Day: 4 July 2022

In this week's London Calling, the talking points are the recent spate of eco protests, Gary Lineker's endorsement of them, the Netherlands protests and whether Paul McCartney died 30 years ago and was replaced by a fake.

One of the green protestors who glued herself to John Constable's The Hay Wain has been branded an eco-hypocrite after it emerged she often flies off on exotic holidays and has racked up tens of thousands of air miles.

Only free discussion can penetrate the woke nonsense – and no one should keep quiet, just because he or she is scared to speak out or is told to shut up for some greater good, to ‘be on the right side of history’.

The long march through the institutions is complete, with the Scouts being the last redoubt to be captured. Henceforth, Scouts are banned from using terms like "falling on deaf ears", "maiden name" and "Christian name".

A major global survey has found that most people on earth believe their country limited freedoms too much during the pandemic. Disappointingly, Brits were the fifth least likely to say the government went too far.

Serious adverse effects from Covid vaccines, at one every 800 people, are "very high, no other vaccine comes close", says former CDC vaccine safety committee member Dr Martin Kulldorff.

There's nothing inherently wrong with teaching Britain's history alongside the history of Europe and the world, provided it's not an excuse to poison schoolchildren against their country.

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.