- “Covid shrinks on all fronts again as cases fall by a third in a week” – There were another 31,933 infections recorded over the last 24 hours, Government dashboard data revealed, which was down a third on last Friday, reports the Mail.
- “Covid modellers to explain to MPs why Omicron predictions were so wrong” – Scientists have been called before the Commons committee to spell out why their scenarios predicting huge death figures fell short of reality, reports the Telegraph.
- “The madness of lockdown” – SAGE adviser Mark Woolhouse tells Spiked why he spoke out against lockdown.
- “Covid Mission-Creep – Laura Dodsworth on Canadian Authoritarianism, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Mass Formation, Conscientious Objection and More” – In the latest episode of the faith and current affairs podcast Irreverend, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin are joined by A State of Fear author Laura Dodsworth.
- “Each extra 1% NHS pay rise means 500,000 fewer operations, say officials” – Unions react furiously to Government’s submission to NHS Pay Review Body, which recommends maximum rise of 3% this year, reports the Telegraph.
- “Ultra-Vaccinated, Locked-Down New Zealand Sees Record Infection Rate” – New Zealand, one of the world’s most vaccinated nations, shattered its infection rate record this week as citizens continued to protest the country’s draconian lockdowns and vaccine mandates, reports TrialSite News.
- “Tourism vs. Covid Mandates? Zimbabwe Mulls New Travel Restrictions” – Report from TrialSite News that Zimbabwe and Botswana are to insist on Covid vaccination for entry, despite the negative impact it will have on tourism – for reasons that are not really clear.
- “COVID-19: High Court quashes ‘unlawful’ vaccine mandate for police and defence force staff” – In a ruling released on Friday, Justice Cooke agreed the vaccine mandate infringed on parts of the New Zealand’s Bill of Rights Act, reports RNZ.
- “A few thoughts on COVID-19 vaccination” – Dr. Malcolm Kendrick gives his take.
- “We need to talk about underreporting….” – Will insurance companies reveal the real picture on Covid vaccine adverse events, asks HART.
- “The Disquiet About Disinformation” – Who are governments to complain about disinformation when they tossed out decades of pandemic planning, agreed upon by WHO, CDC, the UK, Europe, Australia, on no new evidence or trials, but simply a panicked whim, asks Omar Khan on Uncommon Wisdom.
- “Why the culture of fear will outlive Covid” – Western society was paralysed by anxiety long before the virus, says Patrick West in Spiked.
- “Why ivermectin? Dr Tess Lawrie has the answers” – Watch Dr. Tess Lawrie answer questions about widely used COVID-19 treatment ivermectin on TCW Defending Freedom.
- “Speech by Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid at the HSJ Digital Transformation Summit” – “Now to get there we need to show people that the app is for life, not just for Covid, and that it will be a future front door for interacting with the NHS,” said the Health Secretary as he told the summit it was important to “build back better” and “build back smarter”…
- “Even more infectious sub-variant of Omicron is now dominant in England” – The UKHSA says BA.2 is now behind 52.3% of Covid infections, but there is no evidence it is more likely to lead to hospitalisations or better able to evade vaccines than Omicron BA.1, reports the Mail.
- “UK’s £5.6bn Covid jabs rollout ‘good value’ for money, watchdog says” – The National Audit Office said securing a supply of vaccines early was “crucial” to their success and this helped “to save lives and reduce serious illness and hospitalisation”, despite 4.7 million being binned, in part over clotting worries, reports the Mail.
- “Anti-racism betrays Asian students” – Skin colour is trumping academic achievement, says Asra Q. Nomani in UnHerd.
- “The security services have gone woke” – Spies and soldiers should not be promoting identity politics, says Rakib Ehsan in Spiked.
- “Michael Vaughan: I thought, ‘I don’t need to be educated on race – I’m a good guy’” – The Telegraph carries the depressing spectacle of cricketer Michael Vaughan grovelling before the wokesters and thanking them for reprogramming him.
- “Neil Young Threatens To Leave Spotify Again Unless Vladimir Putin Backs Down From Ukraine” – The latest scoop from the Babylon Bee.
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Interesting that the bar is called “Lola’s” – in homage no doubt to the Kinks’ song written by the great Ray Davies, even more relevant now than when it was written, 54 years ago.
Here is what Wikipedia says about the “controversy for its lyrics”:
‘In a Record Mirror article entitled “Sex Change Record: Kink Speaks”, Ray Davies addressed the matter, saying, “It really doesn’t matter what sex Lola is, I think she’s all right”. Some radio stations faded the track out before implications of Lola’s biological sex were revealed. On 18 November 1970, “Lola” was banned from being played by several radio stations in Australia because of its “controversial subject matter”, though some began playing “Lola” again after having made a crude edit, which sounded like the record had jumped a groove, to remove the line “I’m glad I’m a man and so’s Lola”.
The last line is pure genius (as is the whole song). In a tale all about gender ambiguity, the final line, “I’m glad I’m a man and so is Lola”, is brilliantly ambiguous. It can be interpreted EITHER as (a) I’m glad I’m a man and Lola is glad I’m a man, OR (b) I’m glad I’m a man and Lola is a man.
The second interpretation would now be regarded as “transphobic” by the current trans cult, but Ray Davies was so prescient that he wrote an ambiguous line with an alternative meaning which takes the wind out of the sails of any accusation of ‘transphobia’!
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola
C-O-L-A, cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, “Lola”
L-O-L-A, Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Well, I’m not the world’s most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight, she nearly broke my spine
Oh, my Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Well, I’m not dumb but I can’t understand
Why she walked like a woman, but talked like a man
Oh, my Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said, “Little boy, won’t you come home with me?”
Well, I’m not the world’s most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes, well, I almost fell for my Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her, and she at me
Well, that’s the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls
It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world
Except for Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Well, I’d left home just a week before
And I’d never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said, “Little boy, I’m gonna make you a man”
Well, I’m not the world’s most masculine man
But I know what I am, and I’m glad I’m a man
And so is Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
Lo-Lo, Lo, Lo-Lola
https://youtu.be/LemG0cvc4oU?si=is5SaMNm15zyv3-w