Day: 26 October 2022

Rishi Sunak has reimposed the ban on fracking lifted by Liz Truss, in his first major shift away from her policy agenda. He also hinted he would bring back the ban on onshore wind farms.

After a backlash lasting only one day, the letter signed by 30 left-wing Democrats calling for "vigorous diplomatic efforts" has been withdrawn. This humiliating climbdown does not bode well for democracy.

Read the powerful speeches made by MPs on Monday in Parliament in the debate on vaccine safety, where they tell the Government it is "in denial about the risks of these vaccines".

Children with antibodies had increased infection risk against Omicron, a study in JAMA has found. Protection came instead from T cells, which cut infection risk dramatically.

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.

In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast, the talking points are the double standards of woke willy-waving, Eddie Izzard gatecrashing all-women shortlists and our new pint-size PM.