- “Cases start to fall in Covid hotspot Blackburn” – Department of Health data show that cases appear to have started levelling off or falling in the four areas that were first hit by the Indian ‘Delta’ variant outbreaks, according to MailOnline
- “Pupils “must be allowed to stay in school if they say no to jabs”” – MailOnline reports on UsForThem’s campaign to protect children’s right to decline the jab
- “Pfizer supply shortage forces Covid vaccine roll-out to slow down” – The vaccine roll-out is slowing down, the Telegraph reports, as supplies are cut in hotspots where infections have taken hold among younger groups
- “Hospitality hit by a triple whammy as stricken firms face huge costs” – The Treasury is expected to announce only limited help for the hospitality sector, the Daily Mail says, as industry leaders warn the costs could force 25,000 venues to remain shut while social distancing mandates remain in place
- “Covid jabs to become mandatory for care home staff in England” – Under plans to be announced by ministers, Covid vaccines will become mandatory for most of the 1.5 million people who work in the U.K.’s social care sector, the Guardian reports
- “‘Devastated’ couples in tears over Boris’ ‘cruel’ wedding rules” – MailOnline reports on the impact of the latest guidance on weddings, which includes the threat of a £10,000 fine for couples who fail to complete a risk assessment
- “Third of U.K. hospital Covid patients had ‘do not resuscitate’ order in first wave” – The Guardian reports research which suggests that a “do not resuscitate” notice was attached to nearly a third of patients admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic
- “Capacity crowds for Wimbledon finals” – According to the BBC, the men’s and women’s Wimbledon finals are set to be the first U.K. outdoor sporting events to be played before a full stadium
- “UKMFA Open Letter to Professor Devi Sridhar” – The letter from the UK Medical Freedom Alliance draws Professor Sridhar’s attention to some inaccuracies in statements she made about the safety of the vaccines for children on BBC’s Newsround
- “AstraZeneca antibody cocktail fails to prevent COVID-19 in large trial” – AstraZeneca has reported that a late-stage trial failed to provide evidence that its COVID-19 therapy, which uses a cocktail of two types of antibodies, protects people from the disease, Reuters reports. A setback in its efforts to find alternatives to vaccines
- “Fear over freedom: Here’s what the doom-laden Government graphs didn’t show us” – The Telegraph’s Health and Science Correspondent Henry Bodkin and Data Projects Editor Alex Clark put Monday’s night’s graphs into context
- “Britain is still paying the price for the original sin of locking down” – “It was clear to anybody that the ‘three week’ lockdown started by Boris Johnson would last much longer,” writes Jonathan Sumption in the Telegraph
- “The cost of delaying ‘freedom day’” – “If the Prime Minister is as fixated on data as he professes, where are the cost-benefit analyses or the impact assessments?” Annabel Denham asks in the Spectator. “We all need a better sense of the trade-offs”
- “Covid and the difficulty with following the science” – Examining the latest SPI-M modelling paper for the Spectator, Ross Clark finds that it must be difficult for the Prime Minister to follow the Science given that it’s all over the place
- “The Government’s embrace of Covid pessimism makes a nonsense of policymaking” – “When you don’t know, you don’t have to assume disaster is nigh,” writes Andrew Lilicoin in the Telegraph, pointing out where the SAGE modellers are going wrong
- “It doesn’t matter what you say, Prime Minister – June 21st will still be our Freedom Day” – “All sensible nations accept that full vaccination works,” says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph. “Why must our country be the hysterical outlier?”
- “Teaching unions are too powerful when they can demand that pupils be vaccinated” – “During the pandemic, teachers’ unions have shown themselves to be the malevolent power-hungry political entities they truly are,” writes Calvin Robinson in the Telegraph
- “I supported previous lockdowns, but this extension makes no sense at all” – “The Government’s decision yesterday is definitely a mistake,” writes the Telegraph’s Charles Moore, a supporter of previous lockdowns. “For the first time, I suspect, it will find itself paying a political price”
- “We need a futile gesture” – A transcription of Boris’ speech with just a few tweaks, courtesy of Andy Lambeth at Lockdown Satire
- “Delaying ‘Freedom Day’ shows the Government won’t give up its new powers without a fight” – “Some of us warned that Government would not relinquish the powers it had assumed without a fight,” says Victoria Hewson in CAPX. “It gives me no pleasure to have been proven right”
- “This untested vaccine should never have been released. The truth will out and heads will roll” – Writing for the Conservative Woman, Neville Hodgkinson highlights Dr Roger Hodkinson’s interview with Anna Brees about vaccine side effects
- “Travel hell in the time of Covid” – Sally Awdry shares with the Conservative Woman her experience of trying to beat the deadline that was set when Portugal was taken off the Green List
- “Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination? No, no, no!” – “I have a confession to make,” says Nicola Lund in the Conservative Woman. “I have been radicalised into becoming an ‘anti-vaxxer’ by Boris Johnson and the mainstream media”
- “Funny old game, life” – The reaction to the sudden collapse of Denmark’s Christian Eriksen in the match on Saturday sums up “the false logic from which we have all suffered over the last 15 months” says Dr Sinead Murphy in the Conservative Woman
- “Covid Cacophony: Swelling Inhumanity” – “It seems we have given our hearts away indeed, and our minds with them,” writes Omar Khan in his latest article. “And we must, desperately, genuinely, and with conviction, relocate them, revive them, and animate them anew”
- “The Economic Case Against Lockdown” – Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Luke Johnson discusses the restrictions imposed on businesses and how they affect people in the latest edition of Collateral Global which focusses on the economy
- “Toby Young reacts to the four-week lockdown extension.” – Watch Toby respond to Boris’ announcement on Mike Graham’s talkRADIO show
- “Dr Renee Hoenderkamp” – In the latest Delingpod, James talks to Dr Renee Hoenderkamp about her frontline experiences during the pandemic and her serious concerns about vaccinating children
- “Did COVID-19 Come From a Lab?” – Bret Weinstein is the guest on the latest Triggernometry podcast, discussing the lab leak hypothesis with Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster
- “More countries restrict travel from U.K. over Delta variant fears” – Ireland to double to 10 days its quarantine period for UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated, according to the Guardian, following a growing trend for stricter rules on British arrivals
- “Italy to relax COVID-19 restrictions in six more regions” – The regions of Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Lazio, Piedmont and Puglia, and the autonomous province of Trento, have had their risk level downgraded, according to Euronews
- “Coronavirus pandemic worsened corruption in EU” – A new survey by Transparency International has found that 29% of EU residents used well-connected friends or family to receive medical care during the pandemic and at least 6% of people paid bribes to access health care, Deutsche Welle reports
- “Watchdog announces review of NIH grants that likely includes money connected to Wuhan lab” – CNN reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched an investigation into how Dr. Fauci’s National Institutes of Health manages and monitors its grant program, which likely includes money for the Wuhan lab
- “Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fire Fauci Act gains co-sponsor: these Republicans signed onto the bill” – Momentum is gathering behind Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill which would allow Dr. Fauci to keep his job but change the salary to $0, Newsweek reports
- “Hundreds of people receive expired vaccines at Times Square site” – Nearly 900 people were given expired COVID-19 vaccine doses at a site in New York City’s Times Square, according to the Washington Express, and they have been told to get re-jabbed
- “What I Learned During the 2020 Fight Over Lockdowns” – “I was party to a strategy that successfully helped fight the lockdowns, and it taught me some valuable lessons about the role of ideas in realising change,” says Jeffrey Tucker in RealClearMarkets
- “Japan considers placing Tokyo under quasi-emergency during the Olympics” – Even after the current state of emergency ends, Tokyo may face COVID-19 restrictions for the Tokyo 2020 Games, according to Time Out Tokyo
- “Liquor sales restricted once more as country moves to lockdown level 3” – South Africa is tightening its lockdown, Fin24 reports, fighting Covid by restricting the sale of alcohol for offsite consumption
- “Vaccine efficacy vs harms” – Clear-eyed analysis of the evidence on vaccine efficacy and the risk of vaccine harms from Ramesh Thakur in Spectator Australia
- “Dr. Peter McCullough with Reiner Fuellmich” – Dr. Peter McCullough joins Reiner Fuellmich on the Stiftung Corona Ausschuss to discuss early treatment, vaccines, and the broader implications of COVID-19
- “This is a marker in history to say we will never forget” – Claire Fox of the Academy of Ideas and Lawrence Fox of the Reclaim party launch the People’s Lockdown Inquiry, a new publication featuring contributions from the likes of Molly Kingsley, Laura Dodsworth, Dr Gary Sidley, Toby and more. Available here
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What massacre that will be remembered in infamy and shame happened in Gaza yesterday but is absent in this news roundup, I wonder?
I’m sure George Galloway will draw your attention to it. Congratulations, George.
“Police must stop ‘intimidatory’ protests against MPs as threat level rises: Rishi Sunak”
Two great commentaries on this yesterday.
One from Owen Jones: https://youtu.be/wH0XV-ucBmc
One from Neil Oliver: https://youtu.be/hDJ-IqZc628
Sorry, wrong OJ link, he did two yesterday: https://youtu.be/U0EghA4hjXA
Let’s give it the infamous name it’ll be known by – the Flour Massacre.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/01/fppq-m01.html
Crikey, it’s Galloway. Mental. ( 2mins )
https://twitter.com/blazey2004/status/1763398420650221638
Note that the majority didn’t vote at all, so he acquired his majority from the minority – a bit like most local government elections in the UK. Goes to show what you can end up with if you don’t vote.
It is what happens when newer parties are suppressed. The results at future general elections might bring forth much worse people than Galloway and in numbers.
Well this guy was 100% prescient, I mean, didn’t see this coming did we..? <sarc>
”There was no massacre of Palestinians in Gaza today.
You’ll be hearing that there was. It’s propaganda. Palestinians trampled each other as they fought for the aid that the IDF sent in knowing that Hamas was going to steal it like they have stolen all aid.
Hundreds of Palestinians were trampled to death and many others injured.
In parallel, a Palestinian mob tried to attack IDF forces who proceeded to shoot warning shots in the air and when the mob didn’t stop, the IDF fired at their legs.
As I said, no massacre in Gaza. When the propaganda starts populating your feeds, just know that it is 100% false.
You’ll be hearing about this fabricated massacre across all mainstream media in 3…2…
Here is footage of the Palestinian mob trying to steal aid and trampling each other.
Don’t believe the lies that are being fed to the media directly from Hamas.”
https://twitter.com/HilzFuld/status/1763190132771864606
Excellent work, fear that you are wasting your time with the jew haters mind.
Massacre reported by Hamas. Well, that is an area of expertise for them, sure.
Oh I’m not trying to convince anyone or change minds, least of all their’s. I am, however, happy to always call out disgraceful human beings that have a disgusting attitude though. Which is what anybody supporting terrorism and sympathising with rapists is, in my book, and I in no way think that’s a radical viewpoint. And as you’ve probably gleaned, I’m also not here for the ‘likes’.
Carbon Passports Surveillance Dystopia – latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, media, friends online.
“The most terrifying thing about Putin is not that he’s delusional, but that he might be right”
If you want an alternative view, the Global times comment is here;
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1307941.shtml
I am no advocate for the Global Times but I always think it does give a feel for the the view of world affairs that is being put out to a large section of the world’s population.
The most terrifying thing about Putin is not that he’s delusional, but that he might be right
Of course he’s right.
What will Europe do when, by incorporating Ukraine, Moldova into the Russian ‘Union State’ which already includes Belarus, Putin encircles the Baltic States?
You’re already looking at it………
As a consequence, in due course, in response to such a Russian ‘Union State’ with Baltic States encircled and subverted, Germany, under a government of an entirely different complexion (and Poland), may very well decide to acquire nuclear weapons.
To every action, there is a reaction……
Quite so. We talk with leaders of many states we do not approve off. We should have been talking to Putin years ago, rather than thinking in our ignorance all we were engaging in was Cold War II.
Similarly Assad. The last secular state in the Middle East. The “Civil” war no such thing, rather his constant war with terrorists. Indeed, his father’s notorious massacre in Homs involved wiping out a Muslim Brotherhood enclave there. As anyone who has investigated the MB, they are the fons origo of Islamic terrorism. Wiping them out in your country – well,hell, shit happens when you are terrorists.
The West has been funding and supporting terrorists in Syria. Before 2011, its GDP was growing faster than our, and they had a growing middle class. Assad very popular. How do I know? My stepdaughter lived in Damascus with Syrian families for six months before the problems. It would have been in OUR best interest to side with Assad, not go for him. Not to mention all those people, such as the shitshow Obama, who were going to deal with him… all gone. Assad ain’t.
And that “gassing” accusation. Do some research. It’s all out there. Not to mention that the only chlorine factory IN Syria was in the hands of the revels.
In my view, the real problem with Putin began with Kosovo and the humiliation of the Russians, particularly those lunatics who took control of Pristina airport, pointless because it would have been impossible to transfer a Russian division and even a battalion by air to Pristina since Yugoslavia was surrounded from all sides by NATO countries; total air supremacy of NATO aviation.
The Clinton/Blair Kosovo idiocy (a deal could and should have resulted from Rambouillet) set a precedent, which, as I and many others pointed out at the time, would come back and bite the West in the backside, as it has now on three separate occasions.
With regard to Assad, it is difficult, I think, to argue that he has governed Syria in the best interests of all the Syrian people. Of course he has his supporters.
Regarding chemical weapons, here’s the research:
‘3……..On the basis of all the information obtained and its analysis, the (Investigation and Identification Team) IIT concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that, between 19:10 and 19:40 (UTC+3) on 7 April 2018, during a major military offensive aimed at regaining control of the city of Douma, at least one Mi-8/17 helicopter of the Syrian Arab Air Force, departing from Dumayr airbase and operating under the control of the Tiger Forces, dropped two yellow cylinders which hit two residential buildings in a central area of the city.
4. At Location 2,1 the cylinder hit the rooftop floor of a three-storey residential building without fully penetrating it, ruptured, and rapidly released toxic gas—chlorine—in very high concentrations, which rapidly dispersed within the building, killing 43 named individuals and affecting dozens more.
5. At Location 4,1 the cylinder hit the roof of a three-storey residential building (at the time uninhabited), and broke into the apartment below. The cylinder ruptured only partially, and started to slowly release chlorine, mildly affecting those who first arrived at the scene.
6. The IIT reached its conclusions on the basis of the degree of certainty of “reasonable grounds”, which is the standard of proof consistently adopted by international fact-finding bodies and commissions of inquiry…..’
https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023/01/s-2125-2023%28e%29.pdf
‘Videos of barrel bomb remnants found after the attacks on Keferzita on April 11 and 18 and the attack on Telmans on April 21 show yellow cylinders or canisters together with remnants of barrel bombs. The canisters contain markings with the code “CL2” – the symbol for chlorine gas – and “NORINCO,” indicating that the cylinders were manufactured in China by the state-owned company NORINCO. Yellow is the standard industrial gas color code for chlorine.’
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/13/syria-strong-evidence-government-used-chemicals-weapon
Read Hitchens, P, passim on the gas attacks and fraudulent behaviour by OPCW
https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=HITCHENS+SYRIA+GAS+OPCD&segment=startpage.brave
“international fact-finding bodies and commissions of inquiry…..’”
Sadly, all international bodies are now beyond hope. The UN was set up with the best of intentions; it is now a disaster, especially on Human Rights. Similarly the WHO, which did excellent work in the past, but is now a danger to us all. Their handling of Covid was as bad as can be. Maybe that China and the philanthropath Gates are their main drivers has something to do with that.
All too true.
Israel or Palestine? Let’s see how many different things we can conflate, and see how many people are dumb enough to commit their heart and soul to one teams propaganda. The mindf*ck of Covid and Russia-Ukraine – and heaven knows what else before all that – has left a few defiant stragglers, but Israel vs Palestine has bought the minds of the few who remained. What a disappointing lot we are.
About 72% of the votes in Rochdale were postal votes. Draw your own conclusions.
Speculation, but as a postal voter myself (nowhere near Rochdale) I’m familiar with it. Established parties have long encouraged known supporters to opt for it, as it usually results in them actually voting (hopefully for them). My hunch re all the recent by-elections is that the real majority don’t approve of the system at all at present, and don’t give a s**t.
Isn’t it still the case that postal votes are for those who, for health reasons etc, cannot physically get to a polling station?
No
They are available on demand. Another Blair change for the worse whiuch the Tories have not wanted to change.
And they are encouraged by organised groups, of any of the major ones with reasonable canvassing records to the effect that they are likely to vote for them. Incidentally, that would be a reason why the postal turnouts are proportionally higher than on the day turnouts at the polling station in elections with low turnouts, like the recent by-elections. When I vote on the PV, I usually do it around 10 days early, depending on the delivery by the local Council that manages it. When you are on it, you are not allowed to vote at polling stations. They are reliant on the Royal Mail to some extent as well. I guess if they on strike you can deliver by hand to the Council, but that would probably drive down the turnout if it happens.
“Downing Street has told police to list offenders, such as ‘cat killer’ murderer Scarlet Blake, as male unless they have legally changed gender, reports the Telegraph”
I thought the reason for the costly charade of Police and Crime Commissioners was to introduce a degree of public accountability into policing. And since when did “Number 10” have the power to issue decrees like the French President?
Judge Napolitano puts out an interesting vid on the Israel/Palestine situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_8_6iZlyc8
The Arab League’s statement at the ICJ case regarding the Israel/Palestine occupation. Blistering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LACse017-A
Can’t be bothered to watch it, but one question – does it mention Hamas breach of the Geneva Convention, and the consequences of them doing so? The Arab League – well, read on…
“To quote the words of the then Secretary-General of the Arab League, Azzam Pasha, describing the war aims of the five Arab States whose armies invaded Israel the day after its birth on May 14, 1948: ‘This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades.’ In the process of trying to achieve this terrible objective, they created the Palestinian refugee problem by telling the Arab population within Israel to leave their homes temporarily so as not to get in the way of the invaders.”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-big-lie-about-israel-threatens-us-all/
Until Israel wipes out Hamas and its supporters – i.e. those who voted them into power, then Israel cannot be safe. As it was for Jews when we wiped out the Nazis. Hamas are Islam’s Nazis; indeed, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, during WWII, met with Hitler to plan a Middle East Holocaust. Which is just what Hamas wants.
Let’s get real eh?
Extraordinary speech. Sadly, the US will ignore every word of it.
“News presenter Clive Myrie has said he dislikes the term ‘impartial’ and does not believe the BBC must provide balance on every topic, according to the Telegraph.”
Well they don’t anyway, so what’s Myrie on about?
Providing balance and being impartial is impossible. The only solution is to privatise/scrap the BBC and stop pretending it can be impartial.
“Founder of the Free Speech Union, Toby Young said: “Sam Melia’s conviction points to the shortcomings of the ‘stirring up’ clauses in the Public Order Act.
“Why is he guilty of ‘stirring up’ racial or religious hatred, but not George Galloway, some of whose comments about Israel and Zionism have been equally incendiary? Yet Galloway is now the MP for Rochdale, while Melia has gone to prison for two years.
“Either the law is applied consistently, without fear or favour, or it’s not fit for purpose.
“It cannot be one law for right-wing white working class men and another for left-wing politicians.”
Sam Melia: Free speech activists outraged after man jailed for two years for running ‘far-right’ stickers library (gbnews.com)
Well done, Toby Young, for courageously defending this unknown young man who has been so unjustly treated.