News Round-Up

• “Football and cricket face lawsuit threat over ‘atrocious’ transgender policies” – The Football Association and the England and Wales Cricket Board are facing potential legal challenges following the Supreme Court ruling that trans women are not women, according to GB News.
• “What does the transgender rights ruling mean?” – The Telegraph explores the major issues behind Wednesday’s landmark case – and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision.
• “At last, legal clarity on trans women. But now a multitude of woke managers must be re-educated” – The Conservatives will hold Labour’s feet to the fire so women don’t have to fight for their rights every time, writes Kemi Badenoch in the Telegraph.
• “The courts have spelled out what our politicians are too scared to say” – In the Telegraph, Suzanne Moore celebrates the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex.
• “Why did we need the Supreme Court to tell us what a woman is?” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill hails the Supreme Court’s ruling that legally defines women by biological sex as a triumph for common sense.
• “A historic victory – but did we need a court to tell us what a woman is?” – It has cost vast sums of public money and crowdfunded donations for the Supreme Court to uphold the common sense position that sex is real, writes Janice Turner in the Times.
• “Nicola Sturgeon should apologise to the women of Scotland” – The era of self-identification is well and truly over, says Joanna Cherry in the Spectator.
• “Why Labour’s desperate attempt to take down Nigel Farage is doomed” – With local elections just weeks away, Sir Keir and co are frantically trying to ruin Reform’s plans – but they misunderstand the public mood, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “The terrible trilemma” – In the New Conservative, Stewart Slater argues that by chasing growth, green goals and workers’ rights all at once, Rachel Reeves has led Labour into a trap of its own making.
• “White House expects UK trade deal ‘within three weeks’” – Britain is in a good position for a fast trade agreement because it imports more goods from the US than it exports, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal” – Keir Starmer must embrace Trump’s agenda by repealing hate speech laws in order to get a trade deal over the line, a Washington source has told the Independent.
• “Tommy Robinson will stay in prison after losing appeal” – Tommy Robinson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his 18-month sentence for contempt of court, reports the Mail. 
• “Crackdown on pub banter will help anxious staff, says minister” – Critics fear Labour’s new crackdown on pub banter risks stifling free speech in public places and forcing employers to monitor what people say, according to the Telegraph. 
• “Why is Keir Starmer meeting a leader demanding trillions from Britain?” – In the Telegraph, Dia Chakravarty questions why Keir Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for Barbados’s Mia Mottley – a leader demanding trillions in reparations from Britain.
• “Stewartby carbon capture facility could affect environment” – Potential effects on air quality, noise and local biodiversity have been identified in a report for a new carbon capture facility, reports the BBC.
• “China ‘will no longer bid to build nuclear power plant in Essex’” – China will no longer build a nuclear power station in Essex amid fresh scrutiny over Beijing’s involvement in critical UK infrastructure, says the Mail. 
• “‘My night in a Dublin pub with Conor McGregor and Tucker Carlson’” – In the Telegraph, Michael Murphy recounts a boozy evening with Conor McGregor as he courts Ireland’s working class and eyes a presidential bid with Trump’s backing.
• “Trump to strong-arm EU into splitting from China” – President Trump plans to strong-arm the EU into splitting from China in return for lower tariffs, reports the Telegraph.
• “China tells Trump to ‘stop whining’ about tariffs as economy surges” – China has warned the US that it “should stop whining about being a victim in global trade” in its latest swipe at Trump’s tariffs, says the Mail. 
• “RFK Jr. reveals five ‘toxins’ that could be causing autism epidemic” – Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has revealed a list of “toxins” he claims could be driving a “tsunami” of autism across the US, reports the Mail.
• “Anti-white racism has been embedded into the public sector in the same way as trans rights” – The quest for diversity for diversity’s sake enfeebles the NHS, the police and the Armed Forces, warns Allison Pearson in the Telegraph – which makes it a matter of life and death.
• “The strange rebirth of Christian England” – The success of our national church should be of interest to all English people, whether believers or not, says Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
• “The realism of religion” – A Christian revival won’t save the deluded West – but it might teach it to accept its fate, writes John Gray in the New Statesman.
• “Netflix’s show Adolescence is manipulating you and thousands of others” – Netflix’s new miniseries Adolescence is fictional and completely far-fetched, but the British Government and media are treating it like a documentary, says Matt Walsh on his YouTube channel.
• “Congratulations to UK women!” – A video on X shows the ecstatic reaction of women’s rights campaigners after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the law defines women as people born biologically female.

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