News Round-Up

News Round-Up

“Was furlough the worst £70 billion ever spent?” – Paying people to sit at home and do nothing is a monumental waste of taxpayer money, writes Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
“Group of Concerned Medical Professionals and Children File Legal Action in U.K. to Slow Down Child Vaccinations” – TrialSite reports on legal challenges for child vaccinations in the U.K.
“Doctors, receptionists and practice teams quit after wave of hostility over GP appointments” – There are fears of a mass exodus as abuse by patients skyrockets over blood tests, jabs and face-to-face consultations, reports the Observer.
“Pubs and restaurants relying on students working two-hour shifts in bid to stay open” – Hospitality venues are using apps to source workers for a fraction of a traditional shift while others are closing down amid staff shortages, reports the Sunday Telegraph.
“Vaccine passports are here, no matter what the Government might say – Issue XXIII” – “Our busy body [sic] elite loves nothing more than to tell people what to do and to allow government to restrict the freedoms of the people,” writes William Parker in Bournbrook Magazine’s latest print issue.
“AI-powered DoD data analysis program named ‘Project Salus’ shatters official vaccine narrative” – The vast majority of U.S. hospitalisations and deaths are occurring among those who are fully vaccinated, reports Crack Newz.
“Lurching Leftwards – The Week in Review” – Michael Curzon, S.D. Wickett and Luke Perry discuss the Sarah Everard murder, petrol shortages and party conferences in Bournbrook Magazine’s latest print issue.
“Hundreds rally against New Zealand lockdown amid calls for police crackdown on ‘gang members and cultists’ disobeying Covid rules” – A large group of demonstrators have gathered at a major park in Auckland, New Zealand, to protest ongoing Covid lockdown measures in the country – many arriving with a procession of motorbikes headed by a local church leader, reports Russia Today.
“Bring a friend and get a present! Switzerland incentivises citizens to convince acquaintances to get Covid jab” – The Swiss Government announced on Friday that it’ll begin to offer gift certificates to people who bring a “friend, neighbor, work colleague or family member” to get vaccinated, in a bid to boost the nation’s inoculation rate, reports Russia Today.
“Tory MPs are sick of tax hikes and green spending” – Many of us remain deeply disturbed by the direction of Government economic policy, writes David Davis MP in the Telegraph.
“Price controls always do the opposite of what they intend. Ministers must learn to let them go” – The petrol crisis shows that regulations, however well-meaning, usually do more harm than good, writes Daniel Hannan in the Sunday Telegraph.
“It really is time to scrap the police and start again” – How does a person such as Wayne Couzens, a known drug user with an unconcealed taste for ‘extreme’ pornography, become a police officer in the first place, asks Peter Hitchens in the Mail on Sunday.
“Activists Get A Recent Paper That Threatens Climate Alarm Narratives Removed From Journal” – Post-publication rejection of peer-reviewed scientific papers precisely because they are “are highly controversial due to their political and social implications” are another means by which climate activists continue their banishment of dissent on climate change, writes Kenneth Richard in Watts Up With That.
“My life as a Tory Boy” – How long can I vote for a Government I dislike, asks Ed West in UnHerd.
“Islamic charity that outed teacher in Batley cartoon row is rebuked by watchdog” – The Purpose of Life group has been admonished for “inflaming tensions” by naming the man who showed an image of the Prophet Mohammed to his class, reports the Telegraph.
“How thought control took over campus” – Students are being forced to adopt a woke outlook before they can even begin their degrees, writes Frank Furedi in Spiked.
“Barbara in Nottingham is adamant that Wayne Couzens was able to murder Sarah Everard because of lockdown rules” – A caller tells talkRADIO that Wayne Couzens “used the climate of fear the Government were creating at the time to do what he did”.

Barbara in Nottingham is adamant that Wayne Couzens was able to murder Sarah Everard because of lockdown rules.

"He used the climate of fear the government were creating at the time to do what he did."@cristo_radio pic.twitter.com/bFHiLcttk0
— TalkTV (@TalkTV) October 2, 2021