- “Sir Patrick Vallance savages Boris over partygate: No. 10’s Chief Scientific Adviser says it’s ‘very disappointing’ not ‘everyone stuck to the rules’ moments after receiving Covid honour from Prince William at Buckingham Palace” – Sir Patrick Vallance stuck the knife into the man who hung on his every dodgy graph after receiving his gong, the Mail reports.
- “Monkeypox upgraded to same severity level as leprosy and plague” – Doctors are given the legal requirement to inform authorities of suspected cases, reports the Telegraph.
- “Zero Covid has radicalised Shanghai” – President Xi has unwittingly sown the seeds of rebellion, says Austin Williams in UnHerd.
- “After Setback for WHO, Agency Now Working on Far-Reaching Amendments to the Global Rules” – The push to further empower the World Health Organisation remains a major threat to U.S. national sovereignty and self-government, even after a setback at the United Nations agency’s 75th annual meeting in Geneva in late May, according to experts, the Epoch Times reports.
- “The Office Monsters Are Trying to Claw Their Way Back to 2019” – Some corporate leaders are trying hard to get back to the way things were, but they might find themselves fighting a culture shift beyond their control, says the New York Times.
- “Florida Surgeon General Openly Questioning Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines” – Florida’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, at the end of last week went on the record with very strong language concerning COVID-19 vaccine safety, reports TrialSite News.
- “My love affair with Boris is over” – The Prime Minister has brought about his own downfall by showing a high-handed disregard for his biggest supporters, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “Talking to Normies About Vaccination” – Thoughts from Eugyppius on how to dissuade friends and relatives from going back to the vaccinators in the autumn.
- “A Response to Eugyppius’ Review of Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World” – Michael Senger makes the lockdown sceptic’s case against both the lab leak and wet market theories of the origin of COVID-19.
- “Keeping Sane: Bret Speaks with Neil Oliver” – Watch Bret Weinstein speak with Neil Oliver about the Covid conference in Bath and their experiences throughout the pandemic.
- “Will We Be Able To Flatten This Curve?” – Thorsteinn Siglaugsson writes on his Substack page that when someone comes to the conclusion that nourishment is something forced upon us by “corporations” which prevents us from wearing masks, he’s simply at loss for words.
- “How can this Government of deceivers protect our ‘safety’?” – How can a Government that locked us down, collapsed our businesses, imposed a useless mask compliance regime, misled us about the severity of Covid while nudging us towards experimental treatments that not only failed to prevent transmission but caused numerous injuries and deaths, be in any position to decide what constitutes ‘harm’, asks Suzie Halewood in TCW Defending Freedom, with the Online Safety Bill in her sights.
- “Putin’s war and green zealots doom the West to a ruinous energy bill” – Even before the Russian invasion, it was obvious that climate change goals, which began to kick in with ever increasing intensity from around 2017 onwards, were going to result in a major supply problem, writes Jeremy Warner in the Telegraph.
- “The Big Five Natural Causes of Global Warming part 5: How Clouds Moderate Global Warming” – Any global reduction of cloud cover increases global warming, and reduction of local clouds can cause heat waves, writes Jim Steele in Watts Up With That?
- “Britain’s car industry is in an existential crisis – but don’t blame Brexit” – The U.K. car industry is caught between the death of the combustion engine and the full dawning of electric vehicles, argues Ben Wright in the Telegraph.
- “Ban gas boilers to reach Net Zero, demands Boris Johnson’s infrastructure tsar” – Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, has repeated his demand that gas boilers be banned from households to tackle the cost of living crisis and help Britain meet its green ambitions, the Telegraph reports.
- “Solar energy to be beamed back to Earth from space by 2028” – An ambitious plan for a satellite power plant, two years ahead of schedule, is the latest commitment in China’s bid to become a major space power, reports the Telegraph.
- “Muslim nations call for Indian apology after officials ‘insult’ Prophet Muhammad” – Bharatiya Janata Party officials Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal have have been accused of making the derogatory remarks, according to the Telegraph – though as many have pointed out, the comments are factually accurate.
- “Cineworld pulls film after Muslim protesters brand it ‘blasphemous’” – Hundreds of demonstrators have turned out in Bradford, Bolton, Birmingham and Sheffield to protest theatres showing screenings of historical drama The Lady of Heaven, reports the Mail. Inaya Folarin Iman responds in Spiked that Islamist mobs must not be allowed to dictate what films can be shown in cinemas.
- “The absurdity of California’s slave reparations bill” – The latest scheme from the state’s Governor is a distraction, says Joel Kotkin in UnHerd.
- “To hell with Pride Month” – Pride has become pompous, grotesque and intolerant, says Gareth Roberts in Spiked.
- “Viewers blast ‘woke’, ‘awful’ and ‘too politically correct’ Channel 4 coverage of England’s 1-1 draw with Germany – after broadcaster won rights from ITV for Three Lions’ Nations League matches” – TV viewers have slammed Channel 4’s “awful”, “woke” and “painful to watch” coverage of England’s Nations League draw with Germany on Tuesday night.
- “One pro-Boris Conservative MP described Jeremy Hunt last night as ‘Theresa May in trousers, but without the charisma’, and he’s about the best of the bunch!” – Watch Toby discuss alternatives for the Tory leadership with Mark Steyn on GB News.
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