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by Luke Perry
7 December 2021 10:53 PM

  • “No. 10 staff joke in leaked recording about Christmas party they later denied” – “Senior Downing Street staff joked about holding a Christmas party in No. 10 just four days after the event is alleged to have taken place last December,” reports ITV News.
  • “What happens next?” – “It is the measures that we would dismiss now that ought to concern us. They can be imposed in an astonishingly short period of time, accepted, and then applauded by the nation,” argues Jamie Walden, who imagines that Covid restrictions may soon become even more draconian in Bournbrook Magazine.
  • “Omicron is a horrible dilemma for zero-Covid China” – “Omicron is the end of the road for China’s zero-Covid policy. The Communist Party cannot plausibly suppress a variant that spreads with lightning speed through asymptomatic cases that escape surveillance,” writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
  • “South Africa’s looming vaccine revolt” – Lockdown division could destroy the fragile nation, warns Brian Pottinger in UnHerd.
  • “‘70% of Omicron has not mutated to evade vaccines or natural immunity’” – The promising Italian study found that while the new strain has more than triple the micro mutations as Delta, there are still large swathes of the virus that remain vulnerable to the immune system, reports MailOnline.
  • “Over 13,000 operations cancelled due to Covid pandemic” – “More than 13,000 planned operations have been cancelled in the past two months, according to a report outlining the pressures facing the NHS,” reports the Times.
  • “WHO interim statement on Covid vaccinations for children and adolescents” – “From the statement, the WHO is recommending that children and adolescents be vaccinated to limit transmission,” reports Trialsite.
  • “If you say you’re mask-exempt, you are!” – A little loophole in the law says that you do not need to provide physical proof, like an exemption card, to show that you don’t have to follow mask mandates, says Liz Hodgkinson in TCW.
  • “Nonsensical Covid rules are making a return” – Britons have largely accepted the reintroduction of restrictions until we better understand Omicron, but their patience won’t last forever, argues Telegraph View.
  • “Loophole could allow Novak Djokovic to play at the Australian Open” – “A special medical exemption could allow Novak Djokovic to get around strict Australian Open rules and play in the Grand Slam even if he is unvaccinated,” reports the Mail Australia.
  • “The true cost of the travel red list – and why it’s pointless anyway” – The reinstating of travel restrictions is having devastating consequences on us, our economy, and those of nations reliant on tourism, argues Annabel Fenwick Elliott in the Telegraph.
  • “Where have all the adults gone?” – Adults are sacrificing children’s wellbeing to make themselves feel safe, writes Darragh McManus in Spiked.
  • “New Mexico Senator leaves Democrat Party, cites Governor’s ‘unconstitutional acts’” – “A State Senator in New Mexico has left the Democrat Party, upset over actions taken by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham,” reports the Epoch Times.
  • “Europe’s biggest Omicron outbreak ‘appears mild’, say Norway Covid experts” – “The Omicron outbreak at an Oslo Christmas party seen as ‘the biggest in the world outside South Africa’ is so far only causing mild disease,” reports the Telegraph.
  • “Unvaccinated Queenslanders face being denied life-saving operations” – “People hoping to receive an organ transplant in Queensland may be denied the potentially life-saving procedure if they refuse to get vaccinated for Covid,” reports 7News.
  • “Pfizer document concedes that there is a large increase in types of adverse event reaction to its vaccine” – “Knowing full well that safety trials were incomplete, the New Zealand Government apparently accepted information supplied by multinational commercial interests at face value,” writes Guy Hatchard in the Telegraph New Zealand.
  • “Most indoor events to be cancelled amid new Covid restrictions” – “Hundreds of sold-out events are expected to be cancelled at venues across the Republic of Ireland this week as new public health restrictions for the Christmas period came into effect today,” reports the Times.
  • “Now Durham student union demand principle resigns over Rod Liddle talk” – The five officers penned a rambling statement in a bid to oust South College Principal Professor Tim Luckhurst, reports MailOnline.
  • “Trans counselling is not conversion therapy” – Stifling reasonable discussion will only harm children, writes Tom Chivers in UnHerd.
  • “The death of the social justice warrior” – In Bournbrook Magazine’s latest video essay, S.D. Wickett narrates one of his previous articles discussing how social justice politics first began as a joke, then quickly became hegemonic.
  • “Santa’s in another vaccine advert” – In a new NHS advert seeking to promote the vaccine, Santa Claus, played by actor Martin Kemp, is seen being administered a Covid jab while saying that “vaccines are the best form of protection to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe”.

Martin Kemp stars as Santa Claus in a new NHS advert promoting the Covid vaccine.

The video shows Santa cleaning his suit, trimming his beard and getting vaccinated.

What do you think? pic.twitter.com/7IBB80RdhD

— TalkTV (@TalkTV) December 7, 2021
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ellie-em
ellie-em
2 years ago

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/monkeypox-upgraded-severity-level-leprosy-malaria/

Do you remember at the inception of the fear mongering scamdemic in 2020 when the Prime Minister and his political and medical cronies were smitten with ‘the virus’ and hospitalised in intensive care facilities? Similar incidents were reported in other governments worldwide. Attention seeking celebrities then climbed the bandwagon. The aim obviously to instil fear in the hearts and minds of the commoners and plebs that if such illustrious people could be suddenly struck down with ‘the virus’, then there was little hope to escape the hyped-up lurgy and all were doomed…

I’m waiting with bated breath – not – to see who on the public stage in various continents has pulled the short straws in this latest blockbuster movie. Who will be the first to announce they are stricken with the pox and in dire need of lifesaving treatment?

Tick tock. Tick tock. The pendulum swings.

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johnboy12
johnboy12
2 years ago
Reply to  ellie-em

‘Global-Health’….basicaly The Bill & Melinda gates Foundation…..basicaly Bill Gates…

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  ellie-em

https://greatmountainpublishing.com/2022/06/01/monkeypox-is-a-cover-story-to-conceal-the-increasing-illnesses-and-deaths-caused-by-the-covid-19-vaccines/

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Steve-Devon
Steve-Devon
2 years ago

The article on heat pumps includes the quote;
”The Netherlands is banning natural gas central heating from 2026 and bringing in the mandatory use of heat pumps or connected heat networks.”
That statement does not quite state the entire position, the Netherland is requiring all new systems to be at least hybrid, heat pumps or network heating. A hybrid system would seem to be a combination of a heat pump with another heating source to boost the heat output. This is quite different to the heat pump only approach talked about in the UK. I doubt that a hybrid system would satisfy the zealous approach of Sir John Armitt but it does seem to have the benefit of pragmatism when faced with the task of heating the UKs varied housing stock

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NickR
NickR
2 years ago
Reply to  Steve-Devon

Most installed heat pumps have an auxiliary heating element, essentially the equivalent of an immersion heater. Invariably it’s used to heat water for baths showers etc, one of the reasons heat pumps are so expensive to run.

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago

Was going to say morning all…but it’s more like morning few!!!
Anyhow a good morning….

Ivor Cummings..the Fat Emperor, has been sharing the numbers that actually died from Covid, and nothing else, in Ireland..and it’s tiny…
This Jessica Rose article shows how the ‘counting’ of Covid has been (as I think most of us here knew)..a total farce. This of course should be headline news!

https://jessicar.substack.com/p/coding-logic-error-and-fun-with-icd?s=w

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

Good morning!

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-pfizer-moderna-skip-trials-covid-vaccines/

Will FDA Allow Pfizer, Moderna to Skip Clinical Trials for Future COVID Vaccines?The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee will vote June 28 on something called the “Future Framework,” a scheme that would allow Pfizer and Moderna to “reformulate” COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in perpetuity, without conducting clinical trials on the new vaccines.

Does anyone doubt it will be passed?

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago

Excellent little roundup from Jesse Watters on Fox, about Davos..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KknfRwyckpM

Paul Rand hitting the nail on the head…”look how bad your government is in a country where you get to vote for these people..
this would be a world government where you don’t get to vote for anyone.”

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

Which is what They ( whoever they are ) want and where we are heading !!.. No Way are they going to cease their relentless Quest !..

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago

Morning all. Is this becoming the new daily general forum?

There was so much that was valuable on the old general forum – cutting-edge news that wasn’t yet ready for ATL (let alone MSM), but was vital to stay ahead of the game, as it were.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

New daily forum ! I like that , need all the good posters back now then 👍

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

Incidentally, do you need to be a subscribing member to downvote? Or just post?

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/617450

I know, I know, they don’t achieve what they’re supposed to. But they may achieve something…

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RW
RW
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

I’m the 8203rd signature 🙂 . Regard this as a way to send a piece of information to the government it can’t ignore completely.

Eg, recently, a friend of mine posted that “I’ve just had the first leftist … ehh … tick of the year”. The German word for tick – Zecke – is commonly used as derogatory term to refer to formerly alternative left-wingers of all kinds. To this, I replied with “Well, it’s good that it’s at least still legal to kill them”. This promptly brought a FB punishment down onto me for “Serious incitement to criminal violence”. I filed this with their so-called oversight board despite full well knowning that they were (again) going to ignore that. But in some situations, the best one can do as lone individual is to try to throw a spanner in the works as hard as possible (this works better with the German idiom for that, a translation of which would be “Throw as much sand into the gearbox as you can”).

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Myra
Myra
2 years ago

I watched Neil and Bret’s discussion.
The final comments made by Neil Oliver really made me think.
He really wished the last two years hadn’t happened, but finds himself a better man having lived through it.
I thought this was a really interesting perspective. I personally am still in the ‘angry’ phase, but maybe the forced introspection and changing worldview can be seen as a personal good outcome.
Having said that I don’t need another episode of lockdowns to become an ever better person….

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago
Reply to  Myra

I’m also in the angry phase, angry but ready to stand by what I believe…
but worse is that old Mr Gum is in the ‘what’s the point of it all’…..phase….it’s getting to the point where I just don’t share certain things because it will make him even more miserable!! LOL….…..but sometimes it is hard to keep it compartmentalised and keep your chin up, as we do see to be beset on all sides…..freedom of speech being taken away incrementally….freedom to travel…medical freedom….freedom of what to eat for goodness sake!….and often thinking that the ‘masses’ don’t even notice!?

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago

I attended a zoom meeting yesterday evening where the speaker was Dr Wolfgang Wodarg. He’s been at the forefront of WHO pandemic criticisms since 2009!
A few of points he made which are very pertinent to us holding the line:
Be truthful, stay happy.
He who defines the issue, controls the issue – semantics matter.
The current approach by government & supranational bodies is akin to the mafia insurance racket. This is probably a very good analogy to use with normies – as ‘good’ citizens, the mafia approach is not approved.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

“Viewers blast ‘woke’, ‘awful’ and ‘too politically correct’ Channel 4 coverage of England’s 1-1 draw with Germany – after broadcaster won rights from ITV for Three Lions’ Nations League matches”

I gave up on football probably twenty years ago. The introduction of all this woke crap and getting Ch4 involved is marvellous. Alienating a large audience in this way is not good for the logic of ‘bread and circuses.’

Keep winding the plebs up – wonderful news.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

“Sir Patrick Vallance stuck the knife into the man who hung on his every dodgy graph after receiving his gong, the Mail reports”

Given the fact that the pronouncements emanating from the facial orifice of this treacherous turd were 100% wrong throughout the whole of the last two plus years why doesn’t Bozo sack him?

Pot and kettle I suppose, oh and Billy Tits in the background.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Raises the question as to what do the global corrupt cabal have on PM so that he can’t sack him & what do they have on Unbalanced that ensures he complies with spouting their lies?
Unbalanced was a colleague of Mike Yeadon towards the start of both their careers & had morals then…

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Three things I suspect:

1. I’m sure Bozo has an extremely “exotic” past.
2. He’s been bought.
3. He’ been offered the Magafuli alternative for any disobedience.

And quite possibly all three.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

Here we go, here we go, here we go and repeat…

Moneypox, variant xyz suddenly morphing into the rarely seen but extremely virulent Black Death.

Get your masks on, hide under the bed, you’re all going to die.

(We are going to kill you firkers one way or the other!)

😀 😀 😀

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
2 years ago

UK: Monkeypox went from “Mild” to “Isolation”, and Why are more people dying in Australia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjffY-Su6T0
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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago

An opposing perspective of the factors behind food & fuel inflation. Surprisingly it’s not the simplistic “Russian man bad” MSM rhetoric.
Provides some very detailed information which I’d not heard of or read about before & I’m reading widely on independent journalists’ blogs etc

BUSTING EUROPEAN UNION MYTHS ON CAUSES OF GLOBAL FOOD AND ENERGY DISRUPTIONS

https://mid.ru/upload/medialibrary/71a/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BC%20%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%8B%20ENG.pdf

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

The link does not appear to be working BB.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Hi hp,
Hopefully this link to a Telegram channel post will!
BB

https://t.me/robinmg/20277

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

“Then, in September 2017, a more severe outbreak occurred in Nigeria, which had not experienced any monkeypox epidemic in the preceding 39 years. This particular epidemic is still ongoing, sustained by sporadic, regular transmissions that are both zoonotic and interhuman. To date, at least 500 suspected cases have been declared (215 of which have been confirmed). Reassuringly, albeit regrettably, only 8 deaths have been documented in the past 5 years.”

From a recent article in “The Conversation” blog.

So an ‘epidemic’ is now 215 cases over five years. For crying out loud!

Last edited 2 years ago by huxleypiggles
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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

..if they’ve raised it to the same ‘defcon’’ as plague..why would I give a crap? Honestly have you ever worried about catching the fuc**ing plague??

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

I give the possibility of catching “the plague” the same consideration as I gave to catching the C1984 – firk all.

Two years plus of perpetual lies and BS and they think I’ll give up this time.
NOT
A
CHANCE.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

Of 27 posts so far – 18:42 – all have received at least one downvote, NickR being the exception. None of these posts are in any way controversial.

Ladies and gentlemen – is that still allowed – we have a paying troll amongst us, or lurking.

😀 😀

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

No answer yet, and 3 downvotes, to my question of earlier today:

do you need to be a subscribing member to downvote? Or just post?

I don’t mind anyone who’s actually got something to say, but downvote trolls are a bore, pitiful.

Incidentally, the best post I ever put up on LS – a wonderful piss take – ended up with 35 net downvotes (from the days when only the net votes were shown), so heaven knows how many actual downvotes it had. So I don’t mind downvotes as such, just downvote trolls.

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

I always think a downvote means you’re getting on their nerves…which is a bonus!! But in all honesty why do they think we care? If I post an article, I’m not the author..I’m just posting it because I think it might be something someone might find interesting…if you do great if you don’t…why not say so…let’s have a conflab…. But a down tick? Pointless and totally irrelevant
to me….!!

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

Completely agree Bygum.

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