“Democracy backsliding across the world amid the pandemic” – Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries including the U.S., Hungary, and Poland taking undemocratic and avoidable measures to contain the Covid pandemic, a report said, reports MailOnline.
“How ‘Freedom Day’ saved U.K. from Europe’s Covid Christmas chaos” – “Britain was seen as the ‘sick man of Europe’ in the summer after its Covid infection rate outpaced other nations. But as the continent heads into winter many other European nations have seen their case rates storm ahead,” writes Luke Andrews in the Mail.
“The hammer and the dance: a retrospective” – The mysteriously viral Medium essay that inspired lockdowns in multiple countries has not aged well, writes Eugyppius in his latest Substack update.
“Phrase ‘trigger warning’ is too triggering for students, university says” – “Worried that emotionally fragile students might not be able to handle it, Warwick University has scrapped the use of the term ‘trigger warning’ to alert students to the presence of provocative material in assignments,” reports RT.
“Is hate always a crime?” – The police shouldn’t blindly trust self-appointed victims, argues Jenny McCartney in UnHerd.
“Must Marx and Engels be cancelled?” – If a hint of support for racism, imperial conquest and genocide are sufficient reason for ‘cancelling’ historical figures, can Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels long escape? asks Robert Tombs in History Reclaimed.
“J.K. Rowling slams her address doxxing” – “Harry Potter’s creator J.K. Rowling blasted three ‘activist actors’ who published her home address on Twitter, saying that she would not succumb to intimidation,” reports RT.
“A scene from The Thick of It” – Comedian Jonathan Pie tweets about Boris Johnson’s bumbling speech at the CBI conference: “I love how this show exaggerates the incompetence of our politicians for comedic effect – oh wait.”
A scene from ‘The Thick of It’. I love how this show exaggerates the incompetence of our politicians for comedic effect – oh wait. pic.twitter.com/aw0DDJKMq5
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