- “Trudeau’s latest power-crazed move” – This isn’t a fight against a virus anymore, it’s a fight for freedom, says Laura Dodsworth.
- “Trudeau is world leader in woke illiberalism” – The Canadian PM’s double standards have exposed the authoritarian streak lying just beneath the surface of woke ideology, argues Eric Kaufmann in the Telegraph.
- “Justin Trudeau’s crackdown on protests could make things worse” – By seeking to curb free speech, Trudeau will aggravate Canada’s divisions, says the Economist.
- “The ‘misinformation problem’ seems like misinformation” – Matthew Yglesias with a contrarian take on the ‘misinformation problem’. He thinks the Internet has made people better informed.
- “Covid: Murder victim ‘could not get help’ in lockdown” – Stacey Harris tells BBC Wales that the lockdown made things worse for her mother, who was killed by an abusive partner.
- “Fracking’s false hope of low-priced energy security” – U.K. shale gas is unlikely to be commercially viable, argues Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.
- “Unreported Truths?” – A sceptical review of Alex Berenson’s new book by Swiss Policy Research.
- “Scotland follows Wales in offering Covid vaccine to all five to 11 year-olds” – All five to 11 year-olds are to be offered the Covid vaccine, the First Minister has announced.
- “Government set to end all guidance on Covid risk for clinically extremely vulnerable people” – People who were previously classed as ‘extremely clinically vulnerable’ will instead need to contact their GP or consultant for health advice on Covid, the i reports.
- “Scaling back free Covid tests could hinder U.K. if new variant emerges, say experts” – Typically alarmist piece in the Guardian about the phasing out of free PCR tests.
- “Oestrogen levels linked to risk of COVID-19 death in older women” – Women with higher levels of Oestrogen are less like to die from COVID-19, according to BMJ Open.
- “Ottawa police chief resigns amid anti-mandate protests” – Canada’s capital city has been disrupted for more than two weeks by the Freedom Convoy – and the chief of police is taking the fall.
- “New Zealand Covid vaccine protesters defy police ultimatum to leave parliament” – An anti-vaccine mandate protest outside New Zealand’s parliament swelled in numbers on Wednesday, with hundreds of people ignoring a warning from police that their vehicles would be towed away if they didn’t leave voluntarily.
- “CNN’s unhinged war on Joe Rogan” – We’re witnessing the death throes of a media empire, says Simon Evans in Spiked.
- “The expert bias toward Covid catastrophe has been exposed” – Ryan Bourne argues in the Telegraph that specialists who were experts in just one field were ill-equipped to guide the policy response to the pandemic. Intellectuals who could range across different fields and properly assess trade-offs made better calls.
- “Farewell ‘wench’ as Wordle removes ‘insensitive’ terms in censorship row” – The ultra-woke New York Times has removed several words from Wordle, including ‘agora’ and ‘pupal’. Go figure!
- “How to Save Science From Covid Politics” – Ten crucial lessons from Dr. Vinay Prasad.
- “Senior Australian Military Doctor Visited by Police After Contacting MP About COVID Policies” – A former Australian military doctor has been visited and threatened by the police after contacting his MP about the mismanagement of the pandemic. Scary stuff.
- “To my critics I say, J’Avoue…!” – Ramesh Thakur’s latest in the Spectator Australia.
- “Society’s new speech codes will be its undoing” – David Selbourne says in Prospect that freedom of speech and thought have never been more important, but rational debate is in danger of being shut down.
- “Truckers at the U.S.-Canada border filmed thanking and hugging police officers” – Truckers at the U.S-Canada border thanked and hugged police officers sent to disperse them in a touching display of working class solidarity.
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