News Round-Up

• “The truth about the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march” – Saturday was a day of pride and dissent, of flags and forthrightness, of people who refuse to be silenced or shamed, writes Jonathan Sacerdoti in the Spectator.
• “Unite the Kingdom: the London march” – The ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march was peaceful, polite and surprisingly diverse, while the tiny counter-protest got all the headlines, says Paul Sutton on his Substack.
• “We marched through London against mass migration. We’re no racists” – Attendees of Saturday’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally tell the Telegraph that most people there were peaceful protesters concerned about the state of the country.
• “Tommy Robinson’s ascent was entirely avoidable” – Is it any wonder people are turning to figures such as Tommy Robinson or parties such as Reform, says Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
• “Holly Valance poses with Tommy Robinson and says he’s ‘getting his redemption’” – Ex-Neighbours star Holly Valance has praised activist Tommy Robinson after his protest saw demonstrators descend on London, reports the Sun.
• “Progressives can never be wrong” – Possessed with a sense of mission and unshakable righteousness, progressives will always believe that they are right, says Patrick West in the Spectator.
• “Columnist is fired by Washington Post over post after Kirk murder” – Prominent columnist and editor Karen Attiah has been fired from the Washington Post over a series of unpleasant posts she wrote following the murder of Charlie Kirk, according to the Mail.
• “‘Hysterical’ anti-Trump protesters claim state visit could lead to British death squads” – Anti-Trump protesters have been accused of “hysterical scaremongering” after producing a film suggesting the US President’s visit could lead to Britain being policed by paramilitary death squads, reports the Telegraph.
• “Charlie Kirk ‘killer’ ‘wrote note saying he was going to take him out’” – Charlie Kirk’s assassin Tyler Robinson wrote a note saying he was going to “take out” the conservative commentator, according to the Mail.
• “Turning Point sees 18,000 requests after Kirk’s assassination” – The assassination of Charlie Kirk in an apparent attempt to silence his views has backfired, reports the Mail, with 18,000 chapter requests for his organisation in less than 24 hours.
• “The Oxford Union and the free speech fallacy” – George Abaraonye’s vile remarks about the murder of Charlie Kirk must be defended as free expression, but they also show why he is unqualified to lead the Oxford Union, says Andrew Doyle on his Substack.
• “The bourgeois death cult of Bob Vylan” – That the cult of nihilism that now washes over the conformist middle classes reveals what a worrying moment we’re living through, warns Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “When words are said to be violent, violence becomes the response to words” – There is an intellectual justification for political violence that has become mainstream, and it must be defeated, says Nick Timothy on his Substack.
• “Identitarian leftism is an inherently violent ideology” – The abhorrent celebrations of Charlie Kirk’s killing are unsurprising, writes Frank Furedi in the Telegraph.
• “It’s becoming impossible to deny that free speech is in crisis in Britain” – Why should crime be punished more severely if it’s motivated by hostility towards certain characteristics? asks Toby in the Telegraph.
• “Choice is clear. PM has to sack McSweeney or go himself” – In the Mail, Dan Hodges says the Mandelson-Epstein scandal has left Starmer cornered: either sack McSweeney or go himself.
• “Did Morgan McSweeney hide Mandelson evidence from Starmer?” – Sir Keir Starmer insists he will not quit over the Lord Mandelson scandal and has blamed his team for failing to brief him on the peer’s emails with Jeffrey Epstein, reports the Telegraph.
• “Starmer is done… Labour is facing extinction” – These are the worst of times for Sir Keir Starmer, writes Andrew Neil in the Mail; and they will not get better any time soon – if ever.
• “First ‘one in one out’ migrant flight cancelled after protests” – The first deportation of a Channel migrant under Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal with France was cancelled at the last minute, according to the Sun.
• “Starmer aide quits over sexually explicit Diane Abbott messages” – One of Sir Keir Starmer’s top aides has resigned after making sexually explicit comments about Diane Abbott, reports ITV News.
• “Trump to go easy on embattled Starmer during state visit” – Donald Trump is expected to go easy on Sir Keir Starmer during his state visit because he understands the PM is “on the ropes”, says the Telegraph.
• “Farmers are the victims of Labour’s inexperienced and ignorant policymaking” – Our inept leaders are completely out of touch with the reality of working Britons on the ground, writes Dia Chakravarty in the Telegraph.
• “Sadiq Khan’s London ‘is an investment no-go zone’” – The Home Builders Federation says the Mayor of London’s “unrealistic” affordable housing targets are “strangling” efforts to build new homes, according to Mortgage Finance Gazette.
• “Labour is gunning for GB News” – Buoyed by a summer of small boat crossings, immigration protests and arrests for free speech, GB News has been nosing ahead of its rivals, says our own Laurie Wastell in the Spectator.
• “Kruger is unlikely to be the last MP to defect to Reform” – The move by Jenrick’s former campaign manager may signal that Tories on the Right have given up on the party, writes David Frost in the Telegraph.
• “Danny Kruger is Reform’s best recruit yet” – That Danny Kruger thinks the cause of conservatism is best served by Reform is a major blow to his former party’s intellectual credibility, says Madeline Grant in the Spectator.
• “Boots promotes beauty influencer who shared antisemitic posts online” – Boots is using Huda Kattan to promote products in its London stores, despite her history of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, reports Naomi Greenaway in the Telegraph.
• “Britain and America to build new generation of nuclear plants in ‘golden age’ deal” – The UK and US are set to sign an agreement focused on accelerating the development of nuclear power, according to the BBC.
• “The SNP ‘should change stance’ on nuclear energy to boost Scottish job creation” – Scotland risks missing out on thousands of well-paid jobs after the SNP blocked the construction of new nuclear power stations, reports the Scotsman.
• “It’s time to admit that high-speed rail is a dead end” – In the Spectator, Andrew Gilligan warns that Northern Powerhouse Rail is a costly, slow and largely useless high-speed project.
• “Malawian mystery” – In Climate Scepticism, Mark Hodgson debunks the Guardian’s latest alarmist hype.
• “Attack on DOE Climate Report is a comedy of criticism” – The Department of Energy’s science report suggests CO₂ warming may be lower than feared, yet alarmist headlines and a follow-up report get it completely wrong, says David Wojick for CFACT.
• “We gotta win the AI arms race” – What is left of the ‘green revolution’ will be trampled in the rush to win the AI arms race, predicts Eric Worrall in WUWT?
• “Global CO₂ emissions in 2024” – In Climate Scepticism, Jit reckons global CO₂ emissions are still rising because most countries just don’t care.
• “Wrong, the Guardian, oil company operations aren’t making heatwaves worse” – In Climate Realism, Anthony Watts dismantles the Guardian’s claim that oil giants caused dozens of heatwaves.
• “Why did healthcare professionals disregard ethical guidance during the Covid event?” – Technocracy and human values are incompatible, says Dr Gary Sidley on Substack.
• “Conor McGregor quits race to become Ireland’s President” – Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor has quit the Irish presidential race, claiming that the constitution rigs the ballot for establishment favourites, according to the Mail.
• “The AfD’s mission to seduce West Germany is paying off” – It’s not just the former East Germany that is falling for the siren song of the Right, says Lisa Haseldine in the Spectator.
• “French borrowing costs climb after debt downgrade” – France’s borrowing costs have ticked higher as traders reacted to Fitch’s decision to downgrade the country’s credit rating, reports CNBC.
• “Sydney Sweeney appears to be given cold-shoulder over her MAGA views” – Sydney Sweeney appeared to have fallen out of favour with her fellow stars at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards, according to Rebecca Lawrence in the Mail.
• “Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 15, is youngest male actor to win an Emmy” – British Netflix drama Adolescence has dominated the Emmys, with six wins for best acting, writing and directing of a limited series, reports the Standard.
• “Gen Z are too scared to work in shops, retail chief says” – Britain is in the midst of a shoplifting epidemic with almost 800 crimes a day going unsolved, according to the Mail.
• “Majority of Gen Z claim to have had a mental health problem” – A poll of 2,000 adults found 37% of Gen Z’s often feel lonely, compared to 15% of Gen X and 11% of Boomers, reports the Bucks Herald.
• “The divide is not between left and right; it’s between the decent and the indecent” – Douglas Murray talks about the ghouls celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder on Fox News.

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