- “Britain wasn’t ‘prepared’ for Covid as it was too focused on obesity” – Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser says that a rise in rates of conditions linked to being too fat was considered a more concerning health issue than future infectious disease crises, reports the Mail.
- “Insight? No, the Sunday Times falls for U.S. Covid propaganda” – A Sunday Times article on the Wuhan lab is American propaganda that serves to confuse rather than clarify, says Paula Jardine in TCW.
- “Sharing and collecting Covid stories: For those who were burned” – In times of trauma, it helps to share the pain, says Thi Thuy Van Dinh in the Brownstone Institute.
- “It’s becoming ever clearer that climate change is a class issue” – We’re living “in a new medieval age of magical thinking” where facts are ignored, gender is subjective, and climate change is a class issue, says Julie Burchill in the Spectator.
- “The SNP and a problem with wind” – Civil servants face scrutiny as leaked documents reveal false claims on Scotland’s offshore wind potential, writes Andrew Montford in TCW.
- “MPs call for health warnings to be placed on ultra-processed foods” – According to the Mail, MPs are urging for ultra-processed foods to bear cigarette-style health warnings, as they are “ultra-addictive” and could have serious health implications.
- “School that allowed child to identify as cat faces Government investigation” – According to the Telegraph, the Government has ordered an investigation into Rye College in East Sussex after children who identify as animals sparked outrage.
- “Children identifying as cats, warns Britain’s toughest headteacher” – In the Mail, Katharine Birbalsingh cautioned that adult authority “is long gone” as children who identify as cats wear “tails and ears” in class.
- “Today’s culture of affirmation is failing children” – When a schoolgirl claims to be a cat, the correct response is not to tell her to take pride in her identity, says Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
- “No, this is not a new Section 28” – The Government’s new gender guidance for schools has nothing in common with illiberal, anti-gay laws, says Gareth Roberts in Spiked.
- “Former staff from controversial Tavistock facility set up private gender clinic” – Roughly half of the staff members listed at the new Gender Plus clinic have previously worked at the Tavistock transgender centre, reports the Telegraph.
- “Trans poster-child from 2016 MTV show reemerges, regretting hormones” – Seven years later, Milo has returned to the screen, as a female again, with a YouTube post about bitterly regretting a transition that’s left her scarred, hairy and most likely infertile, reports the Mail.
- “Elon Musk says ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ are now considered ‘slurs’” – Twitter owner Musk has declared that the use of ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ on the platform risks users having their accounts suspended, reports the Mail.
- “The rise of the liberal apostate” – From academia to business, the pushback against progressive theology is gaining momentum, says Joel Kotkin in UnHerd.
- “A genealogy of corporatism” – Is it capitalism? Is it socialism? No, it’s corporatism, says Jeffrey Tucker in TCW.
- “Exposing the censorship industrial complex” – Watch Michael Shellenberger, Twitter Files journalist and founder of Public, discuss the international censorship industrial complex on Spectator TV.
- “Stockton Rush said he didn’t hire ’50-year-old white guys’” – Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, refused to hire “50-year-old white guys” because they are not “inspirational”, reports the Mail.
- “The stupidity of the Oscars’ diversity quotas” – “Is anyone actually watching the Oscars anymore,” asks Julie Burchill in the Spectator.
- “Bud Light sales suffers its worst weekly sales drop, falling 26.8%” – Bud Light sales dropped 26.8% in the week ending June 10th, continuing the decline from the previous week’s 24.4% drop, reports the Mail.
- “TikTok tearaway ‘Mizzy’, 18, seen being arrested AGAIN” – Mizzy, whose real name is Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, posted a video to Twitter today showing himself being arrested again. The Mail asks, “Will he ever learn?”
- “AI will replace commentators for Wimbledon on app and website” – The All England Club has announced that daily Wimbledon highlights clips will use AI-created voices and text captions rather than a human broadcaster, says the Mail.
- “Honestly, Jacob you are done for, you will lose your seat in all of this!” – A fuming Kelvin MacKenzie on GB News lets Jacob Rees-Mogg know that working from home has been a “disaster” for U.K. productivity and a contributing factor to high inflation.
If you have any tips for inclusion in the round-up, email us here.
To join in with the discussion please make a donation to The Daily Sceptic.
Profanity and abuse will be removed and may lead to a permanent ban.