Day: 16 December 2021

by Chris Morrison With COP26 dominating the headlines it is hardly a surprise that 2021 has been another vintage year for eco crackpots and hypocrites. Leading the charge was Boris Johnson who flew to Glasgow on a private jet to inform the conference there was “one minute to midnight” to save the world and then flew back to London to attend a private dinner at the Garrick club. The Foreign Minister of Tuvalu caused a stir by warning of rising sea levels and delivering his speech in a foot of water. Although the Tuvalu islands have gained in size recently, the Foreign Minister avoided a charge of hypocrisy since his photo-op was an obviously sincere attempt to shakedown gullible western taxpayers. In March, the British Army’s newly-appointed Director of Climate Change and Sustainability lost no time in floating the idea of electric tanks and more veggie meals in the mess. Lieutenant General Richard Nugee said there was a distinct future possibility that 20 tonne tanks would be powered by green energy. One must hope that any future conflicts take place in sunlight or the enemy agrees an initial ceasefire for charging stations to be installed on the battlefield. Later in the year, Nugee was suggesting that global warming would cause the military to lose training days because it was too ...

The trade union group UNISON has called for more measures to be introduced in schools to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant. One such proposal is permitting schools to close early.

From Saturday, the French Government will ban all non-essential travel from the U.K. in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.

Lionel Shriver has praised the work of the Daily Sceptic, and has admitted to being a keen fan of our daily newsletter. She has also given her thanks to other anti-lockdown individuals and groups.

The Government predicts that roughly four times as many people will spend Christmas Day in self-isolation as opposed to last year.

Pressurising parents with the threat of closing schools to vaccinate their children when the safety profile is highly uncertain and the disease is no real threat to them is not a medically or ethically sound policy.