News Round-Up

• “We need to wake up to the tragedy of British Steel” – The Labour Government’s Net Zero absolutism is undermining our national security and economic self-sufficiency, writes Suella Braverman in the Telegraph.
• “British Steel exposes the madness of Net Zero” – The sooner British Steel returns to the private sector, the better for its employees and the taxpayer, says the Telegraph in a leader column.
• “Decline of coal raised electricity costs – and shattered our steel industry” – Port Talbot, Redcar, the dramatic attempt to rescue Scunthorpe: it can all be traced back to energy prices, says Jim Armitage in the Times.
• “Royal Navy on alert to escort shipment in steel crisis” – The Royal Navy may be mobilised after parliament voted to seize control of Scunthorpe plant, according to the Times.
• “British strength was built on steel, Net Zero is emasculating us” – Continuing to pursue unrealistic climate change targets will impoverish the UK to little benefit, writes Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
• “A US trade deal is within Starmer’s grasp, and it won’t mean chlorinated chicken” – When it comes to trade, our Prime Minister has not put a foot wrong – and Tories should not be afraid to admit it, writes Dan Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “Huge Trump tariff U-turn will exempt iPhone and laptops” – An update from customs officials quietly published last night reveals that Trump has decided to exempt Apple’s products from his Chinese tariffs, reports the Mail.
• “Trump is giving Britain the chance to take back control” – The UK can be the global superpower we once were – but first we need to expunge the country’s ‘declinist’ mentality, writes David Ross in the Times.
• “If ‘white privilege’ is real, answer me this” – Stop forcing our police to parrot Left-wing rubbish on race, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Kemi Badenoch accuses police forces of ‘social engineering’” – The Tory leader says she believes in “meritocracy, not race-based quotas” after a police force has been exposed for prioritising ethnic minority candidates, according to the Telegraph.
• “Police chief wants to ‘discriminate against white job applicants’” – Chief Constable John Robins of West Yorkshire Police has consistently pushed to reform laws across the country to boost the number of ethnic minorities in his force, reports the Mail.
• “Diversity drive increases police force’s ethnicity pay gap” – The policy of West Yorkshire Police to prioritise the recruitment of black officers means its racial pay gap is increasing, according to the Telegraph.
• “How ‘positive action’ in police recruitment became anti-white discrimination” – Diversity schemes like the one exposed this week by the Telegraph threaten to create division among an already demoralised force, writes Ian Acheson.
• “Expect rampant ‘white flight’ from our urban areas as the state turns against us” – A never-ending stream of reports about state-sanctioned, anti-white racism have become a wrecking ball against the prospect of a harmonious society, says Patrick O’Flynn on his Substack.
• “It is beyond time to end anti-white racism” – The colour of one’s skin should have no relevance in a job application. Sadly that is not the case in today’s Britain, writes Robert Jenrick in the Telegraph.
• “Manchester Arena terrorist ‘attacks prison officers with cooking oil’” – Hashem Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, “threw hot cooking oil then started stabbing with makeshift weapons”, says the Mail.
• “Our broken immigration system is endangering our high streets” – Too many barber shops in the country are used as “fronts” for illegal activity, according to Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
• “Illegal migrants used to repair EDF solar farm” – Immigration officers have arrested 16 people for working without permits on an Anglesey solar form, reports the Telegraph.
• “Home Office staff sent on Swedish dog massage course” – The Home Office is spending taxpayers’ money on ridiculous perks for its staff, including puzzles and play pits for dogs, according to the Telegraph.
• “Hamas lawyers must be struck off, says Robert Jenrick” – The Shadow justice secretary has called for “a thorough and transparent investigation” of Riverway Law, which is representing Hamas in a case against the British Government, reports the Telegraph.
• “Women’s rights to be prioritised in equality law revamp” – Radical overhaul follows concerns about trans people using single-sex spaces, says the Telegraph. Take with pinch of salt.
• “‘Ed Miliband’s solar blitz has ruined my life’” – ‘Wild west’ planning rules threaten to turn countryside cottages into solar islands, according to Jonathan Leake in the Telegraph.
• “Ed Miliband has carbon footprint 12 times the size of average Briton’s” – “Do as I say, not as I do” appears to be the motto of Ed Miliband, reports the Mail.
• “Net zero ‘is destroying the Church of England’” – A Telegraph investigation reveals that the CofE’s commitment to cut carbon emissions is leaving rural churches out in the cold.
• “Is there no humiliation too great for Ed Miliband?” – The Energy Secretary keeps having his net zero aspirations scuppered by reality, says Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
• “Hidden email casts doubt on Lucy Letby verdict” – The case against nurse Lucy Letby is collapsing, according to UnHerd.
• “Kemi Badenoch: I didn’t become Tory leader to hand it to Reform” – Pinned in by Nigel Farage and overshadowed by the chaos of Donald Trump, the Conservative leader doesn’t assume voters will come back to her party, reports the Times.
• “The UK’s once-great universities are now in a race to the bottom” – As any Cambridge mathematics professor will surely attest, grade inflation plus scrapped rankings equals lower attainment, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
• “‘I taught 16-year-olds. Starmer is wrong to give them the vote’” – Teachers, parents and even many teenagers themselves think the voting age shouldn’t be lowered, says a former teacher in the Telegraph.
• “Transport minister sparks police probe for ‘texting at wheel’” – Lord Hendy is said to have reported himself to the Met over using his phone while driving his routemaster during a charity event, says the Mail.
• “Nigel Farage helps a protestor fill a pothole with flowers” – The always funny Accidental Partridge account on X highlights a recent publicity stunt in which the leader of Reform UK helped an anti-pothole protestor.

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