- “WHO sounds major alarm over ‘concerning’ Covid wave coming this winter” – The World Health Organisation has warned of “concerning trends” for COVID-19 ahead of winter as a dangerous new strain runs rampant across the Northern Hemisphere, reports the Express.
- “Top WHO scientist fired after allegations of sexual misconduct” – A senior World Health Organisation scientist has been fired following an investigation into sexual misconduct, including an allegation that he removed his trousers in the presence of a female colleague, according to the Telegraph.
- “Only Sweden had the right COVID-19 response” – Sweden, Scandinavia’s largest country, avoided lockdowns and mask mandates. The result: fewer excess deaths and much less social damage, writes Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe.
- “Get a new Covid shot? The evidence suggests otherwise” – Taking a new Covid shot every winter to avoid Covid has no empirical basis or evidence; the same applies to the flu shot, says Prof. Eyal Shahar on Medium.
- “Anthony Fauci’s very bad week” – Brownstone Institute’s Jeffrey A. Tucker evaluates Anthony Fauci’s week in the wake of a car crash interview on CNN and some leaked emails.
- “Homeowners hit with Ulez charges without leaving the house” – Homeowners are being hit with Ulez charges without leaving the house as tradesmen include Ulez charges in bills, says the Express.
- “Nobody wants an electric car” – Despite the Government’s increasingly desperate efforts, the awkward truth is that most people simply refuse to make the switch to electric vehicles, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Why eco zealots love to hate Ryanair” – Spiked’s Tom Slater comments on Michael O’Leary, the motormouth boss of budget airline Ryanair, having a cream pie smashed in his face on a trip to Brussels.
- “Climate scientist admits overhyping impact of global warming on wildfires to get published” – Dr. Patrick Brown claims research that cuts against the “mainstream narrative” on climate change is “taboo” in certain journals, reports the Telegraph. (You read it here first.)
- “Narendra Modi: Don’t lecture us on climate change” – Narendra Modi warns Western nations against forcing strict climate policies on developing countries, ahead of hosting a key G20 summit in Delhi, according to the Times.
- “China is building new coal power so fast that ‘energy transition’ by the West is meaningless” – Even if the U.S. went completely off coal tomorrow, its coal-fired power stations would be more than replaced by China’s, writes David Blackmon in the Telegraph.
- “The ideologues behind the RAAC crisis” – Writing in UnHerd, Nicholas Boys Smith slams reckless post-war architects, their minds twisted by progressive gobbledegook, for designing death-trap buildings using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
- “Birmingham council slammed for £10 million spend on 2.5-mile cycle lane” – Furious families in Birmingham are asking why their bankrupt council spent £10 million on a ‘cycle highway’ that is wider than a bus lane and causes traffic chaos, reports the Mail.
- “Students must be able to explore views which others find offensive” – Prof. Arif Ahmed, the new free speech tsar, has said it is important for students to be able to “explore a range of views that perhaps others might find difficult to cope with or might find offensive”, according to an interview with Louisa Clarence-Smith in the Telegraph.
- “Majority of civil servants found to ‘shun the office in favour of WFH’” – According to data, the majority of Whitehall staff are working from home, reports the Mail.
- “U.K. backs down over scanning of apps for harmful content under Online Safety Bill” – Ministers appear to have defused a row with tech companies over fears that the Government would give Ofcom the power to break into encrypted apps to search for child abuse material, reports the Times.
- “The political elite has given up on Britain” – Labour and the Tories have joined forces to condemn Britain to national failure. Their views are virtually indistinguishable, laments Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
- “If the Last Night of the Proms goes, nothing else is safe” – The BBC can’t be trusted with culture. It’ll scrap The Last Night of the Proms when it thinks it can get away with it, writes Lord Frost in the Telegraph.
- “When will the Tories clear up the transgender confusion?” – Rishi Sunak promised that guidance on transgender pupils would be in teachers’ hands “for the summer term”, but we’re still waiting, says Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
- “Graham Linehan isn’t alone in deserving an apology” – In the Telegraph, Ella Whelan tips her hat to author John Boyne for his ‘cancellation apology’ to Graham Linehan. Now, while we’re at it, we could do with a few more apologies.
- “There’s nothing ‘homophobic’ about the word ‘homosexual’” – Owen Jones and his fellow gender cultists forget that biological sex is fundamental to sexuality, remarks Gareth Roberts in Spiked.
- “Wild West Yorkshire policing” – West Yorkshire Police have outdone themselves by grilling a 73 year-old retired social worker over snapping a photo of a sticker at a local Pride event, writes Prof. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “Róisín Murphy breaks silence to promote album after trans pile-on” – According to the Mail, Róisín Murphy is self-promoting her new album after her record label declined to support the release due to her sensible comments about puberty blockers.
- “The new James Bond would be on his seventh booster” – It was always on the cards, but Bond has swapped his Martini (shaken, not stirred) for a Bud Light and turned well and truly woke, says the Naked Emperor on Substack.
- “Bad trans-actions” – The destructive transgender fad shows no sign of abating in California, but as school resumes, resistance is mounting, writes Larry Sand in City Journal.
- “Bill Gates’ foundation made a nearly $100 million bet on Bud Light” – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has recently purchased 1.7 million shares of Anheuser-Busch, despite the beer company experiencing a steep sales slump attributed to its Bud Light partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, according to CNN Business.
- “Donald Trump says he ‘would love’ to debate Meghan Markle” – Donald Trump is eager to square off in a debate with the Duchess of Sussex over her treatment of the Queen, reports the NY Post.
- “Laura Dodsworth: What they’re trying to do constantly is link heat with danger” – Journalist and author Laura Dodsworth joins Dan Wootton on GB News to discuss how the chilling forms of propaganda utilised during Covid are now being used to push an extreme climate change narrative.
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