- “Hunts banned from taking card payments in latest example of de-banking” – Hunts have been banned from taking card payments by a major financial services firm in the latest example of de-banking, reports the Telegraph.
- “Why I’m taking on the banks” – Nigel Farage returns to the Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss his battle with Coutts and the terrifying scale of ‘de-banking’.
- “Smug banking elitists lack the common touch” – Nigel Farage is right: it’s time for the rest of the politicians to wake up and stop woke views from being imposed on people, writes Virginia Blackburn in the Express.
- “The naked persecution of Donald Trump” – American democracy is no stranger to thuggery, writes American playwright David Mamet in UnHerd.
- “Will Trump turn his January 6th indictment into a triumph?” – Despite his indictment, Trump is continuing undaunted with his Presidential campaign and this latest setback can only play into his hands, writes Kathy Gyngell in TCW.
- “Biden scandal” – While Trump’s problems are widely reported, the scandal engulfing the current President in connection with his son Hunter are under-examined in Britain, says the Telegraph in a leading article.
- “New evidence suggests mRNA COVID-19 vaccine transmission of aerosols by vaccinated to unvaccinated” – New evidence suggests vaccinated individuals can transmit antibodies generated through mRNA COVID-19 vaccination to unvaccinated individuals through aerosols, reports the Epoch Times.
- “Yet more fear mongering over Covid in children” – The usual Covid high priests, who have been wheeled out repeatedly in front of the television cameras to fear-monger about Covid, are at it again, says the team at HART.
- “Covid cover-up front page news, but hardly anyone cares” – No one believes it unless it’s in the mainstream media, but fewer and fewer people are tuning in, says Rebekah Barnett.
- “Now even the over-65s are ditching broadcast television” – Traditional TV channels suffered their steepest EVER decline in viewers in 2022 as older people turn to streaming rivals Netflix and Disney+ for their entertainment, reports the Mail.
- “Le Tissier admits his family thought he had ‘mental health issues’” – Southampton legend Matt Le Tessier has claimed that his family and close friends thought he had “mental health issues” over his controversial views during the coronavirus pandemic, says the Mail.
- “Biden administration announces doctor who offered COVID-19 misinformation as Fauci replacement” – An Alabama doctor and university researcher who offered misinformation about COVID-19 has been selected to succeed Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to the Epoch Times.
- “Just Stop Oil say their protests have shaped Labour policy” – The Mail has obtained a tape of Just Stop Oil activists claiming their stunt outside Parliament persuaded Labour to veto new North Sea oil and gas projects.
- “Sadiq Khan facing furious council revolt as all but one bordering London refuse Ulez signs” – Sadiq Khan is facing a Home Counties revolt after all but one council bordering London refused to install signs for his hated Ulez scheme ahead of its expansion, reports the Express.
- “Inside the low traffic neighbourhoods dividing communities in Britain” – While some residents and business owners believe LTNs make areas safer and less polluted, others brand them as an attack on motorists, says the Mail.
- “Net Zero hardliners don’t know their history” – The smug assertion that critics of green radicalism are on the ‘wrong side of history’ is fuelling a backlash, writes Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
- “Minister faces police inquiry over ‘racist’ leaflet” – David Davies, the Welsh Secretary, is facing a police investigation over an allegedly ‘racist’ campaign leaflet about a proposed new traveller site in his constituency, reports the Telegraph.
- “Meloni sues rock star who called her ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’” – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has taken legal action against Brian Molko from the British band Placebo after the singer insulted her during a concert near Turin, says Politico.
- “Librarians told to hide books by gender-critical authors” – Libraries across the country are being advised to prevent LGBT people seeing ‘offensive’ gender-critical books, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Smartphone addiction not so smart” – A UN report says smartphones should be banned in schools across the world to protect the mental health of children. Jack Watson in Country Squire Magazine, who is still at school, agrees.
- “Can Labour really be trusted on the trans issue?” – The same MPs who told us ‘transwomen are women’ now claim to be champions of single-sex spaces, writes Jo Bartosch in Spiked. Do we believe them?
- “Author Gillian Philip says women are ‘scared’ over ‘cancel culture’” – A bestselling children’s author, dropped by her agent and employer for supporting J.K. Rowling, says women fear activists may target them, reports the Mail.
- “The least PC job ad ever? Company seeking ‘non-woke’ applicants” – Wallis Computer Solutions in Dalwallinu, Western Australia, is looking for a “non-woke” technician to join their crew, specifically one who values “diversity of thought”, says the Mail.
- “Did David Foster Wallace predict the future?” – According to Sarah Ditum in UnHerd, our world is more dystopian than that of David Foster Wallace’s seminal book, Infinite Jest.
- “What history teaches us about the importance of academic freedom” – James Huffman in UnHerd offers up a 1949 primer showing there’s nothing new about today’s controversies about free speech on campus.
- “Disney’s governing body slashes EDI programs after DeSantis takeover” – Walt Disney World’s governing body has scrapped its equity, diversity and inclusion programmes, reports the Mail.
- “Australia’s divisive race referendum” – The Aboriginal community in Australia is being robbed of its agency, argues Nick Cater in UnHerd.
- “Rhodes Trust chief rejects calls for removal of Cecil Rhodes statue” – Nick Dixon on GB News reacts to the Rhodes Trust refusing to back calls to remove the statue of Rhodes in Oxford.
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