- “Chris Whitty defends ‘morbid’ SAGE worst-case models” – The Chief Medical Officer told the Covid Inquiry that doomsday forecasts are vital for planning purposes, says the Mail.
- “Heart deaths surge by more than 500 a week since pandemic” – Experts say Britain is “in the grip of a heart and stroke care emergency” due to disruptions in the NHS caused by the pandemic, reports the Telegraph. But can the NHS crisis be responsible for a global phenomenon?
- “Open consultations on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices” – Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson say it’s your chance to have a say on visiting loved ones in care.
- “Time for MPs to challenge the World Health Organisation’s power and money grab” – The WHO’s proposed Pandemic Treaty could give it unprecedented powers over pandemics, lockdowns and vaccines, jeopardising sovereignty and cost, says the APPG Pandemic Response and Recovery.
- “The New York Times spits the bit on the lab-leak theory. Yes, again.” – Alex Berenson says that the Times’s intelligence community reporter, Julian Barnes, seems to have forgotten that his job is to cover agencies, rather than regurgitate the pablum they feed readers.
- “FDA responds to negative efficacy of variant boosters with another variant booster” – “The human experimentation of Operation Warp Speed was not an anomaly; it is the new normal, and the FDA is just getting started,” says Daniel Horowitz in Conservative Review.
- “U.S. intelligence agencies may never find Covid’s origins, officials say” – U.S. intelligence agencies are expected to release declassified material on what they have learned about Covid’s origins. And there is no smoking gun, reports the New York Times.
- “Leading Conservative MPs launch pre-election push for bolder green agenda” – Champions of environmental protection, Alok Sharma, Simon Clarke and Chris Grayling are among 23 leading Tory figures to join a new Conservative Environment Network advisory council, says Business Green.
- “Just Stop Oil protesters soaked with water thrown over balcony” – Onlookers cheered as Just Stop Oil protesters were soaked with water thrown by an angry onlooker from his balcony, says the Telegraph.
- “How should schools handle ‘furries’?” – The Department for Education aims to require parental consent for gender changes in schools, while Toby, in the Spectator, suggests addressing children identifying as animals too.
- “Orthodox Christian teachers are on the chopping block” – Toby, in an interview for Christian Today, warns that the challenges Christian teachers are already facing could loom considerably larger under Labour.
- “I know of a child who identifies as a hologram, says Britain’s strictest head” – Katharine Birbalsingh tells the Telegraph that children allowed to self-identify as animals and moons should be moved to a different school by their parents.
- “End all formal science journals and papers” – “The hell with academia,” says William M. Briggs. Ditch formal science papers and let scientists communicate freely.
- “The Windrush myth” – The Windrush has since become a symbol of multicultural Britain, but the historical facts paint a more complex picture, argues Ed West in the Spectator.
- “Relax immigration rules to combat mortgage crisis, says Hammond” – Lord Hammond, in the Daily Business, says that relaxing immigration rules can help combat the mortgage crisis and urges the Government to strike a balance for economic stability.
- “Twitter boss Musk folds on free speech in India, claiming he has ‘no choice’” – The world’s richest man says his social media company must “follow the laws in any given country” after a meeting with the Indian Prime Minister, reports Brussels Signal.
- “Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight” – Tech titans Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are engaged in a Twitter feud, with Musk challenging Zuckerberg to a cage fight, reports the BBC.
- “Andrew Tate offers to train Musk to fight Zuckerberg in cage fight” – In the latest twist of the Twitter drama, according to the Mail, kickboxing influencer Andrew Tate has offered to train Elon Musk for a ‘cage match’ against Mark Zuckerberg.
- “The Democrats want more censorship by online platforms of disfavoured views” – Winston Marshall speaks to Michael Shellenberger about exposing the censorship industrial complex on Spectator TV.
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