Gaza Warfare 1) Cameron warns Israel that assist shouldn’t be unconditional
“Britain’s assist for Israel is “not unconditional”, the overseas secretary has mentioned, elevating the strain on Binyamin Netanyahu over the killing of seven support employees. Writing for The Sunday Occasions six months after the Israel-Hamas warfare started, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton issued a warning to Israel over its compliance with worldwide humanitarian regulation. Six days after three Britons had been amongst seven killed whereas working for World Central Kitchen, Cameron describes their deaths as “tragic and avoidable”. Whereas Israel has described the killings as a “grave accident” and has sacked two senior navy officers, the overseas secretary says there may be “little question the place the blame lies” and warns: “This mustn’t ever occur once more.” – Sunday Occasions
- Cameron warns of Gaza famine as UK sends Royal Navy ship to spice up support effort – Observer
- Tens of 1000’s of Israelis rally towards Netanyahu – Observer
- 1000’s protest towards Israeli PM – Sunday Specific
- Sunak vows Britain will stand by Israel’s proper to defend itself from Hamas – Mail on Sunday
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Gaza Warfare 2) Cameron: We have now humanitarian legal guidelines. Israel should abide by them
“The tragic and avoidable killing of the World Central Kitchen support employees was a horrible reminder of the price of the Gaza battle. Residents from 5 completely different nations misplaced their lives, three of them from the UK. On this event, there isn’t a doubt the place the blame lies: Israel’s inquiry has already enumerated the insufficient processes and the unacceptable conduct of the IDF personnel concerned. This mustn’t ever occur once more. Sunday marks one other grim milestone: six months because the brutal assaults by Hamas on October 7. We should not overlook how this battle began — with the Jewish folks struggling the worst and most murderous pogrom because the Holocaust.” – Sunday Occasions
Gaza Warfare 3) Johnson: It could be insane for Britain to ban arms gross sales to Israel
“If you would like an instance of the dying want of Western civilisation, I provide the present proposal from members of the British institution that this nation ought to ban arms gross sales to Israel. If you would like proof of presidency insanity, it seems that Overseas Workplace attorneys are busily canvassing the thought — which has not, so far as I can inform, but been rejected by the Overseas Secretary himself. He appears to have gone right into a form of purdah on the topic. Extra alarming nonetheless, we’re instructed that an Israeli arms ban is the topic of an energetic row in Cupboard, with solely a handful of ministers positively sticking up for Israel. The contagion has unfold fairly huge, and really quick.” – Mail on Sunday
- Banning arms gross sales to Israel could be ‘insane’ – Observer
UK has failed to organize itself for warfare, warn former defence ministers
“Britain has failed to organize itself for warfare as a “entire nation endeavour”, former defence ministers have warned in a stark wake-up name to the Authorities. James Heappey, the previous Armed Forces minister, has revealed that solely Whitehall officers from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) bothered to participate in an train to learn the way the nation could be ruled from the UK’s wartime bunker. Two weeks after leaving workplace, the Tory MP and former Military officer urged ministers to organize for battle. His feedback had been backed by Ben Wallace, the previous defence secretary, who mentioned there have been “too many individuals” within the Authorities “counting on hoping” that the present instability would “go away”. – Sunday Telegraph
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Second Tory MP claims to be sufferer of ‘honeytrap’ sexting rip-off
“A second Tory MP has come ahead with claims of being focused by a sexting scandal, prompting the Metropolitan Police to launch an inquiry into “unsolicited messages” circulating inside Parliament. Dr Luke Evans, the MP for Bosworth, revealed on Friday that he had skilled “cyber flashing” and was the one who initially reported the matter to the authorities. He’s now joined by fellow Conservative MP William Wragg, who admitted he too had been bombarded with unrequested express pictures and texts through WhatsApp. Mr Wragg disclosed that he was “manipulated” into sharing the private contact particulars of fellow MPs with a person he encountered on a homosexual courting app.” – Sunday Specific
- Farage calls honeytrap rip-off MP’s actions ‘abominable’ – Sunday Telegraph
- The Westminster honeytrap plotter tried to catch me too – Sunday Occasions
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‘The proof that Rayner has been mendacity’
“Angela Rayner’s claims to haven’t damaged any guidelines over her property dealings have been blown aside by a Mail on Sunday investigation into her actual ‘house’. Labour’s Deputy Chief has insisted for six weeks that for a few years her ‘principal property’ was a home in Stockport, the place she claimed to reside individually from her husband and youngsters for the primary 5 years of her marriage. Now this newspaper has disproved her story by finding out dozens of postings made by Ms Rayner on social media throughout that interval displaying her life along with her youngsters and cats at her husband’s tackle.” – Mail on Sunday
- Rayner’s ‘again house’ selfie deepens tax row – Sunday Occasions
- Labour deputy boasted of ‘home bliss’ at house she says she didn’t reside in – Sunday Specific
- ‘Very Gordon Brown’: Sunak is down and lashing out – Sunday Occasions
- Sunak being ‘propped up’ by 1922 committee ‘stooges’, declare MPs – Sunday Telegraph
- Virtually half of Tory councillors assume Authorities is simply too Left-wing – Sunday Telegraph
- Mordaunt is in danger, however there’s little love for Labour both – Observer
- Curtice warns of native election embarrassment for the Tories – Sunday Specific
- Fury as ‘true-blue’ Tories declare they’ve been ‘banned’ from standing – Sunday Specific
- Potential candidate and activists for Galloway’s social gathering accused of anti-Semitism – Sunday Telegraph
- Reform drops two of its election candidates and suspends a 3rd – Mail on Sunday
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Authorities delays choice on incinerator opposed by Barclay
“The federal government has briefly banned permits for brand new incinerator vegetation in England, together with one the Atmosphere Secretary Steve Barclay is combating to cease being inbuilt his constituency. The surroundings division will now contemplate what number of vegetation are wanted. It comes after a high authorities lawyer warned a plan being explored to pause permits was “illegal”. This month Mr Barclay mentioned the proposed incinerator in his Cambridgeshire seat was a “huge blot on the panorama”. – BBC Information
Hannan: Starmer is simply too Left-wing to control like Blair
“Let’s name it the Blair Dilemma. What do you do while you win an enormous majority that’s primarily based, not on any enthusiasm in your social gathering, however on a visceral dislike of the final lot? If the polls are proper, Sir Keir Starmer will go away the Tories with fewer seats than Blair did in 1997 – largely as a result of Reform is a worse nuisance to the Conservatives now than was the Referendum Celebration then. However, as ballot after ballot reveals, there isn’t a nice love for Labour. Like Blair in 1997, Starmer is benefiting from the gathered annoyances that inescapably construct up when the identical social gathering has been in workplace for 4 phrases.” – Sunday Telegraph
Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband
“The UK has misplaced affect since Brexit to turn into simply one among many “center powers” on the planet, former overseas secretary David Miliband has mentioned. Writing for the Observer, Miliband, now president and chief govt of the Worldwide Rescue Committee, mentioned that with a view to reverse the decline, the UK wanted to enter new “buildings and commitments” with the EU on overseas coverage. “Our relationships in Nato are sturdy, however with the EU they’re virtually non-existent. And that is all of the extra obtrusive because the warfare in Ukraine has introduced the EU and Nato nearer collectively,” he mentioned.” – Observer