Day: 26 September 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.

In this week’s London Calling, the talking points are the Italian election, Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, the Canadian teacher with the comedy fake boobs, The Capture and PayPay’s attempt to censor the Daily Sceptic.

Are lockdown fanatics, who seem unfussed about stunting children's lives with school closures, masks, distancing and endless testing, actually compensating for a lack of real meaning in their lives, asks Fraser Krats.

David Attenborough's latest claim is that climate change is making avalanches "more unpredictable". In fact, though, their number has dropped dramatically in recent years.

China’s Zero Covid policy remains very much in place while others, notably New Zealand’s, have been suddenly and embarrassingly abandoned. But will that change after the CCP National Congress in October?

Many studies have shown that ocean acidification alters fish behaviour. But a new meta-analysis finds that effect sizes have declined dramatically over time. And large effects in early studies may be due to fraud.

PayPal and other finance companies could be banned from blocking the accounts of campaign groups for political reasons under a new law being proposed by MPs that the Government is said to be "likely to accept".

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.