News Round-Up

• “1,000 migrants cross the Channel in one day – hours after Starmer’s reshuffle” – A colossal 1,000 illegal migrants surged into Britain on Saturday, just hours after Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet reshuffle, reports the Sun.
• “Anti-migrant protester who ‘wanted to protect children’ is a paedo” – Anti-migrant protester Anthony Styles, who amassed thousands of followers on his now inactive YouTube channel, AJ Audits, has been unmasked as a convicted paedophile, says the Mail.
• “Iraqi wanted abroad over drug dealing allowed to stay in UK for six years on benefits” – An Iraqi was allowed to stay in the UK despite being wanted in Germany for suspected drug- dealing – and having asylum claims rejected by two countries, reports the Sun.
• “Brexit was supposed to cut immigration. So what happened?” – As Vote Leave’s figurehead, Boris called for a crackdown, writes Hans van Leeuwen in the Telegraph. As PM, he rolled out the red carpet.
• “Senior Labour MP admits ‘things just don’t seem to be working’” – Dame Emily Thornberry says she is “considering” a bid for the deputy role, as she delivered a withering assessment of the PM’s first year in power, reports the Mail. 
• “One day after PM’s reshuffle, key ministers are already on back foot” – Jewish leaders have accused the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of being a pro-Palestinian “activist”, according to the Mail.
• “Shabana Mahmood is just another Left-wing lawyer” – The new Home Secretary’s record gives little hope that she will take decisive action to fight crime or illegal immigration, says Suella Braverman in the Telegraph.
• “Rayner’s lawyers increased price of home by £150,000 after an ‘error’” – Angela Rayner’s lawyers increased the price of her constituency home by over £150,000 after an “error was made”, reveals the Mail.
• “Sadiq Khan scores £1,000 in free Liverpool tickets since becoming London Mayor” – Sir Sadiq Khan has taken free Liverpool tickets worth £1,000 a year since becoming Mayor of London, reports the Sun.
• “Why do we keep electing the lowest of the low?” – In TCW, Richard Thomson explores why it is that Britain keeps electing the morally bankrupt and self-serving.
• “Labour can’t tear up the workers’ rights Bill quickly enough. It’s already a catastrophe” – The way to look after workers is to make sure there are plenty of jobs, not to make sure nobody is hiring, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “Unions threaten Starmer over workers’ rights law” – Sir Keir Starmer has been put on notice by Labour’s union backers that he must not water down the workers’ rights bill after Angela Rayner’s resignation, says the Telegraph.
• “Lucy Connolly wants to work with Reform to overhaul prison system after being jailed for race hate tweet” – Lucy Connolly says she wants to work with Reform UK on prisons policy after revealing she voted for the party at the last general election, reports the Standard.
• “British politics has now shifted irrevocably to the Right” – Modern politics, like Greta Thunberg after her controversial make-over, is all fringe, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
• “Two-tier justice if Palestine Action supporters not arrested” – Defence Secretary John Healey says that Palestine Action protesters need to be arrested in order to avoid “two-tier policing”, according to the Mail.
• “Graham Linehan and our broken police force” – In TCW, Bruce Newsome warns that Graham Linehan’s arrest shows a police force addicted to woke activism.
• “First Tube strike since 2023 begins ahead of total shutdown at 6pm” – London Underground staff have started striking over pay and conditions which will see the city grind to a halt over the coming week, reports the Mail.
• “Farmers threaten to derail 5G rollout as Labour cuts rents for mobile masts” – Farmers have warned that Britain’s 5G rollout could be at risk as they mount a revolt over rent cuts for mobile masts, says the Telegraph.
• “J.D. Vance tees up nuclear building blitz for Britain” – J.D. Vance is teeing up a nuclear building blitz in Britain ahead of Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit, reveals the Telegraph.
• “How Labour’s Net Zero obsession could be killing blow for Aberdeen” – Westminster’s growing obsession with Net Zero has delivered a killer blow to Aberdeen’s fortunes, writes Nick Fagge in the Mail.
• “Airlines warn that Net Zero targets are slipping beyond reach” – Two of Britain’s biggest airlines have warned that the Government’s Net Zero targets are at risk of becoming unachievable, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘Jet zero’ is a sham that we should stop wasting money on” – Shell’s decision to scrap plans for a biofuel factory sounds the death knell for sustainable aviation, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “Offshore wind decommissioning timebomb” – On Substack, David Turver warns that UK offshore wind operators are leaving a £4.7 billion decommissioning timebomb by failing to ring-fence cash.
• “Ed Miliband’s broken energy system is driving up bills” – In the Telegraph, Octopus chief Greg Jackson tells Luke Barr that Ed Miliband’s energy policies are driving up bills and that fixing the market, not eco-zealotry, is the key to cheaper power.
• “Martin Durkin | Tom Nelson Pod” – On the Tom Nelson Podcast, Martin Durkin discusses the challenges and successes of his new YouTube channel, Gorilla Science, including producing around 50 films to present climate-sceptic views in a more accessible format.
• “Acute Appitis is the fix” – On the TTE Substack, Dr Tom Jefferson and Prof Carl Heneghan take on Tony Blair’s NHS App, saying it’s all tech bells and whistles and private profit, not actually helping patients stuck on waiting lists.
• “NIH spied on this blog so we spy on them” – On Substack, Jim Haslam shows how Gain-of-Function research quietly carried on at the National Institutes of Health, with insiders, Fauci and recycled EcoHealth grants all playing a part in creating SARS-CoV-2.
• “EU ‘chat control’ regulation consequences and next steps” – The European Cybersecurity and Internet Centre is warning that the EU’s looming “Chat Control” law could fatally undermine encryption and cybersecurity, according to EU Crypto Initiative.
• “How Macron made France ungovernable” – As his sixth prime minister faces the chop, the French leader is rapidly running out of road, writes Henry Samuel in the Telegraph.
• “Inside Germany’s border dispute as Poland says ‘we don’t want your migrants’” – With a faltering economy and a spate of knife and car-ramming crimes linked to migrants, the attitude in Germany towards immigration has soured, says Oliver Harvey in the Sun.
• “Sharia law? US police dept introduces Arabic patch” – A police department in Michigan has introduced a uniform patch that has Arabic writing on it, according to Modernity.
• “Charity erases genders, urges members not to say ‘mother’ or ‘father’” – The British Horse Society has become the latest organisation to say ‘neigh’ to its members using the words ‘mother’ or ‘father’ to avoid causing offence, reports the Mail. 
• “Trans women at risk of female genital mutilation, claims College of Policing” – New policing guidelines issued by the College of Policing, a taxapyer-funded quango, state that trans women could be forced to undergo female genital mutilation, despite being biologically male, according to the Telegraph.
• “Iconic Cerne Abbas Giant gets hillside companion” – The Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset has gained a temporary companion as part of a £40,000 arts project created by asylum seekers, schoolchildren and people with learning disabilities, reports the BBC. Spoiler: it’s hideous.
• “Graham Linehan has his X ban lifted” – Graham Linehan has returned to X after the Free Speech Union got his bail conditions varied, according to Chortle.
• “Graham Linehan’s arrest has caused panic abroad” – On GB News, Toby reveals that the Free Speech Union has had a surge of American citizens asking if they’ll be arrested at Heathrow over social media posts.

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