News Round-Up

• “Epping: Labour Declares War on the British People” – As Labour fails to do what the Tories never did either and end the small boats crisis, is it any wonder that Reform UK is currently polling at 35%, almost as much as Labour and the Tories combined, asks Frank Haviland in the Frank Report.
• “‘Thank you Keir Starmer,’ say Epping migrants after court victory” – Migrants staying at the Bell Hotel in Epping have “thanked” Keir Starmer after a controversial ruling allowed them to remain there, reports the Telegraph.
• “Councils still planning legal action to shut asylum hotels” – More than a dozen councils are preparing to take legal action against the Government over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers despite the Home Office winning a crucial court appeal, reports the Times.
• “Now 19 councils vow legal action to kick migrants out of hotels” – On Saturday, the number of councils promising to fight back against the Court of Appeal’s decision surrounding The Bell Hotel in Epping continued to grow, reports the Mail.
• “The Bell Hotel ruling will haunt Labour” – Yvette Cooper has made clear that the ‘human rights’ of illegal migrants trump the concerns of citizens, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
• “Epping hotel judge ‘reported to conduct office’ over bias allegations” – The judge who ruled that asylum seekers can remain in a hotel in Epping, Lord Justice Bean, has been reported to the conduct authority for alleged “bias” over links to Left-wing causes and organisations, reports the Telegraph.
• “How we turned universities into immigration machines” – Close to one-third of asylum claims come from those who originally came her on a student visas, says Alp Mehmet in the Spectator. Britain’s universities are now little more than immigration clearing houses.
• “Starmer’s new economic adviser backs higher wealth taxes” – Sir Keir Starmer’s new budget adviser has previously called for more wealth taxes on inheritance, land and property, fuelling fears of a squeeze on assets, reports the Telegraph.
• “How Rayner tried to cling to working-class roots while partying in Britain’s most woke town” – The Deputy PM’s new life in fashionable Hove is a far cry from her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, says the Telegraph.
• “Rayner accused of plotting ‘chicken run’ to safe seat” – Rayner’s recent holiday home purchase was a political manoeuvre to outrun Reform, say critics.
• “Rayner now facing questions over capital gains tax on Ashton home” – The Deputy PM may have benefited from a questionable tax exemption on her former property, it has emerged, as the scandal deepens.
• “Kemi Badenoch: No more Net Zero – extract every drop of North Sea oil” – Kemi Badenoch will this week unveil a pledge to extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, in what is billed as the Tory leader’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ moment, reports the Telegraph.
• “Despite Newsom’s Clean Green Initiatives, California Cities Rank Among The Dirtiest In US” – Despite aggressive climate goals and green energy initiatives, California cities rank among the dirtiest in America, reports the Climate Change Dispatch.
• “Media Falsely Claim Antarctica On Brink Of Climate Doom, Ignore Contrary Data” – The media have been caught exaggerating a cherry-picked study on Antarctic ice, sea level rise and penguin risks, ignoring natural variability and data to trumpet climate doom, say Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett on Climate Change Dispatch.
• “Exxon Says EU’s ‘High-Regulation, High-Cost’ Climate Crusade Fuelled By Magical Thinking” – A new report from oil giant Exxon has slammed Europe’s climate agenda as a costly failure and warned America not to copy the same high-regulation, low-payoff playbook, reports Climate Change Dispatch.
• “China finishes world’s highest bridge in time it takes Britain to build motorway overpass” – UK motorists have been waiting until ‘sometime in 2026’ for a single overpass on the M67, while in China Huajiang Canyon Bridge – the highest in the world – prepares to open after a similar amount of time, reports the Telegraph.
• “Turkish trans drag queens among foreign ‘talent’ handed British visas” – The 178% increase in annual applications for the ‘global talent’ visa is a cause of ‘urgent’ concern, says critics, according to the Telegraph.
• “Bye bye, EDI?” – King’s College London has dropped its ‘diversity statement’ requirement after free speech concerns, says Freddie Attenborough in the Critic.
• “How Labour’s tax plans could send property market into meltdown” – A series of property market tax proposals which have been floated ahead of the Autumn Budget are already hitting confidence among landlords and home movers, says Helen Crane in the Mail.
• “The ADHD racket” – As we allow a conveniently subjective condition to become the new catch-all get out clause for bad behaviour, even failure, we are perhaps closer to our gullible forebears than we think, says Madeline Grant in the Spectator.
• “Sandie Peggie, NHS groupthink and a public reckoning on the trans debate” – As the case of the nurse who refused to undress alongside a doctor who self-identifies as a woman resumes, opinions appear to be shifting, says the Times.
• “Tories blast Farage’s right-hand man Zia Yusuf” – Conservative sources claimed that Reform’s former chairman Zia Yusuf had only abandoned the Tories when his hopes of being a parliamentary candidate in a safe seat were dashed, reports the Mail.

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