- “Experts question No 10’s plan to vaccinate 16 and 17 year olds” – Microbiologist Professor David Livermore tells MailOnline that he can see “no good reason” to prioritise vaccinating this age group.
- “When, where, how, parental consent – all your questions answered ” – As health chiefs have unveiled plans to give 16 and 17 year-olds a dose of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of the month, MailOnline answers questions about the roll-out to youngsters.
- “Long-lasting Covid symptoms rare in children” – Research suggests that children who become ill with Covid mostly recover in less than a week, BBC News reports.
- “Portugal to lift quarantine for Brits with Indian-made AstraZeneca jab” – Portugal had initially refused to recognise the Indian dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine but overnight it emerged the Government has changed its mind and will recognise the jab, reports MailOnline.
- “Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?” – Richard Hanania highlights the worrying parallels between the government reactions to 9/11 and Covid, and why some children might be permanently masked.
- “Anti-vaxxers pretend to be vegan to avoid having the Covid vaccine” – As people fake that they are “ethical vegans” to avoid the Covid vaccine, animal rights activists say everyone eligible should get vaccinated, reports Euronews.
- “Family describe ‘holiday from hell’ after being forced into quarantine” – Andy Stanton spent £4,000 on a family break to Zante but, despite a negative test at the airport, he was told by authorities he and his family must quarantine because the result was wrong, according to MailOnline.
- “The war on breathing” – We should be wary of a morality forged by fear, says Laura Dodsworth in the Spectator.
- “Tale of two nations is lesson on lockdowns” – While Australia slides into its own Covid crisis caused by the new, more transmissible Delta, Sweden has shown that there is another way, says Professor Angus Dalgleish in the Daily Mail.
- “China’s worst Covid outbreak in a year is escalating” – China recorded 71 new infections on Wednesday, the highest daily figure since January, reports MailOnline. And with local transmission and 500 new cases since July, its zero Covid strategy is on the brink.
- “Turn back, I beg you, from Project Fear – my letter to the PM” – “I genuinely believe that when you entered politics you had every intention to uphold and preserve democracy,” writes Gavin Singfield in a letter adressed to Boris Johson, published in TCW Defending Freedom. “It is now abhorrently apparent that you and your Government are its greatest-ever threat in the U.K.”
- “Covid origins and the consipracy of silence” – “The mainstream media has fallen in line with a ‘consensus’ it now appears was manufactured and ruthlessly enforced by agents who were far from impartial,” writes Collingwood in Bournbrook Magazine.
- “French firefighters’ and hospital unions declare strikes against ‘unconstitutional’ vaccination mandate” – Two French unions have called for strikes against the compulsory vaccination of firefighters, healthcare workers, and caregivers, RT reports.
- “New York’s vaccine passport scheme could have a nasty side effect” – Vaccine rates vary dramatically between different races in the United States, meaning that New York’s vaccine passport plan could have unintended consequences, writes John Fund in the Spectator.
- “Covid contracts: minister replaced phone before it could be searched” – The Government is expected to disclose Lord Bethell’s correspondence relating to award of £85 million of contracts for Covid tests, the Guardian reports.
- “Why don’t you get a jab? Offspring drummer ousted after refusing Covid vaccine” – Pete Parada says “it has been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio, and on tour” after turning down treatment on medical grounds, the Guardian reports.
- “Who will call out Covid’s prophets of doom?” – The experts who said ‘Freedom Day’ would be a disaster were catastrophically wrong, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Here it is: The actual data on which the CDC’s new mask guidance is based” – ‘Allahpundit’ looks at the study that caused the CDC to U-turn on its mask-wearing guidelines in Hot Air.
- “No sex, please, you’re unvaccinated” – “For those who weren’t in a relationship when the pandemic broke, the last 16 months have morphed into an enormous Covid chastity belt that keeps acquiring additional layers of armour plating,” writes James Jeffrey in the Critic.
- “Covid Tyranny Destroys the Myth of ‘Liberal Democracy’” – “Any rhetorical value that once came from appealing to the façade of ‘liberal democracy’ should now be dead,” writes Tho Bishop.
- “Hydrogen boilers could cause four times as many explosions as gas” – Safety fears as Government-backed assessment finds the alternative fuel could spark as many as 39 blasts a year, the Telegraph reports.
- “House of Lords Doubles Down on Equalities Training Enforcement” – The House of Lords’ equalities training hasn’t gone as smoothly as planned, reports Guido Fawkes. In April it was revealed almost 60 members had refused to participate in the £82,158 compulsory training course.
- “Transgender lifter Hubbard retires after controversial Olympic debut” – Laurel Hubbard, who transitioned in 2012, has announced her retirement and said “age has caught up with her” after she failed to record a single valid ‘snatch’ lift in the 87kg+ weightlifting category, reports MailOnline.
- “Australia’s zero Covid policy has been an absolute disaster” – “Only 15.5% of the Australian population have been double ‘jabbed’ which is why the’yre reacting in this completely hysterical way,” says Toby in an appearence on talkRADIO.
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“Downing Street […] scrambles to get it signed before Donald Trump takes office”.
Yes, that’s going to go down well with the new US President. /sarc
That goes beyond incompetence – it is literally mind boggling.
Freedom, EVs and the future;
This is a good practical summary of the situation with regard to Electric Cars (EVs) and our future;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9HfuM-sYxQ
The final conclusion is pertinent to the politics and the scam of EVs, the end aim is not for us all to switch from petrol/diesel (ICE) cars to EVs but to switch most of us to having no car at all.The effect on life in the UK will be huge, the loss of travel freedom, the restrictions on our lives and activities will be profound. Maybe this idea;
“It’s time to become the 51st state of the U.S.”
Is worth some consideration?
Yes, the intention is to remove all private transport except for the elites.
Once the majority of the population have their personal transport taken from them society will grind to a halt, in effect all but collapse because the few millions still employed in the private sector will be unable to get to work. The public sector will simply mess about at home.
Chinese stealth jet is ‘super weapon’ that could control the skies
‘According to Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), while the aircraft’s design is “fascinating,” it is likely part of China’s ongoing regional bomber/strike fighter development, rather than their sixth-generation fighter programme.’
Britain first flew a flying wing prototype in 1949
The Chinese are no doubt keen to encourage the U.S. and so European countries to spend more on defence in order to achieve conventional deterrence and peace once more in Europe, making the world a safer place.
China has a long border with Russia…and Russia still occupies large territories that were part of historical China.
As I was reading about the ‘Stealth Super-plane’, I did wonder how it managed to get itself ‘spotted in the skies’. If you can see it by looking upwards, it doesn’t sound too stealthy to me.
You do realise that lack of a tail is not what makes it stealthy.And Britain flew its first successful tailless aircraft in 1910 with the Dunne D5.
“Hospital wards ‘full to bursting’, leading doctor warns”
A sharp increase in winter illnesses..? What shockingly rotten bad luck. I thought after having a sharp rise in winter illnesses for every one of the last 70 years, we might just escape it this time.
I did notice flu stayed conveniently out of the way to make room for covid! That was puzzling, or maybe it was just counted as covid instead? Kept the scary covid numbers up
Surely we could have expected some relief from the “sharp increase in Winter illnesses” after the jabathon of the last three years. Are we to conclude that les jabs have not worked?
I’m having trouble logging in using Firefox. The problem seemed to start yesterday – it keeps telling me I have entered the wrong password. Chromium is working so it’s not my password that’s wrong.
I’m checking to see if FF updated itself again.
I was logged out three times yesterday.
Try Brave, great browser.
I use Firefox; this is the current version. Just occasionally, this site doesn’t remember my login details – not every day.
I very much doubt Russia sends its shadow fleet to circumnavigate the world. I think they’re trying to circumvent sanctions instead.
English as she is spoke.