News Round-Up

• “Diane Abbott will not be a Labour candidate until endorsed by NEC” – Diane Abbott has insisted that she will not run as a Labour candidate until she is endorsed by the National Executive Committee, says the Mail.
• “Unemployed Britons to do migrant jobs under Labour plans” – The Shadow Home Secretary says that unemployed Britons will be trained to do jobs normally taken by overseas workers to cut net migration, reports the Telegraph.
• “Starmer must introduce wealth tax after Labour wins election, top Blair aide says” – A former advisor to Tony Blair says there is an “overwhelming economic and ethical case” for Labour to impose higher taxes on wealth if it wins the General Election, according to the Guardian.
• “The triumph of Labour’s centrists” – Barring an extraordinary electoral turnaround, Keir Starmer is about to join an elite club, which is even more pale, male and stale than the Garrick, says Niall Gooch in the Spectator – Labour leaders who’ve won majorities in general elections.
• “Justin Trudeau’s woke tyranny offers a warning of Britain under Starmer” – Monstrous elements in once moderate Left-wing parties now run the show, writes Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “Sunak suffers poll blow as levelling-up cash-for-votes row erupts” – Rishi Sunak is facing accusations of using levelling up funds to win votes, says the Guardian, as a new poll shows a 20-point gap between Labour and the Conservatives.
• “Who will survive to lead the Tories?” – If Liz Truss can get herself on the shortlist of two candidates chosen by the remaining rump of MPs, could she be in with a chance? wonders Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• ‘Sunak and Starmer are second-grade politicians’” – In the Times, Andrew Neil tells Rosamund Urwin why the PM was “barmy” to go now and why, if he loses, his Labour opponent will “make a horlicks of things”.
• “What price justice?” – Increasingly, English courts seem to be taking the view that to dispense justice in small disputes involving ordinary people is a waste of their time, says Yuan Yi Zhu in the Critic. It isn’t.
• “Second private school blames Labour’s tax raid for closure” – Labour’s tax raid on private education has claimed another casaulty, this time a school where almost a third of pupils have special needs, reports the Telegraph.
• “Scrap VAT plan if OBR says it will not raise money, Starmer told” – An education chief has told Labour to abandon its plans to charge VAT on private school fees if it ends up costing the taxpayer money, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour risks union revolt over private school tax raid job losses” – Starmer’s VAT plans risk triggering a wave of industrial action from teachers, reveals the Telegraph, since private school teachers, some of whom will lose their jobs, are trade union members too.
• “D:Ream will not allow Starmer to use song that Tony Blair played” – The band behind New Labour anthem ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ says it will not allow Keir Starmer to use it in his election campaign, according to the Mail.
• “Double-breasted Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg takes to the campaign trail” – The Mail reports that Jacob Rees-Mogg has taken to the campaign trail, revealing what he wears when it’s too hot for his double-breasted suit.
• “Tommy Robinson supporters shout out ‘hate chant’ at London demo” – Supporters of Tommy Robinson shouted “Who the f— is Allah?” as thousands of Met officers policed the march he organised with Laurence Fox in London, reports the Telegraph. Hate chant?
• “George Galloway backed by pro-Palestinian fake bots” – One in five Facebook accounts using a hashtag to promote George Galloway and engaging with his official account are fake, according to the Telegraph.
• “Arson attack on synagogue is latest in a string of antisemitic incidents that have rocked Canada” – An arsonist set fire to the entrance of a synagogue in Vancouver in the third antisemitic attack in Canada in a matter of days, reports the Canadian Press.
• “How pro-Palestine activists are using AI to evade social media censorship” – Pro-Palestine supporters are using AI to bypass moderation on social media platforms, says Jim Norton in the Telegraph.
• “The World Health Assembly meeting has failed to achieve a package of amendments to the IHR” – There is no agreement on the IHR amendments because nations have seen the pandemic preparedness agenda as the Trojan horse it is, says Dr. Meryl Nass on her Substack.
• “New FDA study reports elevated post-vaccination seizure risk in toddlers” – On Substack, Rev Arora asks the U.S. Food and Drug Administration how it can still recommend Covid vaccination in children despite the newly emerging risks. Their response is all-too-revealing.
• “FOIA, lies and subpoenas” – A top deputy to Dr. Fauci hid his discussions with Peter Daszak, the conduit for the federal money that went to the Chinese lab that’s Covid’s likely source. Will anyone be held accountable? asks Alex Berenson on his Unreported Truths Substack.
• “The TTE week in numbers” – Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan present a numerical breakdown of the week’s standout healthcare-related stories.
• “‘Our future depends on us having plenty of children’” – In the Times, James Beale reports on the concerns of ‘pronatalists’ about the declining birthrate and its potential impact on the West.
• “Branson’s plan to relaunch Virgin Trains ‘could consume millions in public funds’” – Sir Richard Branson’s bid to relaunch Virgin Trains could cost the taxpayer millions, reports the Telegraph.
• “Military recruitment” – The RAF is short of pilots in part because they are short of trainers, in part because they don’t pay them enough and in part because they discriminate against white men, says A.N. Other in the New Conservative.
• “Gary Lineker gives reason why he is supporting Real Madrid” – Gary Lineker has declared his support for Real Madrid in the Champions League final in response to Borussia Dortmund’s sponsorship deal with arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, according to Metro.
• “‘We’ve launched our YouTube channel’” – Steve Chilcott and Richard Palmer stammer through their first video podcast: managing workplace conflict in our polarised and divided age.
• “German press denounce activist after an Afghan terrorist violently stabs him and five others with a 30cm combat knife” – The response of the MSM to the brutal stabbing of a journalist by a 25 year-old Afghan man in Mannheim is the latest failure in political discourse, says Eugyppius on Substack.
• “Russia ‘could disable British nuclear deterrent in one day’ in war” – A Moscow military expert claims Russia could disable Britain and France’s nuclear arsenal “within one day” if World War Three broke out, reports the Mail.
• “From lockdown to Net Zero, Sir Patrick Vallance seems wedded to fearmongering” – Fear appears to be the key factor driving Sir Patrick’s judgement, now pushing him to support Labour’s fanatical green energy proposals, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
• “Labour’s plan for publicly-owned GB Energy firm is slammed” – The Mail reports that experts have branded Labour’s green energy plan “a con”, warning that it is “not plausible” and would send bills soaring.
• “National grid propaganda piece withdrawn” – It is becoming clear that renewables are an expensive source of power and false claims should no longer be made in the press, writes David Turner on his Eigen Values Substack.
• “Biden is now being surrounded by a huge posse of aides during walks” – Joe Biden is surrounded by a huge posse of aides during public strolls to try and distract from the 81 year-old’s shuffling walk, reports the Mail.
• “Mandela’s ANC loses majority for first time since end of apartheid” – The African National Congress has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since the end of apartheid, with voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages, according to AP.
• “World’s largerst floating solar farm trashed by bad weather” – The world’s largest floating solar farm at Omkareshwar Dam in India has been devastated by bad weather. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

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