News Round-Up

• “Brussels won’t let the Netherlands bring in strict asylum policy” – The newly agreed Dutch coalition Government wants a new immigration policy that  will see people removed from the European country “by force” – setting up an inevitable clash with the EU, according to the Mail.
• “The radical new Dutch Government is the canary in the EU coal mine” – The Netherlands’ escape from orthodoxy signals a wider revolt against the Brussels establishment, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “Europe’s Right-wing revolt has begun – only Britain will miss out” – European politics is changing its basic orientation before our eyes and it will have huge ramifications for the shape of our politics, says Stephen Davies in the Telegraph.
• “Britain hits new record of number of illegal migrants to cross Channel” – The number of migrants crossing the Channel has hit a new record for the first five months of a calendar year, reports the Mail.
• “‘Scientists lose our credibility when we become climate activists’” – A Cambridge academic has called on his colleagues to step back from climate activism, arguing they’re damaging their credibility, according to the Times.
• “Twelve reasons I don’t believe there’s a climate emergency” – In Mad World, Russell David explains why he’s a climate change sceptic.
• “Gardeners at Oxford colleges row with lawn expert over ‘sustainable’ grass” – A training session run by an environmentalist has left some of Oxford’s gardeners underwhelmed, says the Telegraph.
• “‘Consumer Reports’ jettisons objectivity on climate change” – David Legates and E. Calvin Beisner in AIER report that Consumer Reports has abandoned objectivity and embraced climate activism.
• “Labour’s private school VAT raid has already cost taxpayers £22m” – The number of children going to private schools this September has fallen, meaning the state sector will have to find an additional £22 million to accommodate them, according to the Telegraph.
• “The NHS cares more about PR than patients” – Time and again the NHS has put its own reputation before the public’s safety, writes Karol Sikora in the Telegraph.
• “The NHS is killing us – and gradually bankrupting the nation while it does so” – There’s a reason why Labour won’t cut taxes: it will have to throw yet more money at our failing health service, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
• “Hamas attacks can be justified, students say” – A new poll of university students has found that only a third consider the Hamas massacre on October 7th a “terrorist attack”, reports the Mail.
• “How Hamas became radical chic” – Jacob Howland in UnHerd explains how an Islamist death cult became the last word in fashion on U.S. campuses.
• “Israel’s Eurovision entrant faced ‘unprecedented display of hatred’ from other countries” – Animosity towards Eden Golan in the wake of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza not within the “spirit of the rules”, Israel’s national broadcaster tells the Telegraph.
• “Fifa to hold urgent meeting to decide if Israel should be thrown out of football” – Proposal to ban Israel from FIFA tournaments over its response to the Hamas terrorist attack is backed by the FAs of Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Yemen, according to the Telegraph.
• “BBC apologises after repeatedly suggesting Tel Aviv is capital of Israel” – The national broadcaster initially defended its false claim that the capital of Israel is Tel Aviv, prompting accusations of ‘systemic bias’ from a former director, reports the Telegraph.
• “Spain blocks ship carrying weapons to Israel from docking” – The Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace, says the Spanish foreign minister, who’s blocked ships carrying weapons to Israel from docking in Spanish ports, says the Telegraph.
• “Cartoon racism and rumours of my secret Zionist agenda” – On his Substack, Eugyppius attacks the “leftoid automatic text generation machine” that is the Guardian for doxxing his friend Lomez, the founder of Passage Press.
• “The West has yet to grasp we have moved fast into a world crisis that leads to war” – Xi explicitly links Putin’s aggression with China’s opportunity in Taiwan. We must join the dots as well, writes Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “France is spiralling out of control” – The cold-blooded execution of two prison guards at a Normandy motorway toll on Tuesday has shocked France, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
• “The bitter fruits of Critical ‘Theory’” – Paul Sutton takes aim at Critical Theory in the New Conservative.
• “Eddie Izzard interview: ‘I won’t play a straight female role – it would be taking from others’” – A wannabe Labour MP who likes to wear women’s clothes – and occasionally acts – tells the Telegraph he won’t play straight female roles.
• “My daughter had her first sex education lesson aged 10 – she (and I) were shocked” – As the Government plans to ban sex education for under-nines, one writer explains in the Telegraph her mixed feelings towards how her daughter was taught it.
• “Heading to be banned from children’s football in England” – Under-11s can be taught about anal sex, but won’t be allowed to head footballs any more, reports the Telegraph.
• “Cambridge has banned fun” – Cambridge University was once known for its May balls. Now much of the frivolity, including the fireworks, have been banned, complains Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “When every word uttered can be deemed offensive, small talk is doomed” – Merely making polite conversation about sushi can lead to litigation these days, says Judith Woods in the Telegraph. So small talk is out.
• “The curtain may be coming down on Donald Trump’s show trial” – Star prosecution witness Michael Cohen has proven such an obvious liar under cross-examination that a guilty verdict is no longer certain, says Alex Berenson on Substack.
• “Donald Trump ‘planning Rwanda-style deportation scheme’” – The Republican nominee plans to have an illegal migration policy ready to launch on first day of his Presidency if he wins White House race and it’s remarkably similar to Rishi Sunak’s, according to the Telegraph.
• “Teachers to get free speech protection from blasphemy claims” – The Government will shortly publish new schools guidance that will protect teachers from being hounded by Muslim extremists for ‘Islamophobia’, reports the Times.
• “Universities may use free speech to stop China spies” – Guidance from the Office for Students could force institutions to terminate scholarships and other tie-ups with states that threaten free speech, including China, says the Times.
• “What we won’t learn from the Hartlepool terrorist attack” – Why did we hear so little about the Hartlepool terrorist attack a few days after October 7th, asks John Oxley in the Spectator.
• “The fall of Oxford and Cambridge” – Both Oxford and Cambridge – like demented twins from A Game of Thrones – have descended into madness, writes Paul Sutton on his Substack.
• “Welcome to the Gaza Graduation show!” – A student interviews pro-Palestinian protestors on a U.S. campus and discovers – shock! – that they know sweet f*** all about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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