News Round-Up

• “Calls for Ken Clarke to be stripped of peerage over contaminated blood” – Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride says calls for Ken Clarke to lose his peerage over “indefensible” actions during the infected blood scandal are “totally understandable”, according to the Mail.
• “The infected-blood scandal shames the NHS” – It is time to stop treating our decrepit, inhumane health service as a national religion, writes Tim Black in Spiked.
• “Labour must sack David Lammy for backing this absurd ICC warrant” – Keir Starmer’s sensible stance on Israel risks being undone unless he does the right thing – and fires David Lammy, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “Israel is not equivalent to Hamas” – Secretary of State Antony Blinken was right when he called the ICC’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas “shameful”, writes Eli Lake in the Free Press.
• “Our universities are failing to tackle student antisemitism” – It’s time to name and shame institutions which don’t crack down on antisemitism, says Sam Chandler in CapX.
• “Police to get powers to ban disruptive protests under new plans” – Police are to get new powers to ban protests that are likely to intimidate and disrupt communities under plans being considered by ministers, reports the Telegraph.
• “Scotland to play Israel without fans because of ‘planned disruptions’” – Scotland’s women’s team will play their Euro 2025 qualifier with Israel behind closed doors due to concerns over security, says the Mail.
• “160 lawyers demand U.S. investigate corruption claims against South African leadership” – The Jerusalem Post reports that a group of 160 lawyers, led by the Israel Law Centre, is demanding an investigation into the leaders of the African National Congress for alleged complicity with Iran in the ICJ case against Israel.
• “Ofcom’s contempt for GB News viewers” – The U.K. broadcast regulator thinks voters cannot be trusted to think for themselves, says Andrew Tettenborn in Spiked.
• “EU leaders lambasted for offering condolences to Iranian regime” – EU leaders have come under fire for offering condolences after Iran’s President was killed in a helicopter crash, according to Brussels Signal.
• “Why is the BBC being so soft on the ‘Butcher of Tehran’?” – Spiked’s Fraser Myers takes aim at the BBC’s bizarre obituary of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
• “Who’s afraid of the WHO?” – Beware the WHO’s slow motion coup d’état of every member state, warns Ramesh Thakur in the Epoch Times.
• “What is the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy and why does it look a lot like the WHO Pandemic Treaty?” – The U.S. Government will pay 100 countries to implement “pandemic preparedness”, incorporating many of the awful provisions from the WHO’s Pandemic Treaty and amendments, writes Dr. Meryl Nass on her Substack.
• “Tory MP Craig Mackinlay: I lost my arms and legs to sepsis” – In the Telegraph, Robert Mendick details the harrowing ordeal of Tory MP Craig Mackinlay, who lost 50% of all four of his limbs to sepsis.
• “Home Office protest rules are unlawful, High Court rules” – The High Court has ruled that the Government’s attempt to lower the threshold for police intervening in protests was unlawful, according to Sky News.
• “Britain faces £30 billion of tax rises as economy battered by sickness crisis” – Rishi Sunak is to press ahead with plans to cut National Insurance for workers despite warnings from the IMF that the country needs higher taxes, reports the Telegraph.
• “How gangs of muggers are terrorising the streets of London” – Gangs of muggers on e-bikes are terrorising the streets of London as they target children, mothers and commuters by snatching their mobiles, says the Mail. 
• “We’ll never reduce crime unless we address family breakdown” – Keir Starmer says he wants to crack down on crime, but his party has neglected the family, writes Tanika D’Souza in CapX.
• “Europe’s leaders hail Rwanda scheme” – Rishi Sunak’s immigration plans seem to have some political admirers – in the form of leaders from across the Continent, writes Steerpike in the Spectator.
• “The far-Right isn’t the only threat ahead of the European elections” – In France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Austria parties described as ‘far-Right’ are set for big gains at European elections, says Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
• “Will France abandon Macron for Le Pen?” – France’s mainstream political parties are losing voters in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, writes Anne-Laure Dufeal in Brussels Signal.
• “How EU funds enable North African countries to push back Europe-bound migrants into the desert” – An investigation by Le Monde, Lighthouse Reports and seven international media outlets reveals that hundreds of migrants are being deported to desert areas in Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania, backed by EU resources.
• “What is mass migration for, why does it keep happening and why will nobody stop it?” – On Substack, Eugyppius examines Europe’s mass migration crisis.
• “The not so ‘lone wolf’ who tried to assassinate Slovakian PM Robert Fico” – Juraj Cintula was not a ‘lone wolf’. What group did he work for and what influence did they have? asks the Naked Emperor on Substack.
• “Klaus Schwab resigning” – Without Schwab at the helm, it will be harder to hold the WEF accountable for its corporatist agenda, says Dr. Robert W. Malone on his Substack.
• “Julian Assange’s fight for freedom is far from over” – The High Court has only given the Wikileaks founder a reprieve in his battle against extradition, writes Mary Dejevsky in Spiked.
• “The Revenge of the normies” – In the great global battle for power, the elites are losing. In the Free Press, Martin Gurri explains why.
• “Even rape-crisis centres are in hock to trans activists” – Victims of sexual violence have been shamed and hung out to dry for failing to go along with gender ideology, says Jo Bartosch in Spiked.
• “The sad truth about ‘saint’ Nicola Sturgeon” – Scotland’s former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is trying to reinvent herself as a fair-minded pundit. Don’t be fooled by her comments on gender issues, writes Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
• “SNP in uproar over porn art project funding” – SNP-backed quango Creative Scotland is back in the limelight over its porn project controversy, says Steerpike in the Spectator.
• “‘Forced’” – In the Critic, Theodore Dalrymple calls out the BBC for allowing some imprecise language to appear on its website.
• “The Donald Trump show (trial) is almost over” – The prosecution and defence have rested. Now the New York jury gets six days to listen to NPR, read the NY Times and remember why bad Orange Man has to go jail-jail, says Alex Berenson on his Unreported Truths Substack.
• “Mental illness manifests itself in bizarre ways…” – A Pew Research survey suggests 56% of young, liberal white women have a mental disorder. Exhibit A: liberal women splurging $4,000 on a ‘Rage Ritual Retreat’, bashing sticks and screaming.

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