News Round-Up

• “MPs vote to decriminalise abortion at any point up to birth” – Women will no longer be prosecuted for aborting their pregnancies at any point up to birth, according to Sky News.
• “Another day in the death cult” – The UK establishment is becoming increasingly committed to what looks uncomfortably like a death cult, says Laura Dodsworth in the Free Mind.
• “Starmer admits Channel migrant crisis is getting worse” – Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the migrant crisis is “deteriorating” after a round of crunch talks with European leaders at the G7 summit, reports GB News.
• “Muslim leaders must speak out against the horrific grooming gangs” – Muslim leaders need to stand with the women who had their lives shattered when they were girls by Asian men of Pakistani heritage, says Fiyaz Mughal in the Telegraph.
• “A grooming gang inquiry will expose Labour’s guilty men” – If Keir Starmer has any sense, he will bring out his party’s bodies willingly before he is forced to, writes Lara Brown in the Spectator.
• “The establishment was more afraid of ‘the gammon’ than the groomers” – In the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill exposes how the establishment feared angry voters more than rape gangs.
• “‘The authoritarian Left wants to police my speech – and I’ve had enough’” – It’s no wonder the grooming gangs scandal was allowed to endure for so long, says Annabel Denham in the Telegraph; we live in a culture of censorship and fear.
• “‘I welcome the grooming gang inquiry but people need to be prosecuted’” – Those who turned a blind eye to the horrific child sex gangs must be named and brought to account, writes Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Is this the worst Labour MP in parliament?” – The Spectator’s Steerpike slams Labour’s Shaun Davies for blasting the Tories over grooming gangs – despite begging them not to investigate when he was in charge.
• “Is Stella Creasy Britain’s worst politician?” – The MP for Walthamstow is not only wrong about everything, but compounds that with a patronising manner, writes Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
• “Simon Case gets a peerage despite ‘partygate’ and Covid criticism” – Britain’s youngest cabinet secretary, who remarked during the Covid pandemic that he had “never seen people less well-equipped to run a country”, is to become a peer, reports the Times.
• “Reeves considers reversing non-dom tax raid after millionaire exodus” – Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a potential reversal on her flagship non-dom tax reforms amid growing fears that wealthy individuals are abandoning Britain, says GB News.
• “Reeves’s vindictive tax raid on the rich was doomed to fail” – Britain is no longer attractive to high-income workers – and that will make us all poorer, warns Andrew Lilico in the Telegraph.
• “Starmer to delay HS2 after ‘litany of failure’ revealed” – The Government is set to announce another delay to the beleaguered HS2 project on Wednesday, saying the latest target is now impossible, according to Sky News.
• “World’s Worst Economist awarded CBE for ‘services to economics’” – On Substack, Charlotte Gill calls out Mariana Mazzucato, dubbed the “World’s Worst Economist”, for bagging a CBE despite inspiring Keir Starmer’s economic “missions” that have poleaxed the economy.
• “Reform sees poll lead squeezed another three points in a week” – There are more signs of Reform being reeled in, as a YouGov poll shows the party’s lead dwindling, reports the Mail.
• “The Reform surge in Wales that spells doom for Keir Starmer” – In the Telegraph, Abigail Buchanan notes that despite Reform’s Westminster scandals, its soaring popularity in south Wales shows that local voters remain unfazed.
• “Labour climate envoy racks up 76,000 air miles in eight months” – Labour’s climate envoy Rachel Kyte has billed the taxpayer for flying the equivalent of three times the circumference of the Earth, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Mark Carney’s conversion from eco warrior to oil and gas champion” – The former Bank of England governor is aiming to turn Canada into an energy superpower, writes Jonathan Leake in the Telegraph.
• “What exactly is going on in Antarctica?” – On Legal Insurrection, Leslie Eastman reports on increased snowfall, lower temperatures, four black sarcophagi and strange radio signals emanating from the South Pole.
• “‘Net Zero’ is collapsing in US states” – From New York to California, state renewable electrical power dreams are collapsing, says Steve Goreham on the Master Resource blog.
• “We’re doomed” – On Climate Scepticism, John Ridgway grimly concludes that whether it’s AI salvation, fossil fuel depletion or climate catastrophe, the Doomsday Argument still wins.
• “Trump administration plans to finance $120 million rare earths mining project in Greenland” – On Legal Insurrection, Leslie Eastman reports that the Trump administration is eyeing a $120 million rare earths mining venture in Greenland to cut reliance on China.
• “Growing scepticism in UK” – On Substack, HART reports growing UK scepticism over COVID-19, with 37% doubting the pandemic’s severity and 28% unlikely to follow future isolation rules.
• “Kash Patel announces Covid breakthrough after seizing Fauci’s phone” – Kash Patel has revealed that the FBI has recovered Fauci’s phone and hard drives, calling it a “great breakthrough” in probing Covid’s origins and federal cover-ups, according to the Mail.
• “Ballymena got what it wanted” – In the Spectator, Max Jeffery reports from Ballymena, where locals reckon they’ve got what they wanted after days of anti-Roma riots left streets in ruins.
• “France’s toddler screen ban is pure state overreach” – In the Spectator, James Tidmarsh reacts to news that the French Government is preparing to ban all screen time for children under the age of three.
• “China sends mystery transport planes into Iran” – A Cargolux jet’s mysterious detour near Iran has sparked speculation of covert Chinese aid to Tehran, reports NTD News.
• “Trump poised to join war against Iran” – Donald Trump is poised to join Israel’s attacks on Iran as he demands Tehran’s “unconditional surrender”, says the Mail. 
• “Trump uses savage word to describe Tucker Carlson” – Conservative firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has turned on Donald Trump after he called Tucker Carlson “kooky” for criticising his hawkish stance on Iran, reports the Mail. 
• “DOGE is missing a trillion dollars a year in regulatory costs” – On CFact, David Wojick argues that the US Government is hiding over a trillion dollars a year in regulatory costs by vastly understating the time and money Americans spend complying with federal rules.
• “Elon Musk posts drug test results amid alleged addiction rumours” – Elon Musk has tested negative for fentanyl, ketamine and a slew of other substances, according to new lab results shared amid swirling rumours of drug abuse, reports the Mail.
• “Infamous Dem-run city descends into Mad Max hellscape” – Oakland has once again descended into a dystopian Mad Max-style hellscape, with cars and fireworks exploding during multiple street takeovers in the Democrat-run city, according to the Mail.
• “US states told: follow UK guidance on trans children” – The US Government is pressuring states to halt funding for puberty blockers for children and follow the UK’s Cass Review, reports the Telegraph.
• “Ministry of Justice scraps public support for LGBT in diversity overhaul” – The Ministry of Justice has scrubbed all mention of LGBT, gender and race from its diversity policy, says the Telegraph.
• “Drag queen’s memoir joins English curriculum at top private school” – A private school in London is teaching pupils “queer theory” alongside Shakespeare as part of a “diversification” of literature, reports the Times.
• “J.K. Rowling’s takedown of Boy George was a joy to behold” – Few things are more delicious to watch than an uneven battle of wits – and it is hard to imagine a more uneven fight than one between Boy George and J.K. Rowling, says Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
• “WTA is wrong to let trans women compete” – Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova says it is wrong of the Women’s Tennis Association to allow trans women to compete in its events, according to the Times.
• “Stop teaching white children to feel guilty” – Between lectures on white privilege, the gender spectrum and toxic masculinity, the younger generation can’t catch a break, says Celia Walden in the Telegraph.
• “Ban parents from calling children ‘naughty’, says Kate Silverton” – Former BBC newsreader turned child therapist Kate Silverton has warned parents that using the word “naughty” is harmful and “not scientifically correct” as their brains are too immature, reports the Daily Star.
• “Say NO to the Banter Ban!” – A video by the Free Speech Union features Toby and Robert Jenrick warning of the perils of the proposed Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill. Keep banter in, keep the banter bouncers out!

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