News Round-Up

• “Nearly 1000 migrants cross Channel in record day” – Nearly 1000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday – the highest total in a single day for almost two years, reports the Mail.
• “Britain has most illegal migrants in Europe, study finds” – Figures revealing that one in 100 people in the population is in the country illegally were disclosed after the biggest day for Channel crossings this year, says GB News.
• “Deported Albanian sneaks back into U.K. – and uses ECHR to stay” – An Albanian criminal who sneaked back into Britain after being deported has won the right to stay under the European Convention on Human Rights, reports the Telegraph.
• “No wonder Britain is becoming the illegal migration capital of Europe” – The strong pull factors mean we have even more illegal migration than Germany, writes Guy Dampier in the Telegraph.
• “Cultural sensitivities must not stand in the way of justice” – The lesson we must learn from the Manchester Airport incident is that no one, regardless of religion or race, should get special treatment, says Isabelle Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
• “The Middle East is on the brink of all-out war – what happens next?” – The strategy of escalation dominance, Benjamin Netanyahu’s more cautious generals will be telling him, only works if your enemy does not itself believe it can win, writes Paul Nuki in the Telegraph.
• “Man filmed destroying Jewish memorial on eve of October 7th anniversary” – A man has been filmed damaging a Jewish memorial in Brighton on the eve of the anniversary of October 7th attacks on Israel, reports the Sun.
• “Israel is fighting on the frontline of the free world. Thank us later” – One year on from October 7th, does the free world still want Israel to win, or has it changed its mind? wonders Eylon Levy in the Telegraph.
• “Imam calls Israel ‘a racist project’ days before October 7th anniversary” – An Islamic preacher called Israel a “racist European Zionist project” in a sermon to worshippers at a London mosque days before the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why Israel deserves our support” – The West must stand up to Islamism, says Ayaan Hirsi Ali in UnHerd.
• “Morgan McSweeney’s wife received £10,000 from organisation he used to run” – A Left-wing think tank formerly run by Morgan McSweeney donated £10,000 towards his wife’s bid to be elected as an MP, reports the Telegraph.
• “Unions join calls for delay to VAT on school fees” – Education unions have joined forces with private schools to urge ­Rachel Reeves to delay new laws imposing VAT on the sector, warning that the current deadline will lead to teacher job losses, according to the Times.
• “Labour’s war on private schools is being exposed as pure class hatred” – Labour’s flagship policy to slap VAT on private school fees is disintegrating before our eyes. Even the unions are worried about its disastrous consequences, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph.
• “Report used by Labour to support private school VAT raid written by minister’s friend” – A close friend of a government minister wrote a report Labour has used to justify the party’s private school VAT raid, reports Guido Fawkes.
• “The equal pay frenzy causing Britain an £8 billion headache” – Closing the gender pay gap will have “massive implications” for major businesses, writes Noah Eastwood in the Telegraph.
• “Britain to suffer biggest exodus of millionaires in the world” – According to an Adam Smith Institute analysis of UBS forecasts, the share of the population who are millionaires is expected to plunge by 20% over the course of this Parliament, reports the Telegraph.
• “Who killed Sue Gray?” – And so, the power struggle is over: Sue Gray has lost and Morgan McSweeney has won, says Tom McTague in UnHerd.
• “‘Sue Gray clung to job because she knows where bodies are buried’” – Speaking to Nick Ferrari on LBC, Boris Johnson said Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff was “always a goner” after a member of her family took donations from Lord Alli.
• “The Constitutional Colour Revolution” – Sue Gray’s new role as “Envoy for the Regions and Nations” is a strong signal that the Starmer Government, after its shaky start, will accelerate its agenda for constitutional reform, says Mat on his Dogmatic Slumbers Substack.
• “Starmer’s personal ratings plunge to new low amid Sue Gray chaos” – A poll by More in Common found Keir Starmer now has a net score of minus 33 among Brits – an astonishing fall from a high of plus 11 in the aftermath of his election, according to James Tapsfield in the Mail.
• “Is Britain destined for Net Zero power cuts?” – In his quest to destroy U.K. energy security and increase bills in his worship of Net Zero, Ed Miliband is now considering scrapping the nuclear plant in Wales, writes Tom Ed on his Substack.
• “News media applying for €1.8 million state grants were asked to consider focusing more on climate change and rise of populism” – An Irish government expert group that helped award €1.8 million of taxpayers’ money to media companies wanted greater coverage of climate change and “the rise of populism” overseas, reports the Irish Independent.
• “The NHS: where does all the money go?” – In part 7a of their investigation into the funding of the NHS, Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson look at the Department of Health and Social Security.
• “No wonder youngsters are shirking education – they can self-diagnose their way out of anything” – Mental health diagnoses are being inflated to the point of worthlessness. It’s high time we stopped fuelling this cop-out culture, says Celia Walden in the Telegraph.
• “Wails from Wales” – Wales is fast becoming a political footnote, where erasing history is mistaken for progress, says Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
• “The school chaplain accused of terrorism” – On Free Speech Nation, Andrew Doyle interviews Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall, dismissed as a chaplain after he told pupils they were free to disagree with gender identity ideology.
• “Canada’s churches are burning down – and the Left doesn’t want to ask why” – Over 100 Canadian churches have gone up in flames or been trashed, yet the Left’s silence is as loud as the Right’s outrage, says Michael Taube in the Telegraph.
• “Hillary Clinton wants to ‘criminally charge’ ‘Americans engaged in propaganda’” – Why have establishment Baby Boomer Democrats embraced censorship? wonders John Leake on the Courageous Discourse Substack.
• “The ladies’ hour” – The recent Vice Presidential debate made clear that, whichever party wins in November, the feminisation of American culture will continue apace, writes Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
• “Have we hit peak woke?” – Wokeness has had an enormous influence on contemporary culture, but have we finally reached its zenith? On the Aporia podcast, Bo Winegard and Noah Carl scrutinise whether we are finally witnessing the ebb of this influential ideology.
• “Drug and alcohol addiction charity director caught drug driving” – The director of a drug and alcohol charity has been caught driving whilst under the influence of cannabis and alcohol three times in only two years, reports the Mail.
• “‘A middle finger to the audience’: why Joker 2 flopped” – In the Telegraph, Ed Power explains how a $200 million musical sequel, made by a director intent on punishing fans of the original, became a box office folly for the ages.
• “The party political broadcast Labour don’t want you to see” – On X, Reform U.K. have released the satirical blockbuster movie trailer of Labour’s Britain, starring Free Gear Keir, Robbing Rachel, Red Ed and Well Dressed Angela.

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