- “Big weddings are back on from June 21st, Boris Johnson to announce” – The Prime Minister is set to announce that big weddings will be allowed to take place from June 21st, the Telegraph has learned. Is he finally naming the day?
- “SNP Government agency accused of ‘shameful’ attempt to hide full truth over care home deaths” – The Scottish Information Commissioner has ruled that the National Records of Scotland breached Freedom of Information legislation by refusing to release details of suspected coronavirus deaths in care homes, according to the Telegraph
- “More pandemic profiteers: COVID-19 vaccines have minted at least nine new pharma billionaires” – Nine executives of pharmaceutical companies have become billionaires thanks to the jabs, the Daily Mail reports
- “Chris Whitty: Smoking likely to have killed more than Covid last year” – In a lecture on the future of health trends, Chief Medical Office Chris Whitty says that smoking has probably killed more people than Covid in the same time period and it places a severe strain on hospital services, according to the Telegraph
- “Why Britain must unlock on 21st June” – “There will always be reasons to fear a new mutation – even a new pathogen,” says the Spectator. “But at some point we have to say enough is enough”
- “Indian COVID-19 variant cases more than double in a week as fresh ‘triple mutant’ emerges in Yorkshire” – Officials have raised concerns about a triple mutant strain that has been identified in Yorkshire, says the i. It has similarities to the Kent variant and the South African variant and has has been designated “a variant under investigation”
- “Matt Hancock violates patient confidentiality” – In declaring that majority of the 18 patients hospitalised in the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust with the Indian variant hadn’t taken the vaccine, the Health Secretary ignored key principles of medical confidentiality, says HART
- “In hate crime-obsessed Britain, vilifying Covid vaccine ‘refuseniks’ comes with establishment approval” – We hear so much about ‘hate crime’, writes Neil Clark in RT, but now “we’re in the midst of an extremely nasty campaign against those who don’t wish to take a Covid vaccine and somehow that’s deemed acceptable”
- “Forget the hype, there’s ‘zero evidence’ booster jabs will be needed” – In the Conservative Woman, Kathy Gyngell dismisses talk of a third dose of the Covid vaccines
- “Shame on ‘freedom-loving’ conservatives and their media bullies” – Gary Oliver in the Conservative Woman pours scorn on the commentators who love freedom except when it comes to choosing whether or not to have the vaccine
- “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, No Unvaxxed” – We are continuing, says Dustin Broadberry in Off-Guardian, “to surrender ancient rights and protections to an unthinkable dystopia that is now within sniffing distance”
- “Future lockdowns, Indian variants and groceries” – A Q&A session with Professor Tim Spector of ZOE app fame. He thinks it “unlikely” the country will end up in another lockdown
- “Bring Back Parliament!” – Dan Hannan urges Parliament to come back to life
- “Are our children being spied on in schools?” – “Yes,” says Das Astin Gregory in the Pandemic Podcast, referring to a Scottish Government briefing note to senior leaders and teachers offering “‘a short summary of the ways in which extremists have responded to Covid-19” and definitions of “misinformation”, “disinformation”, and “conspiracy theories”
- “Cork woman jailed for weekend after refusing to wear a mask” – A judge was confused by the behaviour of the “pleasant woman” who was “undermining the rules of court and country” by her refusal to wear a mask in court and had “no other option” but to jail her for contempt, the Irish Times reports
- “Decision to lockdown caused 282 times the loss of years of life, says Economics professor” – A report from Gript on Canadian Professor Douglas W. Allen’s cost-benefit analysis of lockdowns
- “Freedom in France has been reduced to Government-authorised drinking on outdoor patios” – “Freedom in France is being able to attend museums, movies, and outdoor dining with a mask on and strict social distancing rules,” writes Rachel Marsden in RT. “What the heck has happened to the French?”
- “Germany declares U.K. a virus variant region” – Germany’s public health institute has said the U.K. is a virus variant region, and anyone returning to Germany after a trip to Britain or Northern Ireland has to quarantine for two weeks, according to Reuters
- “Spain to drop Covid restrictions on British visitors from 24th May” – The Guardian reports that as of May 24th Spain will allow Brits to enter the country for the purposes of a holiday without having to show a test certificate at the border
- “Goodbye masks – Hungary to lift most COVID-19 curbs, PM Orban says” – Victor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, has announced that the country will lift most remaining COVID-19 restrictions as soon as the number of vaccinated people passes five million this weekend, Reuters reports
- “Fauci: ‘It’s a Manifestation of Your Honesty to Say, Hey, I Was Wrong’” – Micha Gatz takes “a look back at Dr. Fauci’s mutating mask guidance” for the AIER
- “Running Out of Patience for the CDC” – “Throughout the entire pandemic,” says Ethan Yang for the AIER, “the CDC has been the arbiter of comically cautious guidance, arbitrary and unethical recommendations, and it contradicted itself so many times that it would be a decent question to ask if anyone really listens at this point”
- “Malaysia suspended its democracy to combat the virus, now it’s even worse” – The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Malaysia’s opposition party leader is attacking the Government for declaring a perpetual state of emergency, which enables it to cling to authority “under the banner of emergency”
- “Argentina announces ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown as pandemic rages” – Argentina’s President has announced a strict “circuit breaker” lockdown, Reuters says, which will come into force today and last a week
- “Two Filmmakers” – Podcaster Thaddeus Russell speaks to two establish Hollywood filmmakers who are hoping to make a film that is critical of Covid lockdowns and mask mandates
- “China’s Sichuan province releases rap song to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations” – A Sichuan health authority has produced rap – titled Get Jabbed Quick – promoting the vaccines. According to the South China Morning Post, the take up rate is low across the country
- “Don’t they just love a variant?” – Time for Recovery urges people to do what they can to stop Johnson and Hancock moving the goalposts again
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Chris Boardman wtf ! Two F- – – ing Billion pounds !!… To do what ? That’s enough money for him to go to every car owner & confiscate their car keys ! Must be another loan off uncle Klaus !!
I mentioned yesterday that it was a shame that following the introduction of “pay to comment” here we had lost some of our most prolific and valuable commenters.
While £5 is a very low barrier to commenting, especially given the huge value this website brings, and I don’t blame the DS for introducing a charge – the authors atl have to make a living and hosting websites professionally costs money – I also don’t blame those whose comments might make them “a bloody menace” in the eyes of the authorities and have therefore chosen not to pay up.
Requiring payment removes anonymity – we need to provide real life banking details which allow someone to be traced fairly easily if the authorites are determined enough.
People might call me a conspiracy theorist to think that – but if so, just look at what has happened to the level of authoritarianism in this country over the last two years, and look at the trend towards removing anonymity more widely on the internet, and the desire the authorities have to label pretty much anything said on the internet which upsets someone to become a criminal offence.
..you could be right, but I’m sticking with Edward Dowd…’either we win or it’s the Gulag’…..I’m not trying to sound glib, but I think I decided a while ago that I’d stick my colours to the mast and be damned!
Even Mr Gum, the ‘quiet half’ told a neighbour who was complaining about catching Convid…again, that she could expect to catch it a lot more if she carried on getting stabbed!!
We are ‘out’ and I don’t think we have any intention of going back ‘in’….
Yes I feel the same way now and am now posting under my own name on Twitter. It’s time to put heads above parapets!
Yes…I don’t start anything, but for months now I’ve been making comments if people start with the Covibollocks…masks, lockdown, jabs etc..and thanks to Sceptics both ABL and BTL, I’m pretty full of knowledgable stuff!……and I don’t give a stuff if they think I’m nuts.
funnily enough most of them are coming around to the fact that they’ve been conned…well plenty I know are…
It is not the amount of money, I have donated and presumably have done so enough to still be allowed to comment. It is somehow the concept of pay to comment and the fact that I generally avoid all regular subscription payments unless I cannot avoid them. I will probably donate again at some stage but will not sign up to a monthly account and so on the basis that I might be struck off at any moment I tend to do more of my discussions on the Reddit site.
More dramatic birthrate declines, this time Sweden.
https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/swedens-birth-rate-dropping-precipitiously
The cat already had a closer look at it. No Bueno. https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/swedish-birth-rate-data-what-does
Thanks. The fact that it is consistent with data from several other countries points to it being genuinely worrisome.
Fish with growths and lesions. And how do they know it’s not caused by pollution?
Chris Boardman and 2 billion quid! Is that a misprint? It’s all very well encouraging motorists out of their cars, but if I want to do my weekly shop I have no choice but to drive. It’s a 20 mile round trip to the nearest big supermarket and, in common with large swathes of this country, there is NO public transport at all. Some villages that did have a decent service have found them cut massively (mostly by Stagecoach, it has to be said) or amalgamated routes so they have become useless and time consuming.
The government would do better giving the money to certain supermarkets so they can reinstate their shoppers buses. These were very popular and many people in this village were distraught when Tesco withdrew theirs.
…yes, so much is London centric….they forget what it’s like for the rest of us. I live only three miles from the nearest ‘busy’ town, I can’t get a bus after 5 p.m !!
And I’m surrounded by freaking giant hills….
2 very good reads:
https://markoshinskie8de.substack.com/p/coronamania-and-liking-america-less
https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/pandemania-part-1?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
‘We have to drive a lot less’, says Chris Boardman, the PM’s new travel tsar”
Why?
“We” usually actually means “You” in these situations.
On yer bike Boardman.
…exactly! Because if you don’t you’re selfish..you’re killing Polar Bears…you’re selfish if you don’t wear a mask, get jabbed, you’re selfish if you don’t stop eating meat…same if you forget my pronoun, blah! Fu****g blah!
I am sick to the teeth of being battered with this crap, and I suspect the majority feel the same…..they won’t be happy until we live in caves grubbing for worms….
Thank God for the occasional rebels….they give us all hope….
https://petersweden.substack.com/p/farmer-protest
VIDEO: Dutch farmers spray manure on town hall in protest of climate plans
Cheers e by.
https://brownstone.org/articles/are-the-covid-mrna-vaccines-safe/
Kulldorff on the Fraiman study.
For most, the risk/benefit ratio of them is negative.
Pandemic logic
Covid is a multi system disease affecting your heart, lungs, brain and all major organs.
That’s why most people who get an infection show little to no signs of such damage.
A deep dive into the history of the organisation orchestrating the lies, manipulation & cull.
Challenges everything one has been taught & values one has held.
https://crazzfiles.com/the-khazarian-mafia/
Heavy stuff ! It’s dated two years ago so will anything change , will Snowden’s info come out
The Government appear to have released some early papers from SPI-M-O
this one from 3/2/2020….
“This is SPI-M-O’s statement on the possible impact that potential interventions could have in delaying the spread of a UK epidemic of 2019-nCoV, were there to be widespread outbreaks in other countries. SPI-M-O were asked to consider whether any combination of these interventions would be expected to delay the start of a UK pandemic (or its peak) by a month.
SPI-M-O’s view was the impact of any intervention would be highly dependent on the patterns of transmissibility.”
interesting to note a couple of things….
on school closures they conclude…
…. mass school closures could increase the overall attack rate if done at the wrong time.
Mass school closures have a large cost in terms of parental absenteeism as well as foregone education.
and on masks….
The wearing of facemasks by the general population is unlikely to meaningfully reduce transmission.
hmm….