News Round-Up

• “Arrested Iranian suspects may have been ‘hours away’ from ‘major attack’ on UK synagogue” – Speculation is mounting that eight men – seven of them Iranian – arrested in the UK over the weekend were just “hours away” from attacking a synagogue, reports the Times of Israel.
• “Iranian terror suspect ‘has close links to regime’” – One of the Iranian men arrested on suspicion of plotting a major terrorist attack in Britain has close connections to the regime in Tehran, says the Sun.
• “Home Office translators cashing in on illegal immigration scam” – Home Office translators are running a lucrative scam to spring illegal immigrants from detention, an undercover Mail investigation has discovered.
• “‘My three-point plan to end the mass migration scandal’” – It is not xenophobic to say immigration numbers must come down, writes Suella Braverman in the Telegraph. It is basic arithmetic.
• “EU ‘rejects Britain’s bid to access crime and migration databases’” – The EU has rejected Sir Keir Starmer’s bid to access the bloc’s crime and illegal migration databases as part of his Brexit ‘reset’, reports the Mail.
• “Lucy Powell’s grooming gangs dismissal shames Labour” – In UnHerd, Mary Harrington slams Labour’s Lucy Powell for dismissing Tim Montgomerie’s reference to the ongoing grooming gang scandal as a “dogwhistle”.
• “Shocked by the Farage surge? You haven’t been paying attention” – Brits voted for the Conservatives, they voted for Labour – and the change they wanted didn’t happen, writes Rachel Wolf in Politico. So we shouldn’t be surprised they’re turning to Reform.
• “‘My apology to Reform’” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle argues that Reform’s recent victories are a game-changing moment in British politics, surpassing even the SDP’s impact in 1983.
• “The death of the centre-Right” – The moderate centre-Right party used to be the big beast of politics, but it has failed to address an alienated electorate, says Wolfgang Munchau in UnHerd.
• “Starmer prepares for attack by Russia” – Britain is secretly preparing for a direct military attack by Russia amid fears that the country is not ready for war, reports the Express.
• “‘I’m 33 and leaving for Dubai – the earning opportunities are enormous’” – In the Telegraph, Madeleine Ross reports on how Britain’s high-tax regime has sparked an exodus of the country’s young and talented.
• “The Motability scheme needs to be put into reverse” – Britain can ill afford a gold-plated scheme providing a subsidised car to many people who simply do not need one, says Lana Hempsall in the Spectator.
• “How the Green Party forgot the environment and was torn apart by trans rows” – It was a party united by a single mission – to save the planet, writes Jill Foster in the Telegraph. But now the gender identity debate has left the Green Party divided and in chaos.
• “Killer fungus will spread as climate heats up, experts warn” – New climate change research claims that a killer fungus that infects millions of people a year is likely to spread because of rising temperatures, according to the Independent.
• “We’ve been ostracised for telling the truth about how the liberal elite got Covid so wrong” – In a Telegraph interview with Charlotte Lytton, Professors Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee discuss their new book in which they criticise the ‘laptop classes’ disastrous Covid response.
• “MHRA Covid vaccine safety data in pregnancy” – Despite years of legal wrangling, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency still won’t release full pregnancy vaccine safety data – so what are they hiding? asks Prof Norman Fenton on his WATN? Substack.
• “The perfidy of 60 Minutes” – The Brownstone Institute blasts 60 Minutes for whitewashing the National Institutes of Health’s failures and letting former head Dr Frances Collins dodge accountability for his role in covering up the lab leak.
• “Spike protein is harmful, from COVID-19 and the vaccines” – A new review shows that the spike protein, from Covid or the vaccine, can harm the brain – backing fears health officials brushed off, writes Raphael Lataster on his Substack.
• “Germany is dangerously close to banning the AfD” – If the German Government can ban the opposition party, is Germany really a democracy anymore? asks Elisabeth Dampier in the Spectator.
• “German political class gleefully planning the wider persecution of Alternative für Deutschland and its supporters, because Hitler” – Germany has become a really, really stupid country, says Eugyppius on his Substack.
• “Israeli cabinet approves plans to occupy all of Gaza” – Israel has approved plans to occupy the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, according to the Standard.
• “Rwanda could use dorms paid for by British taxpayers to house US migrants” – Rwandan accommodation paid for by British taxpayers could be used to house migrants deported from the US by Donald Trump, reports the Telegraph.
• “Trump announces 100% tariffs on films produced in UK” – Donald Trump says he will talk with Hollywood executives, after he announced that films made in foreign countries would be hit with 100% tariffs, according to the BBC.
• “Christopher Rufo’s pyrrhic victory” – Instead of building the broadest possible coalition for his cause, Christopher Rufo is busy making enemies of potential allies, says Matt Johnson in Quillette.
• “Civilisations fail when they stop taking important things seriously” – China is laughing at the West’s lack of ‘stamina’, warns Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
• “SNP ministers will not cut ties with Stonewall after trans ruling” – The Scottish Government says funding LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall is necessary to “advance equality”, according to the Scotsman.
• “Female NHS workers ‘humiliated’ by trans guidance in hospitals” – NHS bosses have been warned that hospitals are breaking the law by continuing to allow trans women to use female facilities in defiance of the Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces, reports the Mail.
• “‘Do not talk about trans ruling’, staff at Highgate Men’s Pond told” – Staff at Highgate Men’s Pond in London have been instructed not to engage in conversations with female protestors about the recent trans ruling, according to GB News.
• “Women, peace and what now?” – On Substack, Alex Berenson provides yet more evidence of just how insane DEI has become in the last 20 years, and how a corrective is long, long overdue.
• “‘All rise, if able’: centuries-old court tradition makes way for ‘woke’ alternative” – The centuries-old tradition where judges enter courts with the request “All rise” has been replaced with an “inclusive” modern alternative of “All rise, if able”, according to the Sun.
• “Ooh, matron! Carry On cut as Britain’s censors crack down on classic comedy” – In the Telegraph, James Warrington highlights the dilemma facing nostalgia TV channels as Ofcom’s “suffocating” guidelines threaten to censor classic comedies, risking the erasure of a cherished piece of British cultural history.
• “Artists ‘terrified to voice unfashionable opinions’” – The arts world is petrified about tackling controversial subjects because ­creative people are scared to speak their mind, according to a survey by Freedom in the Arts, reports the Telegraph.
• “Jim Davidson claims the ‘BBC want to erase me like Pol Pot’” – Jim Davidson says that the “BBC want to erase me like Pol Pot” after the broadcaster refused to sell him the rights to shows he’d previously hosted, according to the Mail.
• “Moment humanoid robot wakes up and starts attacking its handlers” – The Mail reports that, in China, a humanoid robot was filmed attacking its handler while trying to break free from restraints.
• “The view from a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster” – Watch a video of London as seen from the cockpit of a Second World War Lancaster bomber as it led yesterday’s flypast to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE day.

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