News Round-Up

• “Councils across the country poised to close migrant hotels” – Councils across the country are racing to close migrant hotels after a landmark High Court judgment shut down a hotel in Epping, reports the Mail.
• “Starmer’s asylum plans in chaos as Labour face scramble to rehouse migrants” – Sir Keir Starmer is facing a revolt from Labour councils after three more authorities vowed to boot migrants out of hotels, says the Sun.
• “The Epping hotel judgment is a clean and fair application of the law” – The Government‘s immigration policy of putting asylum seekers in hotels in some of the less well-off parts of the country has received a major blow, writes Andrew Tettenborn in the Mail.
• “Epping: the battle is over, now it’s time to win the war” – On Substack, Frank Haviland calls Epping’s court win against migrant housing a rare victory for residents, but warns the wider battle on mass immigration is far from over.
• “Home Office could be blocked from deporting migrants” – The Home Office could be blocked from deporting migrants and foreign criminals over its “unlawful” use of algorithms to decide if they should be removed, reports the Telegraph.
• “Police investigate St George’s flag painted on roundabout” – A criminal damage inquiry has been launched by police after a roundabout was painted with a St George’s cross, according to the BBC.
• “How flying the flag became a symbol of revolt” – Operation Raise the Colours is a quiet rebellion against multiculturalism and national self-loathing, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
• “What a debate with a fiery Black Studies professor has taught me about Britain” – In the Telegraph, Rakib Ehsan reflects on debating Black Studies professor Kehinde Andrews, arguing that, despite Britain’s flawed past, he at least is proud to call the UK home.
• “BBC Newsnight ‘migration researcher’ guest is radical pro-asylum campaigner” – Zoe Gardner, billed by BBC Newsnight as a “migration researcher”, is in fact a long-time pro-asylum activist, consistently campaigning for open borders and denouncing protests against asylum hotels, reports Guido.
• “Shoplifters can steal sausages with impunity – but mention bacon to a Muslim and the police come running” – It was provocative of a protester to chant about bacon on the site of a proposed mosque. But he shouldn’t have been arrested, says Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
• “To Americans, Britain is no longer the free country we thought it was” – Perhaps Brits don’t realise how bad UK restrictions on speech have become, says Simon Hankinson in the Telegraph, who urges us to take US criticism on board before Orwell’s warnings come true.
• “Rachel Reeves plans to tax high-value homes to plug fiscal hole” – Rachel Reeves is drawing up plans to hit the owners of high-value properties with capital gains tax when they sell their homes, reports the Times.
• “How another Labour inheritance tax raid could crush the property market” – Targeting the Bank of Mum and Dad risks ruining the home-buying dreams of a generation, warns Maya Wilson Autzen in the Telegraph.
• “Tax raid forcing pubs and restaurants to close one day a week” – Hospitality businesses across Britain are being forced to shut their doors at least one day a week as soaring wage costs and higher taxes pile pressure on the sector, reports Business Matters.
• “Rural areas may foot bill to pay for Rayner’s reforms of council tax” – Households in the country will reportedly be charged excessively high levels of council tax to pay for city residents under the Communities Secretary’s “fair funding” plans, says the Mail.
• “UK inflation jumps to 3.8% as cost of living for Britons goes up again” – UK inflation rose by more than expected last month as food prices continued to climb, reports the Mail.
• “Rail fares on track for inflation-busting increase” – Train passengers could face a 5.8% fare rise next year, even though timeliness is at its worst since 2020, according to the Sun.
• “Can going Dutch tame Britain’s debt spiral?” – In CapX, Theo Wild says we should follow the Dutch approach and allow the OBR to advise any political party that asks.
• “Major train line introduces £86 fine for listening to music out loud” – The largest rail operator in the Republic of Ireland has introduced a new set of etiquette guidelines in response to mounting complaints about “nuisance behaviour” on its trains, reports the Mail.
• “Notting Hill face-recognition technology will be used without bias” – Met boss Sir Mark Rowley says that live facial recognition technology will be used without bias amid concerns about it being deployed at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, according to the Standard.
• “There’s absolutely no way I would join the police force now on £27,000 and do what we’re doing” – On YouTube, Sergeant Kelly Palmer from Lincolnshire Police echoes the views of thousands of dedicated frontline police officers, who run towards danger for very little pay.
• “I’m from Nigel Farage’s constituency – this is why Reform’s pivot left is a bad idea” – What Britain needs, more than ever, is a party willing to face hard truths over our economic conditions, says Ted Newson in Conservative Home.
• “‘Fierce competition’ for sixth form following private school tax raid” – As hundreds of thousands of teenagers collect their GCSE results, the scramble to bag an A-level place is expected to be the one of the worst on record, reports the Mail.
• “UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs” – The UK Space Agency will cease to exist as an independent entity to cut the cost of bureaucracy, says the BBC.
• “Energy bills will rise in October to subsidise poorest households” – An extra charge to expand the warm home discount to nearly an extra three million people is set to make annual bills £15 more expensive, reports Sky News.
• “Labour’s rewilding plans risk surge in wildfires” – Landowners and gamekeepers have warned that Labour’s new rewilding plans could increase the risk of injuries and death from wildfires, reports the Express.
• “Dramatic slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice surprises scientists” – Scientists have reported that the melting of sea ice in the Arctic has slowed dramatically in the past 20 years, with no statistically significant decline in its extent since 2005, according to… the Guardian.
• “Premature speculation” – A nice summer is not a climate crisis, says Mark Hodgson in Climate Scepticism.
• “Trump administration places even stricter phase-outs for wind and solar subsidies” – The Trump administration has further tightened the screws on the renewable energy industry, making it more difficult for new projects to claim tax credits, reports the Washington Examiner.
• “Dr Judith Curry on global warming: where is the danger?” – On the Freedom Research Substack, renowned climatologist Dr Judith Curry says it is very tough to make the case of warming becoming dangerous.
• “Six Americans died from Covid in January 2020” – On Substack, Bill Rice Jr argues that six confirmed Covid deaths in January 2020 – weeks before China’s first reported fatality – prove the virus was already widespread in America by late 2019.
• “The Vaccine Cartel strikes back” – On the Focal Points Substack, Nicolas Hulscher warns that the American Academy of Paediatrics is pushing mRNA Covid boosters for infants in defiance of federal guidance.
• “Film that gives a voice to the censored, vilified vaccine victims” – In TCW, Sally Beck highlights Follow the Silenced, an award-winning film exposing how Covid vaccine victims were dismissed, silenced and gaslit while authorities looked the other way.
• “Recognising Palestine is not only reckless, it may be unlawful” – If no one challenges the recognition of a Palestinian state in court, it will not be because it is a sound decision, says Sir Michael Ellis KC in the Telegraph.
• “Paul Weller sues accountants for ‘discrimination’ over Palestine views” – Paul Weller is suing his former accountancy firm for discrimination after they ceased working with him for saying Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza, according to the Mail.
• “Tourists dismantle cross and use stones to create Star of David” – A group of Jewish tourists were filmed dismantling a landmark cross on a Welsh hillside and using the stones to create a giant Star of David in its place, reports the Mail.
• “Bus driver ‘seriously assaulted’ in ‘unprovoked’ attack” – A bus driver has been seriously assaulted in broad daylight by a homeless Romanian who had been in Ireland for just three months and already had 11 charges and a bench warrant, says Gript.
• “Lithuania plans 30-mile-deep ‘defence line’ along Baltic borders” – Lithuania has revealed plans to dig a 30-mile-wide ribbon of defences on its borders with Russia and Belarus that will include minefields and bridges set to blow up in case Russia invades, according to the Mail.
• “Elon Musk makes major U-Turn after promising to upend US politics” – Elon Musk has backtracked on plans to remake US politics by launching a third party and instead wants to use his immense wealth to help J.D. Vance become the next president, reports the Mail. 
• “Reformers urge an end to uranium enrichment as crisis grips Iran” – A group of reformers have called for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and reach a deal with the US to ease sanctions on the country, says the NY Post.
• “Women’s science award ‘unlawfully accepting trans applicants’” – A prestigious award backed by the Royal Society is allowing anyone who “identifies as a female postdoctoral level researcher” to apply for a £25,000 grant, reports the Mail.
• “The sensitivity era” – In Quillette, Robert Huddleston argues that cancel culture and elite gatekeeping are strangling literature and the arts.
• “Are self-inflicted disasters inevitable?” – On Substack, John Leake argues that humanity has the tech to do almost anything – but not the wisdom – making disasters, from wars to vaccine mishaps, almost inevitable.
• “Motorist, 71, wins five-year battle with parking firm over £1 ticket” – A 71 year-old motorist has won a five-year legal battle with a major parking firm over a £1 ticket that he had already paid for, reports the Mail.
• “African ‘king’ who claims to be Jewish messiah evicted from Scottish camp” – An African ‘king’ who claims to be the Jewish messiah has been evicted from his camp in a Scottish wood, according to the Telegraph.
• “The police still have all my devices…” – On TalkTV, ex-firefighter Robert Moss recounts his horrific ordeal after being arrested for saying hurty words about his employers on Facebook.

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