News Round-Up

• “Murderer cannot be deported because rival gang would kill him” – A Jamaican murderer has avoided deportation after claiming he will be targeted by a notorious gang if returned home, reports the Telegraph.
• “The truth of Keir Starmer’s failure to stop immigration” – The greatest disaster of Sir Keir Starmer’s first year in office has been his catastrophic failure to curb mass uncontrolled immigration, says Matt Goodwin in the Mail.
• “It’s not racist to believe in English identity” – In the Telegraph, David Shipley defends Matt Goodwin’s view that the English are a distinct people with deep roots, arguing it’s not racist to acknowledge English identity – only self-loathing to deny it.
• “Palestine Action activists remanded over attack on RAF warplanes” – Palestine Action activists have been pictured giving triumphant salutes as they arrived at court accused of carrying out a £7 million e-scooter attack on RAF warplanes, according to the Mail.
• “Reeves ‘could be forced into £40 billion of extra tax hikes’” – Rachel Reeves could be forced into a repeat of her massive tax raid Budget in a desperate bid to balance the government’s books, says the Mail.
• “Reeves has destroyed her fiscal headroom and will now bring ruin on Britain” – The Chancellor promised to make us the fastest-growing economy in the G7, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph; instead, she has taken us to the brink of economic collapse.
• “The markets have little interest in whether Reeves stays or goes” – The problem here is not the Chancellor, says Matthew Lynn in the Spectator, but a Labour Party that refuses to accept cuts to the welfare state.
• “Warwickshire County Council flew Pride Flag ‘without proper consent’” – A Pride flag at the centre of a row between Reform UK and the chief executive of Warwickshire County Council should not have been flown as the authority did not have the correct permission to fly it, reveals the BBC.
• “We’ve just had the first ominous taste of what the Blob will do to a Reform government” – In the Telegraph, Michael Deacon sees a council’s refusal to take down a Pride flag as more than symbolic defiance – it’s a “warning shot” from the Blob against any future Farage-led Reform government.
• “BBC admits it rated Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury appearance as ‘high risk’” – The BBC’s head of music has stepped back from her role after the corporation admitted that punk duo Bob Vylan were assessed as “high risk” before their performance at Glastonbury – yet were still allowed on air, reports the Mail.
• “BBC board ‘fully supports’ Tim Davie after Bob Vylan fiasco” – The Culture Secretary is unhappy with the BBC’s response to the Glastonbury fiasco, despite the corporation trying to draw a line under the affair, according to the Parliament Politics.
• “Net Zero fines ‘may force Vauxhall to shut factories’” – The owner of Vauxhall has warned that the carmaker will be forced to close factories in Europe because of tough Net Zero penalties, reports the Telegraph. 
• “Climate Oscillations 6: Atlantic Meridional Mode” – In WUWT?, Andy May’s analysis of the Atlantic Meridional Mode highlights its critical influence on tropical Atlantic climate variability and hurricane activity.
• “Institute for Policy Integrity: power plant pollution is clearly significant” – In WUWT?, Roger Caiazza can’t let the Institute for Policy Integrity’s claim that “The US power sector’s annual emissions will cause thousands of US mortalities” go without a response.
• “Quiet archipelago’s embrace of hydrocarbons speaks loudly” – In RealClearEnergy, Vijay Jayaraj says Indonesia’s bold fossil fuel drive is a direct challenge to Western climate goals and Net Zero ambitions.
• “Burning trash for energy, people and planet” – Waste-to-Energy reduces landfilling, increases recycling, powers society and avoids blackouts, says Paul Driessen in WUWT?
• “Decline of the Great North American decarbonisation charade” – In RealClearMarkets, Vijay Jayaraj reveals how North America’s decarbonisation dream is dying, as coal plants stay open and steel giants double down on fossil fuels.
• “New study indicates the North Atlantic is colder now than any other time in the last 9000 years” – According to a new study, abrupt shifts in North Atlantic sea surface temperature have occurred routinely over the last 9000 years, reports Kenneth Richard on the NoTricksZone.
• “Monbiot’s big Barbican climate pushback binge” – On Climate Scepticism, Geoff Chambers offers a sceptical take on George Monbiot’s upcoming Barbican climate event.
• “EPA places 144 officials on leave for signing letter trashing ‘this administration’s policies’” – The EPA is placing 144 officials on leave effective immediately after they signed on to a public letter excoriating the agency’s energy dominance agenda and direction under the Trump administration, reports the Washington Free Beacon.
• “Taxing renewables” – The MSM is losing its collective mind over the idea of taxing solar and wind power, due to a provision included in the thousand pages of the Big Beautiful Bill, says John F. Di Leo on the American Thinker.
• “The $7 trillion lie” – On Substack, Dr Matthew Wielicki explains how the IMF cooked the books to demonise fossil fuels and justify the biggest transfer of taxpayer money in history.
• “Shame on Lily Allen for trivialising abortion. It shouldn’t be a lifestyle choice” – Not even the most strident pro-choice activist would consider terminating a pregnancy to be a laughing matter, says Judith Woods in the Telegraph.
• “Who really built this country?” – In the Spectator, Douglas Murray slams the modern trend of “land acknowledgements” and the narrative that Britain’s identity and achievements are solely the product of immigration.
• “Jaguar is heading for oblivion” – In the Spectator, Matthew Lynn charts Jaguar’s decline from leaping cat to dead duck.
• “Communal narcissism” – In Aporia, Bert Parlee and Keith Thompson reveal how the progressive Left’s virtue signalling is actually “communal narcissism”.
• “And now let’s bomb Glastonbury” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle fantasises about nuking Glastonbury to rid Britain of its most irritating liberals.
• “‘He’s made all of you look like complete prunes’” – On Piers Morgan Uncovered, absolute wrong’un Owen Jones attempts to defend Bob Vylan and is swiftly exposed as a complete fool.

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