- “WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end Covid emergency” – A panel of global health experts met on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the World Health Organisation’s rules, reports Reuters.
- “Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro’s home over ‘fake vaccine records’” – Police have raided the home of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and confiscated his mobile phone as part of an investigation into whether he and members of his family may have used fake COVID-19 vaccination documents, the Times reports.
- “The ‘nudgers’ deny responsibility for Covid fearmongering” – Those responsible for the disastrous policies seem to be struggling to accurately recall their contribution to the madness, says the HART group.
- “WHO scientist who doubted Covid lab leak theory sacked for sexual harassment” – Peter Ben Embarek, who contests the accusation of misconduct, led WHO’s mission to China to investigate Covid’s origins but now faces dismissal, the Telegraph reports.
- “Mexico develops own COVID-19 vaccine, two years late” – Mexican officials are crowing about the country finally developing its own COVID-19 vaccine, reports AP News.
- “Pfizer’s grants to vaccine mandate lobbyists” – It recently came to light that Pfizer uses a considerable chunk of its profits to tilt the playing field in its favour, writes Dr. Roger Watson for TCW.
- “Never tolerate Just Stop Oil – they have become enemies of working people” – The police have been ostentatiously considerate – almost obsequious – in their treatment of the middle-class protesters, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
- “European Green War on Agriculture: Farmers Banned for Life if they Want Compensation” – A new chapter in the horror being inflicted on Dutch farmers in the name of, er, nitrogen reduction, reports WUWT.
- “Sausage maker scraps vegan bangers because customers don’t want them” – Falling sales of meat-free products is forcing retailers to cut back ranges, according to the Telegraph. Seems the vegan fad is passing.
- “University cuts the word ‘woman’ from its maternity leave policy” – Guidance from the University of the Arts London tells staff maternity applies to “all genders” and has also scrapped the word “woman” from its menopause policy, the Mail reports.
- “Woke technocrats are erasing cash to seize control over our financial lives” – Losing cash is terrible for the elderly and risks giving authorities the power to monitor every single transaction, warns Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
- “‘I have uncancelled myself’: David Starkey interviewed” – David Starkey’s commentary on the Queen’s funeral on GB News was generally agreed to be the best of all the TV coverage, and now he is covering the coronation, and has made a three-part documentary about it for GB News called The Crown, according to the Spectator.
- “David Starkey condemned for ‘vile and racist’ remarks about Rishi Sunak” – The historian is back in hot water again, according to the Telegraph, as he is criticised by Tory MPs for saying the PM is “not fully grounded in our culture” during a GB News Coronation discussion, a remark he clarified related to Sunak’s Hindu religion.
- “I’m a sucker for Tucker Carlson” – Lionel Shriver in the Spectator on the importance of seeking out alternative perspectives and hearing views you sometimes disagree with.
- “The cost of mass migration” – Mass migration damages a country for two reasons: it allows the immobilisation of a percentage of the local population, who will find certain jobs beneath them, and it allows the country to change beyond all recognition, writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “Rishi Sunak’s secret? He’s making us ever more reliant on mass immigration” – Brexit was meant to take back control, but with millions coming in, few will believe it’s being delivered, says Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
- “Biological men shouldn’t be competing against women” – When will sporting governing bodies see the reality that we all know to be true – that male bodies have an advantage over female bodies, asks Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
- “Why do scientists keep pandering to gender ideology?” – Scientific American has debased itself by publishing trans pseudoscience, writes Stephen Knight in Spiked.
- “‘They’ve broken the brand’! Clay Travis says Bud Light faces an ‘unmitigated disaster’ that is only getting worse as most recent sales figures revealed 26% slump after Dylan Mulvaney tie up” – Fox sports presenter and OutKick founder Clay Travis criticised Bud Light saying the company has “broken” its brand with its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, the Mail reports.
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