“The day I became a prize contrarian” – “Something rather unusual happened to me a few weeks ago: I was shortlisted for a prize. Not the GQ Men of the Year – shock! – but the Contrarian Prize. This is an award given to people who’ve exhibited ‘independence, courage and sacrifice’ in British public life,” writes Toby in the Spectator.
“Ihre papiere bitte” – “If I was to fly across the sea and flash my Covid passport at Vienna International Airport, I had best always keep it in hand throughout my travels, and to know that when the Old Bill ask ‘ihre papiere bitte’, it means ‘your papers please’,” writes Luke Perry, who criticises Austria’s unvaccinated lockdown in Bournbrook Magazine.
“The non-Covid public health crisis” – Public health has deteriorated since the Government first instructed people to stay at home in order to protect the NHS, argues Telegraph View.
“The great school-closure u-turn” – Even those who campaigned for school closures now admit they were a disaster, writes Liz Cole in Spiked.
“The unvaccinated – lock ’em up!” – “Today various media outlets and of course the polling companies are falling over themselves trying to commission polls that say yes, it’s perfectly normal to demand that your neighbour be put under house arrest,” writes Laura Perrins in TCW.
“The never ending quest for herd immunity” – “The authorities have known since at least spring that the vaccines would not be capable of offering us herd immunity protection,” writes Bartram in his latest Substack update.
“Daniel Andrews is accused of ruling ‘by decree’ by Adem Somyurek” – Former Labour Minister Adem Somyurek declared that the Premier has over-reached in his bid for sweeping powers that would permit him to declare a pandemic for an unlimited time, reports the Mail Australia.
“FDA asks court for 55 Years to fully release Pfizer Covid vaccine data” – “The Food and Drug Administration asked a federal judge on November 15th to give it until the year 2076 to fully release the documents in its possession tied to the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine,” reports the Epoch Times.
“Disney to ban unvaccinated kids on cruises” – “Children as young as five years-old will need to be vaccinated to travel on Disney Cruise Line ships, the company has announced, in an expansion of its vaccine mandate. It is the first major passenger liner to require jabs for kids,” reports RT.
“Sweden’s ‘vaccine passes’ should teach us an important lesson.” – “Don’t try and meet insanity in the middle. Deal only in what you can research and observe yourself. Don’t attempt to compromise with the establishment, because they will never compromise back,” argues Kit Knightly in OffGuardian.
“Power prices surge after low winds cause shortfall” – “Low wind speeds pushed U.K. power prices to the second-highest level on record yesterday, forcing the grid to switch to gas-fired power plants and draw on coal generation,” reports the Times.
“The Olympics’ shameful transgender cop out” – “The International Olympic Committee have just released a new framework for transgender and intersex inclusion in sports. The old Olympic guidelines from 2015 allowed Laurel Hubbard, a transgender weightlifter, to compete with women in Tokyo and were clearly not fit for purpose,” writes Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
“So, are we cancelling Azeem Rafiq?” – The cricketer made racist comments about Jews 10 years ago. Surely he’ll be cast out of polite society? asks Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
“Have you got your vaccine passport QR code?” – In preparation for if/when vaccine passports arrive in England, Julia Hartley-Brewer has already acquired her vaccine passport QR code. Have you?
If the Government follows Scotland, Wales & N Ireland to impose vaccine passports in England, I'll be fine. I've already got my QR code ready on my phone. pic.twitter.com/ibWDDmU6cL
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