News Round-Up

• “The Guardian effect: Labour ‘help’ could seal a Trump win” – History teaches us that when the British Left tries to influence American politics, it goes wrong, says Freddy Gray in the Telegraph.
• “‘This Is Illegal’: British Labour Party Sending Staff To Campaign For Kamala In Swing States” – ZeroHedge with a round-up of the best responses to the nutty Labour plan to send a platoon of British socialists to campaign for Kamala.
• “Labour can’t help Kamala Harris” – Labour’s outrageous intervention isn’t some harmless cultural exchange, it’s a direct attempt to manipulate the future of America’s highest office, says Lee Cohen in the Spectator. But it’s also laughable.
• “Kamala Harris has lost momentum – no wonder she’s getting desperate” – Money might not buy what she needs: a public willing to take a chance on another four years on her and the Democrats in government, says Daniel McCarthy in the Telegraph.
• “Labour must kick Britain’s dangerous addiction to migration” – As crime rises and our social fabric frays, Labour cannot use soaring numbers to plaster over the cracks in our economy, says Sam Bidwell in the Telegraph.
• “The rental market is heading for catastrophe” – The rental market is heading for a breaking point – and an incompetent political class is entirely to blame for the crisis that is heading our way, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “Why incitement to hatred should not be a crime” – The jailing of Lucy Connolly will do nothing to challenge racism, says Tim Black in Spiked. It will only bolster the state censors.
• “Lucy Connolly’s tweet about asylum seekers was vile. But she shouldn’t be in prison” – When people who commit worse crimes walk free, the public is bound to ask questions of our justice system, says the Telegraph‘s Michael Deacon.
• “Eton in line for £4.8m windfall from Labour VAT raid” – Eton College is in line to receive a £4.8m “handout” from the Government because of a clause in its private school tax raid, says the Telegraph.
• “Starmer’s authoritarian instincts can’t be allowed to constrain press freedom” – Under-fire politicians tend to lash out at the messenger, but Labour must not invoke any draconian regulations, says Trevor Kavanagh in the Telegraph.
• “Gail’s boss backs Badenoch to be Tory leader” – In the Telegraph, Luke Johnson says Kemi understands how societies become prosperous and can articulate that.
• “Jenrick: I would tear up unconservative climate change act as Tory leader” – Robert Jenrick says that if he became Prime Minister he would scrap major pieces of Blair and Brown era legislation including the Climate Change Act, Equality Act and Human Rights Act under a “Great Reform Act”, according to the Telegraph.
• “Tories need a strong leader to resist Labour’s socialist war on success” – The politics of envy have once again infected Parliament. Freedom, family and aspiration cannot be allowed to wither away, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph as she declares for Kemi.
• “Kemi Badenoch should stop being woke” – In the Spectator, Laurie Wastell criticises Badenoch for repeatedly playing the race card and, by implication, playing by the Left’s rules.
• “How the Tories changed their tune on Nigel Farage – and Reform” – The traditional Conservative tactic of trying to depict Reform leader Nigel Farage as not respectable has run its course, says Patrick O’Flynn in the Spectator.
• “Migrant gangster convicted over murder can’t be deported because of EU rules” – A migrant gang member convicted of manslaughter after the murder of an 18 year-old cannot be deported because of European Union rules, it has emerged, reports the Telegraph.
• “Netanyahu vows to punish Iran after Hezbollah drone hits his house” – Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to punish Iran after a Hezbollah drone attempted to “assassinate” him and his wife at their weekend residence, the Telegraph reports.
• “Reporter who praised October 7th as ‘moment of triumph’ to speak at London Muslim conference” – A reporter from Iran’s Press TV who described the October 7th attacks on Israel as a “moment of triumph” will speak at a London Muslim conference, reports the Telegraph.
• “GCSE textbook that says jihad in Gaza ‘justified’ pulled from print” – A GCSE textbook that says jihad in Gaza is “justified” has been pulled from print, says the Telegraph.
• “This is the modern-day story of David and Goliath” – On Substack, Dr. Jessica Rose responds the limp official “rebuttal” of the Port Hedland Covid vaccine cancer claims.
• “Victory for doctors over Mail on Sunday slur” – In TCW, Sally Beck on the vindication of Dr. Zoë Harcombe and Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, who won “the most significant piece of defamation litigation” a judge has seen in the British High Court for a very long time.
• “The climate scaremongers: Is there no end to Miliband’s madness?” – Ed Miliband seems to think he is a law unto himself, spending more and more money on our behalf, seemingly without any Parliamentary scrutiny, says Paul Homewood in TCW.
• “Labour gender therapy plans ‘risk criminalising parents who don’t want children to transition’” – Labour’s “trans inclusive” ban on conversion therapy, currently in the works, risks “criminalising” parents who do not want their children to transition, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned by a cross-party group of MPs and peers as well as psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors and consultants, says the Telegraph.
• “Is it time for feminists to turn to the Tories?” – In the Spectator, Julie Bindel ponders whether feminists like her, concerned about the transgender debate, should hold their nose and team up with the Tories.
• “How ‘gay rights’ charities turned against gay people” – Stonewall’s silence on the attempts to shut down the LGB Alliance conference speaks volumes, says Jo Bartosch in Spiked.
• “Black academics told being ‘nice’ perpetuates ‘white supremacy’” – Black academics have been told by a study that being nice perpetuates “white supremacy” and warns against adopting behaviours “palatable to white groups” rather than using their position to challenge racism, reports the Telegraph.
• “DEI is dying, but the damage to the next generation has already been done” – When even the New York Times turns on DEI ideology, you know something is afoot. But is it already too late, asks Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “Reparations are wrong on every level. We must reject the divisive politics of national grievance” – A majority of Britons want their children to be taught to be proud of the country, regardless of background, and Labour must listen, says Dan Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “The slow implosion of the EU project” – Our Remainer establishment is blind to the unfolding crisis in Brussels, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
• “Rebel Hearts: a second marriage is the ultimate counter-cultural statement” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth blogs from her honeymoon(!), reflecting on the under-appreciated benefits of a second marriage.
• “So is Kamala doing okay?” – On X, il Donaldo Trumpo has discovered what Obama and Biden actually said to each other at Ethel Kennedy’s funeral.

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