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Received — 19 June 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

Girls Aged 11 Eligible for Restarted Puberty Blocker Trial

19 June 2026 at 17:00

Girls as young as 11 will be eligible for puberty blockers under the restarted Pathways trial after the MHRA agreed new protocols despite an outcry and indications it could have been limited to 14-plus.

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Sir Kenny Dalglish is Right: Cancer Should be Private – A Lesson it Seems Many Need to Learn

19 June 2026 at 15:00

After accidentally revealing his cancer diagnosis, Sir Kenny Dalglish is a role model in insisting such matters "should ideally be private", says Steven Tucker. It's a lesson many seem to need to learn.

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Yet Another Climate Activist Masquerading as an Economist

19 June 2026 at 11:00

The National Emergency Briefing purports to be an "expert-led" forum on the 'climate crisis'. Its chosen economist, Angela Francis, however, is an activist with notable lacunae in her economics CV, says Dr Tilak Doshi.

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Andy Burnham vs the Bond Market

19 June 2026 at 09:08

Andy Burnham has won Makerfield – and the bond market is watching closely. Gilt yields surged when his name was first floated as leader, and they have already climbed even higher as he closes in on Number 10.

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Received — 18 June 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

The Clash of Sexual Civilisations

18 June 2026 at 19:00

With mass immigration we are witnessing a clash of sexual civilisations, says Bettina Arndt: two incompatible systems of rules about men, women and desire are colliding and the consequences are playing out in courtrooms.

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Oxfordshire Seeks First Ban on Union Flags in Street

18 June 2026 at 17:26

Oxfordshire has become the first council to start a legal battle to ban residents from raising Union and St George flags on or near public highways due to the "distress" they cause.

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Blair’s Encyclical Labor Imbecilis

18 June 2026 at 15:00

Everyone knows that Tony Blair and the Pope issued encyclicals in the last week or two. The Pope's was entitled ‘Magnifica Humanitas’; by analogy, Blair's should have been called ‘Labor Imbecilis’, says James Alexander.

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Could There Be a Tory Upset in Aberdeen?

18 June 2026 at 09:00

Makerfield isn't the only by-election happening today. There are two more, one of which is in Aberdeen South – and Mark Littlewood has put a small bet on a Tory upset against the SNP in the oil hub constituency.

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Will Wes Streeting Really Ditch Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Targets?

18 June 2026 at 07:00

Labour leadership hopeful Wes Streeting has said Labour should ditch Ed Miliband's Net Zero targets. Or has he? It's as clear as mud, says Ben Pile, with promises of yet more 'green growth' cakeism.

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Received — 17 June 2026 ⏭ The Daily Sceptic

Too Young for TikTok, Old Enough to Vote?

17 June 2026 at 17:00

According to Keir Starmer, a teenager doesn’t have the judgement to scroll through Instagram without state supervision, but does have the judgement to pick the next government. We are governed by idiots, says Clive Pinder.

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£900,000 – The Price of An A-rated Energy Performance Certificate

17 June 2026 at 15:00

A well-heeled homeowner has spent nearly £1 million converting his home so that it could achieve an Energy Performance Certificate with an ‘A’ rating – and demonstrated just how unaffordable Net Zero is.

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We Should Push Back Against the Trend for Blank Walls in Schools

17 June 2026 at 13:00

Joanna Gray has a new low to report from the coal face of what remains of British education: the trend for blank walls in classrooms. This miserable "display diet" is designed, inevitably, to help the 'neurodiverse'.

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