News Round-Up

• “Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged in connection with embezzlement of funds from SNP” – Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been charged by police after he was arrested and charged with embezzlement, reports Sky News.
• “Why can’t we talk about the SNP finance scandal?” – Spiked’s Fraser Myers on why the re-arrest of Peter Murrell won’t be subject to any heated TV debates or stinging op-eds in the papers. 
• “Moment police threaten to arrest Jewish man for ‘breaching the peace’” – The Metropolitan Police has been branded “beyond appalling” after an officer threatened to arrest a Jewish man trying to cross the road at a pro-Palestine march because his “presence was antagonising”, reports the Mail.
• “Signs for Bournemouth’s twin city in Israel removed” – Four signs recognising one of Bournemouth’s twin cities – Netanya – have been removed from their posts on the town’s borders, according to the Bournemouth Echo.
• “Iran is about to start a nuclear world war – and the West is determined to lose” – The West prefers to lecture Israel than face reality: Iran is an existential menace that must be contained, says Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “Ukraine’s frontline is collapsing – and Britain may soon be at war” – Unless we get a grip fast, we will not be going to polling stations in November, but to the enlistment centres, warns Hamish de Bretton-Gordon in the Telegraph.
• “Landmark poll finds Tories trail Labour on every major political issue” – In a major wake-up call for Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives lag behind Labour in a string of traditional Tory policy areas, including defence, tax, immigration – and even Brexit, reports the Mail.
• “Asylum seeker raped a girl after deportation was blocked by cabin crew” – A failed asylum seeker, whose deportation was blocked after cabin crew prevented his repatriation flight from taking off, has pleaded guilty to raping a 15 year-old girl, says the Mail.
• “The triumph of Katharine Birbalsingh” – Michaela School’s success is a rebuke to a whole class of malevolent or criminally inept educationalists, writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
• “Smacking back in the dock” – In the New Conservative, Frank Haviland reacts to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health unveiling a report this month calling for the criminalisation of smacking in England and Northern Ireland.
• “On the speech trial of Björn Höcke, who faces up to three years in jail for using the slogan ‘Everything for Germany’” – On Substack, Eugyppius reports on the long-awaited trial of AfD leader Björn Höcke, accused of using a forbidden Nazi slogan so banal that many Germans would be surprised it had any Nazi associations at all.
• “Rand Paul drops Covid bombshell” – Senator Rand Paul reveals that multiple federal agencies knew about the Wuhan Institute’s attempts to create a COVID-19-like virus through the DEFUSE project, according to ZeroHedge.
• “NHS pushes covid ‘Spring Booster’ jab as injuries and fatalities mount” – Despite the incontrovertible evidence of the risks associated with the mRNA jabs, the NHS is pushing a further ‘Spring Booster’, writes Kathy Gyngell in TCW.
• “Pfizer lied to us again” – The most trusted pharmaceutical company and its allies got it wrong again, says Ian Miller on his Unmasked Substack.
• “The nursing home paradox” – The Brownstone Institute’s Eyal Shahar discusses a new study that suggests that the greater the mitigation efforts in U.S. nursing homes, the higher the death toll during the pandemic.
• “It’s no surprise the SNP’s climate change law has failed” – The decision to axe Scotland’s climate target means that another part of Sturgeon’s legacy lies in tatters, says Eliot Wilson in the Spectator.
• “Europe is revolting against the tyranny of electric cars” – Everywhere, Net Zero is collapsing as the public refuses to impoverish itself, writes Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
• “Humza Yousaf’s race obsession is an affront to democracy” – Scotland’s clownish First Minister thinks his identity should place him beyond criticism, says Malcolm Clark in Spiked.
• “SNP suspends use of puberty blockers in major U-turn” – Glasgow’s Sandyford clinic, which has been branded the ‘tartan Tavistock’, is to suspend the use of puberty blockers as a result of the Cass Review, reports the National Desk.
• “No, men cannot be victims of misogyny” – Humza Yousaf’s proposed misogyny bill has already descended into farce, says Ella Whelan in Spiked.
• “Sweden lowers gender reassignment age in controversial new law” – Sweden has passed a controversial law lowering the minimum age to legally change your gender from 18 to 16 and making access to surgical interventions easier, reports the Telegraph. 
• “Why are so many stars’ kids trans and non-binary?” – In the Mail, Tom Leonard addresses the startling number of A-list celebrities’ children who identify as trans and non-binary.
• “‘Despite two victories, I fear we’ll never beat the woke nightmare’” – Could the woke nightmare be coming to an end? Yes and no, says Daniel Hannan in the Mail.
• “There’s nothing wrong with not being a feminist” – It seems that refusing to use the F-word at work may cause more trouble than using it, writes Ella Whelan in the Telegraph.
• “History made as U.S. military conducts first ever human vs AI dogfight” – Software that trounced humans in virtual tests is now reportedly able to control an aerial combat F-16 jet, reports the Telegraph.
• “Enough is enough. It is time for a major change” – On X, the Campaign Against Antisemitism issues a call to action for the upcoming pro-Israel march on April 27th, inviting everyone, Jewish or not, to stand up for the tolerance and decency that this country rightfully values.

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