News Round-Up

• “Labour councillor who called for far-Right rioters’ throats to be cut is arrested” – A Labour councillor who was filmed saying far-Right rioters are “disgusting” and should have their throats cut has been arrested, reports Poitico.
• “Woman who shared false information on Southport attack is ‘mortified’” – A British businesswoman, accused of being the first to falsely claim that the Southport stabbings suspect was an asylum seeker, says she is ‘mortified’ by the incident, according to the Mail.
• “Starmer’s prison overcrowding plan could mean some rioters will be released early” – Far-Right rioters jailed over recent disorder could be released from prison early under the Government’s scheme to tackle overcrowding, reveals the Telegraph.
• “I’m not safe as a Muslim politician, says Sadiq Khan” – Sadiq Khan says he is not safe as an openly Muslim politician in the wake of the riots, according to the Telegraph.
• “Two-Tier Keir showed his true colours years ago. We should have seen the warning signs” – Far-Right rioters are worthy of condemnation, but accusations of two-tier policing are becoming harder to deny, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Why Britain riots” – Starmer has played into the hands of those who claim the white working classes are discriminated against, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “The British migrant dream is thriving. It’s poor white boys who are in trouble” – If Starmer wants to pick an agenda from the wreckage of the last few days, he needs look no further then the problem of left-behind whites, says Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
• “Britain set for ‘sustained inter-ethnic conflict’ as David Starkey wades in on chaos” – Dr. David Starkey warns that Britain’s current unrest signals the onset of “sustained inter-ethnic conflict”, reports GB News.
• “The riots and the social media blame game” – Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings, writes Fred Skulthorp in the Critic.
• “Blaming Andrew Tate for a rise in violence against women is a cop-out” – Police chiefs are scapegoating online influencers for their own failure to tackle misogynistic crimes, says Paul Chapel in Spiked.
• “In defence of Elon Musk” – Without Elon Musk, we would likely have seen only one side of the violence of this past week, writes James Price in the Critic.
• “Tommy Robinson is copying the progressive playbook” – The Right has minimised the rioters’ agency, says Simon Cottee in UnHerd.
• “Labour warned over attempt to define Islamophobia” – Labour is considering enforcing a controversial definition of Islamophobia – despite warnings it could harm free speech, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Poked by the bear” – If the Russians are throwing a few lighted matches in our direction, then we probably ought first to establish why it is that our societies are full of such dry kindling, says Dr. David McGrogan on his Substack.
• “Taylor Swift terror suspect plotted to drive into crowd and launch machete attack” – The suspect arrested for plotting a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna has confessed to planning to drive a car into a crowd of fans outside the arena and attack them with machetes, reports the Mail.
• “Noah Lyles tested positive for Covid but kept it secret from his 200m rivals” – Noah Lyles revealed that he tested positive for Covid but kept it secret from his competitors following his failed attempt to emulate Usain Bolt’s 100m-200m Olympic sprint double, says USA Today.
• “Multiple counties in blue state recommend N-95 masks for Covid” – Multiple counties in California have started recommending masks indoors, amid a four-fold Covid spike in some areas, reports the Mail.
• “Emails show Zeynep Tufekci is a master at flimflam” – On Substack, Paul D. Thacker uncovers how social media influencer Zeynep Tufekci’s mask crusade had Cochrane flip-flopping on its own review.
• “Give couples £5k tax break to have more children, says think tank” – A report by Onward suggests that parents should be given a £5,000 tax break to encourage them to have more children, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour donor bags plum U.K. Treasury job” – A banker who donated over £20,000 to prominent Labour figures and worked for the party in the months leading up to the election has been given a top civil service job in Britain’s finance ministry, says Politico.
• “Cambridge doubles down on freedom of speech rules” – Cambridge University has implemented its new freedom of speech code, in spite of the legislation it was based on being suspended by the new Labour Government, according to Varsity.
• “Lord Saatchi’s bid for Telegraph is rejected” – Advertising tycoon Lord Saatchi’s bid for the Telegraph has been rejected after the Abu Dhabi fund selling the newspaper said it was not a serious offer, reports Sky News.
• “Mining giant abandons plan to ditch coal as boss admits ‘cash is king’” – Glencore will keep its coal operations after investors reversed their decision to ditch coal, says Axios.
• “Why driving an electric car isn’t green at all” – It takes seven years for an electric car to hit net zero CO₂. With batteries lasting only 10 years, you only see a carbon reduction for the final three – before losing all those gains when it’s time for a replacement, explains Mark Keenan in TCW.
• “Food is freedom” – Modern “sustainability” efforts risk imposing food scarcity and limiting individual liberty, warns Thomas Buckley on his Point Substack.
• “NHS to launch first service for trans patients wanting to return to birth gender” – The NHS is to launch its first ever service for transgender patients wanting to return to the gender of their birth, reports the Mail.
• “Should the NHS really be spending money on child gender clinics?” – The correct number of NHS paediatric gender clinics is not one, nor two and certainly not eight; it is zero, says Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
• “Olympic meddling” – The whole point of the Games is not to be inclusive, but exclusive, says Theodore Dalrymple in Taki’s Mag.
• “Together 3rd Anniversary Event – with Neil Oliver, Zuby, Allison Pearson, Baroness Claire Fox, Bev Turner, Dominic Frisby plus more” – Together’s 3rd Anniversary Event is set to attract around 2,000 people to London on Friday, 20th September, with speakers including Neil Oliver, podcaster Zuby, the Telegraph’s Allison Pearson, Baroness Claire Fox, broadcaster Bev Turner and more announced soon. Daily Sceptic readers can get £5 off early bird tickets for a limited time by using coupon code SCEPTIC at checkout.
• “Victory as GARM is dead!” – On X, Ben Shapiro celebrates the World Federation of Advertisers “discontinuing” the activities of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) following an antitrust lawsuit filed by Elon Musk.

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