News Round-Up

• “Ministers ‘lose track’ of 150,000 migrants” – Labour has admitted “losing track” of more than 150,000 migrants who have come to the UK on social care visas, reports GB News.
• “How the gig economy conquered Britain and stoked the migration crisis” – Uber and Deliveroo have transformed the UK, but concerns are growing that they attract illegal workers, writes James Titcomb in the Telegraph.
• “Liberal Britain’s had its fill of illegal immigration. Why now?” – Small boats and fateful decisions on asylum have shifted polite opinion firmly to the Right, says Josh Glancy in the Sunday Times; it risks moving further if the tap isn’t turned off.
• “Hermer to decide on Palestine Action terror charges” – Lord Hermer will be given the final say on prosecuting hundreds of protesters arrested for supporting Palestine Action, reports the Telegraph.
• “Arrest at Palestine Action protest was a privilege, boasts ex-Blair adviser” – Sir Jonathon Porritt, a former government adviser to Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, says it was a “privilege” to be arrested at a Palestine Action protest, according to the Telegraph.
• “Police urged to crack down on pro-Hezbollah marchers” – Police have been urged to crack down on Muslim militants marching through London in support of the assassinated Hezbollah leader, reports the Telegraph.
• “Emily Thornberry calls US ambassador to Israel an ‘idiot’” – Dame Emily Thornberry has called the US ambassador to Israel an “idiot” after he criticised Sir Keir Starmer, says the Telegraph.
• “Peer in Manchester airport row wrongly accused police of Islamophobia” – Baroness Shaista Gohir falsely accused Humberside Police of Islamophobia after sharing a misleading 2019 arrest video, reports the Telegraph.
• “Police investigating door-cam cop for admitting thought tactics wrong ” – West Midlands Police are investigating an officer after he called a “warning” to a father planning to attend a protest outside an asylum hotel “bollocks”, says the Mail.
• “Stop posting about Gaza, police tell woman with Jewish family” – An anti-Semitism advocate abused online and called an “ugly Zionist” has accused the police of double standards and victim blaming after officers said she had made herself “a target” by posting about Gaza, according to the Mail. 
• “The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit” – From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are in the ascendancy, warns Taylor Lorenz in the Guardian.
• “Chagos deal to cost 10 times what Starmer claimed” – The UK Government’s deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will cost ten times more than Sir Keir Starmer has claimed, reveals the Standard.
• “Here’s proof that Labour’s private school tax raid was never about money” – Labour’s attack on education isn’t about filling a fiscal black hole – it’s about soaking the rich, says Michael Mosbacher in the Telegraph.
• “Labour kicked out a violent criminal – then accepted his £40,000” – Labour and three of its MPs accepted more than £40,000 of election campaign donations from a convicted criminal that the party expelled as a member three years ago, reports the Sunday Times.
• “Badenoch could be ousted as Tory leader before next election” – Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown of the 1922 Committee thinks Badenoch’s political future depends on “how she performs over the next few months”, according to the Telegraph.
• “Don’t share pictures of shoplifters – it breaks data protection rules” – The UK data watchdog has warned against displaying shoplifters’ photos in stores over data protection fears, reports the Telegraph.
• “Poundland to shut 49 stores across the UK with 10 closing today” – According to This is Money, even Poundland is struggling to stay afloat these days.
• “Builder reveals grim reality of life on a newbuild estate” – The Mail reports that a labourer from the Midlands has gone viral after posting videos of new-build gardens he encounters at work.
• “The three reasons to doubt Letby convictions over attempted baby deaths” – Expert evidence casts serious doubt on Lucy Letby’s insulin-poisoning convictions, writes Sarah Knapton in the Telegraph.
• “Why the Government doesn’t want you to have aircon” – In the Telegraph, Tom Haynes exposes how Net Zero, planning laws and outdated energy ratings keep air conditioning out of reach for most homes.
• “Used car market booms on reluctance to buy pricey new models and EVs” – Britons are snapping up second-hand cars at levels not seen in five years as drivers refuse to cough up for costly new models and EVs, reports the Mail.
• “Rayner urged to approve 30-metre wind turbines in back gardens” – Angela Rayner has been urged to allow homeowners to install wind turbines the size of Christ the Redeemer in their back garden, says the Telegraph.
• “The grouse moors fighting for the right to set their own land ablaze” – In the Sunday Times, Ben Spencer reports on a bitter stand-off in the Peak District, where gamekeepers defend burning grouse moors to curb wildfires and conservationists push to “re-wet” them in the name of wildlife and carbon storage.
• “Environmental groups too white and middle class, says green boss” – Friends of the Earth chief Asad Rehman says more must be done to increase membership diversity and make campaigns appealing to the masses, according to the Times.
• “‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling” – In the Guardian, the Trump administration’s plan to expand drilling in a 23m-acre Arctic reserve has eco-warriors clutching their pearls.
• “Turns out major climate study peddled by media relied on bunk data” – A viral 2024 study projecting $38 billion in climate change damage by 2050 made one major Uzbekistan-sized error, says the Daily Caller.
• “Can an AI chatbot of Dr Karl change climate sceptics’ minds? He’s willing to give it a try” – Science communicator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is launching an AI chatbot to tackle climate scepticism, reports the Guardian.
• “Angry outbursts, but no facts – the climate alarmists’ playbook” – On Not a Lot of People Know That, Paul Homewood slams climate alarmists’ angry theatrics when challenged, praising Ben Pile’s remarkable patience during a recent heated Talk TV debate with Dr Paul Dorfman.
• “Pacific typhoons have trended down since the 1950s” – Comprehensive data from the Japan Meteorological Agency reveal the real trends when it comes to Pacific typhoon activity, says Kirye on NoTricksZone.
• “The trouble with offshore wind” – On Climate Scepticism, Jit flags the numerous environmental and operational drawbacks of North Sea wind farms.
• “Despite international courts, climate science is not the law in the US” – On TEA, Gary Abernathy reckons the US is right to ignore international climate courts.
• “Big game hunters are not pantomime villains” – Those who pay vast sums to shoot the ‘Big 5’ in Africa do much more to protect species than their armchair critics, says Patrick Galbraith in the Telegraph.
• “Netanyahu claims Gaza expansion is ‘best way to end the war’” – Benjamin Netanyahu claims that his plan to occupy Gaza City is the “best way to end the war” in the Middle East, according to the Mail.
• “Somalia gripped by fears of militant Islamic uprising” – Many Somalis fear their capital could face an Afghanistan-style collapse, reports Ben Farmer in the Telegraph.
• “Harry Potter actress criticised by trans activists for taking role” – Ex-Doctor Who star Michelle Gomez, cast in the new Harry Potter audiobook series, has been forced to express support for trans rights after a backlash on social media, reports the Telegraph.
• “A woke Wuthering Heights reboot is another tedious attempt at provocation” – Emerald Fennell’s latest film is shaping up to be as cringeworthy as it is overdone, writes Lara Brown in the Telegraph.
• “How Trump killed off woke ads” – Big companies are switching sides in the culture wars to reflect the US President’s world views, notes James Warrington in the Telegraph.
• “‘Introducing Levi Wokes’” – Even SNL is mocking the woke with a parody of Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans advert.

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