News Round-Up

• “Gary Lineker’s latest outburst about Israel is his worst yet” – Western progressives are always far quicker to condemn Israel than other warring nations – and St. Gary seems to be no different, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Kennel Club rejected Jam and Jerusalem as puppy name over Gaza war” – The Kennel Club told a breeder they could not name their dog “Jam and Jerusalem” because of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, reports the Jewish News.
• “The right to protest shouldn’t trump the rights of the rest of us” – Empowering extremist marchers only weakens the rest of us. Such coercion is corrosive to British democracy, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Injured and ignored: long list of vaccine victims that shames the Government” – The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme was designed to aid those harmed by vaccines. So, why hasn’t it? asks Sally Beck in TCW.
• “If Covid EUAs are legal, the virus must be a potential bioweapon” – On her Substack, Debbie Lerman explores the legal context in which Emergency Use Authorisation – the type of authorisation granted to Covid mRNA vaccines – operates.
• “Why are important Covid documents not being released?” – The Cabinet Office is refusing to release vital evidence to the Covid Inquiry in case it “excessively focuses” the public’s attention on lockdown-decision making, says Michael Simmons in the Spectator.
• “Nigel Farage joins campaign to reform the WHO and stop ‘terrifying’ pandemic treaty” – Nigel Farage vows to confront the WHO’s “billion-dollar global health empire” by teaming up with Action on World Health (AWH), according to GB News. You can join and donate to AWH here.
• “Half of Scots want Hate Crime Act repealed” – It’s been over a month since Yousaf’s controversial Hate Crime Act came into force and it still isn’t going down particularly well with the people of Scotland, writes Steerpike in the Spectator.
• “The Civil Service is trying to cover up the true scale of migrant crime” – If a social democratic, high-trust country like Denmark can publish data on migrant crime rates, there’s no reason why Britain can’t, says Guy Dampier in the Telegraph.
• “Is Suella about to cross the floor?” – Suella Braverman’s recent proposals to reform the welfare state have left Ian Price choking on his cornflakes, as he recounts on his Substack.
• “EU countries demand the right to introduce Rwanda-style schemes” – The Czech and Italian PMs are leading a 19-strong group asking Brussels to let them transfer migration procedures outside the EU bloc’s territory, reports the Mail.
• “Germany’s crackdown on free speech is out of control” – The conviction of an AfD influencer is an outrageous attack on democracy, says Spiked’s Sabine Beppler-Spahl.
• “The sad farce of German ‘democracy’” – In Germany, parties advocating censorship are called democratic, while those championing direct democracy are labelled fascists, laments Eugyppius on his Substack.
• “Japan has much to teach Britain – its lessons could make this island a happier place” – Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto are clean, well mannered cities with minimal anti-social behaviour. London, Paris and New York are anything but, remarks Luke Johnson in the Telegraph.
• “Columbia University’s Minouche Shafik showed her true colours when she voted on campus free speech” – In the New York Post, Rikki Schlott points out that the President of Columbia’s commitment to free speech was nowhere in evidence in 2022 when she voted against Clause 4 of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.
• “Solar panels must not be built on good farmland, ministers say amid concerns over food security” – Councils will be urged by ministers not to approve planning permission for solar farms on high-quality farmland as part of Rishi Sunak’s drive to protect food security, reports the Telegraph.
• “U.S. condemns U.K. for praying woman’s abortion clinic arrest” – A U.S. Government agency has condemned the U.K. for “targeting religious expression” over the arrest of a woman who prayed silently in an abortion clinic “buffer zone”, according to the Telegraph.
• “LGBT rainbow lanyards won’t be banned in Whitehall despite ‘common sense’ minister’s announcement” – Rainbow lanyards will not be banned in Whitehall despite a crackdown on “inappropriate backdoor politicisation” by the ‘common sense’ minister Esther McVey, reports the Telegraph.
• “Teachers must tell pupils gender ideology is a ‘contested belief’” – Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is to tell teachers that they will have to make clear that gender identity ideology is a “contested belief” if they bring it up in lessons, says the Telegraph.
• “Teacher who went viral for teaching critical thinking gets fired” – On Substack, the Naked Emperor is outraged over a teacher’s firing for promoting critical thinking on the debate over J.K. Rowling.
• “J.K. Rowling is playing with fire” – In the Spectator, Debbie Hayton advises J.K. Rowling to stop attacking people on social media.
• “Peru officially classifies trans people as ‘mentally ill’” – The Peruvian Government has officially categorised trans and intersex people as “mentally ill”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Dame Judi Dench brilliantly rips apart PC trigger warnings on old shows” – According to Dame Judi Dench, people who require trigger warnings before theatre performances should stay at home, says GB News.
• “Judge says eSafety’s global content ban order ‘not reasonable’” – On Substack, Rebekah Barnett provides an update on the judge’s decision in the eSafety vs X matter in Australia.
• “America’s unprotected class – and Europe’s” – In the European Conservative, Rod Dreher sits down with Jeremy Carl to discuss Jeremy‘s new book, The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart.
• “Glenn Loury: an intellectual force of nature” – Glenn Loury’s Late Admissions is an unflinching memoir from a courageous enemy of orthodoxy, writes Cory Franklin in Spiked.
• “‘They would have worn those goddamn masks for the rest of their life if the payoff would have been they could feel morally superior’” – When people read the history of Nazi Germany, they always think they’d be Schindler, says Jordan Peterson. Did you watch people during the pandemic?

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