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by Nick Dixon
29 January 2023 12:37 AM

  • “Army spied on lockdown critics: sceptics suspected they were being watched” – The Mail reports that our very own Toby Young has been spied on by the MoD’s 77th Brigade. I just hope they haven’t gone through all our WhatsApp exchanges. Delingpole will have a field day with this.
  • “Pfizer Responses to Veritas Expose” – Dr. Robert Malone looks at Pfizer’s PR defensive, and calls it “a Primer on Modern Crisis Management when you control Google, Corporate Media, and have virtually unlimited Social Media assets”.
  • “UN experts say lab leak was ‘most likely’ cause of Covid” – The authors of two United Nations reports into the origins of the pandemic say they believe a laboratory leak was the most likely cause of COVID-19, the Mail reports. Someone owes that poor old bat an apology.
  • “Councils still blame Covid for service delays…18 months after curbs were lifted” – Councils are continuing to blame the pandemic for service delays despite lockdown restrictions ending more than 18 months ago, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Climate activists guilty of smashing Barclays HQ windows spared jail” – Seven climate change activists who were found guilty of causing more than £100,000 of damage by smashing windows at the headquarters of Barclays Bank have been spared jail by a judge, the Guardian reports.
  • “Lomborg Responds to Polar Bear Abundance Challenge” – Bjorn Lomborg says it does more good for polar bears, and the rest of us, if those trying to help them use accurate facts, according to WUWT.
  • “How Scotland became the wokest country in the world” – Nicola Sturgeon’s passion for fashionable causes is changing the Scottish social landscape – much to the frustration of many locals, writes Jenny Hjul in the Telegraph.
  • “Vandal slams Barclays as ‘climat criminal’ in illiterate eco protest” – An eco-warrior sprayed graffiti on a Barclays store front, but failed to spell the word ‘climate’ correctly, the Mail reports. Perhaps these people are not the Mensa candidates we all suspected.
  • “Pride flag on altar of ‘church of woke’ triggers almighty court battle” – A rainbow Pride flag on the altar has triggered the first court battle of its kind within the so-called ‘church of woke’, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Plumbers’ ‘thick white male’ image could derail U.K. Net Zero ambitions” – In the latest culture war insanity, plumbers are apparently too white, which could stop the recruitment of people needed to install heat pumps, or something, according to the Telegraph.
  • “The trans rapist scandal has destroyed Nicola Sturgeon” – With her party divided and women outraged, the gender-obsessed First Minister has nowhere to run, writes Alan Cochrane in the Telegraph.
  • “Vegan and LGBT police groups among 200 ‘distracting officers from fighting crime’, says Priti Patel” – The former Home Secretary says it is “deeply concerning” that staff networks have “strayed beyond the acceptable bounds of political impartiality”, the Telegraph reports.
  • “King Charles WANTS Harry and Meghan to attend his Coronation” – The King has asked the Archbishop of Canterbury to broker a deal to allow Harry to attend his Coronation – but has met resistance from William, the Mail reports.
  • “Where does wokery end? With the Guardian accused of ‘colourism’” – The progressive’s paper finds itself accused of the very crimes its columnists are quick to accuse others of, writes Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
  • “Western democracy is now in the throes of abject self-loathing” – It is exactly what makes Britain and the United States such desirable destinations that our liberal elites are now threatening to destroy, writes Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
  • “Nigel Biggar hits out at Bloomsbury over ‘cancelled’ book on Empire” – One of Britain’s biggest publishers has been accused of cancelling a book on colonialism by an eminent Oxford academic that concluded the British Empire was not all bad, according to the Times.
  • “U.S. tanks In Ukraine already destroyed after being easily recognised by their rainbow camouflage” – The Babylon Bee highlights the military vulnerabilities of woke tanks.
  • “Nick Dixon and Andrew Doyle discuss Nicola Sturgeon’s latest insanity” – Nicola Sturgeon has accused those who criticise her dangerous and deluded trans policies of being “misogynist, homophobic, possibly racist”. Our discussion of this on GB News was retweeted by the great Jordan Peterson, so may be worth a watch.

‘Don’t put biological men in women’s prisons, end of story, done really?’@NickDixonComic reacts to Nicola Sturgeon claiming gender law opponents are using women’s rights as a ‘cloak’ to be transphobic.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
  • “Army spied on lockdown critics: sceptics suspected they were being watched” – The Mail reports that our very own Toby Young has been spied on by the MoD’s 77th Brigade. I just hope they haven’t gone through all our WhatsApp exchanges. Delingpole will have a field day with this.

The Mail reports? Better than reporting That Former Health Secretary’s odious bile, I suppose. I wonder if the 77th really put some of those trolling posts on here…

And to all our fans, we will see people in jail over this shambles ( i.e. the greatest human rights abuses of modern times), or die trying. Freedom!

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

I might add this from Dr. Robert Malone’s substack:

“Nuremberg trials and sentences for these modern day Mengeles and Goebbels Frankenstein medical tyrants experiment on other people’s bodies using coercion propaganda and force Justice is long overdue History is repeating itself.

We shall not be moved!

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago

“Almost immediately after the first Veritas video dropped, we all got a masters class in the amazing power and capabilities to control narrative and information which Pfizer has assembled. Important to remember that it was already well known that there is a very tight relationship between Pfizer and Thompson-Reuters. In fact, revealing that clear conflict of interest was the thing that got me kicked off of Linked-In the first time. The UK-based Daily Mail, one of the largest daily publications in the world, puts out a story summarizing the Veritas video, and it is almost immediately deleted.” (From Robert Malone’s substack, my emphasis).

One of the other things that the Daily Mail does. I recall that in 2020 (Spring or possibly Summer) the Daily Mail had a piece about how vitamin D can help protect against viral infection. I presume there has been no repeat since the “vaccines” came out. And then there’s the Times muppets. Be clear, the media manipulation is very real.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
  • “Pride flag on altar of ‘church of woke’ triggers almighty court battle” – A rainbow Pride flag on the altar has triggered the first court battle of its kind within the so-called ‘church of woke’, the Telegraph reports.

I should add that pride is for Christians one of the seven deadly sins. (Lust is another). Just saying…

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

Its the bizarre way that all these symbols of ‘Inclusion’ don’t include the largest group of our citizens, white heterosexuals…

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
  • “Plumbers’ ‘thick white male’ image could derail U.K. Net Zero ambitions” – In the latest culture war insanity, plumbers are apparently too white, which could stop the recruitment of people needed to install heat pumps, or something, according to the Telegraph.

Yes. I recall a Fulham Football Club supporter in the “United States” got into trouble for his bumper sticker, “come on you whites” in support of that club. Seemingly common sense has nothing to do with it.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

Net Zero is full of hand-waving and sweeping statements, none of it attached to reality. As with the push for electric vehicles, which is probably 20 years too early, everything is badly thought out and unachievable. For Nett Zero now to clash with woke is delicious, as when any ideology runs into the brick wall of reality.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
  • “Nick Dixon and Andrew Doyle discuss Nicola Sturgeon’s latest insanity” – Nicola Sturgeon has accused those who criticise her dangerous and deluded trans policies of being “misogynist, homophobic, possibly racist”. Our discussion of this on GB News was retweeted by the great Jordan Peterson, so may be worth a watch.

Reminds me of Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment, and look what happened to her. The decent Scottish nationalists must be really embarrassed by the First Fish.

Edit: just watched the video and that references Clinton too.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
2 years ago
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She is corrupt, and she is mad, and she shouldn’t be anywhere near the levers of power. Who’d going to unseat her..?

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
2 years ago

Net Zero is such an obviously stupid idea it’s hardly surprising that most politicians agree with it.

Stand in the Park Make friends & keep sane 

Sundays 10.30am to 11.30am
Elms Field 
near Everyman Cinema & play area
Wokingham RG40 2FE

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richardw53
richardw53
2 years ago
Reply to  Lockdown Sceptic

Rogan and Peterson – Davos, energy policy and the elimination of the poor: https://youtu.be/kqkUUZc_N3M

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago

“Lab leak WAS the ‘most likely’ cause of Covid-19″So, it wasn’t an undercooked bat sandwich then?

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Matt Dalby
Matt Dalby
2 years ago

This is a very off topic/random comment.
I guess a lot of regular readers of this site know that Facebook are a load of complete b******s. A few days ago I joined a Facebook group and a few hours ago I was handed a temporary ban for “going too fast” whatever the hell that means. I’m absolutely furious and want to contact them to have a damn good rant and tell them they are a bunch of cunning stunts. Their website has no contact contact details, so I was wondering if anyone had found out how to contact them. Hopefully the language in this post isn’t too offensive. It isn’t nearly as offensive as the language I would use if I could contact Facebook.
I’ve had a few beers which have probably made me even more furious than I would’ve been. Typing this comment has helped to calm me down a bit so I hope the moderators will take this into account and not remove this comment

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago
Reply to  Matt Dalby

I’ve never been on Facebook Matt, it’s a step too far for me! LOL….
I’ve always thought these would be people I don’t even want to talk in in ‘real life’…so….!
But the same thing happened to a friend..the ban only lasted a few hours in her case…
the official explanation is that “any activities done repeatedly in quick succession get flagged. Facebook AI thinks you are a spammer or a robot. Because a robot is trying to determine if you are human or not”……
Have another beer mate….!! LOL!

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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
2 years ago

Every time I see that ‘most likely cause’ headline I can’t get the phrase no sh*t Sherlock out of my head!

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
2 years ago

Never forget that it was the Cameron – Clegg government that expanded and formalised propaganda for the government in office when they established the “Nudge Unit” in the Cabinet Office. Such a body, financed by tax payers, and used by transient politicians to promote their views and undermine opponents has no place in a democracy at peace.

I had not heard of the 77 Brigade but of course something like it is needed for monitoring opponents or enemies of the state. Goodness, there are enough of them and millions live among us.

Was it used against Brexiteers? Against UKIP for decadesd and is it now used against Net Zero opponents and sceptics. You bet it is. The politicians are so arrogant they could not resist using it tio suppress scepticism or hostility to their latest fashion statement.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  EppingBlogger

Cunch of Bunts !!!…

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Freddy Boy

😀 😀 😀

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
2 years ago

We have known for a couple of decades, but it was not known outside the inner circle atthe time, but Labour, Conservative and Liberal politicians, senior civil servants and cooperative senior media personel gathered together to promote EEC membership. They were tasked with favourable stories on the EEC and politicins who were believers and negative, insulting stories about anyone who opposed membership.

No penalties have been suffered and I expect lots of favours were shared around (well paid non-jobs, security, gongs, free fun – all the usual political class benefits).

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago

Breaking News!!

Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs row….Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was “clear that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code”, but Mr Zahawi made no apology for his actions and attacked the conduct of the media.

Well, Well, Well….am I the only person who thinks he should also be investigated in relation to his time as Vaccine Minister?? Where there’s smoke??

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

He’s a SH1T house of the highest order !!!..

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

Import the Third World and you get Third World politics. I’m not saying Zahawi is on his own but he got caught. Of course the corrupt turd will turn up somewhere else, probably H of L after the requisite time in the sin bin.

It would also now be appropriate to stop chucking taxpayers cash at him via his doubtless lucrative yougov contracts.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Wancocks back so sweaty will return I’m sure 😵‍💫

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago

Esther Rancid has lung cancer !! Good job she had all the jabs that she was in favour of us all having !!..

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Freddy Boy

“Good job she had all the jabs that she was in favour of us having”

She hasn’t got long left then.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Probably not , the tumour has been found to be in the shape of a Potato !

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago

Take that you Australian morons!!….it took a year… but it makes it so extra extra sweet…..👏👏👏 …..Fabulous!!

A year after Australia deported him over his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19, Novak Djokovic reclaimed the Grand Slam title he has won more than any other, capturing a record 10th championship at the Australian Open by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) on Sunday.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

GET IN !!.. 👍👏 What a legend 😇

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Freddy Boy

Seconded.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  ebygum

Cheers ebg. Great news. 👍

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Freecumbria
Freecumbria
2 years ago

I was looking at the latest UKHSA vaccine surveillance report week 2

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1132668/Vaccine-surveillance-report-week-2-2023.pdf

On page 50 is a breakdown of hospitalisations by vaccination status. I thought I would add in on the right a column of percentage unvaccinated (see attached). I don’t have the unvaxed under 40 figure to do a comparison in that age group as UKHSA data only covers over 5s.

As you can see the percentage of ‘covid-19’ hospitalisations that are unvaccinated is almost identical to the percentage of that age group who are unvaccinated in every age group.

So for example 3.5% of the ‘covid’ hospitalisations in the over 75s are unvaccinated and 3.6% of the over 75s are unvaccinated according to the UKHSA’s own data. The 3.5% goes up to 3.7% if you exclude the unlinked but it’s still essentially the same as the unvaxed proportion.

So even in relation to the thing that the experimental vaccinations are supposed to protect against, hospitalisation from ‘covid’, there is no benefit at all with experimental vaccination. Of course experimental vaccination comes with all the significant harms.

Of course this isn’t mentioned in the UKHSA report at all. They simply claim ‘vaccination is highly protective against hospitalisation as VE studies show’

Can anyone confirm my figures are correct?

Unvaxed-hospitalisations.jpg
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