News Round-Up

• “Eight Iranians arrested in counter-terror raids across UK” – Eight men have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police in two “significant” terrorism investigations, reports Sky News.
• “Rape gang survivors attack Labour minister after ‘dog whistle’ comment” – Labour Minister Lucy Powell is facing calls to step down after calling the rape gang scandal a “dog whistle”, says the Mail.
• “Labour’s mask slips” – On Substack, Paul Sutton slams the Labour Party’s callous disregard for rape gang victims.
• “Illegal migrants flock to Britain for ‘easy money’ food delivery jobs” – A Telegraph investigation reveals that asylum seekers make up to £500 a week working as bike couriers.
• “Why Britain’s asylum system is broken” – Our dysfunctional policies favour criminals over the genuinely deserving, says Luke Gittos in Spiked.
• “The Tories need to fight out their internal battle or they are doomed” – Cutting their losses among the joss-stick burning classes is the only way that the Tories can build voters elsewhere, writes Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
• “Are the Tories really mad enough to change their leader again?” – The Tory party has descended into a regicidal cult, says Robin Ashenden in the Spectator.
• “Is the Tory beast dead or just reborn?” – In TCW, Kathy Gyngell argues that the Conservative Party’s demise is imminent, with Reform UK poised to take its place.
• “Who can knock out Mr Farage?” – Neither Mr Cameron nor Mr Johnson succeeded in landing a knock-out blow against Mr Farage, notes John Curtice in the Spectator. Ms Badenoch now badly needs to do so – and soon.
• “Even in ‘boring’ British politics, anything can happen now” – Reform’s triumph in the local elections confirms that in the UK, as across Europe, the old political order is finished, says Mick Hume in Spiked.
• “‘Net Zero push risks making Labour toxic to voters’” – Former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett says the Government needs to heed the lessons of the past week and be flexible in meeting its green targets, according to the Telegraph.
• “Politics is downstream of energy” – The politics of energy austerity will soon get very ugly, warns David Turver on his Eigen Values Substack.
• “Calls for Lucy Letby case to be referred back to the Court of Appeal” – A leading barrister has called for the Lucy Letby case to be referred back to the Court of Appeal because her convictions are “almost certainly” unsafe, reports the Mail.
• “‘The case against Lucy Letby is in pieces’” – The Lucy Letby case demands a retrial – the Criminal Cases Review Commission must act quickly and a referral should be in months, not years, says David Davies in the Mail.
• “NIH infectious disease researcher calls for end of dangerous virus studies” – On the Disinformation Chronicle Substack, an anonymous National Institutes of Health infectious disease researcher blasts Dr Fauci as a scientific Godfather who bankrolled risky virus research and gambled with global safety.
• “COVID-19 vaccines responsible for more American casualties than WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam War combined” – One of the greatest crimes in American history is still happening in plain sight, says Nicolas Hulscher on the Focal Points Substack.
• “Every honest doctor in the world should be calling for the Pfizer shots to be immediately halted” – On Substack, Steve Kirsch argues that the Pfizer Covid vaccine should be globally withdrawn after the Levi/Ladapo study showed a 36% spike in non-Covid all-cause mortality.
• “A father battles Canada’s suicide machine” – In UnHerd, Alexander Raikin chronicles a Canadian father’s desperate legal battle to stop his autistic daughter from being euthanised under Canada’s shockingly permissive assisted-suicide regime.
• “Large immigration protests in Monaghan, Donegal” – Thousands of people have taken part in protests expressing concerns about the effects of immigration in both Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan and Letterkenny in Co Donegal, reports Gript.
• “The liberal Danes whose asylum claims have plummeted by 90%” – In the Mail, Sue Reid reveals how Denmark has cut asylum claims by 90% with tough measures like banning the burka and forcing migrants to learn Danish.
• “Houthi ‘hypersonic’ missile strikes Israel’s main airport” – The Houthi militia has attacked Israel’s main international airport with what they claimed was a hypersonic missile that left a huge crater in the ground and injured eight people, reports CNN.
• “Romania’s war on democracy” – No matter who wins Sunday’s first round of the Romanian presidential election, it is a crisis for the country, for the EU and for the relations of both with the US, says Christopher Caldwell in UnHerd.
• “Mark Carney could tear Canada apart” – New Canadian separatist movements threaten to rain on the Liberals’ parade, writes Kevin Yuill in Spiked.
• “Trump fired adviser for ‘plotting with Israel’s leader to bomb Iran’” – President Trump sacked his national security adviser Mike Waltz because he was allegedly plotting with Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Iran, according to the Mail.
• “Trump’s first hundred days have been a triumph” – Trump is draining the swamp, says Nile Gardiner in the Telegraph.
• “Kamala Harris is as cringey and vapid as ever” – Kamala Harris’s recent rambling, Trump-bashing speech exposes a Democratic Party in disarray, writes Jenny Holland in Spiked.
• “The changing politics of oligarchy” – In Quillette, Joel Kotkin argues that, while political shifts among elites may capture attention, the real issue lies in the overwhelming influence a small group of billionaires and tech giants have over American society, politics and culture.
• “How the People’s Pope shielded sexual predators in clergy” – In the Mail, Damian Thompson reveals how Pope Francis systematically shielded serial sexual predators within the clergy – turning a blind eye to rape and abuse – while preaching reform from the pulpit.
• “The quiet revival of English churchgoing” – In TCW, Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack highlights a surprising “quiet revival” in British church attendance, particularly among young people.
• “J.K. Rowling will fund women who decides to sue police over strip-search” – J.K. Rowling has vowed to fund any women who want to sue the police over being strip-searched by a transwoman officer, reports the Mail.
• “‘I’ll protect trans people to the end,’ vows Co-op boss” – The boss of Co-op has vowed to “protect trans people to the end” after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman, according to the Telegraph. Meanwhile, a cyber attack on Co-op members has left 20 million people at risk of identity fraud.
• Gender-affirming care for minors under fire in sweeping US report” – On Substack, Maryanne Demasi reports that US federal investigators have found thousands of children were given irreversible medical interventions despite weak evidence, thanks to ethical lapses and lax safeguards.
• “DEI’s beleaguered true believers, in their own words” – In Quillette, Jonathan Kay slams the increasingly ideological, highly paid and self-righteous world of DEI consultants.
• “Don’t call yourself Doctor, civil servants told in inclusion drive” – Civil servants with PhDs have been banned from describing themselves as “Dr” on their name tags over fears it would exclude other staff, reports the Telegraph.
• “When we fear that cartoons might cause offence, we are in deep trouble” – When exhibitions are cancelled, it’s a reminder that – despite recent culture war victories – woke still reigns supreme, says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
• “Unsustainability” – On his blog, Hugh Willbourn warns that the West is collapsing under bad policies, mass delusion and failed leadership – and urges us to wake up before it’s too late.
• “Ignoring the richness of life” – The ungrateful may destroy all we cherish, warns Spaceman Spiff on Substack.
• “Most say strip Harry and Meghan of their HRH titles after interview” – Prince Harry is facing a growing backlash from ministers, the Royal Family and the public over his bitter attack on King Charles, according to the Mail. 
• “Antarctica reverses trend and gains ice for the first time in decades” – On X, Colin Rugg highlights a new study revealing that, from 2021 to 2023, the Antarctic Ice Sheet saw a record-breaking mass gain.

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