- “Are Brits already turning to masks? Pictures show commuters wearing coverings amid flu and Covid outbreak after SAGE expert’s plea to ‘protect the NHS’ – as poll reveals nearly 60% don’t want any return of one of the main pandemic-era curbs” – Some commuters were seen wearing face masks on the London Underground on Tuesday, as a Mail reader poll finds a clear majority opposed to the return of masks.
- “Forget masks… will hated pingdemic and £2bn a month testing also return? Labour MP calls for pandemic-era policies to save ‘broken’ NHS in new Covid wave amid pleas to reopen Nightingales and for ill Brits to WFH – but Tories slam plan as ‘madness’” – Rachel Maskell, who serves on the Health Select Committee, said ministers should consider bringing back the draconian measures because of the struggles faced by the NHS, according to the Mail.
- “London ambulances will only wait 45 minutes before leaving patients in corridors” – An email leaked to ITV News shows paramedics will only wait 45 minutes before leaving patients on trolleys in corridors to be looked after by hospital staff.
- “Eight in 10 Brits want Covid quarantine to return for infected travellers from China as new testing rules start on Thursday” – An alarming new YouGov poll shows 83% of Brits want people who travel to the U.K. from China and test positive for Covid to be made to self-isolate, the Mail reports. Though it is YouGov.
- “Zero Covid Ends but Zero Sense Continues” – Where are the fact checkers when such levels of misinformation and blatant fear-mongering about China’s Covid outbreak are published on the front page of the New York Times, asks Debbie Lerman at the Brownstone Institute.
- “Self-isolation not required for travellers from China who arrive in U.K. with Covid” – Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, says the testing is being introduced for “collecting information” as Beijing refuses to share coronavirus data, the Telegraph reports.
- “Why is the West locking down China?” – New travel restrictions prove we’ve learnt nothing, writes Thomas Fazi and Toby Green in UnHerd.
- “‘We completely followed the wrong policies’ in dealing with Covid” – Watch Dr. Tina Peers tell Nigel Farage that “lots of what we did was totally illogical”.
- “Greek healthcare workers who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 returned to work” – Greek healthcare workers who refused to be vaccinated against Covid returned to their posts on Monday after 16 months of suspension, an association of public hospital employees said, Insider Paper reports.
- “Cardiac Arrest in Athletes” – Dr. Robert Malone responds to the cardiac arrest on the field of American football player Damar Hamlin.
- “Under the spotlight: Excess deaths and the Covid vaccine” – Sally Beck in TCW on Edward Dowd’s new book examining the wave of sudden deaths in America.
- “Surprise! Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit New Record In 2022” – The global figures show just how divorced from reality those pushing Net Zero agendas really are, says Paul Homewood in WUWT.
- “Black Lives Matter organiser denies fraud charges over Colston statue protest fundraiser” – Xahra Saleem is charged with two counts of fraud by abuse of position, the Telegraph reports.
- “A Senior U.K. Politician Responds to White British Minority: ‘So What?’” – “So what?” is not Sajid Javid’s usual refrain on the topic, particularly when he believes votes are up for grabs, writes Frank Haviland in the European Conservative.
- “Brazil’s woke President” – Reports of Lula’s inauguration show that wokery haunts every corner of the world, says Frederick Edward in Bournbrook.
- “Parliamentary staff ‘must not be taught the concept of white privilege’” – The ‘divisive’ phrase has been removed from diversity training material after internal documents revealed it should not be used, the Telegraph reports.
- “U.K. prisons spend £11m on diversity staff in two years” – Prisons have spent more than £11 million on staff whose roles involve promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in jails, reports the Times.
- “Why have so many liberals given up on free speech?” – Toby writes in Spiked on “the elites’ turn against our most precious liberty”.
- “Index on Censorship: freedom of expression under threat from police” – Freedom of expression is under threat in Scotland with police recording a growing number of ‘hate incidents’ where no crime has been committed, a censorship watchdog has warned, the Times reports.
- “The Ontario College of Psychologists has demanded that I submit myself to mandatory social-media communication retraining with their experts for, among other crimes, retweeting Pierre Poilievre and criticising Justin Trudeau and his political allies” – Jordan Peterson tweets that he has been summoned for reprogramming under pain of loss of licence.
- “If we don’t reject masks now, they will be with us forever!” – Watch GB News‘s Mark Dolan warn of the threat of the permanent tyranny of the face nappy.
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Seconded, Hux. We may have moaners about DS, but it is doing a valuable job. It is getting an alternative narrative out to people prepared to listen and do their own thinking. Its a long road before us, and our opposition to the global blob is bound to fail, but not to try would be the greater shame.
Merry Christmas, if you do, Happy holidays, if you don’t.
Much appreciated Neil.👍
It depends how ‘alternative’ you want to be, but then we’d spend all day arguing about nano-bots. The MSM does report many of the ‘events of the day’ but many with a strong left bias. We should not reject the MSM completely, but rather see the picture behind what they are offering, i.e. an alternative view. If there is a site with better alternative view, perhaps you’ll share its location.?
Merry Christmas, hux, and to all of the decent, respectful posters to this most valuable site, who still make up the majority, thankfully. My living room looks like an explosion in a wrapping paper factory, but the cat’s enjoying herself so I’m leaving it… 🙂 And what could be more appropriate than a Christmas monologue from our Neil Oliver;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBS16GjWsPk&ab_channel=GBNews
Thanks Mogs. Have a good one.🥂
Seconded.
I wonder if the DS were more transparent about income and costs whether more would donate – I suspect they may be getting kept going currently by the personal largesse of one or two people and perhaps often unpaid work. Not intended as a criticism – just a suggestion. I think people would love it go from strength to strength but sometimes we have unrealistic expectations. I’m sure running a site like this and expanding the coverage to include more original content is far from simple or cheap.
Agreed!,
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to one and all of you! 🥂🌲
Yes, Merry Xmas. Merry Xmas to everyone. Particularly those who are incapable of respecting different opinions and utterly consumed by hate – I wish you all the very best.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/time-to-start-thinking-the-unthinkable-about-king-charles-iii/
This short article posted today over at TCW. Very disparaging about Charlie Windsor. He’s got to go as I have been posting for many months.
He’s a treasonous barsteward.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/propaganda-roundup-hillary-claims-climate-change-targets-pregnant-women/5843773
“We know, and estimate*, that we probably could measure about 500,000 deaths [from climate change last year], and the majority of those are women and girls, and particularly pregnant women,” Hillary Clinton declared at a climate change summit recently — one she almost certainly transported herself to via private jet.”
Firkin evil cow.
This is a cracker.
A group of protesters go in to a Bezos Whole Food store, steal food and exit wearing Bezos face masks.
God Bless them.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/road-freedom-one-liberated-apple-time/5844029
Apologies. I forgot the bloody link.
(Re – stealing from Bezos / Whole Foods).
I’m not even a Christian and I celebrate Christmas, because it’s tradition here in the West and how I was brought up. I also manage to respect the important festivals and holidays of other religions throughout the year. This seems beyond the capabilities of many members of society, apparently, with videos and stories all over social media of hateful yobs trashing Christmas trees and decorations, gatecrashing Santa’s grotto and scaring the kids or the decapitation of nativity figures in various countries. Basic respect for others appears to be an old-fashioned concept which is losing value these days, evidently. Nobody should be spoiling anybody’s festivities and important celebrations, end of. It comes to something though, when the bleeding obvious needs pointed out. 🙁
”With Europe’s Christian identity in the crosshairs, Christmas is under fire, both literally and metaphorically. On the one hand, extremists threaten to target festive gatherings and celebrations. On the other hand, the woke agenda is attempting to cancel Christmas as a non-inclusive holiday.
This year especially, security concerns are of unprecedented gravity. “With the upcoming holiday season, there is a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union,” said Ylva Johansson in early December. The EU Home Affairs Commissioner has already been proven right – as has Thomas Haldenwang, the president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution who said that “a new dimension (of threat) is now emerging”.
However, Christmas is not only threatened by militant extremists. It is the woke agenda too, together with political correctness, that aim at cancelling the very nature of Christendom’s biggest celebration.
It was two years ago, when the European Commission received heavy criticism for an internal guidelines document which advised that Christmas be substituted with “holiday period”. And though the document was retracted, the general spirit remains.
Groups and NGOs for inclusiveness, like Watch this Space, are warning that festivities could be exclusionary to those who do not celebrate Christmas, and are calling for workplaces to forgo their usual office Christmas celebrations in order to cater to all employees’ tastes and beliefs.”
https://brusselssignal.eu/2023/12/lets-stand-up-for-christmas/
I utterly despise any body or organisation which seeks to undermine Christians and Christmas. I hope they rot.
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. There is no evil in Christ’s message and fundamentally the modern celebration of Christmas is all about family. It is the breakdown of family and family values that is undermining our society.
I will always celebrate Christmas.
Well said, HP. I would add that the deliberate undermining of Christianity and religion generally by “the globalist machine” (let’s call it) has left a massive hole in people’s lives. I think, even for non-practicing Christians, Christian culture and values (humility, kindness, respect for others, etc) hugely underpinned European society.
Happy Christmas all…
Well put Michael.
Thanks HP
Quite! I may add that when I lived in Easton, inner city Bristol 30 years back, where many Muslims also lived, our Muslim neighbours would always say “Happy Christmas” to us, and admire the rather fabulously decorated Xmas tree we had in our front window. They were also largely responsible for the economic regeneration of the area. Not multicultural, but multi-ethnic, with many Indians and West Indians there, it was a community at ease with itself.
Sadly, further generations have thrown that all away
The loss of Christianity as the core behind the West means quite simply the collapse of the West. Any culture that loses the common belief that binds it together is in a death spiral.
As we are witnessing.
Impossible not to agree.
It is apparent the Tories have been round all their sympathisers in the MSM to get favourable stories. The best Heffer could do was to say Labour would be even worse. Hardly a basis for enthusiasm among their remaining members!
Vote Reform!
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/it-was-christmas-day-at-the-sunaks/
A little bit of light-hearted relief from TCW although there’s anger in the doggerel.
A very Merry Christmas to you all , including your family’s & friends & everyone at The DS 🎄🎅🍻🥰
200 acres of glass in Peak District is bad enough but we are getting 900 acres on the one bit of reclaimed marsh on Swale/Thames Estuary that is not a SSSI or nature reserve. It includes a 700 MWh battery to game the system by smoothing the supply troughs it causes; also the toxic fumes when it explodes of course.
https://www.favershameye.co.uk/post/project-fortress-previously-known-as-cleve-hill
It’s not just Harvard – it’s all of US and UK academia. Better still, over here we fund the production of economically useless graduates, who leave University hell bent on destroying the civilisation that reared them.
Stop public funding, and it will be stopped in its tracks
Of course Harvard and places like it have huge endowments and are financially independent. Probably Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial too.
But I agree.
Much less so at UK universities, Cambridge did look at option of detaching itself from HMG teat. Cambridge at least saw off the ghastly Toope and 87% of Regent House voted to substitute ‘tolerate’ for ‘respect’ in his sinister ‘Free Speech’ proposals (the complete opposite of course). Prof. Ahmed has been appointed Director of freedom of speech and academic freedom, which is some progress at least, he lead the revolt against Toope.
https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-ahmed-appointed-director-freedom-speech-and-academic-freedom
That’s interesting about the vote – I didn’t know that. Regent House consists of academics – I had to look that up. The other two amendments were good too. I wonder how the students would have voted.
Cambridge has an endowment of £9 billion and an annual budget of £2 billion so they’d still need to charge fees, but I can’t see them having trouble finding people to pay fees that are not paid for by the so-called “student loans”.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas. Stay strong and keep asking questions. Don’t self-censor. We will prevail. Support free speech above all.
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