- “Global Health and the Art of Really Big Lies” – Dr. David Bell writes in Brownstone that ‘Really Big Lies’ are based on being so divorced from reality that the listener will assume their own perception must be flawed.
- “NHS disruption driving rise in heart deaths, charity says” – The British Heart Foundation claims that ambulance delays and waiting lists are driving excess cardiac deaths, according to BBC News – but no mention is made of the role of the virus, let alone the vaccine.
- “Anti-vaxxer, 61, who went to then Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s home armed with glue and posters is cleared of plotting to do criminal damage after jury hears ‘he only wanted to get arrested’” – Geza Tarjanyi travelled to Javid’s home in Fulham, south-west London on January 3rd to stage a protest against the coronavirus vaccine rollout, the Mail reports.
- “There’s no case for mask mandates” – Gary Sidley writes in the Critic that we cannot trust models based on bogus assumptions.
- “The real permacrisis is in Western civilisation” – David Frost writes in the Telegraph that ‘catastrophes’ are part of the human condition, but what’s changed is our refusal to adapt to them.
- “Revealed, how the ‘safe’ Covid jab triggers a toxin blitz on the body” – Neville Hodgkinson in TCW Defending Freedom with an overview of the safety problems with the Covid vaccines.
- “Regional news asks if kids’ jabs increase infections” – Guy Gin says the lower infection rates in the lower vaccinated areas has led to some unusual questions being asked in the mainstream media.
- “The SARS-CoV-2 transmission riddle – Part 11” – Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson look at the evidence for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission.
- “Did Ebola leak from a lab? Scientists claim accident at U.S.-funded biofacility may have caused 2014 West Africa outbreak” – Virologist Dr. Jonathan Latham – a former researcher at the University of Wisconsin – and journalist Sam Husseini say there are a number of inconsistencies in the official timeline, reports the Mail.
- “‘Pandemic Amnesty’? It’s just more narrative reinforcement” – Kit Knightly in OffGuardian tears into the suggestion of an amnesty.
- “Why I’m teaching free speech to Cambridge students” – One professor tells the Times‘s Damian Whitworth how he’s fighting back against campus cancel culture.
- “Students should sign free speech ‘waiver’ to attend university, says Cambridge professor” – Professor Arif Ahmed tells the Telegraph he believes obtaining prior consent from students is a key factor in protecting academics from attacks on their material.
- “Elon Musk to sack half of Twitter staff and end working from home” – 3,700 staff are to be told their fate on Friday and ordered back to the office on Monday, according to the Telegraph.
- “Transgender criminal makes history by appearing in court as both a man and a woman” – Offences committed by Alan and Alannah Morgan – the same person – were heard at Dundee court, reports the Telegraph, which for some reason calls the absurdity ‘historic’.
- “Robert Buckland: ‘Let asylum seekers work – and pay tax’” – The former Lord Chancellor speaks to the Spectator‘s Fraser Nelson and shows he has zero understanding of the concept of deterrence.
- “Peter Hitchens on Covid, Ukraine, Climate, Racism, the Church of England and more” – Watch the Irreverend podcast’s 100th episode, with the outspoken journalist.
- “Some Thoughts On Affirmative Action” – Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian says even majorities of blacks and Hispanics oppose affirmative action in college admissions.
- “Why the Tories have failed to take on the thoughtpolice” – Laurie Wastell in Spiked writes that wokeness is now deeply embedded in British policing.
- “The paradox of Gen Z – more socially liberal, but less tolerant than their parents” – The Telegraph reports on a study that has found a rise in young illiberal progressives – ‘Yips’ – who have little time for those with different opinions.
- “Now private messages can land you in prison” – The jailing of two police officers for offensive WhatsApp messages sets a terrifying precedent, writes Andrew Tettenborn in Spiked.
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