“Bill Gates finally realises that lockdown hurts children” – “Nearly 18 months since the catastrophic global policy response to Covid began, the evidence of the appalling harms caused to children and their education is staggering,” writes Toby Green in UnHerd.
“Why I’m boycotting a festival of ideas” – “What’s the one idea that can’t be debated at a festival of ideas? The answer, it turns out, is the Covid Pass,” writes Laura Dodsworth in the Spectator.
“MPs approve biggest personal tax rise in two decades” – MPs have approved the creation of a new tax to fund a £12 billion-per-year package for social care despite a significant Tory rebellion, reports the Times.
“The Last Post” – “Here are the key points one has to understand to be able to capture the never-ending discussion on whether or not mass vaccination campaigns work,” writes GeertVandenBossche in TrialSite.
“Vaccines saved 100,000 lives? Er, no, Minister” – “Officially approved scientists often get away with espousing similar absurdities unchallenged,” writes Harry Dougherty in TCW Defending Freedom.
“Birmingham bomb campaigner breaks down in court” – A Birmingham pub bombings campaigner who is accused of breaking lockdown to attend a memorial for the victims broke down in court as she denied any wrongdoing, reports MailOnline.
“Scotland’s school outbreak ‘has already peaked’” – Covid ‘cases’ among children in Scotland may already be falling just weeks after schools went back and sparked a fresh wave of infections, reports MailOnline.
“The West’s Islamist capitulation” – Forget foreign wars – intervention is needed at home, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
“Yankees doing dandy” – “The darkened skies of the American Empire are more likely to have been caused by the passing clouds than a setting sun,” writes Collingwood in Bournbrook Magazine.
“TikTok’s algorithm is promoting sexual content to children” – As part of an investigation, a ’13 year-old user’ searched for “onlyfans” and watched a handful of videos including two selling pornography on the China-based social media app, reports MailOnline.
“E.V. Battery Fires do not bode well for projected sales” – “Recent news about E.V. battery fires does not bode well for California Governor Newsom’s executive order to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035,” writes Ronald Stein in Watts Up With That.
“Is Hollywood’s kow-towing to China all in vain?” – China has snubbed Marvel’s latest superhero movie, despite efforts to placate Beijing’s censors by erasing the controversial Fu Manchu character from the script, reports MailOnline.
“Jay Leno’s surrender to cancel culture” – I wouldn’t do his dodgy “Asians eat dogs” gags, but I’ll defend his right to tell them, writes Nick Dixon in Spiked.
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