News Round-Up

• “The Left’s sickening betrayal of Israeli women” – Hamas’s mass rape of Jewish women is being cruelly erased from history, says Batya Ungar-Sargon in Spiked.
• “The holiday from history is over” – In the Free Press, Bari Weiss shares her reflections and videos from her time on the ground in Israel.
• “Covid vaccine gene could integrate into human cancer cells” – Genomic researcher Kevin McKernan has recently found that the DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can potentially integrate into human DNA, according to the Epoch Times.
• “More than one in three public sector staff now works for NHS” – The number of health service staff has surged above two million for the first time, reports the Telegraph.
• “If Labour wants to tackle conspiracy theorists, it should start with its own supporters” – The middle-class Left think they’re far too smart to fall for online disinformation – but they’re wrong, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “A Britpop MP is the last thing Britain needs” – The rise of Blur’s Dave Rowntree reveals the dismal state of the Labour Party, writes Gareth Roberts in Spiked.
• “Why is Sunak so shy about defending a free press?” – The Government should not ignore the growing clamour to block the UAE-Telegraph bid, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Should the Emiratis be allowed a minority stake in the Telegraph?” – How much of the Spectator and the Telegraph should the UAE be allowed to own in a way that protects the free press? asks Fraser Nelson in the Spectator.
• “Ten years on, BBC bias is worse than ever” – Today, virtually every syllable of the BBC’s output is distorted, writes David Keighley in TCW – Defending Freedom.
• “What the Left and the Right get wrong about Muslims” – The majority of British Muslims are neither downtrodden victims nor Britain-hating extremists, says Rakib Ehsan in Spiked.
• “A Muslim war memorial is long overdue” – Honouring our Muslim war dead pays tribute to those who thought Britain was worth dying for, writes William Atkinson in CapX.
• “Migrants ‘to be offered thousands to move to Rwanda voluntarily’” – Migrants who have been refused asylum in the U.K. will be offered thousands of pounds to move to Rwanda under a new ‘voluntary’ scheme, reports the Independent.
• “Remigration: a review of Martin Sellner’s proposal to reverse the flow of refugees and save Europe” – Europeans face the long-term prospect of becoming a minority in their own native lands, writes Eugyppius on Substack.
• “Right-wing Democratic Alliance party wins tight Portugal election” – Portugal’s conservative Democratic Alliance has won the General Election, with the Right-wing Chega party tripling its 2022 result, reports the Mail.
• “Rishi Sunak announces new gas power stations to ease risk of blackouts” – Rishi Sunak has greenlit the building of new gas power stations, as he vows not to risk blackouts to achieve Net Zero, according to the Telegraph.
• “Half of used car dealers reluctant to buy second-hand EVs” – According to a new report, the steep depreciation of electric cars last year has made half of motor dealers wary of buying them, reports the Mail.
• “Nimby watch: the Green Party’s solar problem” – The Greens are fine with solar panels, providing they’re not in their backyards, says Jonn Elledge in CapX.
• “NIWA’s misleading temperature records” – In WUWT, Ian Wishart discusses evidence that New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has exaggerated the impact of climate change and driven public fear.
• “The madness of assisted dying is spreading across Europe” – Macron has announced a new bill that will allow the terminally ill to end their lives at home. But these are not floodgates he should open, warns Catherine Pepinster in the Telegraph.
• “The ‘conversion therapy’ ban still makes for bad law” – In the Critic, Michael Foran notes that recent amendments put forward to ban conversion practices in the Government’s Criminal Justice Bill could have grave unintended consequences.
• “NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers” – NHS England confirms that children will no longer routinely be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to the BBC.
• “What is Judith Butler afraid of?” – Judith Butler’s new book conjures enemies at every turn, says Kathleen Stock in UnHerd.
• “The ugly return of homophobia” – Today, the most objectionable anti-gay comments come from those who claim to be progressive, writes Andrew Doyle in UnHerd.
• “Katie Herzog’s Plan B” – In Quillette, Katherine Brodsky explains how members of the ‘silenced majority’ find new audiences after enduring episodes of public mobbing.
• “A world in miniature” – In City Journal, Christopher F. Rufo discusses raising children in an era of ideological capture.
• “Writer ridiculed for asking ‘Where are the black people?’ in ancient Japan Samurai show” – A writer is facing ridicule for penning an article complaining about the lack of black actors in a new TV show about Samurai warriors in Japan in the year 1600, reports Steve Watson in Modernity.
• “The World Heath Organisation has too much power already. Why give it more?” – Barrister and anti-lockdown campaigner Francis Hoar asks why we should give the WHO more power when it completely disgraced itself during the pandemic?

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