News Round-Up

• “More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life” – According to a new poll, more than half of Conservative Party members believe Islam is a threat to the British way of life, reports the Guardian.
• “Labour has ‘shamelessly weaponised’ Islamophobia claims against Anderson” – Former Conservative Deputy Chairman Brendan Clarke-Smith says that Labour has “shamelessly weaponised” claims of Islamophobia against Lee Anderson to distract from its splits on Gaza, according to the Telegraph.
• ”Police assess Lee Anderson hate speech claim over Sadiq Khan remarks” – The Met is weighing up whether to investigate the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party after a complainant reported him for saying Islamists had “got control” of the London Mayor, says the Telegraph.
• “Truss claims Starmer wants to make U.K. ‘hostile environment for conservatives’” – Liz Truss claims Keir Starmer wants to make the U.K. a “hostile environment for conservatives” as she responded to an attack by the Labour leader at PMQs, reports the Telegraph.
• “It’s time our ruling class stop pandering to those who despise Britain” – If you ever needed proof that our ruling class is utterly adrift from the rest of Britain, then just look at the reaction to recent comments by two Tory MPs, says Matthew Goodwin in the Mail.
• “J.K. Rowling’s heroism has exposed the cowardice of Britain’s ruling class” – It’s a sign of how broken our politics is that it’s taken J.K. Rowling to galvanise action against extremists, laments Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “‘You’ve made your point – now end Gaza protests’” – In an interview with the Times, James Cleverly says that pro-Palestinian demonstrators are “not saying anything new”, having make their point many times.
• “Pro-Palestinian protesters vow to continue marches” – Rishi Sunak says officers need to intervene more as pro-Palestinian demonstrators defy the Home Secretary’s call to wind down their actions, according to the Times.
• “Sadiq Khan ‘is facing death threats from Islamists’” – Sadiq Khan is facing death threats from Islamists and needs round-the-clock police protection, reveals the Mail.
• “Rishi Sunak demands 80 extra police patrols a week in ‘hotspots’” – Rishi Sunak wants police to deploy up to 80 extra patrols a week in ‘hotspot’ constituencies where there are community tensions, reports the Telegraph.
• “We have surrendered civilised discourse to violent bigotry” – With some exceptions, we have remained mute on the emergence of a de facto blasphemy law, says Ian Acheson in CapX.
• “Why Dame June should stay on at the MHRA” – Dame June has been integral to the MHRA and all its failings since its foundation. She should stay in her post until she has answered all of Parliament’s questions, say Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson.
• “How bad are the Covid-inspired amendments to the International Health Regulations of the World Health Assembly?” – On Substack, Eugyppius does his best to assess the worst of the proposed amendments to the WHO’s International Health Regulations.
• “‘Why have women stopped smiling at me?’” – Have people stopped smiling so much since the pandemic? Or has something changed in our culture? asks James Jeffrey in the Spectator.
• “Our asylum system is a dangerous mess” – Spiked’s Rakib Ehsan discusses how our virtue-signalling elites opened the doors to criminals, terrorists and acid attackers.
• “‘Landlady’ Angela Rayner’s former council house mystery deepens” – Neighbours claim that Angela Rayner’s former council house was occupied only by her brother – and she was the ‘landlady’, according to Property118.
• “Northern Ireland veterans’ amnesty ‘incompatible with European human rights rules’” – The High Court in Belfast has ruled that a law giving British soldiers immunity from prosecution over Troubles-era crimes is incompatible with European human rights rules, according to the Telegraph.
• “Fact-check: how many Ukrainian soldiers have died?” – President Zelensky says that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war with Russia. But what do the facts say? asks Noah Carl in UnHerd.
• “Leaked military files reveal Russia’s threshold for unleashing nukes” – Terrifying leaked military files have revealed that Russia’s threshold for unleashing nukes is lower than feared, reports the Mail.
• “Nigel Owens ‘prouder of Welsh farmer address than refereeing Rugby World Cup’” – Nigel Owens expressed greater pride in addressing the Welsh farming protest crowd than in refereeing the 2015 Rugby World Cup, according to the Telegraph.
• “India’s farmers rise again” – India’s farmers are defying a brutal state crackdown to defend their livelihoods, writes Harden Singh in Spiked.
• “Apple is right to steer clear of the electric car market” – Apple’s decision to get out of the EV market is very wise, says Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
• “The Net Zero delusion has reached a new low” – Britain’s shift to a high-tax, regulatory state is crushing the life out of the economy, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “We are gambling away our freedoms” – New limits on online slot games put us on the slippery slope to full prohibition, warns Jon Bryan in Spiked.
• “Centenarian ‘blue zones’: a paradise too good to be true?” – Pockets of extreme longevity seem to coincide with patterns of fraud, theft and abuse, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
• “‘Black Nazi’ gaffe was unacceptable, says Google boss” – Google’s CEO has admitted that images generated by its AI chatbot, which included black Nazis and American Indian vikings, were “completely unacceptable”, says the Telegraph.
• “Why we should worry about progressive AI” – Google’s Gemini showcases the extent to which the political sensibilities of the Silicon Valley elite are shaping AI, writes Yascha Mounk in the Spectator.
• “In defence of pick-up artistry” – Male sexuality has effectively been characterised as inherently predatory, while female sexuality is seen as virtually non-existent, remarks Kat Rosenfield in UnHerd.
• “Bad therapy is stunting our kids” – Abigail Shrier’s new book, Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up, paints a devastating picture, says Mary Harrington in UnHerd.
• “A woke struggle session at the New York Times” – Former NY Times Editor Adam Rubenstein has exposed the mindless intolerance that now governs the liberal newsroom, writes Jenny Holland in Spiked.
• “America is right – Peppa Pig sets a dreadful example for our children” – You may feel an urge to defend one of our country’s most successful TV exports but, let’s face it, Peppa Pig is a loathsome, insolent little brat, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “‘Decolonising my car!’” – On X, self-proclaimed internet troll Damien Slash shares his attempt to ‘decolonise’ his 2001 Honda Civic.

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