News Round-Up

• “Jihadist wants to be deported – but Home Office still can’t get rid of him” – A convicted jihadist who has renounced his British citizenship cannot be deported to Pakistan because it would breach his human rights, reports the Telegraph.
• “Sack the judges” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle takes aim at the UK’s judges with their daft rulings that keep criminal migrants on our streets.
• “Why were the Abedis here in the first place?” – In the Spectator, Douglas Murray demands answers regarding why the jihadist Abedi family was allowed to settle in the UK, enabling Salman Abedi to carry out the deadly Manchester Arena bombing.
• “Britain is now the heartland of Islamic extremism” – We have a lot to learn from countries like Egypt and the UAE about dealing with Islamic extremism, says Inaya Folarin Iman in the Telegraph.
• “Religious sectarianism should have no place in Britain” – We should all be worried that pro-Gaza activists are telling Muslim voters which party to back in next month’s local elections, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “Britain and France are too scared to tackle the migrant crisis” – Britain and France are both seen as soft touches by the migrants and the gangs who smuggle them in, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
• “Germany to deport ‘single and healthy’ asylum seekers to Greece” – A top German court has ruled that single, healthy male asylum seekers who have travelled to Germany via Greece can be deported back to the Mediterranean state, reports DW.
• “Brussels chief gushes over Starmer” – Sir Keir Starmer may not be polling all that well with the British public but he’s managed to garner some overseas admiration, notes the Spectator’s Steerpike.
• “Labour’s ‘banter ban’ faces showdown in the Lords” – The European Conservative reports that Lord (Toby) Young of the Free Speech Union is spearheading opposition to Clause 20 (the ‘banter ban’) of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill
• “Free speech under threat as Labour’s ‘banter ban’ could silence football fans from shouting ‘Are you blind?’ at referee” – Football fans could face restrictions on shouting “Are you blind?” at referees under Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, reports GB News.
• “Starmer warned children will be at risk if he agrees to US demands to get trade deal” – Keir Starmer has been warned that giving in to US demands over free speech to secure a trade deal will harm children, according to the Independent. Alarmist, much?
• “How Starmer changed his tune on trans women” – The Supreme Court ruling has put an end to the Prime Minister’s inconsistent position on sex and gender – but he’s been on a journey, says George Chesterton in the Telegraph.
• “Labour’s trans school rules thrown into chaos” – The Government has been urged to clarify how this week’s Supreme Court ruling will affect single-sex schools, reports the Telegraph.
• “Equalities watchdog inundated with questions on trans women ruling” – The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been inundated with calls from organisations seeking clarity on how to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman, reveals the Times.
• “Britain’s biggest bank pledges ‘solidarity’ with trans staff” – Lloyds Bank has pledged to support its transgender staff following the Supreme Court’s ruling that trans women are not women, says the Mail.
• “Stonewall’s hour of reckoning has finally arrived” – The Supreme Court’s ruling on the meaning of the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act has left Stonewall on shaky ground, writes Lucy Burton in the Telegraph.
• “The famous faces who insisted ‘trans women are women’” – From politicians to pop stars, many well-known names have had their say on the trans issue. In the Telegraph, Fiona Parker has compiled a handy reminder of the worst offenders.
• “Cowards who failed women must be brought to book” – In the Telegraph, Oliver Brown slams sports bodies like the FA for betraying women by allowing men in female sports.
• “The cancelled women owed an apology for standing up to trans ideology” – The Supreme Court ruling could be the ‘last nail in the coffin’ of cancel culture for gender-critical feminists like J.K. Rowling and Maya Forstater, says Fiona Parker in the Telegraph.
• “Lord Triesman demands sports chiefs resign over Supreme Court trans ruling” – Former FA chairman Lord Triesman has called for the heads of sport governing bodies who haven’t protected women’s sport to resign after the Supreme Court ruling that trans women are not women, reports the Telegraph.
• “Will the Supreme Court gender case victors get the apologies they deserve?” – The Supreme Court has handed a stunning victory to those – mostly women – who have endured vilification and abuse, says Richard Dawkins in the Spectator. Will they now get an apology?
• “How J.K. Rowling got her ‘ultimate revenge’ on Harry Potter stars” – J.K. Rowling has cast fresh faces for HBO’s Harry Potter reboot, leaving Radcliffe, Watson and Grint in the dark – in what insiders are calling her ultimate payback for their trans rights bust up, writes Grant Tucker in the Mail.
• “Jenrick stokes leadership speculation with accidental WhatsApp group” – Robert Jenrick has ignited Tory leadership speculation by adding hundreds of politicians and journalists to a WhatsApp group, reports the BBC.
• “Reform UK in talks with Liz Truss as it sets sights on Senedd” – Reform UK sees the Welsh elections as a potential blueprint for Westminster, says Aubrey Allegretti in the Times.
• “Rupert Lowe sues Nigel Farage for libel amid Reform bullying row” – Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe has instructed lawyers to begin defamation claims against Nigel Farage and other party bosses, according to the Mail.
• “Second homes tax cash not being spent on local housing, councils admit” – Councils hitting second home owners with double tax bills are spending as little as 9p in every £1 generated on affordable housing, reveals the Telegraph.
• “‘I’m a Cambridge professor – we’re sacrificing academic standards to push certain agendas’” – In the Telegraph, Charlotte Lytton talks to Cambridge professor Douglas Hedley about the university’s move to eliminate tripos rankings and limit class hours.
• “BP hit by investor revolt after slashing Net Zero plans” – BP is bracing itself for a shareholder backlash over the firm’s U-turn on Net Zero, reports CNBC.
• “E-bikes cause fires in London ‘every other day’” – After a blaze left 11 people needing hospital treatment, a fire chief has warned that E-bikes and E-scooters are causing fires in London “every other day”, according to the BBC.
• “Baby boomers urged to keep working as 70 declared ‘the new 50’” – Baby boomers are being urged to work later in life after the IMF declared that “70s are the new 50s”, reports the Express.
• “The assisted suicide Bill should not survive” – In the Spectator, Dan Hitchens slams Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill as a rushed mess that risks vulnerable lives.
• “WFH killed the office ‘buzz of ambition’ – and Gen Z is paying the price” – Remote working has eroded the competitive advantage young professionals once had, says Josh Kirby in the Telegraph.
• “Secretary Kennedy outs autism pandemic” – What is behind increasing autism rates and can VAERS help us find out? wonders Jessica Rose on her Substack.
• “The Maldives will regret this disgraceful ban on Israeli tourists” – The ban on Israelis will be damaging for the Maldives – because it will repulse so many decent people from other Western countries, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Trump ‘thwarted Israeli plan to attack Iran’” – President Trump quashed Israeli proposals for a series of joint strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, according to the Times of Israel.
• “It’s time to smash the Iranian nuke project” – Donald Trump’s apparent priority is to strike a deal with Iran, writes Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph. He would do better to launch a military strike against its nuclear facilities first and negotiate afterwards.
• “Why stock markets are defying gravity amid tariff chaos” – Wall Street traders are spying opportunities amid the wreckage of the President’s trade war, says Chris Price in the Telegraph.
• “Secret plans for Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield revealed” – President Trump is building a Golden Dome missile defence shield, which will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to cover the entire globe and monitor enemy threats to the US, reports the Mail.
• “How the US Government funded narrative control operations around the globe” – On Substack, Rebekah Barnett writes about a staggering $1.5 billion in US grants aimed at engineering woke narratives.
• “King praises Judaism and Islam in Easter message” – The King has praised the ethics of Judaism and the “human instinct” of Islam in his Easter message, reports GB News.
• “Every religion but our own” – In the New Conservative, Dr Roger Watson slams the PM and the King for bending over backwards for Muslim, Hindu and Jewish festivals while sidelining Christianity.
• “‘How I found Christianity’” – In the Spectator, Nigel Biggar recounts his journey to Christianity.
• “Kate and William ‘will skip Easter Sunday service’” – The Prince and Princess of Wales will skip the traditional Easter gathering at Windsor Castle this year, opting instead to stay with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at their home in Norfolk, according to the Mail.
• “‘Strong hint’ of alien life found on planet 124 light years from Earth” – Astronomers have announced that they’ve detected the most promising “hints” of potential life on a planet beyond our Solar System, according to ScienceAlert.
• “‘The confirmation of alien life should worry us all’” – In the Mail, Matt Ridley warns that the discovery of potential alien life on K2-18b, 124 light-years away, could signal existential risks for humanity.
• “A stunning find in my local” – On Substack, Paul Sutton shares an astonishing recent find: an unpublished poem by John Keats. (Not really.)
• “‘A lot of people on the American Right have worried about this for a long time’” – On Newsnight, Douglas Murray explains why he challenged Joe Rogan on some of the guests he has had on his podcast.

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