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Let Sadiq Khan have control over tax on London homes, Labour-linked think tank says

  ThinkLabour, formerly Labour Together, argues mayors should be ‘custodians of their economies’ Daily Telegraph 10/06/26 Link Sir Sadiq Khan should have control over how much tax Londoners pay on their properties, a think tank with close ties to the Labour Party has said. ThinkLabour, formerly operating under the name Labour Together, said mayors should be given greater powers over taxation, particularly over property levies. Opponents argued the policy would be “a disaster for Londoners” and that more taxes would further “erode the wealth of a nation”. In a report published on Wednesday, ThinkLabour claimed: “By giving mayors the ability to capture the uplift in land values, they will have the incentive to grow their economies and a revenue stream to borrow against.” It would mean devolved authorities such as the Mayor of London could opt to impose higher levies on homeowners. ThinkLabour said mayors should be allowed to be “custodians of their economies”, as they were “more lik...
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If Starmer wants to save himself, he should sack Reeves

  Defence secretary’s resignation exposes a Chancellor guilty of chronic indecision and catastrophic misjudgment Daily Telegraph 11/06/26 link She has already presided over a huge surge in unemployment, a collapse in business confidence, and a jump in the amount the Government has to pay for borrowing. No one, even in the Labour Party, would claim that Rachel Reeves has a great record as Chancellor. But now she is accused of something far more serious. As the devastating resignation letter from John Healey, defence secretary, made clear, she has left the country defenceless – and the Prime Minister surely now has no choice but to sack her. Everyone agrees that Britain urgently needs to increase its defence spending. With a war raging in Ukraine and another one in The Gulf, and with the United States losing interest in Europe, we need more kit and manpower to protect the country. And yet one point emerges with total clarity from Healey’s letter: the Chancellor is refusing to make ...
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In full: Healey’s resignation letter to Starmer

  Defence Secretary steps down in protest over investment plan that ‘falls short of what is required’ Daily Telegraph 11/ ohn Healey has resigned as defence secretary over Sir Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan. Mr Healey announced that he would step down in a letter to the Prime Minister on Thursday. He wrote that the plan, expected to be revealed as soon as Friday, “falls well short of what is required for defence”. Here is Mr Healey’s resignation letter in full. Dear Keir, This is a letter I never expected to write, and I do so now with great regret and reluctance. I am proud of what we have done in less than two years as a Labour Government. We’ve stepped up to lead internationally for Ukraine with the Coalition of the Willing and Ukraine Defence Contact Group, established Britain as a leading voice for Europe in Nato, raised defence investment to 2.5 per cent of GDP three years earlier than anyone expected, launched the deepest defence reforms in 50 years, won the bigges...
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Why Belfast is burning

  The racist rioting is indefensible – so is our elites’ determination to ignore the tensions caused by migration. Spiked 10/06/26 Link Belfast was in flames last night. Cars and buses were set ablaze. Flaming rubbish bins were used to create roadblocks. And most horrifying of all , masked men went door to door in the Northern Irish capital, demanding to know if ‘foreigners’ lived inside. Emergency services had to escort immigrant families from their burning homes. These scenes of terror and carnage unfolded on the day that Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese migrant, was charged on suspicion of attempted murder , and, in a separate incident on the same day, threatening to kill an NHS radiologist. Viral footage from Monday night appears to show him swiping a knife at the victim, later identified as Stephen Ogilvie , seemingly attempting to behead him and gouge his eyes out. Alodid appeared in court this morning to hear his charges. Police are not seeking anyone else in connection with their ...
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How ‘horrific’ knife attack brought terror to streets of Belfast

  Widely-viewed video of brutal stabbing on anniversary of anti-migrant riots prompts fears of unrest Daily Telegraph 09/06/26 link The viral video was barbaric and shocking. A   Sudanese man   held a kitchen knife aloft moments before launching a ferocious attack on the helpless victim he was straddling in a Belfast street. Moments after the blade glinted in the street lights, three brave residents rushed the attacker as horrified residents and passers-by looked on. The 54-second mobile phone clip captured the best and worst of humanity. It has been viewed millions of times. The events on Kinnaird Avenue, a residential road in the north of the Northern Irish city, began shortly after 10.30pm. Nimon Abshir, a 25-year-old Somali immigrant, had just parked his car on the road to collect a visa document a friend had printed for him. The warehouse cleaner was shocked to see two men he at first thought were fighting on the ground. He told The Telegraph: “I saw two guys – the b...
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As a white man, I would love to know exactly how I should react to Henry’s murder

  The two-tier policing of people’s emotions must stop Daily Telegraph 08/06/26 There’s a new poster at my local railway station that shows a snake riding a train, looking hypnotically at the viewer, with the words: “Staring at her and making her feel harassed is ABUSE. End violence against women and girls.” Quite right. Point taken. But here’s the thing: if a snake drops from the ceiling and stares at me, I’m liable to stare back. In fact, I’d probably pull the emergency cord. What I would not do is call the police because it’s 2/1, they’d take the snake’s side against mine, leading to my arrest, trial and Stella Creasy chaining herself to the reptile enclosure at London Zoo. I’m embarrassed at being a man, ashamed of being white. I know I am responsible for every evil since time began. I watched the events to mark D-Day this weekend and thought: “Why did we even bother?” given that the British Empire “lasted longer” and “did more damage” than the Nazis (according to academic Kehi...
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