- “Anger as Police Scotland rebrands paedophiles as ‘Minor-Attracted People’” – The term was included in the Scottish Chief Constable’s year-end report as part of an EU project to tackle child abuse and exploitation, reports the Scottish Express.
- “Why should we test all travellers from China?” – Fraser Nelson in the Spectator says Rishi Sunak has yet to set out a convincing reason for testing Chinese travellers.
- “What unites Greta Thunberg and Andrew Tate” – Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator argues that Thunberg and Tate are both cult leaders and neither should be taken seriously.
- “There Are Only Two Genders: Switzerland Rejects Gender Ideology in New Ruling” – The Government of Switzerland has rejected attempts to impose a third-gender or no-gender option in official records, according to the DC Enquirer.
- “Prince Harry and Meghan hail Jacinda Ardern and Greta Thunberg in new Netflix series” – Live to Lead, Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix series, is dedicated to the memory of Nelson Mandela and features those who have “followed in his footsteps” like Greta and Jacinda. 🤮
- “The coming year is the time for the BBC to make a date with impartial history” – Charles Moore takes the BBC to task in the Telegraph for the anti-British bias of its history output.
- “‘Do They Know It’s Racist?” – Kathryn Flett on why Band Aid’s Christmas record has been cancelled for embodying a ‘White Saviour’ trope. We can only hope.
- “MPs fear ‘slippery slope’ to lockdown after latest travel curbs” – Conservative MPs have raised concerns that the new rules for Chinese travellers could herald the introduction of more Covid restrictions.
- “Nuclear plants face shutdown over tax on windfalls” – French nuclear power company EDF warns it may be forced to shut two nuclear power stations which supply 4% of the U.K.’s energy if windfall taxes are imposed.
- “‘Risible hypocrisy’ Tories blast China’s claim of institutional racism” – China has accused Britain of institutional racism and hate crimes in an extraordinary submission to the United Nations.
- “BBC shows breached impartiality guidelines despite pledge to end bias” – The Corporation received almost 100,000 complaints last year with programmes attacking Boris Johnson and its World Cup coverage among the most complained about.
- “Matt Ridley says that lockdowns ‘delayed the taming of the virus’” – Matt Ridley says liberal democracies are hurtling towards authoritarianism, with Lockdowns a precursor of a dark future.
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