Day: 1 July 2022

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

Customers are leaving the Halifax en masse after an employee told customers who don't like the bank's gender pronoun policy to close their accounts. It's yet another case of 'Get Woke, Go Broke'.

Pro-life campaigner Lois McLatchie wasn't expecting SNP MP Alison Thewliss to react the way she did after she appeared on BBC Scotland: she labelled her an 'extremist' and called for her to be banned from the airwaves.

Deprivation of rights for months on end, constantly-shifting petty rules backed up with threats, victimisation of particular groups – there's a word for how Governments have treated us the past two years: bullying.

Amazon has been energetically celebrating Pride Month around the world – except in the UAE where it has restricted search results about LGBTQ+ products at the request of the authorities.

Meet Nick Dixon, host of the soon-to-launch Weekly Sceptic – our new podcast – and, as he explains in this piece, a conservative rebel who goes to church, is fond of classical liberalism and thinks Trump is 'quite funny'.

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.