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by Richard Eldred
28 September 2023 12:29 AM

  • “Watch: Laurence Fox asks ‘who would shag’ female reporter on GB News” – GB News has been forced to suspend two of its leading presenters over offensive and sexist comments about a female journalist, reports the Telegraph.
  • “GB News must save itself from itself” – GB News can do important work if it gets out of its own way, writes Ben Sixsmith in the Critic.
  • “MRNA detected in breast milk after COVID-19 vaccination can be passed on to infants: New study” – A new study has found lactating women recently vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine had detectible mRNA in breastmilk that could potentially transfer to their infant, reports the Epoch Times.
  • “Lockdown harm to children was preventable, Government told” – A report by leading campaigners argues that locking down children could have been avoided if ministers had considered how much harm it would do them, says the Telegraph. If only someone had made that argument at the time!
  • “Fauci diverted U.S. Government away from lab leak theory of Covid’s origin, sources say” – Fauci allegedly attacked the lab leak theory at meetings at the CIA, the State Department and the White House, according to Public on Substack.
  • “Why and how did Tony Fauci secretly try to steer the CIA investigation on the origins of SARS-Cov-2?” – On Substack, Alex Berenson discusses Fauci’s secret visit to the CIA’s HQ to influence their investigation into the origins of Sars-CoV-2.
  • “Andrew Cuomo: Lockdown would be more difficult now” – The former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that people no longer trust the Government so would be less likely to lock themselves in their homes if they’re ever told to again, reports UnHerd.
  • “Rat population spirals ‘out of control’ after being kept as pets in lockdown” – The RSPCA has warned that Britain’s rat population is spiralling out of control because inexperienced owners who bought them as pets during lockdown have let them overbreed, says the Telegraph.
  • “Can Dr. Jenny Harries accept her lockdown mistake?” – Next time there’s a pandemic, the advice of Dr. Jenny Harries, the head of the U.K. Health Security Agency, will be crucial, writes Fraser Nelson in the Spectator.
  • “Breath cycle: Sing your way to better health” – If Long Covid is impacting your health, Scottish Opera wants to help. Get practising with their exercises on demand or register to take part in their weekly online sessions. Alternatively, just admit it’s not a real disease.
  • “Suella Braverman is right – integration is essential in a multi-racial democracy” – Do defenders of ‘multiculturalism’ really know what they are standing up for, asks Rakib Ehsan in CapX.
  • “Liberal outrage at Suella Braverman’s Washington speech is skin deep” – It’s not so much what was said, or even the way it was said. It was who said it that really provoked the liberal reaction to Suella Braverman’s comments in Washington, writes Trevor Phillips in the Times.
  • “The racism of multiculturalism” – Suella Braverman’s dimwitted critics are going out to bat for an ugly, divisive ideology, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
  • “Sadiq Khan risks being booted out as London Mayor by Tory maverick, poll shows” – The Conservative candidate in next year’s Mayoral election in London could beat, reports the Sun. A new poll has them virtually neck and neck.
  • “Using leather footballs on a school playground is made illegal by ‘absurd’ council order” – Using leather footballs in school playgrounds was made a criminal offence, it has emerged, amid calls for a crackdown on the use of “cowboy laws” by local authorities, says the Mail.
  • “The Gen Z abortion crisis” – The Critic’s Christian Hacking discusses the sad causes and consequences of a rise in abortion among young people.
  • “Ding, dong, Dan is gone!” – After resigning, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews leaves a legacy of brutality, debt and corruption, says Rebekah Barnett on Substack.
  • “Justin Trudeau’s Nazi blind spot” – Canadian MPs rose to their feet and gave rousing applause to an old bloke who once fought on the same side as Hitler, writes Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator. Is it time to bow out, Justin?
  • “Climate change: Six young people take 32 countries to court” – Six young people have taken 32 countries to court, claiming their slow action on climate change violates their human rights, according to the BBC. Can we get a group of six sensible young people to sue their governments for pursuing pointless, virtue-signalling, green policies that will immiserate them?
  • “Rosebank oil field given go-ahead by regulators” – The controversial Rosebank offshore development off Shetland, the U.K.’s largest untapped oil field, has received regulatory consent, reports the BBC.
  • “Net Zero zealots will probably find a way to stop Rosebank” – Is it still possible for the Government to issue new licences for oil and gas extraction when they have legally committed themselves to Net Zero by 2050, asks Ross Clark in the Spectator.
  • “Welsh drivers don’t need a speed limit of 20mph – they already drive too slowly” – The pursuit of Net Zero has caused chaos in Wales, with traffic at a standstill, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
  • “Sadiq Khan confirms Blackwall tunnel toll from 2025” – Car drivers in London will be charged up to four pounds to use the Blackwall tunnel if Sadiq Khan is re-elected, reports the Times.
  • “The heat pumps farce has reached a new low” – The Government is backing down on Net Zero, but doubling down on fining manufacturers that sell too many gas boilers, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
  • “Corporations are now a threat to free speech like the mighty state” – Over the last few years, large corporations have come to exert enormous power over the ability of citizens to speak their minds, says Yascha Mounk in the Evening Standard.
  • “Anyone can be a hate criminal now” – The Executive Head of ADF International Paul Coleman speaks to Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill on how hate-speech laws are used to criminalise mainstream opinion.
  • “What happened to Ibram X Kendi’s ‘anti-racist’ centre?” – The anti-racist movement has been captured by grifters and self-promoters, says Angie Speaks in Spiked.
  • “Sacked and vilified – caring teacher who dared to question a girl’s trans demand” – In TCW, J.J. Starky discusses the suspension and dismissal of a U.K. teacher because of his decision to address a student by her actual name instead of her made-up one.
  • “Male ‘trans ambassador’ presented with ‘Outstanding Female’ prize at women’s awards gala” – A trans-identified male, who works for a U.K.-based charity that provides ‘diversity training’, has been honoured with the Outstanding Female LGBTQIA+ Champion 2023 award, reports Reduxx.
  • “Proportion of young women aged 16-24 identifying as LGBT hits 10%” – New data suggests that the proportion of young women in the U.K. identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual has more than doubled in five years to around 10%, says the Mail.
  • “Gender-neutral toilets stink in more ways than one” – Shared loos have been imposed on the population in the cause of making a tiny minority feel comfortable – and they’re awful, writes Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
  • “Australian Human Rights Commission decision prohibits female-only events for lesbians” – Australia’s Human Rights Commission has released a preliminary decision prohibiting lesbians from holding events for females if it means excluding men who identify as women, according to Reduxx.
  • “But Johnny can’t spell G-A-Y” – With large majorities of students incompetent in English and math, Los Angeles schools have decided to… ramp up gay pride and gender indoctrination, writes Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
  • “Matt Hancock: I regret the lack of leadership” –Jonathan Pie has posted a video on X of Matt Hancock in Celebrity SAS, showing just why he’s changed his mind about politicians going on reality TV shows.

OK, I’ve changed my mind about politicians going on reality TV shows, can we do this every week?

pic.twitter.com/rAisUED2Ic

— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) September 27, 2023

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