- “Brits should continue wearing masks on ‘crowded’ public transport, Javid says” – The Government doesn’t want people to stop being scared just yet, and is urging that masks are continued to be worn on public transport into the winter.
- “Scottish Covid vaccine passport app hit by problems after launch” – The NHS app is needed to enter nightclubs, large events and for overseas travel, but users complain it does not work, reports the Guardian.
- “Students push back against ‘YouTube’ learning as campuses reopen” – At Warwick university, more than 1,800 undergraduates have signed a petition against online classes, reports the Financial Times.
- “Schools demand £6 billion catch-up fund to help pupils held back by Covid” – More than 100 heads of academy trusts have written a letter demanding a large sum to help students who have fallen behind over the past year of lockdowns.
- “Fewer than one in 10 children suffer from ‘long Covid’ symptoms” – A new study from Harvard Medical School found that 14.8% of children had symptoms between 14 and 30 days after testing positive, which fell to 7.2% having symptoms three months or later.
- “British military to help with fuel deliveries from Monday” – Britain will deploy almost 200 military tanker personnel, 100 of which are drivers, from Monday to assist with fuel deliveries to gas stations and help address a shortage of heavy goods vehicle drivers, reports Reuters.
- “NHS test sites to open in shopping centres and stadiums in England” – 40 ‘one-stop shop’ centres will carry out a wide range of health checks after GP referrals, reports the Guardian.
- “E.U. drug regulator finds possible link between J&J Covid vaccine and rare deep-vein blood clotting cases” – The European Medicines Agency has announced a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine and rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins, recommending it be listed as a potential side effect to the jab, reports Russia Today.
- “The wording matters – Issue XXIII” – “‘Reporting’ on the vaccination of healthy teenagers has been riddled with the addition of certain (totally unnecessary) words that are very likely to have shifted the views of their readers,” writes Michael Curzon in the latest print issue of Bournbrook Magazine.
- “Covid Vaccine Adverse Event Stories in Israel Covered by ‘The Testimonies Project’ Documentary” – A documentary produced by the Israel’s People’s Committee chronicles the suffering of the victims of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
- “California to Require Covid Vaccine for Students to Attend Schools” – California students will be required to receive the Covid vaccine to attend school once the vaccines have received full approval by the FDA, reports the Epoch Times.
- “Boris Johnson and the Tory identity crisis” – “Voters will only think the Government is succeeding if it looks like it has a grip, which is why the forecourt chaos is so perilous for Number 10,” writes James Forsyth in the Spectator.
- “The climate scaremongers: A weekly round-up” – “Parliament should pluck up the courage to put a halt to the whole Net Zero programme and wind up the Committee on Climate Change,” writes Paul Homewood in his latest climate round-up for TCW Defending Freedom.
- “The history of appeasement is a warning to those who want to cosy up to China” – The diaries of Chips Channon, the 1930s Tory MP, illustrate how making friends with dictators can be such a dangerous mistake, writes Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
- “Podcast: In discussion with, Historian Andrew Roberts – History Reclaimed” – Andrew Roberts talks on the History Reclaimed podcast about Churchill revisionism – and historical revisionism more broadly.
- “Prince Harry may name royal ‘racist’ in new £15 million book leaving Palace terrified” – The Royal Family is braced for another devastating attack from Prince Harry – as he personally researches his mother’s life for a new book, reports the Sun.
- “Voters can smell Starmer’s insincerity over James Bond a mile off” – We can tell when a politician is seeking to suck up to us, especially when they try to do so by using blatantly cynical language, writes Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “St Andrews University students have been told they must pass diversity and consent modules” – Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill tells talkRADIO: “Universities have become factories of wokeness. They take students in and spit them out as nodding dogs of political correctness.”
By Michael Curzon / 2 October 2021 • 00.06
