News Round-Up

• “A death knell for Civilisation: today’s vote is a dark day for Britain.” – Today parliamentary assent to the assisted dying Bill is a dark day for Britain, says Laura Dodsworth on her Substack.
• “History will not be kind to the MPs who backed assisted dying” – In the Spectator, Yuan Yi Zhu criticises those MPs who backed the assisted dying Bill, starting with Kim Leadbeater.
• “Assisted dying won’t work” – Catholic writer Melanie McDonagh says in the Spectator that any attempt to restrict assisted dying to just those with six months to live is bound to fail.
• “The elderly may be coerced into assisted dying” – In the Mail, Renee Hoenderkamp GP worries that the elderly who don’t have much longer to live may be forced into opting for assisted dying.
• “The Commons has voted for assisted dying – we are not the same country we were yesterday” – According to Tim Stanley in the Telegraph, the debate over assisted dying clarified the deep divides within both main parties – between libertarians and conservatives, progressives and socialists.
• “Every time ‘hypocritical’ Starmer called for softer rules on immigration” – The Prime Minister has criticised the Tories’ border control policies, but that contradicts his previous comments calling for border controls to be relaxed, repots the Telegraph.
• “The public have been lied to by Tories and Labour alike on immigration” – Our political system is heading for a major shake up that will cast away the old Establishment, says Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “Labour ‘hit job’ against Louise Haigh had been brewing for months” – Insiders believe the Left-wing MP had a target on her back since “going rogue” with an unauthorised pay deal for train drivers, reports the Telegraph.
• “Louise Haigh quit because she ‘had not told Starmer full story of fraud conviction’” – “More information came to light,” No. 10 sources claim, following Louise Haigh’s resignation, according to the Telegraph.
• “Haigh’s resignation shows Starmer is always in the dark when it suits him” – The Prime Minister’s knack for being ignorant of important information has followed him into politics, says Gordon Rayner in the Telegraph.
• “Revealed: Sir Keir Starmer’s guilty secret – he doesn’t like politics” – In his Telegraph column, Charles Moore says Starmer’s guilty secret is that he doesn’t like politics.
• “U.K. industrial electricity prices highest in Europe” – New data from the Government shows the U.K. has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe, says David Turver on his Substack.
• “Thousands sent eye-watering bills after switching to smart meters” – Thousands of customers have been sent inaccurate energy bills after switching to a smart meter, reports the Telegraph.
• “How net zero accelerated Britain’s national decline” – Across the Atlantic, Britain’s drive for “decarbonisation” is increasingly seen as an economic experiment – one that risks tipping the U.K. into full-scale decline, according to the Telegraph.
• “The electric car drivers with buyers’ remorse” – Motorists who embraced the EV revolution are now counting the cost, says the Telegraph.
• “Decommissioning old nuclear sites to cost £130 billion in blow to Miliband” – The cost to the taxpayer of cleaning up former power plants is higher than previously estimated, reports the Telegraph.
• “Top Labour donor Dale Vince seeks to buy the Observer” – The renewable energy tycoon is a keen reader of the Observer and wants to buy it if its sale to Tortoise Media collapses, according to the Telegraph.
• “Some of my companies may not survive Labour, warns Gail’s chairman” – Luke Johnson has warned MPs that some of his companies “might not survive” as he attacks the Government’s workers’ rights plans, reports the Telegraph.
• “How parents of Labour’s poshest MP put acres beyond taxman’s reach” – The family of Henry Tufnell, Labour’s poshest MP, took steps to minimise inheritance tax on their land ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget, reveals Guy Adams in the Mail.
• “The ‘Call a General Election’ petition: If it hits 10 million, Starmer really is in trouble” – Anthony Webber in the Conservative Woman says if the ‘Call a General Election’ petition attracts 10 million sigantories, Starmer really could be in trouble.
• “Why Royal Society scientists want to kick out member Elon Musk” – Members of the Royal Society tell the Telegraph they oppose the recent attacks on Elon Musk by prominent members, but are too scared to speak out.
• “Mark Zuckerberg can see that the DEI game is up” – The Meta head’s meeting with Donald Trump exposed how skin deep corporate America’s liberalism really is, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “‘Islamophobia’: The death knell for free speech?” – The defining question of our time is whether Islam will adapt to Western values – or our cowardly leaders will force Western values to adapt to Islam, says Frank Haviland on his Substack.
• “Gregg Wallace’s friends blame ‘inappropriate behaviour’ on autism” – A therapist friend of Gregg Wallace’s says the MasterChef judge may have autism and that could explain his bad behaviour, reports the Mail.
• “Why does the British Establishment ignore one of our greatest cultural ambassadors?” – The Establishment’s refusal to honour Iron Maiden is baffling, says C.J. Strachan on his Substack.
• “Telling someone you can’t understand their accent may be harassment” – Elaine Carozzi took the University of Hertfordshire to the Employment Tribunal, claiming she suffered race discrimination and harassment over comments about her accent, says the Mail.
• “Irish general election: race too close to call, exit poll reveals” – Sinn Fein holds a narrow lead over rivals while the ‘Godfather’ and a host of independents threaten to steal in, reports the Times.
• “Ireland’s liberal fantasy” – In UnHerd, Tom McTague says Ireland imagines it can combine the best of America’s economic dynamism with Europe’s social conscience, but it’s a dangerous fantasy.
• “Rebels storm Assad troops in Aleppo as Syrian war reignites” – Dozens of villages are captured from Russian-backed forces near the country’s second-largest city during the heaviest fighting in years, reports the Times.
• “University of Cambridge students told how to use stairs in posters” – Cambridge students are being told how to walk down stairs in new health and safety posters, according to the Telegraph.
• “I was ousted as a charity trustee for saying biological men shouldn’t join our breastfeeding meetings” – Ruth Lewis was forced to resign from the board of a breastfeeding charity after saying she didn’t think men should attend breastfeeding, says the Telegraph.
• “The 1954 book that inspired the police to question Allison Pearson” – In the Telegraph, Ian Hollingsworth does a deep dive into The Nature of Prejudice, Gordon Allport’s book that inspired the NCHI regime.
• “Anti-UK Irish rappers take ‘King’s stash’ after court victory over funding refused by Badenoch” – The hip hop trio Kneecap are to be paid £14,250 by the Government after winning a court case, reports the Telegraph.
• “How Rachel Maddow is dragging MSNBC down” – With the rise of Donald Trump, Rachel Maddow and MSNBC are haemorrhaging viewers, according to the Telegraph.
• “We are the safeguard, this place, this parliament, you and me” – Listen to the conclusion of Danny Kruger’s powerful speech in the House of Commons yesterday opposing the assisted dying bill.

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