News Round-Up

• “Tories demand foreigners are banned from getting disability benefits” – The Tories are demanding foreigners are banned from claiming key disability benefits in the wake of Labour’s humiliating U-turn on welfare reforms, reports the Mail.
• “Britain’s state pension is about to blow” – Whitehall is on a financial collision course of its own making, warns Maxwell Marlow in the Spectator. The Government must act now to avert disaster.
• “A wealth tax will only make the Chancellor’s problems worse” – Sir Keir’s capitulation to the Left means a shake-down of rich Britons is now inevitable, warns Liam Halligan in the Telegraph.
• “Neil Kinnock demands new 2% wealth tax to fund Starmer’s £5 billion U-turn” – Ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock suggests Labour slap a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million, according to the Express. Two words: Laffer Curve.
• “Labour poised to scrap support for special needs pupils” – Ministers are poised to scrap the system which ensures pupils with special needs such as autism and ADHD get one-on-one support at school, reports the Telegraph.
• “Keir Starmer faces fresh Labour revolt over special needs support reforms” – Sir Keir Starmer is facing a fresh backbench revolt after ministers refused to guarantee millions of children the legal right to special needs support in school, says the Times.
• “Labour took just 12 months to wreck Britain’s economy” – Keir Starmer’s ‘grown-ups’ are in tears as Britain’s prospects turn bleak, writes Tim Wallace in the Telegraph.
• “Take cover! It’s the Weapon of Marxist Destruction” – “Tony Blair told me last year that we shouldn’t be worried about Keir Starmer. Actually, I reckon we should be terrified,” says Jeremy Clarkson in the Sunday Times.
• “New mega-poll puts Reform UK on course for 290 seats in the Commons” – A More In Common survey has found that if a general election was held today, Reform would become the largest party in the House of Commons with 290 seats, reports the Mail.
• “Farage is a ‘bullshitter’” – In the Spectator, Steerpike reacts to Kemi Badenoch calling Nigel Farage a “bullshitter”.
• “‘People are leaving London thanks to Khan’” – In the Telegraph, Nick Gutteridge profiles Laila Cunningham, Reform’s rising star, who blames Sadiq Khan for London’s crime wave and exodus, vowing tough action on knife crime and a defence of free speech.
• “Texts show Team Corbyn opposed new party minutes after launch” – A Left-wing collective, headed by Jeremy Corbyn, wants to take on Labour – but its founders are already battling each other on WhatsApp, writes Gabriel Pogrund in the Sunday Times.
• “Jezza for jihad” – In the New Conservative, Frank Haviland blasts Jeremy Corbyn for courting Islamist voters and launching a pro-Palestine party.
• “Muslim charity boss delivered sermon on killing Jews six days after October 7th” – An Islamic charity has been given an official warning and had one of its trustees banned after GB News exposed footage of him making a speech about violence against Jews just days after the Hamas attacks in 2023.
• “British law firm representing Hamas changes name to Riverway to the Sea” – A radical British law firm that previously represented Hamas – Riverway Law – has renamed itself Riverway to the Sea in honour of the notorious pro-Palestinian chant, reports the Jerusalem Post.
• “Roger Waters faces prosecution for Palestine Action support” – Former Pink Floyd rock star Roger Waters could face prosecution after he shared a video declaring support for the now-banned Palestine Action, says the Mail.
• “Why this Jew is tired of London” – In the Spectator, Liran Nathan explains how rising anti-Jewish hostility since October 7th 2023 has left him feeling alienated and choosing to stay away from the city he once loved.
• “How long can the CPS ignore the criminality of Hope Not Hate?” – As evidence mounts of ongoing criminal conduct and state involvement, it appears Hope Not Hate is proudly continuing the legacy of its disgraced predecessor, Searchlight, writes Alex Coppen on the Restorationist.
• “The milquetoast martyrdom of Chris Coghlan MP” – In TCW, Sean Walsh slams Lib Dem MP Chris Coghlan as a “milquetoast martyr” whose pick-and-mix Catholicism crumbles when faith demands more than virtue-signalling.
• “Welcome to crack alley: locals call high street a ‘no-go zone’” – Parts of Bradford have become Britain’s latest no-go zone, where drug-fuelled chaos and violence have left locals scared to walk the streets, reports John Siddle in the Mail.
• “It’s time to arm the police” – The ‘long peace’ of low crime enjoyed by Britain from the last decades of the 19th Century to around the middle of the 20th is well and truly over, says Niall Gooch in the Spectator.
• “Older Cambridge dons ‘block grants to young colleagues out of jealousy’” – According to a candidate to become Cambridge University’s next Chancellor, older academics are blocking grants for younger colleagues because of jealousy, reports the Times.
• “How ‘Net Zero stupidity’ inspired an NHS spending spree” – Reform UK has slammed the NHS’s Net Zero targets as costly distractions amid soaring waiting lists and financial strain, writes Emma Taggart in the Telegraph.
• “Why British Antarctica should be settled and developed” – In Palladium, Tom Ough makes the case for Britain to stop fading quietly and start building boldly – by settling and exploiting its vast, resource-rich Antarctic territory before rivals do.
• “The MSM want you afraid of your ‘indoor air quality’” – In Off-Guardian, Kit Knightly argues that the Government’s new indoor air quality push is less about health and more about control.
• “Europe needs a ‘reality check’ on Net Zero, says airline boss” – The former boss of one of Europe’s biggest airlines says that the Continent needs a “reality check” on environmental issues, according to the Telegraph.
• “Climate change causes what!? Pink lakes, divorcing albatrosses, shrinking goats and lots else” – In WUWT?, Charles Rotter, citing Dr Peter Ridd, exposes the absurdity of blaming climate change for everything from pink lakes to divorcing albatrosses.
• “Crack in the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act Façade” – In WUWT?, Roger Caiazza discusses Governor Hochul’s reluctant admission that New York’s Climate Act is unaffordable and behind schedule.
• “Ignoring red flags, Energy Dept dispersed billions in green loans during Biden’s final days” – Joe Biden’s loan office rushed through billions in green energy loans before he left office, sparking concerns over waste, bankruptcies and partisan deals, writes James Varney on the Climate Change Dispatch.
• “False, Sustainability Magazine, heat waves aren’t breaking the grid” – If Sustainability Magazine wants to be taken seriously, it would do well to start by doing its homework, says Anthony Watts in Climate Realism.
• “Did Louisiana just become America’s first energy sanctuary state?” – While states like California fumble and self-destruct, Louisiana is doing something revolutionary: standing up to the Green New Scam, writes Larry Behrens in RealClearEnergy.
• “Texas flood tragedy” – On Substack, Dr Matthew Wielicki says that the recent floods in Texas expose planning failures, not evidence of climate change.
• “Club of Rome: their secret plan revealed in this shocking book” – In Vision News, Philip James exposes the Club of Rome as a shadowy elite using climate alarmism to justify global technocratic rule.
• “Beauty and brutality” – In New English Review, Theodore Dalrymple takes aim at environmentalists, arguing they often hate humans more than they care for nature.
• “What is worse than mRNA vaccines?” – The latest Pharma madness is self-amplifying mRNA, according to HART.
• “The ugly truth about Greece – by a Greek” – On Free Speech Backlash, Eleni Papadimitriou explains how the EU and Germany reduced Greece to a colony – and left it to rot.
• “Sexual violence was rife on October 7th, say new witnesses” – Previously unheard testimony reveals that victims were stripped, raped and shot by the Hamas fighters who attacked Israel on October 7th, writes Christina Lamb in the Sunday Times.
• “Ireland will regret its planned Israeli settlements trade ban” – In the Spectator, Liz Walsh blasts Ireland’s Israeli trade ban as a reckless, costly solo stunt that breaks EU law, threatens US ties and hands a propaganda win to Hamas.
• “Could Hebron join the Abraham Accords?” – In the Spectator, Jonathan Sacerdoti reports Hebron’s leaders want to leave the Palestinian Authority, join the Abraham Accords and recognise Israel, signalling a major shift in Palestinian politics.
• “Not even Trump can stand in Netanyahu’s way” – Talk of a ceasefire is all well and good, but the Israeli Premier won’t stop in Gaza until he reaches his aims, writes Con Coughlin in the Telegraph.
• “Tony Blair’s think tank worked on ‘Trump Riviera’ plan for Gaza” – Sir Tony Blair’s think tank worked on a post-war plan for Gaza that included a ‘Trump Riviera’ inspired by Dubai, reports the Telegraph.
• “Elon Musk officially announces new political party after fallout with Trump” – Elon Musk has officially announced the creation of a new political party called the America Party, according to the Daily Wire.
• “History does not favour Musk’s new America Party” – In the Spectator, Nigel Jones argues that Elon Musk’s bid to create a new third party in the US faces steep historical odds.
• “This dope smoking Marxist mayor could bankrupt New York” – The Big Apple has become a crime-ridden hellscape thanks to ruinous woke policies on policing and immigration – and it’s about to get much worse, warns Tom Leonard in the Mail.
• “New York Times struggles to explain why it reported news to traumatised readers” – On his blog, Jonathan Turley calls out the New York Times’s uproar over reporting Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s false racial claim.
• “The fading power of Xi Jinping” – In a system built on secrecy, no one knows the reality behind the scenes. But there are signs China’s leader could be in political trouble, says David Blair in the Telegraph.
• “How the State pays to undermine the nation” – On Courage.Media, Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that student debt isn’t the crisis afflicting American higher education – Marxist brainwashing is.
• “Australia orders search engines to enforce digital ID age checks” – Australia has tightened its grip on the digital world with three new online safety codes, sparking fresh fears over censorship and privacy, reports Reclaim The Net.
• “EDI has a dark underbelly” – “Diversity experts” can seem oddly comfortable with online antisemitism, notes Darrell Maclaine in the Critic.
• “Reflections on Pride Month, and C.S. Lewis” – In Gript, Laura Perrins slams Pride Month as a flashy celebration of sinful pride and, quoting C.S. Lewis, urges a return to humility.
• “How universities went to war with biological facts” – Spiked interviews Prof Alice Sullivan on the suppression of gender-critical research.
• “Liberals owe a debt to Trump on women’s rights” – In UnHerd, Lisa Selin Davis argues that liberals owe Donald Trump a grudging thanks for forcing a reckoning on women’s rights and sex-based reality.
• “Chess will never be ruled by a queen” – Biological males have an advantage in chess, just as in other sports, so women-only competitions should exclude them, argues Dominic Lawson in the Times.
• “Do men really want more paternity leave?” – In the Spectator, Arabella Byrne questions if men truly want more paternity leave, arguing that traditional roles may matter more than policy or pay in shaping fathers’ choices.
• “Podcast bros like Andrew Schulz are having the talks men crave” – The secret formula podcasters like Andrew Schulz have figured out is that audiences want to be talked to, not talked at, says Rich Cromwell in the Federalist.
• “The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation” – In the Observer, Chloe Hadjimatheou exposes how The Salt Path and its film adaptation, celebrated as a true story of hardship and healing, were spun from a web of deceit, theft and false medical claims.
• “‘This is the death knell for the good old British pub’” – On GB News’s Free Speech Nation, Toby explains how the Government’s Employment Rights Bill will “destroy” the hospitality sector.

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