Miller in the Spectator.
• “Heat pump and electric car charger size limits scrapped” – The installation of bigger heat pumps and electric car chargers the size of phone boxes will be allowed without planning permission under Government plans, reports the Telegraph.
• “Supersized heat pumps look set to invade England’s suburbs” – At the rate the rules are changing, we might soon have huge heat pumps with a single tiny apartment attached to them, writes Matthew Lyn in the Telegraph.
• “Eco-vandals puncture the tyres of Range Rovers, Bentley and Porsche” – Residents in a quiet West London street have been left fuming after eco-vandals deflated the tyres of more than 20 luxury SUVs in their latest environmental protest against ‘petrol guzzler’ cars, reports the Mail.
• “Are the wheels coming off Net Zero?” – Net Zero demands the closure of all industry, with the U.K. intent upon leading the way, says Tom Ed on Substack.
• “When it comes to sex, my generation is screwed” – With today’s young men and women increasingly polarised over politics, Gen Z is facing a sexual apocalypse, writes Rikki Schlott in the Free Press.
• “The sinister Steyn verdict” – Don’t question us, ever – you won’t win, there’ll be years of legal torture and then you’ll be whacked with a $1 million bill at the end of it. That’s the takeaway from the peculiar jury verdict in the Mann v. Steyn defamation trial, writes Kerry Wakefield in the Spectator Australia.
• “Australia’s Communications Minister threatens X with ‘big trouble’ if it doesn’t censor ‘misinformation’” – The Australian Government is increasing its overreaching social media demands, says Didi Rankovic in Reclaim The Net.
• “Whose rights are actually being protected here?” – On X, the Campaign Against Antisemitism has shared a video of a Scottish police officer asking a Jewish bystander at a pro-Palestine rally in Edinburgh to hide his Star of David to avoid “triggering” the protesters.

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