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by Ian Macleod
11 April 2023 12:03 AM

  • “BBC Host’s Husband Taking Legal Action After Death From Covid Jab” – BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died aged 44 from rare complications following her first Covid jab, reports the Express.
  • “Americans Vote With Their Feet, Flee Big Cities” – New data from the Census Bureau shows that America’s big left-run cities have continued losing population long after the Covid pandemic ended, according to the Washington Examiner.
  • “Research With Exotic Viruses Risks a Deadly Outbreak” – A growing number of scientists are reconsidering the dangers of prospecting for unknown viruses, reports the Washington Post.
  • “Pandemic Policies Were Well Intentioned and Viruses Are Scary” – Eugyppius takes a sarcastic tone to rebuke journalists who supported damaging Covid responses.
  • “Net Zero Subsidies Are a Disaster For Britain” – The late Lord Lawson warned against the green energy gravy train, says Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
  • “NIH Cuts Off Funding For Russian Lab Work, Animal Experiments After Biden Order” – The National Institutes of Health says it has cut off all funding for work in Russian labs, including one that debilitated cats, reports the Washington Times.
  • “Eco Plan in Cadbury Village So Absurd Locals Thought it Was April Fool” – The plan has angered residents of Bournville, Birmingham, after it was revealed 70 historic trees would be cut down to accommodate eco homes, a car park and community centre, reports MailOnline.
  • “El Niño Ramps Up With Blistering Temperatures Tipped to Hit From May” – Early signs are showing the continent heating up, which is exactly how events played out this time last year ahead of a scorching British summer, a meteorologist has said, according to the Express.
  • “Big Obstacles in Store for Buildout of Nationwide Charging Network” – The Biden administration is setting out to build hundreds of thousands of electric vehicle chargers over the next seven years, but the ambitious project faces some significant logistical hurdles, says the Washington Examiner.
  • “The Myth of Transgender Oppression” – The sad murders of three young children and three staff members at a private Christian school in Nashville have been followed by bitter protests at state capitols, White House commentary, and a swarm of media kowtowing, says Dennis Kneale in the Washington Examiner.
  • “Race-Preferential Admissions Offer Only a Mirage of Opportunity” – Individuals should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of their membership in racial groups, argues Alison Somin in the Hill.
  • “Elon Musk Emails BBC Amid ‘Government Funded’ Twitter Label Row” – Twitter owner suggests BBC and other media will have to say how they are funded on their profiles, according to the Telegraph.
  • “I’m Sorry, Did You Say ‘Peaceful’?” – Riley Gaines slams San Francisco State University for praising “peaceful” protest where swimmer claims she was assaulted by trans rights activists, according to the New York Post.
  • “We Need to Kick Wokeness Off the Therapist’s Couch” – Cynical Therapies shows how social justice activism is doing serious damage to troubled people, argues Joanna Williams in Spiked.
  • “Ostracising Anybody Will Hurt Military Readiness ” – Department of Defence’s highest ranking trans official slams Republicans who oppose diversity and inclusion in the armed forces, according to Politico.
  • “We Live in a One-Way Shame Culture ” – The old sociological distinction between guilt cultures and shame cultures seems a useful frame through which to consider the matter, argues Sam Leith in the Spectator.
  • “U.S. Refugee Organisations Met with Racism, Sexism and Verbal Abuse from Some Afghan Evacuees – Report” – U.S. resettlement agencies involved in aiding approximately 72,000 Afghan evacuees brought to the U.S. experienced mistreatment, according to the New York Post.
  • “Viktor Orbán Doubles Down Against the EU on Gender Ideology” – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ideological isolation from the rest of the West is deepening, says William Nattrass, writing for UnHerd.
  • “Suella Braverman Scolds Police After Officers Seize Golliwog Dolls” – A complaint was made about the White Hart Inn in Essex, and 15 golliwog dolls were seized because their presence was a suspected ‘hate crime’, reports MailOnline.
  • “‘It Used To Be That We Had an Energy Department. Then We Had Energy and Climate Change. Now It’s Net Zero’ — Prof. James Woudhuysen” — Questions raised over the cost of green industries and the impact of environmental policy on the poor on Andrew Doyle’s show on GB News.

On last night’s show, I spoke to @jameswoudhuysen about Labour’s green policies… pic.twitter.com/FXmcBnbblh

— Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) April 10, 2023

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
  • “BBC Host’s Husband Taking Legal Action After Death From Covid Jab” – BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died aged 44 from rare complications following her first Covid jab, reports the Express.

Not mentioned on “Ceefax” though, even on the Tyne and Wear section. However the BBC do cover the doctors’ strike (no hint it could be connected to lockdowns of course) and “Covid jabs for under fives”. I repeat, do not pay the licence fee.

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MichaelM
MichaelM
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

Are you saying “stop watching live golf and football on Sky and do not pay the licence fee” or just “do not pay the licence fee”?

I totally resent paying the licence fee, but feel uncomfortable about breaking the law (even when the law is an ass).

Interested in other thoughts.

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Paul B
Paul B
2 years ago
Reply to  MichaelM

I don’t pay it, but I don’t legally have to, i stopped watching terrestrial TV 15 years ago (and all of the other things that require a license). If they add it to council tax or otherwise it’ll be interesting trying to find a way to vote with my feet because I wouldn’t pay the BBC on principle.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  Paul B

If only we had that choice here in ireland! If you have a tv, you must pay a licence fee, even if the tv is in the shed somewhere broken!, if it’s repairable, you still have to pay for rte! Seriously.

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Chris P
Chris P
2 years ago
Reply to  Dinger64

I got the impression from over here that the COVID propaganda was even stronger on RTE than the BBC.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  Chris P

Correct, they are still pushing the booster campaign over here! it’s nonsensical

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
2 years ago
Reply to  MichaelM

cricfree DOT sc for all your Sky & BT Sport needs. Or small sub to Jokerhdpass, so I am told….

 PIA “London streaming” option allows VPN access to iPlayer, so I am told….

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MichaelM
MichaelM
2 years ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

Thanks, Jeremy

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Chris P
Chris P
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

They do have something on their website: –

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-65187992

Apparently side affects are ‘very rare’.

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Occams Pangolin Pie
Occams Pangolin Pie
2 years ago
Reply to  Chris P

I just call them effects – there’s nothing ‘side’ about them, most especially in this case.

The effects they ‘wanted’ didn’t materialise.
The effects they ‘didn’t want’ materialised in spades.

The product is a poison therefore.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
  • “Suella Braverman Scolds Police After Officers Seize Golliwog Dolls” – A complaint was made about the White Hart Inn in Essex, and 15 golliwog dolls were seized because their presence was a suspected ‘hate crime’, reports MailOnline.

Something else you might like to do is acquire one of these lovely dolls, immortalised by the wonderful Enid Blyton. Don’t worry, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a sissy…

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DS99
DS99
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

I’m not sure about this one – I think I’d probably avoid a pub that had these on display.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
2 years ago
Reply to  DS99

Your choice…

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
2 years ago
Reply to  DS99

I’d be more likely to order in such a pub, one that cocked a snook to all the rollocks we are now battered with.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  DS99

I dont give downticks I’d sooner give an opinion. It wouldn’t really bother me if I walked into a pub that had these things! They are just that,..things, it’s the people that matter irrelevant of race colour or creed.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

Just conjures up childhood memories of marmalade labels to me.😁

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Gefion
Gefion
2 years ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Also metal badges/brooches you could collect…

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Paul B
Paul B
2 years ago
Reply to  Gefion

Pretty sure I had one as a teddy.

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Gefion
Gefion
2 years ago
Reply to  Paul B

I’m sure I wanted one. I know my friend had a cuddly one.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Exactly, Punch is a caricature of a wife beating white man, I’m not offended by it! Far from it,it’s a reminder of happy days(not that I’ve ever beaten any of my wives!)
Like the black and white minstrels, I never even thought anything about racism it was just good entertainment

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Occams Pangolin Pie
Occams Pangolin Pie
2 years ago
Reply to  Dinger64

If the B&W Minstrels are good enough for jab-pusher Lennie (Lenny?) Henry it’s surely good enough for the rest of us.

(Be great to catch up with the celebrity endorsers – see if they’ve changed their minds or spent the money or had a son die of a rare cancer. Now that’s a documentary I might pay the licence fee for).

I can see that gollies might not be to everyone’s taste, but I’m afraid that’s what it comes down to in the end. Flying a confederate flag, or a rainbow flag, or supporting the Azov brigades. It’s all a tad political. Gollies are way down the list.

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

Titter…

BBC wanted to interview this fine feller (from Oxford – one of the estates, natch), but told him he had to take the Golly doll off.

He, bless him, told them where to shove it.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

Good on him, what a great guy! I bet he’s a good laugh and a great personality..sadly lacking these days

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David101
David101
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

For a long time now, black babies’ dolls are being made just as much as white ones, to accommodate diversity – fair enough. So why would anyone want to call the ownership or display of black dolls a “hate crime”? Surely the only discriminatory hate crime happening here is the confiscation of black dolls, where white dolls would surely be spared!
Line up some white dolls on a shelf and it’s lack of diversity, line up some black dolls and it’s a “hate crime”!

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
2 years ago

“A growing number of scientists are reconsidering the dangers of prospecting for unknown viruses,”

You don’t say..?

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  NeilParkin

Do scientists have a ‘sense’ gene missing, perhaps? I mean what could possibly go wrong if you’re constantly looking for something to wipe us all off the face of the map?!

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago

“Big Obstacles in Store for Buildout of Nationwide Charging Network”

Rich, thick people buy electric cars! The vast majority are neither!
Another grand waste of money 💰

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  Dinger64

Easy to get run over by an electric car as you can never hear them coming! I always see people’s virtue being signalled when I see one and yes they are usually quite well-off people who haven’t really thought it all through…

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Sepulchrave
Sepulchrave
2 years ago
Reply to  AethelredTheReadier

In the UK, since July 2019, all new EVs have been fitted with acoustic sound systems so that they can be heard by pedestrians.

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  Sepulchrave

Well, not the ones I’ve recently seen. I guess I am looking at ‘old tech’ then!

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  AethelredTheReadier

No, sepulchrave is correct, they are all fitted with a replicated engine noise, but, not many use it as its another drain on the battery, like wipers, heater, lights, AC, and other meaningless creature comforts we all take for granted 😉..if you have a normal car that is!

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago

This modern age, 21st century technological advances!
I bet, when the old one stops spinning, the new ones do too!
On the windless days its back behind the shed with his demijohn of cider for windy Miller!

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Chris P
Chris P
2 years ago
Reply to  Dinger64

No, no, these days Windy Miller will be out catching bugs on still days in order to grind them into the flour.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
2 years ago
Reply to  Chris P

🤣🤣🤣🤣priceless Chris!

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Occams Pangolin Pie
Occams Pangolin Pie
2 years ago

CBI not WEFfie enough. Not big corporation Mussolini enough.

OK.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

https://www.technocracy.news/the-waiting-for-pandemic-transhuman-cult-of-biodefense/

“All natural biological pathogens are already perfectly optimized and balanced and cannot be “modified,” despite the sci-fi narratives of hackable “software of life” and gene splicing. No complex life form can be “genetically modified” and continue as a viable life form, because that modification will interfere with its living balance, and deviate it from the perfect current state of equilibrium. In multicellular organisms, you have to modify all cells (not possible with single injection), and keep modifying all of them in perpetuity.”

Sacha Latypova utterly destroying the transhumanist argument.

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