News Round-Up
18 August 2025
A Response to Fraser Nelson and His Critics
17 August 2025
by Noah Carl
The Government has responded to a petition calling on it to "remove indemnity from the manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines" by clarifying that "individuals’ right to sue the producers of the vaccine" has not been removed.
Initially we were told that we would only vaccinate the vulnerable. We then proceeded to vaccinate everyone. Now we’re back to only vaccinating the over-50s, and only a minority of 50-59 year-olds are taking it up.
Since January, the West has given Ukraine €41 billion in military aid. The US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand account for almost 80% of this. Though the Baltic states have given a higher % of GDP in aid.
Facebook isn't even bothering with 'fact-checkers' anymore. It just tells users it is censoring their vaccine harm 'misinformation' because it "can make some people feel unsafe".
An article in the journal Nature has praised the use of covert psychological strategies, aka propaganda, to induce compliance during the Covid pandemic and called for a redoubling next time. Why?
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.
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