- “In praise of Christmas excess” – “The future is a joyless place, where technocrats in NGOs and mega-corporations restrict us, prevent us from seeing loved ones, take away what we own, deprive us of our traditions and take away our possessions,” writes Alexander Adams in Bournbrook Magazine.
- “No new restrictions in England before Christmas” – But Boris Johnson says “we can’t rule out any further measures after Christmas” as Omicron spreads fast, reports BBC News.
- “Sadiq Khan cancels New Year’s Eve party in Trafalgar Square due to fears over Omicron surge” – Thousands of key workers and members of the public were expected to attend the celebrations in central London, reports the Telegraph.
- “Nudging the news” – Has the partnership between Sky News and the Behavioural Insights Team breached Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code?, ask Toby and Laura Dodsworth in the Critic.
- “My cheering Christmas message? It’s time for humanity to prevail over scientists” – We are jabbed up to the gills as a nation, but many of us have regretfully curtailed our festive plans thanks to the misery guts of SAGE, writes Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “More Covid rules needed in Wales, minister says” – Economy Minister Vaughan Gething’s comments come as Welsh Government bans spectators from attending sports matches, reports BBC News.
- “Where is the modelling for the societal consequences of lockdown?” – We have allowed skewed data to distract us from the devastating collateral damage of restrictions, particularly on education, argues Iain Duncan Smith in the Telegraph.
- “We need to start caring about care homes” – The pandemic has exposed our shameful abandonment of the elderly, write Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson in Spiked.
- “Lockdown a major threat to Premiership rugby clubs, says Bristol’s Pat Lam” – Premiership rugby clubs would struggle to survive another lockdown, according to Bristol Director of Rugby, Pat Lam, reports the Guardian.
- “Take a Covid test to see family at Christmas, says Boris Johnson” – “Boris Johnson has urged people to test themselves before meeting relatives for Christmas as he ruled out new Covid restrictions this week,” reports the Times.
- “Hundreds of trains cancelled as Covid hits railways” – Christmas journeys are at risk as train operators prepare for more disruption, reports BBC News.
- “Darkest days could be behind us as data hint that Omicron cases may have peaked” – With Winter Solstice out of the way, latest Covid statistics show signs of a slowdown, and some experts believe lockdown will not be needed, say Sarah Knapton and Ben Butcher in the Telegraph.
- “Irish urged to limit contact to Christmas day guests” – Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer says people should only see those they plan to spend Christmas with, reports BBC News.
- “Prepare for fourth Covid jab, Tony Blair Institute says” – “The research institute founded by former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair has called on the Government to create a command-and-control team that could help it remain ‘ahead of the curve’ and quickly roll out more vaccines,” reports RT.
- “We must stop the perpetual spiral of restrictions” – With most of the population double or even triple-jabbed, we are still having the same debate as last year, says Telegraph View.
- “Bring back masks now: Australian Doctor issues a plea to the Government” – The Vice President of the Australian Medical Association has called on the Government to reintroduce mask mandates. But not everyone agrees, reports the Mail Australia.
- “U.S. Justice Department says inmates sent home due to Covid will not be returned to prison” – “The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced it would not force federal inmates who were sent home due to the Covid pandemic to return to prison once the emergency is lifted,” reports Reuters.
- “New York’s next mayor delays inauguration plans as city offers $100 booster incentive” – Eric Adams’ move comes as city faces surge in Covid cases, reports the Guardian.
- “Germany bans fans from stadiums and limits gatherings to 10 people” – Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Germany will limit private gatherings for the vaccinated to a maximum of 10 people, close nightclubs and ban fans from major events from December 28th, reports MailOnline.
- “No, climate change is not a ‘women’s issue’” – Environmentalists say women emit less carbon and are more climate conscious. What sexist tripe, writes Ella Whelan in Spiked.
- “Orthodox rabbis demand U.S. universities abandon diversity efforts” – “The Managing Director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents more than 2,000 Orthodox rabbis, told Fox News that U.S. universities should end diversity, equity, and inclusion,” reports RT.
- “Free Speech Union wins court battle” – Toby speaks to Talkradio about the case of Harry Miller, an ex-police officer who challenged a national policy which states that police forces can record the expression of ‘gender-critical’ views as a ‘hate incident’ – and won!
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Imagine calling a multibillionaire “courageous”. Get some sense. Musk is a shyster, and so is Marc Benioff, his fellow billionaire who owns Time.
Courageous downvoters – here’s an explainer for you about the world of the Daily Mail, including Mail Plus etc.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI
You know what they say, if you’re getting flak, you’re over the target. Musk is a grifter, clearly some people want to emulate the twat, drooling over his money.
A grifter? You mean like so many politicians who earn their money with backhanders all day long? I think Mr.Musk is a tad brighter and grifter is not a word I would use to describe him.
Billionaire. Bad ? There are bad one’s of course. There’s some bad people in my local estate so I hear.
Sorry I gave up all msm for Lent
I would highly recommend everyone do the same. Msm serves no purpose.
I gave up TV completely as well in May 2021 ……and cancelled my TV licence. Uplifting!
I don’t have a problem with Musk’s selection; I just have to wonder why billionaires all have such weird hair.
Maybe there’s something of the Peaky Blinders about them.
He certainly comes across as a somewhat eccentric person.
There it is again. So people who have been baying for pay back for the last two years now get a global billionaire on the books so to speak and do I hear a round of applause ? No we get “he’s eccentric”. Face palm.
Looks like good old Ellen has been throwing his money at troll service. Personally, I just think he’s a dickhead, nothing to do with his money.
Musk says he will allow his son to choose his own gender.
Where are social services when we need them? They should make his son a ward of court, foster him, and require Musk to take re-education classes if he wishes to apply to get him back.
Musk is a bit of a touchstone. Some people realise what’s happening when a drug-addled billionaire talks up garbage such as self-driving cars, is allowed by the real rulers (who aren’t in the limelight) to become what in most people’s terms is extremely rich, pulls a few cryptocurrency scams because he’s bought a section of the “cool youth” market, and ostentiously masturbates with large vehicles into space. Others fall for him because they’re too stupid to realise any of the above for what it is, even when it’s right in front of their faces. Seriously your life has to be very sad if you think it’s exciting to watch a billionaire disgrace himself and have a J Arthur.
“talks up garbage such as self-driving cars”
You know those already exist? Bloody handy too when you need to take a slurp of coffee on the motorway….I know it’s against the grain on here but I love my Tesla.
As for Musk, he’s the least offensive of the elite i can think of, but i’m no fan of any of them.
It is hard to find role models these days, Boris, Biden, Fauci, whitty, Gove, Hancock,harris. So many to choose from. You know what I mean.
I am a big fan of Mr Musk and very grateful for his presence.
Yes you are right. I would rather sit and watch the current UK and USA gov’ts make fools of themselves. Mr. musk just gets on with his ideas and work. He fights for his and his employees rights. Don’t you just hate when people do that.
Déjà vu.
Personally, I can’t get sycophantic over a billionaire. There should be no billionaires, it gives them to much power & privilege, ironically whether musk is a lockdown sceptic or not, he clearly has no influence on this matter, so I can’t see we’ve suffered 2 articles about him.
Because he gave Toby a tiny scrap of fleeting attention, is why. There’s no other reason needed.
So he must just be a “victim” just baying for attention ? Derogatory to say the least.
But this has been the issue all along. An “elite” of billionaires, medical experts and pharma bods clearly gained too much power and influence. That does not translate to “everything bad”. I do not live in the Manichean world that seems to exist exclusively in the comment sections of this site but almost never in the actual articles.
The introductory paragraph to this article is cringemakingly embarrassing.
The title is too.
If I ever write anything so bad, please can everyone (especially friends) line up and shout “Stop embarrassing yourself, you fucking wally!” at me. Thanks!
Maybe not so anti-socialist after all then
I don’t understand your logic?
It’s not the wealth I object to, it’s the power over fawning idiots like you that directly affects my freedom that I object to.
Perhaps you have ambitions? Mine is to be free, not rule others.
Why is he “eccentric” ? That used to describe moth eaten millionaires in old stately homes who go around wearing deer antlers on the head all day, lol.
Well, when someone points out that he can’t use your mini submarine to rescue some cavers who’ve been trapped underground by water and your response is to call that person a ‘paedo’, that qualifies as a bit eccentric, surely?
Where did he say this ?
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-apologises-for-calling-british-cave-diver-a-paedo-11440370
The facts weren’t disputed in court. Musk claimed in court that it had been a “JDart”, where an intended jokey tweet had been misinterpreted by the recipient, and he had immediately deleted it. The US jury took the view that that Musk’s Tweet had been a spontaneous response to the previous Twitter exchanges, and that its immediate deletion had limited the reputational damage that it had done.
Oh he qualifies alright. As a Tesla owner I’ve followed his Twitter feed for a while and he’s a proper nut job.
Yeah – fuck that shit.
https://elonmuskneuralink.com/the-neuralink-brain-chip-elon-musk-neuralink/
So this automatically makes Elon “bad” ? In fact is this tech inherently bad ? Like any tech it depends on whose using it. I’ve seen all the Technocracy and “reset” conspiracy theories. They do a good job in their own way but they are so inherently DARK. Sometimes I wonder if they’re Luddites. They never posit a world where this tech is in the hands of the good guys.
Why are you exerting so much energy defending him?
Elon is unstable. Much like Oswald Mosley. He could flip in any direction and any time. As such he is a potentially dangerous buffoon.
“rare”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10321397/Christian-Eriksens-Inter-Milan-contract-terminated-mutual-consent.html
I might be more inclined to agree if his opposition to lockdowns had actually had some sort of noticeable effect in changing policy.
As it stands, unless I’m missing something, he has accomplished nothing of substance and so I’m not quite sure whether his “courage” is any greater, any more consequential or any more inspiring to others than the courage of, say, the lady who was convicted this week for protesting in London.
I think going against the law/rules in your country as a business is a little brave. He took a risk that his business would suffer through his personal exploits. He kept his staff in work whilst others risked closing their businesses not knowing if there would be a business to come back to. Don’t get me wrong I’m not a big fan or anything, but anyone with his worldwide image making a stand is better than no one doing it, regardless as to his reasons.
He accomplished nothing. He did nothing significant to protest or lobby the state of California, where he was based, against lockdowns and mandates. Instead he packed up his company and buggered off to Texas, purely out of his business’ interest and bottom line. He’s not wrong to want to do so, but don’t sugar coat it as “standing up to tyranny” like another previous article did.
Isn’t this one of those WGAS articles?
Too many people think these characters and these magazines are important. They’re not outside the Bubble.
Over on YouTube, Thunderf00t (with 1M Subscribers) has utterly debunked Musk’s crazy projects – https://www.youtube.com/c/Thunderf00t/search?query=musk
While he might have been against lockdowns, I feel he is still a potentially dangerous buffoon, who would make men into robots.
The same Musk who pushes Universal Basic Income?
The same Musk who wants to send millions of satellites into space for the global surveillance grid? (In co operation with Bill Gates)
The same Musk who is developing brain implants to connect people’s physical bodies (and minds?) to IoT?
The same Musk whose cars and tunnel boring company is building the “smart cities”?
His lockdown skepticism is just theatre. At his core he is one of the oligarchs building the totalitarian hell in this world.
We desperately needed Mr Musk’s support. He recently was interviewed by a WSJ jounalist and his responses to her questions were a breath of fresh air. Musk is highly intelligent, but wisely knows his limits and admits that.
A Musk/DeSantis ticket in 2024 would be amazing. We can hope.