News Round-Up

“£3k a day: that’s what health officials are paying thousands of management consultants” – The soaring cost of outside help during the pandemic is uncovered by the Public Accounts Committee, which calls it “a miserable episode for the department”, the Telegraph reports.
“Inflation soars again to 9% – the highest since 1982” – The headline CPI rate rose to 9% in April, up from 7% in March and the highest level since 1982, the Mail reports.
“So that’s why the Bank of England is helpless! Staff only have to go to office one day a week amid backlash over Governor’s claim he’s unable to stem inflation” – The revelation caused outrage because Governor Andrew Bailey has warned he feels “helpless” in the face of surging inflation and “apocalyptic” food price rises, the Mail reports.
“Labour chiefs fear 20 staff could be questioned over Starmer’s curry” – Labour insiders fear that up to 20 police questionnaires could be issued starting from next week, reports the Mail.
“Sir JVT could not attend his investiture… because he had Covid!” – England’s former Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam missed his knighthood yesterday because he was infected with Covid, the Mail reports.
“Pivot into COVID-19 research eases as publishing surge starts to level off” – The rush to publish on COVID-19 is subsiding, according to a new study reported in Science.
“China’s Zero-Covid industrial complex” – The biggest corporate winners from the country’s draconian pandemic strategy, according to the Economist.
“Argentina’s society outraged as President ‘buys his way out of lockdown‘” – Argentina’s society was outraged Tuesday after it was announced that President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez were let off the hook for violating the lockdown he had himself decreed during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports MercoPress.
“End mask ‘requirement’ in healthcare settings” – Sign Smile Free’s open letter to the NHS Chief Executives to end the mask ‘requirement’ in healthcare settings.
“Half of new nurses trained overseas, latest figures show” – Some 48% of the 48,436 people who joined the nursing and midwifery workforce came from abroad, with the vast majority hailing from India and the Philippines, the Mail reports.
“Covid drama This England won’t cover ‘partygate’ scandal” – A new series on the handling of the pandemic, starring Sir Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson, will not dramatise the gatherings that nearly toppled the PM, according to the Telegraph.
“Elite groupthink is driving Britain into a nightmare of inflation, idleness and rage” – We face a calamity even worse than the financial crisis thanks to the hubris of our failed ruling class, thunders Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
“Open Letter from the U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance to Professor Asma Khalil” – The UKMFA raises serious concerns with the conclusions presented in Prof Khalil’s recent publication in Nature Medicine, entitled “Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy”.
“Back to the Office? Almost Nine in 10 UK Professionals Say No Thanks” – More than 85% of U.K. finance workers no longer view the office as their main place of work, highlighting the challenge the industry faces if it tries to persuade bankers to return to pre-pandemic norms, reports Bloomberg.
“Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO” – Finland and Sweden have submitted formal letters of application to join NATO, which must now been reviewed and approved by all 30 members of the alliance before they are accepted, the Mail reports.
“Just how long can Russia sustain the war in Ukraine?” – Charles Lipson in the Spectator cuts through the complexity and focuses on where the combatants now stand, how they got there and what is likely to happen next.
“Vladimir Putin ‘weaponising’ world’s food supplies” – Western officials say the Kremlin is deliberately destroying farming equipment and grain stores in Ukraine, the Telegraph reports.
“‘Smart people don’t get offended’: Ricky Gervais defends joking about AIDS, cancer and Hitler in Netflix special SuperNature – and tells Colbert he wants to get cancelled” – The 60-year-old English comedian doesn’t hold back in SuperNature, but insisted that “smart” people won’t get offended as they will understand the “irony”, the Mail reports.
“How to stop children being indoctrinated” – Woke textbooks should be laughed at, not censored, says Andrew Doyle in UnHerd.
“Buffalo and the myth of racist America” – Democrats want to create another George Floyd moment, says Ayaan Hirsi Ali in UnHerd.
“The performative outrage over Tucker Carlson” – He’s being blamed for the Buffalo shooting despite never being mentioned by the killer, writes Stephen L. Miller in Spectator World.
“There’s no case for Britain to pay reparations” – Large cheques aren’t going to alter the past, which is always more contentious than activists like to think, writes David Abulafia in the Telegraph.
“It’s lovely out … so be sure to stay inside, says nannying Met Office” – Critics pour cold water on forecaster’s drive to inform people how they can keep themselves safe from the heat, reports the Telegraph.
“The twilight of identity politics” – Progressive groupthink is falling to pieces, writes Park MacDougald in UnHerd.
“The National Woke Service” – Why are NHS leaders being sent on microaggression courses, asks Frank Furedi in Spiked.
“How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts” – The Washington Post is not happy the Biden administration’s Ministry of Truth has been “paused” indefinitely.
“Elon Musk confirms he will switch to vote Republican” – Elon Musk is registered in the U.S. as an independent voter, and has described himself in the past as a moderate – but has hinted recently he is shifting further towards the right, the Mail reports.
“Twitter employee tells undercover Project Veritas journalist that the company isn’t profitable because of their woke ideology” – He explains how Twitter puts the “correct” views in front of people and ridicules Elon Musk.

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