News Round-Up

• “At least 15 arrests as migrant protests descend into anarchy” – Migrant protests descended into anarchy yesterday as at least 15 people were arrested at demonstrations taking place across the country over asylum seeker hotels, reports the Mail.
• “Meet the man putting hundreds of England flags up around York” – In the Spectator, Fin de Pencier interviews Joseph Moulton, a man putting up hundreds of England flags in York.
• “Men putting up St George’s flags are ‘attacked with firebomb’” – A man was left with a severe gash and blood streaming down his face after being attacked with “a glass bottle containing a lit rag” just moments after putting up England flags in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, according to the Mail.
• “St George’s Cross is ‘intimidating’, council leader claims” – Nick Ireland, Leader of Dorset Council, has alleged that the drive to cover British towns and cities in national flags has been “co-opted by certain far-Right groups” to “promote their agendas”, reports the Mail.
• “Suspend ECHR to pave way for migrant deportations, Blunkett tells Starmer” – Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett has urged ministers to consider a “radical” approach to give them time to “get a grip” of the immigration crisis, says the Telegraph.
• “Germany to strip asylum seekers of legal support” – The German Chancellor is set to abolish the automatic assignment of lawyers to asylum seekers, according to the Telegraph.
• “Nigel Farage to champion Lucy Connolly’s story at US Congress” – The Reform UK leader is planning to discuss Lucy Connolly’s case when testifying about freedom of expression in the UK before the House Judiciary Committee in September, reports the Telegraph.
• “Kemi Badenoch: Racists say I reached the top because I’m black” – The under-pressure Tory leader says some critics are suffering from ‘Kemi derangement syndrome’, in an interview with the Sunday Times.
• “Labour’s tax-and-spend madness guarantees an autumn of discontent” – The problem is not just the scale of Labour’s tax plans – it’s the fact that they were avoidable, writes Kemi Badenoch in the Telegraph.
• “Rachel Reeves ‘heading towards IMF bailout’” – Economists warn of 70s-style debt crisis unless the Chancellor changes course, according to the Telegraph.
• “Nearly half of voters say Keir Starmer should axe Rachel Reeves: Poll” – A total of 43% of people in a Mail on Sunday poll think Ms Reeves should be removed from the Treasury, while just 19% think she should stay in post.
• “Angela Rayner to ‘block Sadiq Khan from running as MP while mayor’” – The Deputy Prime Minister has put forward a Bill that would prevent anyone from serving simultaneously as London mayor and a Member of Parliament, reports the Mail.
• “Angela Rayner shells out £800,000 for her third home” – The Housing Secretary’s new ‘holiday home’ in Hove is in addition to the £650,000 house she owns in her constituency and a three-bedroom grace-and-favour flat in Admiralty House, says the Mail.
• “If greedy unions keep demanding cash they’ll bankrupt Britain and destroy jobs” – Sooner or later it is going to dawn on Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves that no, it wasn’t such a good idea to award public-sector workers an unconditional £10  billion worth of pay rises, according to the Sun.
• “Abolish all of New Labour’s legal reforms, or we’ll never take back control” – The creation of the Supreme Court and abolition of the Lord Chancellorship has weakened our constitution, writes Amar Johal in the Telegraph.
• “Essay on government website tells Jews to tolerate anti-Zionist views” – A collection of essays funded by the Home Office lists what society should tolerate if freedom of expression is to endure — including pro-Palestinian views, according to the Times.
• “Jews attacked with red paint at Israeli hostage vigil” – Masked assailants struck a group of elderly jews putting up posters of Hamas captives on trees in Frankfurt park, reports the Telegraph.
• “Banning Palestine Action is right; arresting its supporters is not” – Prosecution of the Parliament Square protesters is the result of badly drafted legislation and can easily be stopped, says Jonathan Sumption in the Sunday Times.
• “Criminals face pub, club and football bans under Sentencing Bill” – Social activities will be restricted to stop probation and community sentences being a ‘soft option’, according to the Sunday Times.
• “Private ownership of forests and land reduces wildfires” – Lawrence J. McQuillan of the Independent Institute cites studies showing less damage to the environment when the government isn’t in charge.
• “Starmer accused of breaking £200 million promise on Net Zero jobs” – Unite the union says Grangemouth refinery workers have seen “not one penny” of pledged support from the Prime Minister, reports the Telegraph.
• “The ‘zombie’ Net Zero levy adding billions to Britain’s energy bills” – Households are still paying the price for a fateful decision made by Tony Blair’s government, writes Jonathan Leake in the Telegraph.
• “Harry has eco-friendly credentials questioned for surfing in wave pool” – Prince Harry has been mocked by social media users claiming he’s “in the kiddie pool” after his wife Meghan Markle posted a video of him surfing on artificial waves, according to the Mail.
• “The Victorians understood the value of cheap energy – why can’t Ed Miliband?” – Labour’s messianic pursuit of Net Zero is destined to leave us all worse off, writes Rupert Lowe in the Telegraph.
• “And Just Like That’s most woke storylines” – Sex And The City’s divisive reboot And Just Like That… has concluded after three seasons after viewers got sick of its woke bromides, reports the Mail.
• “I Hated Novak Djokovic. Now I’m Rooting for Him.” – Uri Berliner was a Roger Federer fan through and through. Which meant that Novak Djokovic was always his tennis villain. But, Uri writes in the Free Press, he can’t deny Novak’s greatness – and this year, he’s rooting for him to win the US Open.
• “4chan Rejects UK Ofcom fine, citing US free speech protections and threatening legal action” – A £20,000 penalty from Ofcom just met the First Amendment firewall, according to Reclaim the Net.
• “Glyndebourne puts trigger warning on Marriage of Figaro” – Audiences at Glyndbourne have been warned of “unwanted sexual advances” and “aggressive behaviour” in Mozart’s opera, says the Telegraph.
• “I’ve had to flee my home of 40 years” – On GB News, the former Apprentice star Lubna Zaidi speaks out about the death threats and abuse she is facing for discussing grooming gangs and illegal immigration.

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