News Round-Up

• “Convicted double murderer had his human rights breached, court rules” – An assassin jailed for life for shooting dead a mother and her sleeping nephew in North London has won a European human rights claim, reports the Standard.
• “Britain to suffer £22 billion hit from Trump tariffs” – Economists warn that Trump’s tariffs are set to deliver a £22 billion blow to Britain, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘Am I alone in admiring what Trump is doing?’” – There’s only a slim chance Trump’s plan will work, but at least the US President is trying to change history rather than just caretake it, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
• “Americans deliver shock verdict on Trump’s controversial new tariffs” – Despite sending the global markets into a verified frenzy after enacting a sweeping new tariff regiment, President Trump has shockingly gone up in popularity, reports the Mail.
• “Apple’s collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety” – In the Telegraph, James Titcomb shows that Apple’s $311 billion crash proves Tim Cook’s bromance with Trump was no shield against the tariff wrecking ball.
• “Hedge fund billionaire turns on Trump over ‘economic nuclear winter’” – Billionaire hedge fund boss Bill Ackman has turned on the President warning his tariffs risk an “economic nuclear winter”, reports the BBC.
• “‘I will not pause tariffs – we can’t be stupid any more’” – President Trump has insisted that there will be no pause in his tariffs as he demanded China back down in a trade war or face a further charge of 50%, reports USA Today.
• “The nuclear option China could take in trade war with the US” – Retaliatory tariffs may only be the beginning of Beijing’s counter attack, warns Melissa Lawford in the Telegraph.
• “‘I’ll be pragmatic on Net Zero, says PM’” – Keir Starmer has vowed to be “pragmatic” on Net Zero, according to the Telegraph.
• “Elite British carmakers to be spared Net Zero curbs” – Labour has watered down the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in the wake of Trump’s tariffs, reports the Telegraph.
• “Starmer’s Net Zero reforms don’t go far enough, warn carmakers” – Carmakers have warned that Keir Starmer’s plans to relax Net Zero rules will fail to boost demand for electric vehicles, says the Telegraph.
• “Why are sports cars being exempted from Net Zero rules?” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark blasts the Government’s Net Zero policy as a sham that lets the rich rev their gas-guzzlers while the rest are forced to plug in and pay up.
• “Giant floating wind farms to be moored off south-west coast” – Giant floating wind farms are set to be moored off Britain’s south-west coast as Ed Miliband ramps up his green energy blitz, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘It’s like they want us to fail’: the Net Zero plans threatening British fishing” – Labour’s clean energy obsession is impeding an already declining industry – and the infuriated fishermen affected are not being listened to, writes Ben East in the Telegraph.
• “Labour mayor accused of bullying and harassment by staff” – Dan Norris, the Labour MP and West of England Mayor, has been accused of bullying and harassment by staff at a local authority, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Why did the BBC say ‘Muslim reverts’?” – In the Spectator, Chris Bayliss slams the BBC for parroting the term ‘Muslim reverts’, calling it a symptom of its timidity when reporting on anything Islamic.
• “The fight for academic freedom in the UK” – In Quillette, Abhishek Saha explains how the battle for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act was fought, won and nearly lost again.
• “We must learn to let people offend each other” – We have allowed the state to blur the definitions of persuasion and incitement, says Trevor Phillips in the Times.
• “Philip Green pleads with European judges to curb Parliament’s free speech” – Sir Philip Green is seeking to use a European court to attack Parliamentary privilege, according to the Telegraph.
• “New UK internet policing law targets US online forums” – Online forums based in the US that rely on First Amendment protections are getting caught up in internet regulations in the UK, where they now risk being blocked under recent legislation, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Why shouldn’t Livia Tossici-Bolt try to prevent abortions?” – In the Spectator, Melanie McDonagh argues that Livia Tossici-Bolt’s peaceful protest outside an abortion clinic is an important act of free expression.
• “Britain’s courts are being used as a political weapon to bludgeon heretics” – People are still being prosecuted for minor Covid violations while real criminals are getting off scot-free, writes Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
• “It is time to end Covid prosecutions” – Britain’s approach to lockdown was ludicrously heavy handed, says the Telegraph in a leading article. Let’s free up our courts to tackle real crime.
• “86% of suspected EU adverse drug reactions in infants transmitted through breastfeeding are linked to C-19 vaccines” – On Substack, Dr Robert W. Malone flags a startling new study showing that 86% of suspected infant adverse drug reactions transmitted through breastfeeding in 2021–2022 were linked to COVID-19 jabs.
• “US intelligence agency’s classified analysis offers detailed scientific view that COVID-19 may have come from Wuhan lab” – An analysis by the US Defense Department’s intelligence agency concluded five years ago that the virus that caused COVID-19 could have been engineered in a Chinese laboratory, according to U.S. Right to Know.
• “Flu vaccination linked to 27% increased risk of flu” – On the Courageous Discourse Substack, Dr Nicolas Hulscher reports that a major Cleveland Clinic study has found flu vaccination during the 2024–2025 season was linked to a 27% increased risk of contracting influenza.
• “Oh no, another not-so-deadly disease!” – In TCW, Dr Roger Watson slams the media’s fear-mongering over the latest Covid variant and monkeypox.
• “Is Israel wrong to see Labour MPs as hostile actors?” – That Israel feels it must be cautious towards politicians from Britain is mortifying, says Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
• “David Lammy’s Israel hypocrisy” – In the Spectator, Stephen Pollard blasts David Lammy for slamming Israel over border control while backing Britain’s right to ban and even arrest Israel’s leader on UK soil.
• “Should Marine Le Pen step down?” – It was a rally for Marine Le Pen, billed as a rendez-vous historique, writes James Tidmarsh in the Spectator. But in the end barely a few thousand people showed up.
• “Marine le Pen is far from finished” – Le Pen still dreams of winning the 2027 Presidential Election, says Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
• “‘I’m the only Ukrainian-born member of congress – here’s why we must give land to Russia’” – In the Telegraph, Cameron Henderson profiles Ukrainian-born US congresswoman Victoria Spartz, who argues that Ukraine must cede territory to Russia and replace Zelensky.
• “Javier Milei has cut poverty” – This week brought the publication of poverty figures in Argentina, and they showed a decline, writes Sam Meadows in the Spectator.
• “UK Government to create equal pay quango for race and disability” – An arms-length body could tackle pay inequality among disabled people and ethnic minorites amid concerns among Labour MPs the Equality Act hasn’t gone far enough, reports the Times.
• “DVLA spends tens of thousands to hire ‘Head of Inclusion and Attendance’” – The government agency which manages the UK’s driving database is hiring a new Head of Corporate Wellbeing, Attendance and Inclusion, according to Guido Fawkes.
• “In defence of teenage boys” – In the Spectator, Niall Gooch argues that teenage boys embody qualities of courage, irreverence and drive that society should nurture rather than suppress.
• “Heathcliff ‘may have been black’” – The Brontë Museum has suggested that Heathcliff may have been black, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘I’m woke Right. Maybe you are too’” – Has the online Right replaced the online Left? wonders Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
• “Women’s final between two biological men shatters defence for transgender athletes” – In the Telegraph, Oliver Brown argues that a women’s pool final between two biological men exposes the collapse of fairness in female sport.
• “Meghan Markle is mercilessly mocked on BBC’s Have I Got News For You” – Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been ridiculed by the BBC on a primetime comedy show where the audience appeared to jeer Meghan’s new lifestyle brand, reports the Mail.
• “‘I’m not gay… I’m bi’” – Tory MP Michael Fabricant introduces himself to television audiences as he prepares to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house.

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