News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Day: 7 November 2021
The Unholy Trinity of Social Control: Covid, Climate Change and Critical Race Theory
by Dr. Will Jones Is it any wonder reports of mental illness have sky-rocketed in recent years when we are all constantly berated over what an awful state the world is in and how disaster is imminent unless our whole way of life is radically changed for the worse? People living in 2021 are now burdened with at least three major issues, all of which have arisen or reached a new intensity in the last 18 months. First there is obviously Covid, with lockdown restrictions – unheard of before February 2020 – fast becoming normalised as a form of disease management. Second is climate change, the recent IPCC doomsday report and the approach of COP26 triggering the release of all kinds of new schemes and threats of punitive taxes and bans. Third, there is Critical Race Theory and the wider woke agenda of demonising and delegitimising ‘whiteness’, men, heterosexuality, women, and anything else deemed to be oppressive to minorities and insufficiently inclusive, egalitarian and diverse. On the face of it these three things have little or nothing in common. Disease management, global temperature changes, race and minority relations – the issues are distinct. Yet their supposed urgency makes them and their approved solutions core tenets of the reigning governing philosophy of our day. Covid is such a serious disease it ...
Anatomy of a Cancellation
We're publishing an essay today by longtime Daily Sceptic contributor Dr. Sinéad Murphy about how a lecture she was due to give on gender at Newcastle Uni got cancelled due to concerns about students' 'mental health'.
Covid Infections Fall by 20% In a Week
When compared with last Sunday's figures, the number of Covid infections appears to have dropped by 20%.
Sajid Javid Urges the Elderly and Vulnerable to Get Booster Jabs to Avoid a Winter Lockdown
Sajid Javid has urged those eligible for the booster jab to come forward and do their part to avoid a winter lockdown.
Quarantine and Testing May Return for Those Who Aren’t Triple Jabbed
The Government is considering plans to reimpose international travel restrictions on those who refuse the booster jab,
