“Bank fails to pay dividend to Treasury for first time” – The Bank of England will fail to pay a dividend to the Treasury this year, according to the Times, after its loss-absorbing capital fell below a minimum threshold
“NHSX – COVID-19 Vaccination Certification Programme” – A Department of Health and Social Care contract for the printing and mailing of COVID-19 vaccination paper documentation worth £21 million. Are they planning something, perchance?
“The border closure debate is turning us into bigots” – “Once the preserve of fringe Right-wing groups, we are now seeing politicians of all stripes resorting to ugly tropes about people ‘surging’ in through the UK’s ‘leaky’ borders like ‘a sieve'”, writes UnHerd’s pseudonymous doctor Amy Jones
“Who will make the case for liberty?” – Writing in UnHerd, Douglas Murray bemoans the fact that “while there is plenty of pressure on the Government to be more cautious, there is none at a party-political level urging the Government to be more favourable towards the case for liberty”
“Lockdown has called last orders for the British Pub” – “The death of the British pub is not just found in the boarded up windows,” writes S.D. Wickett in Bournbrook. “It is found in the stale atmosphere of the ones that stay open”
“What if we’re wrong” – “Local health authorities and the WHO can be wrong, as can we all,” says Professor Heather Heying in Areo – and shutting down voices that question their conclusions is “antithetical to science”
“Covid: The Big Picture” – An update from the Swiss Doctor, covering the situation in Sweden, the virus’s origin, and more
“The real cure for Covid is a halt to fearmongering” – Stephen McMurray wonders in the Conservative Woman if there would even be an epidemic were everyone to turn off their TVs and throw away their newspapers
“Who are you calling fat?” – “Obese people are statistically much more likely to contract COVID-19,” says Kate Dunlop at the Conservative Woman, and “the Government’s response to COVID-19 is likely to have increased obesity rates thanks to lockdowns and disruptions of normal life”
“Postcard from the Republic of Ireland” – After four years in the UK, Johnny Murphy was looking forward to going home to Ireland, he says in the Conservative Woman, but he has found that the country “has become a dystopia”
“How Team Biden Ended Covid Mania Overnight” – Jordan Schachtel offers an explanation as to “how the CDC and other Government Health institutions have gone from projecting a ‘sense of impending doom’ to ‘your health is in your hands’ in a matter of days”
“Lockdowns in Taiwan: Myths Versus Reality” – Writing for AIER, Michael Gartz and Amelia Janaskie explore how Taiwan’s experience of the 2003 Sars outbreak has served the country well against COVID-19
“Texas Governor Abbott ends COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits” – Greg Abbott has announced that COVID-19 unemployment benefits in Texas will come to an end on June 26th, Conservative Zone reports. The Governor’s reasoning is that the number of new job openings is roughly equivalent to the number claiming unemployment benefits
“Has India’s second Covid wave peaked?” – New infections in India appear to have peaked at 412,618 on May 5th, Ross Clark says in the Spectator, and the number has been falling for about a fortnight
The NHS app has been updated to include far more than vaccine jabs.
Julia: "Data relating to mental health, lifestyle, ethnic origin, biometric data and alleged criminal behaviour; what the hell does that have to do with proving you've had two jabs!?"@JuliaHB1 | @silkiecarlopic.twitter.com/TFztDpoMpq
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