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News Round-Up

by Will Jones
25 October 2022 1:44 AM

  • “Covid as we remember doesn’t exist anymore, ex-Government adviser says” – The version of Covid that sent the U.K. into a panicked lockdown is essentially gone thanks to community immunity, ex-Government scientific advisor Sir John Bell has claimed, the Mail reports.
  • “House prices in U.K. cities rise as work from home trend wanes” – House prices in cities have been increasing at a greater rate than in rural areas as workers have been heading back into the office, reports the Mail.
  • “China’s Impossible Dream of Order” – Guy Sorman writes in City Journal that, haunted by past humiliations, the nation’s leaders seek to restore what they see as its rightful place in the world.
  • “Xi Jinping has zombified the Chinese Communist party” – Cindy Yu in the Spectator says Xi is China’s sole and absolute leader now.
  • “Stocks plunge on fears for Chinese economy as Xi surrounds himself with Zero-Covid acolytes” – The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2% on Monday, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Would-Be British PM Rishi Sunak’s Family Runs A China-Linked, World Economic Forum Partner Company Pushing Digital ID and Social Credit Scores.” – Rishi Sunak has family ties to a technology partner of the World Economic Forum that has advocated for a Chinese Communist Party-style economy with digital identities and currency, according to the National Pulse.
  • “Outrage as Labour MP says Rishi Sunak as PM ‘isn’t a win for Asian representation’” – Nadia Whittome deletes the tweet in which she said because of his wealth and policies the ex-Chancellor is “not on your side”, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Scientists Answer – Did the Pandemic Change Our Personalities?” – Between pre-pandemic and 2022, a study of thousands of Americans revealed small reductions in extraversion, agreeableness, openness and conscientiousness – the first time stressful events have been associated with such a population-level change, reports SciTechDaily.
  • “Another Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Turns Negative Within Months” – The effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines turns negative against severe COVID-19 months after administration, according to a new study reported in the Epoch Times.
  • “Covid poll: Do you regret getting vaccinated? Was our response too extreme?” – News.Com.Au reports on a survey of 50,000 people in Australia which found more than half of respondents either said they regret getting vaccinated or were unvaccinated and happy with their decision; only 35% out of more than 45,000 people said they were vaccinated and would make the same decision again, while not a single person said he or she was unvaccinated and regrets the decision.
  • “Kids become the ‘doctor’s cattle’” – Josie Appleton argues that childhood Covid vaccination is a secular initiation ritual.
  • “Not wanted in any country” – Watch the video from TimesWithJames about what it was like being unvaccinated and unwanted in his own country and when travelling.
  • “Entry requirements – Spain travel advice” – Spain has quietly ended all travel restrictions, including for the unvaccinated, according to the latest Government advice.
  • “Shock as radio announces host ‘passed away while presenting program’” – Tim Gough, 55, was presenting his breakfast show for GenX Radio Suffolk when the music stopped playing halfway through a song, an hour into his slot, the Mail reports. It was later confirmed he died of a suspected heart attack – one of thousands of unexplained additional heart deaths since 2021.
  • “ONS sample group discussion” – Watch Professor Norman Fenton explain the problems with the ONS data to Dr. John Campbell.
  • “All the predictable Science charlatans decry latest SARS-2 lab origins paper as ‘bullshit’ and ‘poppycock’ and ‘numerology’, offer no convincing argument or refutation of its findings” – Eugyppius suspects those dismissing the ‘endonuclease fingerprint’ paper so vociferously may have ulterior motives. Also read the Mail‘s report on the story.
  • “An International Tribunal on the Origins of COVID-19” – Dr. Robert Malone agrees that the ‘endonuclease fingerprint’ is a smoking gun and says organisations and individuals must band together to call for an independent investigation.
  • “Biden promises to crackdown on virus manipulation research” – The White House unveiled plans this week for how it will limit the emergence of biological threats in the U.S. and around the world, the Mail reports.
  • “This, you politicians, is how to tackle the energy crisis” – Paul Homewood in TCW Defending Freedom says that Reform U.K. has the right idea when it comes to energy.
  • “An Interview with Top Climate Scientist Bjorn Stevens” – Nic Lewis in WUWT highlights an interview where the top cloud expert says that any alarmism based on the idea of a positive cloud climate feedback leading to runaway warming is misplaced.
  • “Cambridge University cancels Homerton College’s annual Harry Potter-themed dinner as furious students claim event was scrapped in ‘woke’ protest at J.K. Rowling’s views on trans issues” – The Mail reports that Homerton College has long held the Hogwarts ‘formal’ dinners in its iconic wood-panelled Great Hall, but this year the event has been replaced by a film night.
  • “Linguists slam Cambridge University for teaching ‘woke’ German: Fury as students are taught ‘gender-neutral’ version of the language that avoids using masculine forms that are not ‘inclusive’ to non-binary people” – Language experts have slammed Cambridge University for teaching and encouraging students to speak a new ‘woke version’ of gender-neutral German, according to the Mail.
  • “Ralph Fiennes: Verbal abuse directed at J.K. Rowling is disgusting and appalling” – The actor, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, said the author expressing opinions as a woman does not make her a ‘fascist’, according to the Telegraph.
  • “‘Whole generation’ of girls to lose out on medals due to ‘ludicrous’ trans sport policies, Olympians warn” – Sharron Davies and Mara Yamauchi piled pressure on Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics chief, as he weighs up a new transgender policy, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Sexist comedy is back” – Brendan O’Neill argues in Spiked that transgender comedian Jordan Gray who has a penchant for getting his todger out and insulting women is Bernard Manning for the woke set.
  • “Within very short order, he’s going to announce savage cuts to public expenditure” – Toby tells Mark Steyn on GB News that Rishi Sunak was the only candidate ‘acceptable’ to the markets and predicts spending cuts.

‘Within very short order, he’s going to announce savage cuts to public expenditure.’

Toby Young says Rishi Sunak was the only candidate ‘acceptable’ to the markets as he predicts spending cuts.

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