News Round-Up

“Boris Johnson to use conference speech to urge people back to work” – Amid growing confidence that Covid will not spark further lockdowns, the Prime Minister will use his Tory conference speech in Manchester tomorrow to encourage a return to the workplace, reports the Mail.
“Fuel and food shortages could last until Christmas, warns Boris Johnson” – Food and fuel shortages could continue until Christmas, Boris Johnson admitted yesterday as he vowed to keep “all options on the table” to resolve the issue.
“Is long Covid being overblown?” – Some experts say it’s a major issue for sufferers while others say that it has been confused with other conditions – so what’s the truth, asks John Naish in the Telegraph.
“Covid ‘was spreading virulently in Wuhan’ as early as summer 2019, report suggests” – Research claims to have uncovered “notable, significant and abnormal” purchases of PCR lab equipment in second half of the year, reports the Telegraph.
“Sajid Javid takes the fight to SAGE” – Gone are the days of the health secretary being in lock-step with SAGE, writes Kate Andrews in the Spectator. But some of his statements aren’t too convincing.
“Covid pass: Vote due on compulsory passes in Wales” – A body representing 100 Welsh venues says it would be “at best inconsistent and, at worst, chaotic”, reports BBC News.
“Unlearned AIDS Lessons for Covid” – In the 1980s, Fauci and Redfield sowed fear about a heterosexual epidemic that never happened. We seem to be repeating the same mistakes, writes John Tierney in the Wall Street Journal.
“Save Christmas, save Easter, save Ibiza: panem et circenses” – “As the long as the dopamine river keeps flowing, the regime can rule the water. The regime’s control is omnipotent and menacing; with the flick of a finger, it can relax, restrict, tighten, and enhance the supply of bread and circuses to the population,” writes Luke Perry in Bournbrook Magazine.
“Population Wide Epidemiological Geography Demonstrates Vaccination Doesn’t Correlate to Reduction in SARS-CoV-2 Infection” – “The evidence is absolutely showing the narrative pushed by POTUS as not data-driven nor correct,” reports TrialSite.
“Twitter labels obituary ‘misleading’ as American woman dies of rare Covid ‘vaccine-induced’ reaction” – The obituary of a Seattle woman who tragically died from a rare blood clotting event after receiving a Covid vaccine mandated by the U.S. Government has been labelled as “misleading” by Twitter fact checkers.
“New Zealand finally abandons ‘Covid zero’ strategy and eases lockdowns” – Jacinda Ardern is abandoning her draconian ‘Zero Covid’ strategy after admitting she cannot stop the spread of the Delta variant with harsh lockdown measures and aggressive contact tracing, reports MailOnline.
“The Government is in denial: levelling up and decarbonisation are incompatible ” – We are adding to the production costs of key industries in the full knowledge that it will make them less competitive than overseas rivals, writes David Green in the Telegraph.
“Green issues will be the end of this Government ” – Boris is not merely winning the approval of the U.K. Green movement, he is becoming the embodiment of the U.K. Green movement, writes Patrick O’Flynn in the Telegraph.
“Insulate Britain founder would have refused to move for crying woman” – A climate zealot who founded the Extinction Rebellion splinter group which brought parts of London to a standstill for more than four hours during this morning’s rush hour has revealed that he would block an ambulance which contained a dying person, reports MailOnline.
“Environmentalism is class war by other means” – Scenes of furious motorists clashing with eco-snobs make it all crystal clear, writes Tom Slater in Spiked.
“Harry should resign from Netflix over Diana: The Musical” – If the Duke of Sussex isn’t writing his resignation letter to Netflix after the international release of the revolting Diana musical then he is a man devoid of morals, writes Dan Wootton in MailOnline.
“Purity tests damage students and universities” – Kowtowing to the new woke orthodoxy will produce grievance-seeking graduates who are no use to employers, writes Clare Foges in the Times.
“The ACLU Decides ‘Woman’ Is a Bad Word” – The group bowdlerises a Ruth Bader Ginsburg quote to refer to a ‘person’s’ pregnancy, reports the Wall Street Journal.
“St Andrews reverts to 16th Century Calvinism” – The University of St Andrews is reverting to something akin to 16th Century Calvinism: except that this time it is preaching the doctrine of ‘personal guilt’ rather than ‘original sin’, writes Kristina Murkett in UnHerd.
“Publisher rips up David Walliams story of Chinese boy over racism claims” – “Brian Wong, Who Was Never, Ever Wrong” will be banished from the compendium, The World’s Worst Children, in future print runs, reports the Telegraph.
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” – Polish diplomats and politicos appear to raise the alarm at their embassy in Australia about Australia’s drift to authoritarianism, comparing its behaviour to North Korea.

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