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by Will Jones
1 April 2023 12:26 AM

  • “Hundreds of thousands of people on NHS waiting lists forced to cut working hours” – Hundreds of thousands of people stuck on NHS waiting lists have been forced to cut their working hours in a blow to the Chancellor’s back to work push, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Number of civil servants reporting long Covid impact was double public rate” – The Telegraph reports that 10.8% of civil servants said they had Long Covid in autumn 2022, compared to 3.3% of the general public.
  • “The fiercest vaccine advocates are starting to admit the truth about the mRNAs” – Alex Berenson is amazed to find the New York Times publish an article suggesting it’s time to stop getting boosters, with former vaccine zealots Celine Gounder and Paul Offit giving cautionary comment and warning against further shots.
  • “Vax death count equals Covid death count according to latest Rasmussen Reports poll” – Steve Kirsch reports on a stunning poll which finds 10% of Americans believe a member of their household may have died from Covid vaccine side-effects, almost identical to the 11% who believe a household member died of Covid.
  • “Mark Skidmore’s paper showing the vaccines killed over 200,000 people in 2021 will be retracted by the journal” – No good reason reason was given, says Steve Kirsch.
  • “Most health care facilities have no plans to discontinue universal masking, survey shows” – A U.S. survey assessing universal masking showed nearly all facilities represented planned to continue doing so, with the most common reasons being prevention of respiratory viruses and limiting the impact on staff, reports Healio.
  • “Lockdowns Permanently Harm Mental Health” – Thorsteinn Siglaugsson on a worrying new study which indicates that the deterioration in adolescents’ mental health after lockdowns may be permanent.
  • “Ministers come under pressure to scrap ‘preposterous’ and ‘dangerous’ LTNs as it emerges 240 ambulances were delayed by low traffic schemes” – Ministers were last night under growing pressure from their own MPs and campaigners to scrap “preposterous” and “dangerous” low-traffic neighbourhoods, reports the Mail.
  • “Blame teachers” – Paul Sutton argues that teachers only have themselves to blame for the horror that is Ofsted.
  • “Ruth Perry: The Tragic Victim of Ofsted’s Petty Bureaucrats” – Ruth Perry knew her school and the children in her care, and according to the parents, her school was wonderful – which only makes her suicide all the more tragic, writes Wesley Smith in the New Conservative.
  • “American democracy has crossed a dangerous line – we should all be worried” – Donald Trump’s enemies may be celebrating today, but Ross Clark’s guess in the Telegraph is that neither they, nor anyone else, will enjoy what will follow.
  • “Are orcs ‘racist’? The culture wars controversy tearing Dungeons & Dragons apart” – It’s vocal millennials versus angry long-time fans as fantasy ‘races’ increasingly get the over-sensitive woke treatment, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Chaplain awarded £10k after NHS Trust said diversity ‘takes precedence’ over religious belief” – A Catholic chaplain who lost his job has been awarded £10,000 after the NHS Trust he worked for claimed that equality and diversity “take precedence over religious belief” when it took action against him after he answered a hospital patient’s questions about the Church’s teaching on marriage, the Telegraph reports.
  • “The trouble with Joe Biden’s trans declaration” – Under Joe Biden’s watch, gender identity ideology has driven the United States apart, writes Debbie Hayton in the Spectator. 
  • “RAF says transgender cadets can wear uniform of either sex and advises on chest binders” – Royal Air Force cadets can wear uniforms of either sex under diversity rules that also allow transgender boys (i.e., girls who think they’re boys) to wear chest binders. The rules also prevent commanders in charge of cadet squadrons from informing parents that their children are transitioning and recommend Mermaids for support, according to the Telegraph.
  • “U.K. Athletics will ban transgender women from competing in the female category from Saturday – following World Athletics’ regulations in all competitions” – U.K. Athletics has confirmed it will apply the new World Athletics regulations from Saturday, the Mail reports.
  • “Values, Voice & Virtue is now one of the biggest selling books in the country” – Watch Matt Goodwin talk about his bestselling book on the extreme-progressive takeover of Britain and the alienation of ordinary voters.

Values, Voice & Virtue is now one of the biggest selling books in the country https://t.co/4VOldORk6j pic.twitter.com/2JflLjqGnl

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) March 31, 2023

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    Monro
    Monro
    2 years ago

    I believe the Royal Air Force are often referred to as ‘civvies in uniform’

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    NeilParkin
    NeilParkin
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Monro

    What is the purpose of our military..? If, as I fear, we are invaded by the Forces of the Isle of Man, we will be over-run in days. France 1939 all over again…

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago
    Reply to  NeilParkin

    The modern British army of the 21st century

    “I dont want the machine gun, you have it”
    ” No, I don’t want it, it’s nasty, and stop calling me him, I’m they”

    “Oooo you said you were them!”
    ” Oooo make it work, quick!”

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    ebygum
    ebygum
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Dinger64

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK33sl64YNw

    Armstrong and Miller…RAF Pilots compendium!
    LOL!!

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    Mogwai
    Mogwai
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Monro

    I thought that sounded suspiciously like an April Fool’s joke! However the excellent news beneath it about UK Athletics finally seeing sense negates the RAF off-the-charts lunacy. My chakras are realigned and I can now commence with my day.

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Mogwai

    “Chocks away Ginger” what o!

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Mogwai

    😀 😀 😀

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    AethelredTheReadier
    AethelredTheReadier
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Monro

    My suggestion for a new RAF motto is: ‘Per Diversitas Ad Astra’ – replacing the adversity of Ardua with diversity!

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    Occams Pangolin Pie
    Occams Pangolin Pie
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Monro

    Given the RAFs propensity to use drones to kill people in the most cowardly manner perhaps a reboot (singular) and call them The Bader-Meinhoff gang.

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    NeilParkin
    NeilParkin
    2 years ago

    “Number of civil servants reporting long Covid impact was double public rate”

    …and the self-employed who have a long Covid rate of 0.00%

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  NeilParkin

    Civil servants never, ever miss an opportunity to throw a sickie and “Long Covid” is just the gift that keeps on giving.

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    NeilParkin
    NeilParkin
    2 years ago

    “U.K. Athletics will ban transgender women from competing in the female category from Saturday – following World Athletics’ regulations in all competitions

    I hope historians next century will look back at the five years that this was permitted and scratch their heads.

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    EppingBlogger
    EppingBlogger
    2 years ago
    Reply to  NeilParkin

    Odd that action is immediate by UK authorities when an international body tells them but when the UK public express their view – nothing!

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    NeilParkin
    NeilParkin
    2 years ago

    “Ministers come under pressure to scrap ‘preposterous’ and ‘dangerous’ LTNs as it emerges 240 ambulances were delayed by low traffic schemes”

    As with all left wing ideas, they are created perfect, first time, and no further thought is necessary. If it is discovered that they don’t actually work, then it needs more money, more people, and it needs to be applied more rigorously.

    Stupid b’stards…

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    BurlingtonBertie
    BurlingtonBertie
    2 years ago
    Reply to  NeilParkin

    I received an email about 15 minute cities policy this morning from the Parliamentary Debates lot. As it’s not a national policy, despite their being national funding attached to implementing it, parliament has washed its hands of this issue…
    What a bl**dy cop out!

    The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Require public referendums on 15-minute town and city policies”.
    Government responded:

    The 15-minute cities concept is not national planning policy. Local Planning Authorities can set planning policies locally. These are not subject to referendums.

    The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how they can be applied.

    While the 15-minute cities concept is not a national planning policy, the principles of creating places that are accessible for everyone are clearly stated in the NPPF. It encourages transport issues to be considered at the earliest stages of plan-making, including opportunities to promote walking, cycling and public transport use, and so that patterns of movement, streets and parking contribute to making high quality places. It outlines that significant development should be focused on locations which are or can be made sustainable, through infrastructure delivery, ensuring key services are located close to development and offering a genuine choice of transport modes. It also states that plan-making should support an appropriate mix of uses across an area. The NPPF is also clear that planning policies and decisions should aim to achieve healthy, inclusive and safe places which promote social interaction, for example, through street layouts that allow for easy pedestrian and cycle connections within and between neighbourhoods.

    Local plans are not subject to referendums, but local planning authorities are legally required to consult with communities and businesses in developing their local plan policies. They are adopted following this consultation process and examination for soundness by the Planning Inspectorate.

    Statutory planning policies for each area are set out in the local development plan. Policies prepared by local planning authorities are set out in local plans and these undergo community consultation and independent examination before coming into force. Where local policies are prepared by communities themselves, through neighbourhood planning, local support must be confirmed via a referendum.

    However, we know that current levels of engagement can sometimes fall below our ambitions.

    That is why through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, we will be increasing opportunities for the community to get involved in planning for their area, to ensure that development is brought forward in a way that works best for local people.

    15-minute cities aim to provide people with more choice about how and where they travel, not to restrict movement. It is for a local authority to determine whether or not this is a concept they wish to propose for their local area and/or include in their Local Plan or hold a referendum on such issues. The government believe there are sufficient mechanisms already in place for local authorities to do this and has no plans to make this mandatory.

    In the event that local authorities wanted to make changes to the operation and layout of the existing road network, these too are already the subject of various legal requirements on local authorities to consult with their communities, for example through the Traffic Regulation Order making process.

    Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    Click this link to view the response online:
    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/633819?reveal_response=yes

    Thanks,
    The Petitions team
    UK Government and Parliament

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

    Thanks for that BB.

    The response you have posted reads like an actual Policy Document which has been issued to all local councils but obviously it is NOT “national policy.”

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    BurlingtonBertie
    BurlingtonBertie
    2 years ago
    Reply to  huxleypiggles

    Rather a lot of buck passing going on methinks….

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

    Without a doubt. Why is the national government pushing the ghettos policy but trying to kid everybody that it has nothing to do with them?

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    stewart
    stewart
    2 years ago

    So 20% of households in the US has lost someone to COVID or vaccines.

    The average size of a household in the US is just over 3 people.

    Which means that 5% of Americans have been lost to Covid or a Covid jab.

    It seems to me that a little under 5% of the population has been lost to reality.

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    transmissionofflame
    transmissionofflame
    2 years ago
    Reply to  stewart

    Not only do I not know anyone who died “of” or “with” “covid”, no-one I know was hospitalised with it either. A few people I know were laid low at home – flu territory. That’s it. The rest either didn’t notice they were ill or had some kind of cold thing.

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  transmissionofflame

    Whereas I definitely know people who have been killed by the clot shots.

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    stewart
    stewart
    2 years ago

    Is there anything that can make you doubt the entire medical profession more than the fact that it’s the sole remaining place where the superstition of masks persists?

    How on earth can I put my life in the hands of someone that makes me put on a mask to see him and talk to him so he can be protected from my viruses?

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    Brett_McS
    Brett_McS
    2 years ago

    “Most health care facilities have no plans to discontinue universal masking, survey shows”

    I’m doing rehab after an operation and always walk through the hospital without a mask. If the administrations aren’t going to let go of this nonsense, we need to do it for them.

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    Occams Pangolin Pie
    Occams Pangolin Pie
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Brett_McS

    Yes. But I think my hospital allows you to drift around the corridors with a naked face but only to mask up in ‘clinical areas’.
    It’s Disney science as per usual.

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    EppingBlogger
    EppingBlogger
    2 years ago

    I received my pre-publication order two days ago for “Values, Voice & Virtue. I have so far only read the Introduction and it is already clear it will address many of the sorts of issues which David Goodhart has done. Maybe it is Matt Goodwin’s literary style but at times he appears to be writing as if he is an analyst for the left trying to work out what went wrong; at other times he produced, what I though, were direct hits against the entire political class.

    I plan to complete the book on holiday but that is some way away. Perhaps I will have to get started sooner.

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    AethelredTheReadier
    AethelredTheReadier
    2 years ago
    Reply to  EppingBlogger

    This looks like a good read. It was highlighted in an interview of the author, Feargus O’Connor Greenwood, by Richard Vobes yesterday. It’s called: 180°
    Much of this many of you will already know but this is apparently well researched and I liked the tone of voice that the author had and his sense of wry humour in the interview.

    It’s worth watching the video to get a sense of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpn8DDWjvs

    You can have a look at the contents through Amazon UK but I try not to buy stuff from Amazon and would rather support local bookshops through The Hive Bookshop.

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    AethelredTheReadier
    AethelredTheReadier
    2 years ago

    Every day feels like April fool’s day….and every day I wait for the punchline!

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago

    “Number of civil servants reporting long Covid impact was double public rate”
    (Long covid: translation: vaccine damage)

    Sick pay for life, out of the public purse!

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    ebygum
    ebygum
    2 years ago

    Aww….anyone got a nice parting message for him??

    Sir Patrick Vallance
    @uksciencechief
    Signing off as Government Chief Scientific Adviser today.
    Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the past five years.
    The future of science advice in government is in good hands with Dame Angela McLean and I wish her every success.

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago
    Reply to  ebygum

    🖕

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    ebygum
    ebygum
    2 years ago
    Reply to  ebygum

    I wait to be proved wrong, but sadly I don’t think we will see any change anytime soon…..same old, same old…..

    In 1987 Angela McLean received her PhD from Imperial College London with a thesis in Mathematical models in the epidemiology of measles in developing countries

    McLean’s research interests are in the use of mathematical models to aid our understanding of the evolution and spread of infectious agents. 

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    AethelredTheReadier
    AethelredTheReadier
    2 years ago
    Reply to  ebygum

    Imperial College. Models. Epidemiology. Damehoods and Knighthoods all round…

    Say no more, squire, say no more.

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  ebygum

    Oh F. A Pantsdown on Duracells.

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    ellie-em
    ellie-em
    2 years ago
    Reply to  ebygum

    The message I would like to give him would probably get me banned.

    I will just say that I do not wish him well and I hope the flames of hell beckon to him sooner rather than later, the turncoat.

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago
    Reply to  ebygum

    F O Vallance. Hopefully the next time we see you it will be in court on charges of mass murder.

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago

    “Values, Voice & Virtue is now one of the biggest selling books in the country”

    “alienation of ordinary voters.”

    I was brought up to believe, “if you don’t vote son, you won’t have a say”

    Now it’s “if you want to kick them in the knackers, DON’T VOTE! (Berlins recent net zero vote)

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago

    “Are orcs ‘racist’? The culture wars controversy tearing Dungeons & Dragons apart”

    Derrrr!
    Hows your electric bill just lately? You f-ing freaks!

    It really is April fools day isn’t it?
    Don’t forget, you’ve only got till 12pm! Or your the fool

    Last edited 2 years ago by Dinger64
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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago

    Have we got a problem with Log in? This is the third consecutive day that I have had to Log in and it is a bloody nuisance.

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    huxleypiggles
    huxleypiggles
    2 years ago

    https://www.upday.com/uk/i-am-still-alive-declares-pope-as-he-leaves-hospital?utm_source=upday&utm_medium=referral

    A sad day for the Catholic Church.

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    ebygum
    ebygum
    2 years ago

    I sometimes think that being a ‘sceptic’ requires a fair amount of sadistic commitment…to keep looking at stuff we have known for a long time, but not being able to stop..because we have to keep repeating it and putting it out there….

    This is an interview (update) from Clayton Morris at Redacted with Sonia Elijah.
    The Cover-Up: How Pfizer and Biontech FALSIFIED lab results in order to bring vaccines to market….
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1_zlrORtmk

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    Occams Pangolin Pie
    Occams Pangolin Pie
    2 years ago

    Number of civil servants who said they had long covid over general public rate looks to me to be triple the rate rather than double.
    3.3% to over 10%. Er, hello?

    So, no surprise there then. The professional coffee drinkers of the workforce took the opportunity to do even less. See also teachers, doctors, nurse/choreographers.

    BTW When were the materials for the vast amount of pandemic signage ordered? When were the contracts issued? So many signs on our high street within weeks. Seems an unfeasible fantasy lead time. Any council buffs?

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    Dinger64
    Dinger64
    2 years ago

    “Carmakers to ration petrol and diesel car sales until 2030 ban”
    So instead of making evs cheaper they plan to force the increase in prices of every thing else! These dirty ba%#£ds in government are beyond language, they should be hung for treason! I hate politicians, all of them!
    Suppose it’s all for our own good?!

    Well, if you didn’t believe our own governments were trying to stop us having personal transportation of any kind, read this and weep!
    Our western governments are at war with their own voters,their own people!
    I’am f-ing sick of the lot of them!
    Voting is pointless, there is no democracy, you’ll get the same shyte who ever you vote for so DONT VOTE! voter apathy is the only voice you have left now!

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