News Round-Up

“‘Fraud ready’ criminals may have stolen £37 billion in Covid money” – Analysis by University of Oxford academics found that huge amounts of money were siphoned from Government initiatives such as the Bounce Back Loan Scheme and Eat Out To Help Out, reports the Mail.
“Secret courts hitting people with Covid fines without them realising” – In the week the Met Police issued 20 penalty notices for lockdown-breaking parties in Whitehall, the Mail has discovered that ordinary people are being fined huge sums for failing to pay such penalties.
“Puppies ‘could be more dangerous after lockdown’” – Kennel Club warns socialisation is ‘critical’ in ensuring dogs do not develop dangerous behaviour after a spate of fatal attacks on children, reports the Telegraph.
“How New Zealand’s Zero Covid strategy fell apart” – When and how was it supposed to end, asks David Cohen in the Spectator.
“Phase One of the new normal is complete” – The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the U.K. Government’s recent joint summit in London on how to implement their 100 Days Mission plan for future pandemics cemented the global commitment to dismiss two of the most egregious interventionist sins of the COVID-19 pandemic – lockdowns and vaccine injury, writes Tom Penn in TCW Defending Freedom.
“Pfizer Confidential: One Infant Death vs One Successful Birth” – The latest tranche of Pfizer trial documents shows not exactly encouraging data on pregnancy (albeit not statistically significant), and reveals Pfizer and the FDA knew that breastfeeding sheds vaccine mRNA to infants, according to Igor Chudov.
“Foo Fighter’s drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50: The inside story on what likely caused his death” – Steve Kirsch has spoken to people who knew Hawkins and says the public evidence (the autopsy found his heart was twice the normal size a month after his booster), as well as information from insiders, shows that the most likely cause of his death was vaccine-induced myocarditis, albeit with drug use potentially exacerbating the problem.
“Britain could get seven new nuclear power stations by 2050” – A new “development vehicle” will slash planning red tape to increase U.K.’s energy self-reliance, Kwasi Kwarteng tells the Telegraph.
“Government in talks to build ‘hundreds’ of mini-nuclear reactors across UK” – Last Energy, linked to Elon Musk, has identified its first location, the Telegraph reports.
“Boris Johnson wants to build ‘colossal’ Irish Sea wind farm within a year” – Prime Minister tells industry leaders he has “a dream” that giant floating wind farm could provide “gigawatts of energy”, reports the Telegraph.
“Fracking ban set to be reviewed after pressure from Tory MPs” – A Government source tells the Telegraph that a review will examine safety and technology to help accurately predict and manage seismic events.
“Net Zero is a conspiracy against British voters” – The proportion of those unhappy to pay more to achieve Net Zero is rising, but the Westminster consensus shows no signs of changing, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
“A top tip for our times…fill the vacuum flask” – It wouldn’t be so bad if prices weren’t driven higher because of political reasons, says Dylan Roberts in Bournbrook.
“As rationing looms, Germany faces up to the folly of its Russian ties” – The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine doesn’t look good for anyone, writes Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.
“Warning as academics favouring decolonisation consulted for England history curriculum” – Cambridge University historian Professor David Abulafia claims the move could result in an “ideological infusion of woke ideology in interpretation of the past”, according to the Telegraph.
“Minority pupils are ‘bullied less than white teens’, Government report says” – A new Government-funded study surveying nearly 10,000 families found black and Asian students are happier, less anxious and less likely to be bullied than white classmates, the Mail reports – undercutting spurious narratives of ‘white privilege’ and systemic racism.

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