News Round-Up

• “Reeves ‘faces hiking taxes again’ as Trump smashes Spring Statement” – Rachel Reeves has been warned she might have to raise taxes again after Trump stepped up his growing trade war, reports the Mail.
• “Trump has Britain in a bind over car tariffs” – There is a factor that limits Britain’s ability to retaliate against US aggression over trade: our hopeless reliance on imports of US gas, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “Businesses ‘p—ed off’ with Labour, says CBI Chairman” – The head of Britain’s biggest business group says that Labour’s tax rises and its employment rights Bill have left the UK’s bosses “pretty p—-d off”, according to This is Money.
• “If we don’t change course, this country is doomed” – The Chancellor’s tinkering this week will do nothing to allay the growing threat of an economic crisis, warns David Frost in the Telegraph.
• “If you want to make God laugh, show him your plan for growth” – On Substack, Dr David McGrogan likens Rachel Reeves’s economic forecasts to a futile rain dance.
• “As Reeves pours billions into submarines, unions are rubbing their hands” – The Chancellor’s pledge to turn Britain into a “defence superpower” will please Labour’s biggest backers, says Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.
• “Male Channel migrants crowd onto boat, leaving women in sea” – Male migrants were seen crowding on to a people-smugglers’ boat and leaving women in the sea as they prepared to cross the English Channel, reports the Telegraph.
• “Asylum seeker towns where locals are ‘too scared to walk the streets’” – Locals in Britain’s asylum seeker hotspots have complained of being scared for their safety and “taken advantage of” by the Government, says the Mail. 
• “The ECHR could be McSweeney’s downfall” – Morgan McSweeney’s attempt to push Labour towards withdrawal from the ECHR could secure the next election, writes J’accuse on Substack. Or, if he fails, it could be his undoing.
• “Islamic tail wagging the British bulldog” – The UK is in danger of sliding into a cultural abyss where traditional British values, and the Christian religion, are eclipsed by Islam, warns Dr Roger Watson in TCW.
• “What the CofE needs from Justin Welby’s successor” – In the Spectator, Emma Thompson argues that the Church of England needs a new Archbishop of Canterbury who can inspire trust, and lead the Church away from managerialism towards a more community-centred approach. No, not that Emma Thompson.
• “Angela Rayner’s staff to strike over demand they return to the office” – Angela Rayner’s own staff have voted to strike over demands they work in the office three days a week, reports the Telegraph.
• “Reform ‘jumped the gun’ with my Rupert Lowe report, says KC” – Jacqueline Perry, the KC hired by Reform UK to investigate Rupert Lowe, says her employers “jumped the gun” by prematurely releasing her report, according to the Telegraph.
• “Shoplifter is cleared of £19,000 theft because of her ‘mental health’” – A member of a professional shoplifting gang dubbed the ‘Spice Girls’ has been cleared of stealing £19,000 worth of designer items because she has “mental health issues”, reports the Mail.
• “Should police have the power to search homes without a warrant?” – The incoming Crime and Policing Bill gives the police warrantless powers of entry to search and seize stolen goods, warns Alexander Baker in the Spectator.
• “‘My campus harassment was a ‘medieval experience’’” – Kathleen Stock’s campus harassment over her gender-critical views led to Sussex University being fined £585,000 for failing to protect her free speech, writes Sanchez Manning in the Times.
• “Fortunes are changing in the culture war” – Sussex University should move on, says Kathleen Stock in UnHerd.
• “Kathleen Stock renounces academic title over ‘dim-witted’ trans policies” – Kathleen Stock has blasted “dim-witted, claustrophobic” transgender policies still in place at universities across Britain, reports the Times.
• “Kathleen Stock criticises former university for complaining about £585,000 free speech fine” – Gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock has slammed Sussex University for complaining after it was fined for failing to protect freedom of speech, says the Telegraph.
• “The pro-Trump radio host banned from Britain for ‘inciting Right-wing violence’” – Michael Savage says he is the “canary in the coal mine” of the UK’s free speech crackdown, writes Memphis Barker in the Telegraph.
• “Thousands of jobs at risk as British Steel plan to close furnaces” – British Steel says its blast furnaces and steelmaking operations are “no longer financially sustainable” – blaming market conditions, US tariffs and higher environmental costs, according to the Mail.
• “Miliband forced to set aside £8 billion to cover risk of Net Zero disaster” – Ed Miliband has been forced to set aside £8 billion as a de facto insurance policy against carbon capture risks – from CO₂ leaks to simply not making enough money, reports the Telegraph.
• “The tide is turning against the fantasy economics that prop up Net Zero” – Many of the things we take for granted are about to be become prohibitively expensive, warns Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science” – Some academic publishers have been accused by scientists of being “too greedy” and prioritising profit over research integrity, writes Lucy Montgomery in the Conversation.
• “COVID-19 mRNA injections dangerously reprogramme the immune system, increasing infection risk” – On the Focal Points Substack, Dr Nicolas Hulscher examines evidence suggesting that repeated COVID-19 mRNA jabs may raise the risk of infection rather than reduce it.
• “HHS announces transformation to Make America Healthy Again” – On Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone hails RFK Jr.’s radical Department of Health and Human Services shake-up as a billion-dollar blitz on bloated bureaucracy and chronic disease.
• “BBC reporter deported from Turkey after covering protests” – A BBC reporter has been deported from Turkey after covering protests against the arrest of a leading opposition figure, says the BBC.
• “What Jordan Bardella is doing in Israel” – In the Spectator, Jonathan Miller examines how Jordan Bardella’s visit to Israel helps distance the Rassemblement National from its antisemitic past and positions him as a potential presidential candidate.
• “Amsterdam stabbing: police issue major update after five injured in broad daylight knife attack in city centre” – Five people have been injured in a “mass stabbing” in the centre of Amsterdam, according to GB News.
• “Poland bans migrants from claiming asylum to ‘take back control’” – Poland has temporarily banned migrants from claiming asylum in a bid to “take back control” of its borders, reports the Mail.
• “Higher taxes, more political repression, no solutions: Germany’s next government will be from hell” – The Federal Republic has boarded an express train to Green socialist purgatory, says Eugyppius on Substack.
• “Greenland to freeze out Usha Vance ahead of controversial trip” – A Greenlandic tourism business which was due to host Usha Vance, JD Vance’s wife, has cancelled the trip amid the Trump administration’s “underlying agenda” for the visit, reports the Mail.
• “Trump’s plan to force Ukraine to restore Putin’s gas empire” – Donald Trump is holding a gun to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky, demanding vast reparations and staking a claim to half of Ukraine’s energy, most of its metals and much of its infrastructure, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
• “The history culture war and how to fight it justly” – On Substack, Nigel Bigger argues that Christians should fight the history culture war with honesty and grace, helping keep debate civil while speaking hard truths.
• “The ‘racism’ legal threat that forced Harry to quit his charity” – In the Telegraph, Victoria Ward reveals the extraordinary collapse of Prince Harry’s charity, Sentebale, sparked by a toxic rift with new chairman Dr Sophie Chandauka, leading to mass resignations, legal threats and allegations of racism and misogyny.
• “Why should parents have to explain ‘gender identity’ to five-year-olds?” – In the Telegraph, Michael Deacon takes aim at the CBeebies’s Hey Duggee for pushing gender ideology on young children.
• “‘Non-binary’ is not real” – Men and women are free to call themselves what they like, but there is no third sex, says Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
• “Adolescence and the demonisation of working-class males” – In the New Conservative, Brian Patrick Bolger slams the portrayal of white working-class males in Adolescence.
• “Andrew Tate accused of sexually assaulting and choking girlfriend” – Andrew Tate has been accused of choking and assaulting his girlfriend during a rough sexual encounter at the Beverly Hills Hotel just two weeks after he was let back in the country, reports the Mail.
• “Labour still seems determined to ruin your night out” – In Conservative Home, James Ford slams Labour’s chaotic, contradictory and joy-sapping plans for London’s night-time economy.
• “Labour’s ‘pub banter’ crackdown brutally torn apart by free speech champion” – Toby has blasted Labour plans that could see pub landlords forced to police conversations in pubs to ensure staff are not offended, reports the Express.
• “Toby Young rips apart Labour’s ‘pub banter ban’ in Lords maiden speech” – Toby delivered his maiden speech in the House of Lords with a fiery warning about the ‘banter ban’ buried in Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, reports Guido.
• “A proud day for the Free Speech Union! (and the Daily Sceptic!)” – Free Speech Union founder and General Secretary, and our very own Lord Young of Acton, delivers his maiden speech in the House of Lords.

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