- “Punishing the unvaccinated would be both immoral and unjustified” – There is no reason for the U.K. to go down Europe’s path of compulsory jabs and vaccine passports, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph.
- “No 10 put all their eggs in vaccine basket in effort to save Christmas” – Changes to cabinet and public mood from last year make further restrictions less likely, says Jessica Elgot in the Guardian.
- “Private hospitals are offered billions to deal with Covid backlog” – “The NHS is seeking to sign new contracts with private hospitals to carry out scans and treatment including cancer care as part of plans to tackle the 5.8 million-strong waiting list,” reports the Times.
- “Theresa May slams Government’s handling of Omicron” – Theresa May said Omicron appeared to lead to less serious illness than other variants and that the U.K. Government should be “learning to live with Covid,” reports MailOnline.
- “Austria throws out its constitution over Covid” – Using the monopolistic power of the state to turn a section of any society into second-class citizens should be roundly rejected, writes Alex Story in the National Review.
- “Don’t leave home if you have the sniffles – it could be Covid, warns expert” – Leading scientist says that “a whole range of symptoms” should be enough to warrant taking a Covid test and being extra careful, reports the Telegraph.
- “U.K. condemned for Covid ‘travel apartheid’” – “Britain’s Covid restrictions, imposed to combat the spread of the Omicron variant, have been condemned as a ‘travel apartheid’ by Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the U.K.,” reports RT.
- “The Tories are a menace to liberty” – Lockdown may be over, but the Government is just as authoritarian as ever, writes Paddy Hannam in Spiked.
- “Covid vaccines work against Omicron variant, says scientist” – “The Omicron variant spreads faster and can re-infect people who have previously had the virus but vaccines appear to protect against it, South African scientists said yesterday,” reports the Times.
- “At least 46 ‘VIP lane’ PPE deals awarded before formal due diligence in place” – Two-thirds of contracts awarded before ‘eight-stage process’ was put in place were given out after referrals from ‘VIP Lane,’ reports the Guardian.
- “Downing Street ‘intends’ to hold Christmas party, despite hangover from last year” – Ministers appear to contradict one another over lockdown breach investigations as Downing Street declines to comment on internal review, reports the Telegraph.
- “Italian anti-vaxxer dentist who used a fake arm to get his jab and avoid restrictions is suspended” – “An Italian anti-vaxxer who tried to dodge getting the Covid vaccine by wearing a fake arm has been revealed to be a 57 year-old dentist who has reportedly been suspended from his job,” reports MailOnline.
- “The death of Europe” – Mandatory vaccination spells the violent end of European liberalism, writes Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Review of A Plague Upon Our House by Scott Atlas” – A new book reveals how the troika of Fauci, Birx, and Redfield hijacked America’s pandemic response, writes John Tierney in City Journal.
- “Greece to fine elderly €100 for every month they remain unvaccinated” – “Greece has announced the first vaccine mandate targeting the elderly portion of the population,” reports GreatGameIndia.
- “Next virus may be more lethal, Covid vaccine inventor Sarah Gilbert warns” – “Another pandemic could prove to be both more contagious and more lethal, one of the inventors of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine warned yesterday,” reports the Times.
- “The new epoch” – “COP26 marked the definitive transition from a national and democratic order to a global and technocratic one,” writes John Mortimer in Bournbrook Magazine.
- “Britain’s hubristic green commissars can’t see the wood for the trees” – Storm Arwen showed the value of gas stoves and diesel, and the folly of our national forestry policy, argues Matt Ridley in the Telegraph.
- “School to change name after founder’s statue dumped in harbour during BLM protests” – “Just over a year after the statue of its founder was toppled amid Black Lives Matter protests, Colston’s School in Bristol has announced it will change its name, despite the public supporting its retention,” reports RT.
- “Durham college head apologises for calling students ‘pathetic’ for staging walkout over Rod Liddle speech” – Professor Tim Luckhurst says he was wrong to criticise the students, reports the Telegraph.
- “Follow the science” – Former Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe speaks to TalkRadio about the need for a “serious debate about the efficacy of masks”.
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It could accelerate quite a bit. Those of us (like me) that have granted direct debit usually forget about it and let them grab the cash. No doubt it’s well understood that DD helps to maintain revenue. I was the treasurer of a an organisation for several years that manifested that effect. Very few new members that granted DD dropped out annually.
You can cancel your DD and apply for the return of any over payment.
I don’t even bother to self declare anymore. They send (obvious by the envelope) BBC threatening letters every couple of months which I take great joy in throwing away unopened these days.
I’ve not paid the BBC extortion for at least 15 years and before that it was only because my house mate wanted to watch TV and had an annoying habit of opening the door to randoms.
I responded to a “thank you for donating” email from Toby Young back in May with a quip about the BBC sending monthly threats for not using their service.
6 days later, and after years of no-one visiting in-person, an “officer” put a note through my door and sat in his car outside my house. In a remote location on a dead end road, this sort of activity stands out. I went out to take some pictures and a shabby bloke with an Eastern European accent confirmed he was from TV licensing. Rather than quizzing me about a TV, he got back in his car and drove away. No more letters so far.
Nor should you self declare. You don’t have to let Tescos know that you won’t be shopping with them.
You only need a TV licence for watching or recording live TV (broadcast, satellite or live streamed) and using iPlayer. You don’t need one for catch-up of ITV, etc.
Propaganda by coercion or propaganda by subscription? I prefer the latter because it’s easier to ignore. We only need to look at the criticism of the content to see that the brand recognition and reputation are a facade.
“BBC: Brainwashing Britain?” by David Sedgwick is quite a good read.
“… costing the BBC £430 a million a year.”
Cost is an outlay, what is happening to the BBC is a loss in revenue. There is a difference.
Apologies for repeating myself, but earlier this year I made a civil claim against the BBC for harrassment for continuing to send threatening letters after a visit from an “enforcement officer”. It was amazing that every letter or email they sent contained a lie. The culture of lies and disinformation obviously permeated all the way down to poor old Donna in Customer Relations. She couldn’t seem to help it! Any way they paid me £450…
Well done
Cheers
Brilliant!
Good.
The People´s Revolt has begun.
BBC is headed the way of Coutt´s bank and Costa coffee.
And good riddance.
Didn’t stop them giving Huw Edward’s a big old pay rise though just days before the shite hit the fan..
This is a good news story, but we need to be careful what we wish for. I believe in Aus, the licence fee was removed and instead the Gov now centrally funds it through normal taxation!
Then it will be no longer able to claim impartiality and people will see it as nothing more than a medium of government propaganda.
If it cannot control its bias then we must take its scalp.
I already pay somebody to put garbage out( the council) – I ain’t paying the BBC for the same.
The reason I cancelled my licence fee direct debit this year is due to the outright lies that are being presented as facts on the news (eg climate change related issues) and also the introduction of stress inducing beats throughout news programs on TV and radio. This is something that began just a couple of years ago. So even though the BBC does produce some excellent programs, I would not subscribe due to these issues.
The BBC is the mouthpiece of Satan.
I remember celebrating John Majors election victory outside Conservative HQ in Smith square. Whenever a BBC reporter tried to interview anyone a chant went up of “privatise the BBC”. Every time I read or hear the latest tosh from the BBC I think back to that moment. It really is time now.
Not paying the TV propaganda tax and not voting for any establishment party is surely the duty of everyone who believes in free speech, the nation state, liberty and freedom. They have gone rogue and thus no longer can enjoy our support and consent.