News Round-Up

• “Starmer’s benefits Bill turns to farce” – Sir Keir Starmer has rendered his flagship welfare cuts legislation “pointless” in a farcical climbdown to win the support of Labour rebels, writes Ben Riley-Smith in the Telegraph.
• “The calamitous day that leaves Starmer’s reputation in tatters” – Labour’s planned welfare reforms have been beset by U-turns, major concessions and chaotic voting, says Daniel Martin in the Telegraph.
• “Cutting the cash Isa allowance screams of desperation” – Reeves has been reduced to scrabbling around for money wherever she can find it, writes Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
• “Starmer’s immigration betrayal will guarantee his party’s destruction” – Expect more zig-zagging on immigration from Starmer, says David Goodhart in the Telegraph.
• “BBC airing of vile Jew-hatred is national shame” – The UK’s Chief Rabbi has described the BBC’s response to anti-IDF chanting at Glastonbury as “belated and mishandled”, according to Sky News.
• “Glastonbury – festival of hate” – On Substack, Laura Perrins slams Glastonbury as “antisemitic poison”.
• “The only acceptable outcome after the BBC’s Glastonbury horror show is Tim Davie’s resignation” – Many of us have supported the Beeb all our lives, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph. But the Jew haters of Glastonbury might just have changed our minds.
• “Pro-Palestine mob in Leicester chant ‘death to the IDF’” – In the Spectator, Steerpike reports that pro-Palestine demonstrators in Leicester have been led in a chant of “Death, death to the IDF” in a sick imitation of punk duo Bob Vylan’s performance at Glastonbury.
• “The grooming gangs scandal is still going on – the abusers are using any means possible” – Worried mothers say they are still waiting for the full scale of sexual exploitation in Bradford to be investigated, writes Rosa Silverman in the Telegraph.
• “Migrant with grey hair was 15 when he crossed Channel, tribunal rules” – A UK judge has ruled that an Afghan asylum seeker was a child when he arrived in Britain, despite having grey hairs and “a lack of youthful glow”, reports the Mail.
• “Private education is one of Britain’s best exports – now it’s being destroyed” – The Labour Government has wasted no time in dismantling our globally respected private schools, says Dia Chakravarty in the Telegraph.
• “The liberal elite’s maddest brainwave yet: give babies the vote” – In the Telegraph, Michael Deacon reacts to the Guardian’s straight-faced case for baby suffrage.
• “Claimants handed disability benefits for acne and writer’s cramp” – Benefit claimants with conditions including acne and writer’s cramp have been handed additional disability payments from the Government, reports GB News.
• “Dotty civil servants spend £500,000 on a full stop” – Ministers spent more than £500,000 of taxpayers’ money on a “vanity” makeover for the Government website, reports the Mail.
• “‘I’m an 18 year-old Reform council leader taking on officials disregarding our democracy’” – In the Telegraph, Natasha Leake profiles George Finch, the 18 year-old Reform councillor now running Warwickshire’s £400 million council.
• “Can these Farage rivals’ start-ups hurt Reform?” – In the Spectator, James Heale examines how former Reform MPs Ben Habib and Rupert Lowe’s rival start-ups risk splitting the Right-wing vote.
• “Three Lucy Letby hospital bosses arrested over ‘manslaughter’” – Three hospital bosses have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the case of Lucy Letby, reports the Standard.
• “City’s ethical investing obsession branded ‘a huge mistake’” – Sir Douglas Flint, Chairman of investment giant Aberdeen, says that fund managers have made “ridiculously extravagant claims” about “saving the world” instead of focusing on profits, according to the Telegraph.
• “Glyndebourne abandons show after wind turbine fails to keep lights on” – Power cuts forced Glyndebourne to abandon a performance after the opera house’s wind turbine failed to provide back-up in the still summer air, reports the Telegraph.
• “COP30 CEO: ‘Climate change is our biggest war’” – In WUWT?, Eric Worrall brands COP30 a climate charade, with countries burning coal, breaking promises and Brazil clearing a rainforest to host the summit.
• “Berlin moves to ban autos from inside the city – widespread chaos looms” – On the NoTricksZone, P. Gosselin reports that Berlin could soon cap private car use at just 12 trips a year under a radical “car-free city” plan.
• “This is why high-end electric cars are failing” – In Wired, Carlton Reid argues that pricey premium EVs are failing because makers ignore affordable, mass-market models.
• “CO₂ sustains greenhouse farming revolution” – The happy truth is that CO₂ is an irreplaceable plant food that is increasing, writes Vijay Jayaraj in WUWT?
• “Climate oscillations 5: SAM” – The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has a major influence on global climate, reveals Andy May in WUWT?
• “Energy realism for the AI generation” – On RealClearEnergy, Kyle Moran argues that Gen Z’s AI-driven future is powered not by ideology but by energy-hungry reality – and if America wants to stay competitive, it must ditch climate dogma and embrace nuclear and natural gas.
• “False, Washington Post, heat isn’t making ‘June… the new July’” – In Climate Realism, Anthony Watts slams WaPo’s “June is the new July” claim, blaming heat hype on urban sprawl and sloppy science, not global warming.
• “Trump’s ‘big, beautiful Bill’ passes Senate after Vance casts deciding vote” – Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful Bill” has narrowly passed through the Senate after Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote, according to Newsweek.
• “Amy Coney Barrett has proved her MAGA critics disastrously wrong” – The Supreme Court’s decision to limit national injunctions from federal courts is a significant win for Donald Trump – and the rule of law, says Jim Antle in the Telegraph.
• “Trump says he’ll order the ‘DOGE monster’ to ‘eat’ Elon Musk” – Donald Trump says he is open to deporting Elon Musk, according to the Mail.
• “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is an insult to the US Supreme Court” – Joe Biden nominated Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the grounds of identity politics, says Josh Hammer in the Telegraph; now even her fellow justices are brutally dismantling her arguments.
• “Labour’s pick for equalities chair backs gender-critical feminists” – The Government’s choice to chair the equalities watchdog has championed the right of women who oppose gender ideology to speak out, reports the Times.
• “Bullying over gender-critical views ‘stifles academic research’” – Universities are undermining work by academics on puberty blockers and are failing to tackle harassment against those who hold gender-critical views, according to a new report by Professor Alice Sullivan, according to the Times.
• “Why is the BBC so obsessed with Munroe Bergdorf?” – Munroe Bergdorf’s appearance on the BBC’s How To Be In Love podcast series marks a new, desperate low, says Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
• “Gender-neutral pronouns banned in German civil service” – Germany’s Education minister has banned civil servants from using gender-neutral language in documents, reports the Telegraph.
• “Waitrose ‘virtue-signalling’ after selling gender-neutral crumpets” – Waitrose has been accused of “ridiculous virtue-signalling” after introducing gender-neutral “Crumpet People” to its stores, says the Mail.
• “Nobody has a personality anymore” – On Substack, Freya India argues that endless diagnosis and therapy jargon have turned people into labelled products instead of human beings.
• “‘Did the UK civil war start at Glastonbury this weekend?’” – On X, Leo answers Bob Vylan’s question at Glastonbury, “I heard you want your country back?” with a firm yes.

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