News Round-Up

• “MI5 chief dismayed by China spy fiasco” – The head of MI5 has said he was frustrated by the collapse of the Chinese spy case as he warned that Beijing poses a threat to the UK “every day”, reports the Telegraph.
• “China stole ‘vast amounts’ of state secrets, says Cummings” – China accessed highly classified information in a security breach that the Government covered up, Dominic Cummings has claimed, says the Telegraph.
• “‘You’re in spy territory now’: How China pair allegedly leaked secrets on Tory leadership race”– One alleged China spy told another “you’re in spy territory now”, evidence published by the Government has revealed, according to the Telegraph.
• “Sir Keir Starmer leads outrage after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans banned from Aston Villa match” – The Prime Minister has joined a ferocious backlash against the police-led shut out of Israeli fans from Aston Villa’s Europa League fixture against Maccabi Tel Aviv, reports the Telegraph.
• “Britain and France are at the end stage of ‘centrist dad’ collapse” – Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza of international politics, the Yin and Yang of European declinism, the clownish poster boys of Western decadence, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “Three asylum seekers ‘rape woman on Brighton beach’” – Three asylum seekers – two Egyptians living in the same West Sussex migrant hotel, and an Iranian – have been accused of raping a woman on Brighton beach, says the Wandsworth Times.
• “Only 12 civil servants working on ‘one in, one out’ migrant scheme” – Just 12 civil servants are working full time on the Government’s one in, one out migration deal with France, the border security commander has told MPs, according to the Telegraph.
• “Fury as UK council that branded Brits flying flags ‘far-Right’ tear down 78” – Tower Hamlets Council has sparked fury after tearing down a combined 78 St George’s and Union Jack flags in a two-day spree, reports the Express.
• “Police remove firearms from home of Oxford student arrested for chants” – Firearms and ammunition have been seized at the family home of Oxford University student and anti-Israeli ‘hate’ protester Sam Williams, says the Mail.
• “NHS junior doctor describes armed Palestinian fighters as ‘heroes’” – Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who is facing claims of antisemitism and Holocaust denial, openly called for Jihad and called Palestinian fighters “heroes” during a protest in Central London, reports the Mail. 
• “‘Wrong decision’: PM blasts after fans of Israel banned from clash” – Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Aston Villa for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans over fears for “safety and security”, says the Mail.
• “Councils go bankrupt over SEN funding while bins fester” – Councils are bankrupting themselves to support the explosion of eligible SEN children – while bins and potholes fester. It has to stop, says Ross Clark in the Mail.
• “The parents gaming special educational needs” – In the Spectator, Rosie Lewis lifts the lid on how Britain’s special needs system is being milked.
• “Hackney residents are paying for their councillors’ disgraceful posturing” – Egotistical councillors are wasting taxpayer-funded resources on affairs outside their competence or electoral mandate, warns Dia Chakravarty in the Telegraph.
• “The pathology of politics” – In the Spectator, Douglas Murray blasts Imperial College’s claim that Reform voters are “sicker” than others, proposing studies into the genetic defects of Labour voters.
• “Moment Tim Hortons boss chases migrant who snatched £65,000 watch” – The Mail has CCTV footage of the moment an illegal Algerian ‘watch ripper’ targeted a Tim Hortons boss – before his accomplice tore a £65,000 Patek Philippe off his wrist on one of London’s most exclusive streets.
• “Meet the windy dullard in charge of border security” – In the Mail, Quentin Letts slams Labour’s border czar Martin Hewitt as a pompous windbag whose main weapon against the small boats crisis is… more meetings.
• “The ECHR will never be reformed” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle slams the ECHR as a hopeless relic, kept alive by pompous bureaucrats like Michael O’Flaherty.
• “Legal immigration is an absolute nightmare” – There seems to be a perversely inverse relationship between the ease with which foreigners can gatecrash Western countries by breaking the law, and the diabolical complexity, expense, effort and time required to immigrate legally, says Lionel Shriver in the Spectator.
• “Starmer ‘must explain how Labour manifesto was quoted in China spy evidence’” – Downing Street is under pressure to explain how part of the 2024 Labour manifesto ended up in a crucial witness statement that’s been blamed for the collapse of the Chinese spy case, reports the Telegraph.
• “Trump could give refugee status in America to Brits opposed to immigration” – Donald Trump might offer political asylum in the US to Brits and other Europeans who oppose mass migration as part of an overhaul of the American refugee system, says the Express.
• “Here be dragons: the truth about Chinese espionage” – China is constantly probing for ‘weaknesses’ in British defences that could paralyse parts of the economy, writes Tim Shipman in the Spectator.
• “The Independent’s ‘record CO₂ surge’ story: hype without context” – Natural processes – not industrial emissions – were the dominant factor behind the recent CO₂ bump, explains Anthony Watts in WUWT?
• “Orsted vs Trump: an offshore battle looms” – The world’s largest offshore wind developer, backed by the Danish Government, is on a deliberate collision course with the Trump Administration, reports CFACT.
• “Trump admin battles UN over global carbon tax” – The Trump administration is fighting to block a global carbon tax that a UN agency is attempting to quietly pass this week, says the Daily Caller.
• “Judge tosses lawsuit claiming Trump’s energy policies are killing children” – A Montana judge has tossed a climate lawsuit by 22 kids claiming Trump’s energy orders threaten their lives, reports the Free Beacon.
• “New study contradicts the alarmist narrative that says the AMOC is catastrophically collapsing” – A new study finds the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has been stable since 1960, busting claims it’s about to collapse, says Kenneth Richard on NoTricksZone.
• “Nonprofits cruelly normalise poverty for climate virtue” – The Green Blob is blocking oil and gas projects that could lift millions out of poverty, warns Vijay Jayaraj in Townhall.
• “Coral recoveries and growth show the Hill is misleading about global warming killing reefs” – The Hill tries to blame global warming for killing reefs worldwide, but Linnea Lueken in Climate Realism says it conveniently ignores the bigger historical picture.
• “Hamas has now handed back ‘all the bodies it can reach’: 19 missing” – Hamas says it has returned all the bodies it can locate after handing over the remains of two more hostages on Wednesday night – but 19 loved ones are still unaccounted for, reports the Mail.
• “Church of Nigeria calls appointment of first female Archbishop of Canterbury ‘devastating’” – The Church of Nigeria has officially rejected the appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, describing the decision as “devastating” and one that “ignores the current situation”, according to Christian News.
• “My third win against Covid vaccine mandates” – On Substack, Dr Raphael Lataster quietly celebrates his third win against Covid jab mandates, saying the truth’s out and justice for the wrongfully sacked is finally within reach.
• “Keira Knightley has just shown how the trans mob can be beaten” – When confronted with a question about a Harry Potter boycott, Keira Knightley remained poised and stood her ground – celebrities, take note, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “A heretic reprieved” – Abhishek Saha writes about the Nathan Cofnas affair in Quillette.
• “Telegraph takeover may face national security investigation over China links” – The proposed takeover of The Telegraph by a consortium with links to China could face investigation as a potential national security threat, the Government has said, according to the Telegraph.
• “Lord of the Rings ‘demonises people of colour’, students told” – A University of Nottingham history module, ‘Decolonising Tolkien et al’, claims orcs and other dark-skinned characters are victims of “ethnic chauvinism”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Female peers oppose decriminalisation of abortion up to birth” – Women peers are mounting an attempt to overturn MPs’ plans to decriminalise abortion, says the Telegraph.
• “‘I intend to table an amendment to this Bill scrapping NCHI’” – In the House of Lords, Toby announces at the Second Reading of the Crime and Policing Bill that he’ll be tabling an amendment to scrap non-crime hate incidents.

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