News Round-Up

• “The war in the Middle East has barely begun” – What we have seen in Gaza is merely an opening skirmish. The real showdown will be with Tehran, says Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
• “‘Islamophobia’ is being used by Islamists to control debate” – It is entirely right to call out anti-Muslim hatred, but the concept of ‘Islamophobia’ was created in Iran to silence critics of Islam, remarks Stephen Pollard in the Jewish Chronicle.
• “Pro-Palestinian protests ‘making London no-go zone for Jews’” – Counter-extremism tsar Robin Simcox warns that extremist groups have “gone unchallenged for too long”, says the Telegraph.
• “Welsh Government brought in different pandemic rules for sake of it, Covid Inquiry told” – A former Cabinet minister has told the Covid Inquiry that the Labour-run Welsh Government brought in different pandemic rules for the sake of it, according to the Telegraph.
• “Plasmid DNA replication in BNT162b2 vaccinated cell lines” – On Substack, Kevin McKernan recounts his recent discussion with Dr. Paul Marik and Dr. Pierre Kory on DNA contamination and the risks associated with the use of Covid vaccines.
• “Good news for ivermectin: principle trial fails to refute evidence of ivermectin’s efficacy in COVID-19” – The World Council For Health examines the outcomes of a study on using ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment, revealing significant improvements in recovery times.
• “The lockdown files’ message is clear: we must never again suppress democracy by giving power to power-hungry people” – If we don’t act swiftly to prevent legislation akin to the Coronavirus Act, there is nothing to stop the debacle of restrictions and lockdowns being handed to a few ministers again, warn Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan.
• “African scientists accuse WHO’s pandemic treaty of being ‘colonialist’” – A coalition of Africa scientists fears that the WHO’s new pandemic treaty could see their nations plunged into lockdown at the whim of the UN.
• “Harvard ends COVID-19 shot mandate” – Harvard University has ended its COVID-19 shot mandate, walking back on its policy that all students needed the shot to register for the Autumn semester, according to the Epoch Times.
• “The NHS treats us like paupers and expects us to be grateful” – Why are so many proud of a Soviet-style system that embodies the ‘we know best’ mentality of the state? asks David Frost in the Telegraph.
• “The looming crisis that Hunt’s Budget failed to address” – Worklessness is feared to be on a permanently rising path, write Szu Ping Chan, Eir Nolsøe and Melissa Lawford in the Telegraph.
• “Who fact checks the BBC’s fact-checkers?” – The BBC Verify unit is merely an expensive way of telling the public, ‘We are always right’, says Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
• “The persecution of Sam Melia: arrested, convicted and imprisoned for stickers” – Almost none of what gets tarred with the ‘far-Right’ brush would even exist without the treachery of our elites, says Harrison Pitt in the European Conservative.
• “The UAE Telegraph bid is a threat to our national security” – Yes we live in a free market, but not everything is for sale. And that includes the freedom of our press, writes Suella Braverman in the Telegraph.
• “Sunak urged to back veto by Parliament over UAE-backed takeover of the Telegraph” – Rishi Sunak has been urged by a Tory peer to back new laws that would give Parliament a veto on the UAE-backed takeover of the Telegraph, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why Republicans are sceptical about funding Ukraine” – As powerful as the U.S. is, international politics imposes very real limits on its power and influence, writes Tom Switzer in the Spectator.
• “Climate change – perspective is not a dirty word” – Ice core data indicates minimal anthropogenic global warming, says Stephen Andrews on Substack.
• “European Parliament reprimands yet another MEP over ‘hate speech’” – The European Parliament’s crackdown on Right-wing debating points comes amid predictions that populist parties are heading for big gains in June’s European elections, writes Frederick Attenborough in the European Conservative.
• “Woke policies create tension at EU Central Bank” – ECB staff are revolting against attempts to ‘reprogramme’ employees critical of green policies, according to the European Conservative.
• “Head teacher sacked for tapping toddler son on hand” – A tribunal has found that a head teacher who was sacked for “assault” after tapping her toddler son on the hand was unfairly dismissed, reports the Telegraph.
• “Justin Welby accuses MPs of hate speech as he reveals he carries a panic alarm” – The Archbishop of Canterbury has accused MPs of hate speech and revealed he carries a panic alarm because of threats made against him, according to the Telegraph.
• “The Church of England after Covid: quo vadis?” – The church in England has a future; whether the Church of England has a future is more difficult to say, remarks Ian Paul on his Psephizo blog.
• “Police force host training day by group that say ‘gender-critical views are hate speech’” – A police force allowed a group which claimed gender-critical views are hate speech to carry out a training day for members of the local community, reports the Telegraph.
• “J.K. Rowling reported to police by trans activist India Willoughby for misgendering” – The Harry Potter author has been reported to the police by India Willoughby for referring to him as a man, reports the Telegraph.
• “Men don’t belong in Hampstead Ladies’ Pond” – Something of priceless, almost mystical value to its users – the country’s only all-women bathing site – has been lost, says Robin Ashenden in the Spectator.
• “A world built for men” – On Substack, David McGrogan takes umbrage with Melinda Gates’s assertion that “the world is built for men”.
• “Famous ‘non-consensual’ V.J. Day kiss spared U.S. Government ban” – The famous V.J. day photo of a solider kissing a nurse, which became a symbol of the end of World War II, has survived calls for a ban after complaints it was “offensive” as it showed a “non-consensual act”, reports the Mail.
• “Sydney Sweeney and the return of real body positivity” – Sydney Sweeney’s dress on Saturday Night Live has caused all sorts of discussion, particularly about the role of the female chest in culture, says Bridget Phetasy in the Spectator.
• “Canada considers house arrest for people at risk of committing hate crimes” – Justin Trudeau’s Government has proposed giving judges the power to put someone under house arrest if they fear they could commit a hate crime, according to the Telegraph.
• “Public schoolers are paid $1,400 a pop to become social justice warriors” – A California activist group is using taxpayers’ money to reward teens for learning how to fight for ‘racial justice’, reports Francesca Block in the Free Press.
• “British society is drowning in a sea of confected guilt” – Some prioritise attacking long-standing institutions and heritage over freeing those still enslaved, writes Dr. Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
• “Trump II: back with a vengeance” – Vengeance is a lifelong theme in the Donald J. Trump story, writes Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
• “If Trump wins” – Trump’s allies are preparing to overhaul higher education. The sector is woefully ill-prepared to defend itself, remarks Steven Brint in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
• “‘You shouldn’t have accepted them in such vast numbers, it’s created real animosity in communities’” – On LBC, the Sex Pistols’s John Lydon tells Andrew Marr that immigrants have created “division”, relaying his own adaption to “being British” after his family’s relocation from Ireland.

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