News Round-Up

• “‘The West’s errors in Ukraine have been catastrophic. I won’t apologise for telling the truth’” – Until we admit what we got wrong, we will never have a lasting peace in Ukraine, writes Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “Farage blasted for ‘echoing Putin’s justification’ for Ukraine war” – Zelensky’s office has suggested that Nigel Farage has been “infected by the virus of Putinism” after he said the West was to blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reports the Mail.
• “Tories fall to new low in latest poll as Reform closes gap to three points” – An exclusive poll for the Telegraph shows Labour on 42% (up two points), the Tories on 19% and Reform on 16% (up two).
• “Watchdog hunts for Tory insiders who bet on July election” – There was a sixfold rise in bets on a July election on May 21st, the day before Sunak announced the date, reports the Times.
• “Rishi Sunak declines to rule out a minister is involved in gambling scandal” – The Gambling Commission is looking into four figures with links to the PM over allegations they put bets on a July election, says the Telegraph. 
• “‘Election betting row is as damaging as partygate’” – Speaking to the Telegraph’s Caroline Wheeler, Michael Gove insists all is not lost for the Tories as he prepares to pass the baton to Kemi Badenoch or Claire Coutinho – but not Nigel Farage.
• “Starmer will reverse Brexit, warns Badenoch” – Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch says that getting Brexit right will be a “10- to 20-year project” and Labour will stop it in its tracks, reports LBC.
• “Don’t be deceived by Starmer” – In the New Conservative, Frank Haviland suggests we ought to be more concerned about the impending Keir Starmer administration.
• “The great Tory meltdown” – British politics could do with some creative destruction, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
• “British voters will come to regret annihilating the Conservative Party” – There is simply no rational case for the sort of Labour landslide we are about to see, writes Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “Nigel Farage says Labour ‘will be the most incompetent ever seen’” – Nigel Farage sits down with the Mail on Sunday’s Glen Owen to discuss Reform, Labour and that Panorama interview.
• “‘I’m not sure who to vote for – but I’d rather elect my dog than Starmer’” – Half of Labour’s merry bunch of ideological nincompoops don’t know what a woman is, and Starmer himself can’t even define the working class, says Jeremy Clarkson in the Sun.
• “Keir Starmer says he wouldn’t use private healthcare even if his children were ill” – Keir Starmer says he would not go private even if one of his children’s life depended on it because the NHS is “absolutely the best” at treating acute health problems, according to the Telegraph. 
• “Anthony Fauci objectively did a bad job – media coverage of his book has fallen short of engaging with his actions/words” – On Substack, Prof. Vinay Prasad gives 12 examples of Fauci’s policy decisions to illustrate how bad he was at his job.
• “The Bank of England is costing us billions – here’s why” – Central bank remuneration is costing taxpayers vast amounts of money, writes Dr. Gerard Lyons in CapX.
• “Miliband vows to scrap 2035 Tory ban on new gas boilers” – In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the Shadow Energy Secretary said no one will “be forced to rip out their boiler” under Labour’s Net Zero plans.
• “Emma Thompson backs Just Stop Oil after they defaced Stonehenge” – Emma Thompson led thousands of people on a march in London aimed at persuading politicians to prioritise the environment, reports the Mail.
• “Britain’s wilful destruction of its oil and gas industry is beyond belief” – The Supreme Court’s emissions ruling on the Horse Hill drilling site will merely shift oil and gas production from one place to another, says Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.
• “Labour’s Net Zero grid will require ‘huge sacrifice’, warns energy chief” – The European boss of Mitsubishi Power says Labour’s plan for a Net Zero grid by 2030 is unrealistic and will require a “huge sacrifice”, according to the Telegraph.
• “Labour would ‘declare war’ on motorists, Tories claim” – Transport Secretary Mark Harper claims a Labour Government would “declare war” on motorists by introducing Ulez-style road pricing schemes across the country, reports the Mail.
• “Dutch newspaper says citizens better get used to not having electricity all the time ” – One of the biggest newspapers in the Netherlands is warning that its readers should get used to the notion that electricity will not always be available to them in the future, according to Nick Pope in WUWT?
• “How many flags does one movement need?” – It isn’t just the ‘Progress Pride’ flag; there’s a different design for every identity, says Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
• “Our culture is in the hands of people who hate it” – It’s easier to ‘queer’ the Bronte sisters than actually engage with their ideas and their hinterland, writes Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
• “Gangs of feral youths rule our streets. Not even Waitrose is safe” – Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph says the social contract has collapsed and gangs of youths are terrorising the high street.
• “Woman receives a two-day prison sentence for insulting a rapist who took part in a group sexual assault on a 15 year-old girl; the rapist himself and seven of his fellow perpetrators get no time” – The German criminal justice system has become a cruel farce, says Eugyppius on Substack.
• “I think that is a debauchery of language and I think it’s shocking” – On GB News, Richard Dawkins criticises journalists for using the preferred gender pronouns of trans-identifying male rapists.

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