- “NHS chiefs in Scotland postpone non-emergency operations” – Health board chiefs in Scotland have suspended non-emergency operations and ordered GPs to only see urgent patients after Nicola Sturgeon said mass cancellations would be permitted, the Telegraph reports.
- “More than half of pregnant women denied partner’s support during birth despite end of Covid-19 rules” – A report by the Care Quality Commission shows a “concerning decline” in women’s experiences with maternity services over the last five years, reports the Telegraph.
- “Boris Johnson ‘joked about being at U.K.’s most unsocially distanced party’ during lockdown” – Yet another allegation against the former Prime Minister is made in the new ITV podcast, “Partygate: The Inside Story”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Novak Djokovic: Covid vaccination backlash made me villain of the world” – On the eve of the first grand slam of 2023, Djokovic hit out at the treatment he received last year, the Telegraph reports.
- “Has China admitted failure for Zero Covid?” – China has admitted that it abruptly ended its Zero Covid policy because it had already failed, writes Cindy Yu in the Spectator.
- “Facebook Is Dead Unless You Post Something that Does Not Matter” – Writing in Brownstone, Jeffrey Tucker says that none of his posts have had any reach at all on Facebook during the pandemic – but when he posted an inane picture of a puppy he was suddenly visible again.
- “FDA Advisers are angry at Moderna for hiding data” – Igor Chudov on the strange story of the FDA advisers who have discovered Moderna didn’t let on about unfavourable booster data.
- “Pentagon officially drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate” – The Pentagon on Tuesday formally rescinded its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, dropping the shot’s requirement across the U.S. military over a year after it was first put in place, according to a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the Hill reports.
- “Landmark Lawsuit Slaps Legacy Media With Antitrust, First Amendment Claims for Censoring Covid-Related Content” – A lawsuit filed this week by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and multiple other plaintiffs alleges the Trusted News Initiative, a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organisations, partnered with Big Tech firms to collectively censor online news, the Defender reports.
- “Masks again, again and again” – Dr. Tom Jefferson with the story of evidence on masks, barriers, distancing, hygiene, etc.
- “Seventeen percent of teenagers had heart symptoms after their second Pfizer mRNA jab, a new peer-reviewed paper shows” – Alex Berenson reports that 1% had abnormal ECGs and one in 1000 had myocarditis or significant arrhythmias. Oddly, this is orders of magnitude lower than the one in 43 with suspected subclinical myocarditis in the Thailand study, a discrepancy which needs to be explained.
- “How Deadly Were the Covid Lockdowns?” – For Americans under 45, there were more excess deaths without the virus in 2020-21 than with it, write Rob Arnott and Casey B. Mulligan in the Wall Street Journal.
- “The Ultimate List: mRNA Vaccines and Myocarditis” – A new reference page from Justin Hart, who says the “evidence is now overwhelming” that the vaccines are “a very real risk to kids, young adults and possibly all ages”.
- “When Do We Need a Purity Test for Opposition to Lockdowns?” – Michael Senger considers the different ways leaders have responded to the pandemic and how far that means we should trust them now.
- “Big solar goes Big Bust: Largest solar plant in the world dies before it can be built” – The massive Sun Cable project collapsed into voluntary administration four years after promising to build the world’s largest solar power plant in Australia’s Northern Territory, writes Jo Nova.
- “Coal power facility to stay open for extra two years in blow to Net Zero” – Ratcliffe-on-Soar station is to be kept open for two years longer than planned as the energy crisis deals a blow to the green agenda, reports the Telegraph.
- “Jeremy Clarkson has right to ‘say what he wants’ about Meghan, says Culture Secretary” – Michelle Donelan defends the former Top Gear host’s freedom of speech after the controversial ‘shame parade’ column for the Sun.
- “Young men are in crisis – and nobody seems to care” – Madeline Grant writes in the Telegraph that “the massive audiences gained by toxic gurus such as Andrew Tate point to a deeper problem in society”.
- “‘Woke’ Now Dictating Western Foreign Policy” – Frank Haviland in the European Conservative says it’s hard not to conclude that the Biden administration brought back Brittney Griner but not Paul Whelan from Russia because of Griner’s woke credentials.
- “Protesters storm McGill University talk on sex vs. gender, shutting it down” – Trans rights advocates stormed into a talk on Tuesday afternoon at McGill University led by a speaker associated with a group they say is “notoriously transphobic and trans-exclusionary”, shutting it down, reports CBC News.
- “Elgin Marbles belong in the U.K., says Culture Secretary” – Michelle Donelan casts doubt over a future deal for the artworks, saying that sending them to Greece would open a “can of worms”, reports the Telegraph.
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What a mess ! Bleak Times !
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/vladimir-putin-does-not-want-a-peace-deal-he-wants-to-destroy-ukraine/
Today, everyone wants peace……except Putin. Time for Putin’s ‘admirers’ to admit that it is more than grotesque for an invader responsible for torture, kidnapping, murder, hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, to play the victim.
‘Putin claimed to be defending the rights of Russian-speaking Ukrainians…….the Russian army has since killed tens of thousands of predominantly Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine, while reducing dozens of towns and cities across the region to rubble.
Putin has (withdrawn) the bulk of Russian troops from the Finnish border…..leaving it largely undefended…..safe to conclude that he does not in fact view the NATO alliance as a security threat to Russia itself, and has merely exploited the issue as a smokescreen for his own (demographic) imperial ambitions in Ukraine.’
On the other hand:
‘The Ukrainian government has shown both wisdom and a welcome seriousness of purpose by not outright rejecting the Trump plan……a willingness to engage with it while emphasizing the critical need for security…….a smart strategy
What Putin is demanding is for Ukraine to retreat as a precondition for talks, effectively giving Russia land it has been unable to conquer. Russia has failed to conquer this territory because of Ukraine’s successful resistance. This is not a serious offer but an arrogant demand for Ukraine’s surrender.
Recently, General Kellogg, in an interview, was asked about these Russian demands. His response was very telling. He said the Russians had better think twice. Essentially, he made it clear that if they believe they can intimidate or bully Donald Trump into accepting a maximal Russian position as a starting point, they are mistaken. I appreciated his response. It was tough and assertive, pushing back against Russian arrogance.
The United States has a strong track record of refusing to recognize territorial annexation by aggressors. The Stimson Doctrine from the 1930s rejected Japan’s occupation of Manchuria. The Welles Declaration firmly denied recognition of Soviet occupation of the Baltic states. In 2018, the Pompeo Declaration stated that the United States would not recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea. These are strong precedents. Two of these examples were set by Republicans, and one by a Democrat, demonstrating bipartisan commitment to this principle.
Trump is going to push hard. If Russia remains too arrogant and refuses to work with Trump along the lines of his proposals, Trump may conclude that Russia is indeed the problem.’
Daniel Fried, former U.S. State Department Coordinator for Sanctions Policy
Crystal clear, plain as a pikestaff, Putin has no interest in peace…..
But peace is interested in him…..
The USA is only interested in furthering the USA. It has a strong track record in destabilising regimes it finds antipathetic and then walking away from the mess it creates.
Which country do you suggest the British government should favour?
Why does it have a favour any particular side…
Polarisation isnt obligatory….
We should all keep out of it. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the West.
I would welcome Britain ploughing its own furrow. Your question has a built in assumprion that we should favour one, but I see them as equally bad.
When there’s no longer any money in it…
https://youtu.be/C15qUXDgjyw?si=kzIfUSMkdbNqJXQQ
Did Boris Johnson single handedly sabotage the Ukraine Russia peace deal…
Tucker Calson /Sergey Lavrov
How many more years are you going to talk bollox re Russia /Ukraine Monro….
Give it a rest Monro. Many of us here are tired of your cut ‘n paste diatribes on Ukraine.
Top tip: simply refrain from reading them.
Top tip:
Set up YOUR OWN WEBSITE,
instead of using this one to launch your endless propaganda tirades.
Sorry, none of this is true. There is no way the Russian army has killed ‘tens of thousands of predominantly Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine’: that was, as you well know, the Ukrainians and was the second main reason (after NATO expansion) for Russia’s Special Military Operation.
This video (warning, disturbing images) – https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/sept-22-shelling:0 – is one of hundreds showing how Ukraine shelled cities, such as Donetsk, before the SMO managed to push the Ukrainians far enough back that their artillery was no longer in range.
It is also the case that Ukrainian forces, not Russian, enter civilian buildings, force any remaining residents into basements, and then use the buildings to attack Russians, knowing that Russians will be aware of the civilians being used as ‘human shields’. This happened all over Mariupol.
Disgustingly, Ukrainians now detonate high-rise residences to prevent Russians using them while the former retreat: such actions are shown on YouTube’s Military Summary channel.
There is no way that Russia is not aware that Finland joining NATO is a new threat requiring additional protection along a previously neutral border. The last I heard, Russia was introducing new military bases into the area. To maintain that Russia is pulling soldiers out of the area because Russia does not regard NATO as a threat is utterly ridiculous: who on Earth do you think Russia is really fighting in Ukraine?
And US politicians are good at threatening Russia and completely hopeless when it comes to diplomacy; after all, US Americans consider themselves to be the major world power and their desire is to maintain that position, even though modern events (funnily enough, encouraged by Biden’s failed policies) mean the world now has three super powers, not just one.
Trump may push hard but Russia has already shown it can stand up to all Western forces combined: US, NATO, UK and EU.
The only solution to this conflict is capitulation, and the sooner the better. And anyone who really cares for Ukraine and its people will support an immediate capitulation to end this idiocy for once and for all.
As I say, Putin has no interest in peace, only demographic imperialism.
Syria quite clearly demonstrates the ultimate destination of Putin’s leadership.
Peace, as Putin will shortly discover, is interested in him.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/from-1991-a-prescient-warning-about-the-globalist-agenda/
Those who cannot see in this forecast from 1991 the obvious manifestations in today’s world are quite simply walking about with eyes shut and ears plugged.
“Thousands take to the streets to celebrate the fall of Assad”
I’m sure the same happened in Iraq and Iran!
What will replace him, Sharī’ah law?
Why has everyone got such a downer on Bashar al-Assad? He wasn’t all bad. I mean, look, He signed up to the Paris Accord and everything.
/s
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/why-nhs-staff-are-shunning-the-vaccines/
This article kills the vaccine case stone dead. Even the NHS has seen the light.
“Syrian refugees in Britain are vowing to return to their homeland after rebels seized control of Damascus, writes Charlotte Leeming for Sky News.”
It should not be a matter of choice. Any asylym or right to stay arrangements should be terminated now with departure required within three months.
This is quite funny:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1865756637291503645
“Dublin. An Irish man asks Syrians celebrating the fall of Assad if they will go home now that they are ‘free'”.
Guess what?
Well I wasn’t expecting that tof but, I suppose….”Economics.”
“Britain’s Syrian refugees vow to return home after fall of regime”
You know, of course, that this is never going to happen. Only a few might return, while the rest continue lolling about on welfare handouts in the West, and will soon be joined by millions more chancers from that entire region.
https://www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/turkiye/cilvegozu-sinir-kapisinda-geri-donus-yogunlugu-14-yil-bu-ani-bekledik,YHFmO15S7EOMr3fYCpdNGQ/BlyrMwacqUGOoWD-T8fyjw
‘Hamid Mahmud, who returned to his country, said, “I came to Turkey from Syria in 2014. We came to Turkey when the war started. Our life was over. God willing, our homeland will be fine. Syria is getting back on its feet, but we will not start from scratch. We have doctors and engineers. That’s why we will be better. I am very happy to be back in my country. I don’t know the words to describe when the murderer Bashar Assad left. All Syrians waited for this moment for 14 years. I haven’t slept for a few hours. Because I am very excited. We as Syria are very happy.”
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