- “Mysterious pneumonia ripping through Chinese schools sparks fears” – Scientists are calling for vigilance and transparency from China amid reports of a mystery cluster of pneumonia that bears eerie similarities to the early Covid outbreak, reports the Mail.
- “Parents see schools as a ‘pick-and-choose’ exercise since lockdown, says Ofsted chief” – Ofsted’s chief inspector has said that more pupils are missing school, as there is “less respect” for full-time education post-lockdown, says the Telegraph.
- “Pro-lockdown obsessives still long to be told what to do” – In the absence of regular announcements on how to live now, many are still following Covid infection prevention measures, writes Jemima Lewis in the Telegraph.
- “The Covid Inquiry has unmasked the flaws in trusting ‘the science’” – There is no use following the science if the science comes from only one direction and there is no open debate about its efficacy or otherwise, says Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
- “Meet Ben Haynes: Director of Media Relations for the CDC” – On Substack, Steve Kirsch reveals the reasons why the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention lacks record-level data for the Covid vaccines – and why they don’t want to see that data either.
- “Pharmacovigilance gone to the dogs” – An animal vaccine has been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer following reports of adverse events in vaccinated dogs. If only this level of precaution was taken with Covid vaccines for humans, says Rebekah Barnett on Substack.
- “The New York Times finally admits to the harm done to children” – More than three years too late, the New York Times has now given permission to acknowledge what was obvious from the beginning – that school closures during the pandemic were an act of terrible harm, writes Jennifer Sey for the Brownstone Institute.
- “Virology poses a far greater threat to the world than AI” – Bad actors worldwide know how easy it would be to use virology to bring the world economy to its knees, warns Matt Ridley in the Spectator.
- “There is a scientific fraud epidemic – and we are ignoring the cure” – Rooting out scientific fraud should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good, writes Anjana Ahuja in the FT.
- “Pro-Palestine protesters calling for ‘Jihad’ can be prosecuted for ‘encouraging terrorism’” – The Government’s adviser on counter-terrorism has announced that chants of “Jihad” at pro-Palestine protests can be prosecuted as encouraging terrorism, according to GB News.
- “Wembley Stadium to stop lighting arch to mark terror attacks and social campaigns” – The Football Association will now only illuminate the Wembley arch for football and entertainment, following criticism for not lighting the arch after the October 7th attacks, reports the Mirror.
- “BBC reporters accuse it of favouritism towards Israel” – The BBC has been accused by its own journalists of favouritism towards Israel and a failure to “humanise Palestinian victims” in the ongoing conflict, says the Telegraph.
- “Gary Lineker is making an utter fool of himself over Israel” – Gary Lineker’s latest comments over Israel prove that he must stop tweeting about current affairs, once and for all, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “In this festival of hate, our allies shine like the stars (thank you, Alison Moyet)” – Words of support for Jews, such as the ones from Alison Moyet, are received with something close to joy, writes Stephen Pollard in the Jewish Chronicle.
- “Will Marine Le Pen defend French Jews?” – Antisemitism in France has taken a radical new turn, observes David A. Bell in UnHerd.
- “When it comes to Palestine, the kids aren’t all right” – The Government of Israel, unlike China, is vulnerable to international opinion, argues Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “Mass migration has been an economic and political catastrophe” – It is time that the consensus, suggesting that immigration always and everywhere increases growth and makes us richer, was smashed, writes Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “The Tories have shattered the immigration dream” – The failures of multiculturalism are threatening our economy and the fabric of our society, warns Ben Habib in the Telegraph.
- “The ‘sick’ are perfectly capable of working” – Will Job Centre staff stop working from home and start carrying out face-to-face interviews with the unemployed, ponders Jill Kirby in the Telegraph.
- “‘Justice is what the judge had for breakfast’: When rights matter and when they don’t” – On Substack, Dr. David McGrogan discusses what immigration, Brexit and lockdowns don’t have in common.
- “Remainers are now calling Brexit voters thick. They couldn’t be more wrong” – Remember when the liberal Left supposedly championed people who never went to university? Now it seems to hold them in contempt, says Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
- “Why Geert Wilders won” – Geert Wilders, who campaigned on the idea of ‘stopping’ immigration, appears to have benefitted from widespread mistrust of the Dutch Government, writes Senay Boztas in the Spectator.
- “Bank of England bond-buying to hit taxpayers with £126 billion bill” – Official figures show that taxpayers are facing a £126 billion bill to cover losses on the Bank of England’s bond buying scheme, reports the Telegraph.
- “Discounts on new EVs rise 323%” – With consumer demand for EVs waning, the average combined cash and finance discount on a new battery-powered car has grown to a whopping £4,399 in the last 12 months, says the Mail.
- “The Scottish Greens’ oil crusade is coming unstuck” – The Scottish Greens have long campaigned against oil, but they are unhappy about the consequences of their plan, writes Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
- “The renegade progressives” – Has the University and College Union discovered freedom of speech, asks Umut Özkırımlı in the Critic.
- “Third attempt to show gender debate film at University goes ahead despite protest” – Protesters have failed to stop a controversial film on women’s rights and trans issues from being shown at the University of Edinburgh, reports the Herald.
- “Laurence Fox is ‘a colour-blind liberal and anti-racist’, court told” – The High Court has been told that Laurence Fox “is a colour-blind liberal” who doesn’t like racism, according to the Telegraph.
- “I’m A Celeb viewers slam ‘ignorant and uneducated’ Nella Rose” – I’m A Celebrity viewers have slammed Nella Rose following her clash with Nigel Farage, which saw the YouTuber accuse the former UKIP boss of being “anti-immigrant”, reports the Mail.
- “Kemi Badenoch hits out at museum over black women plague death claim” – Kemi Badenoch has accused the Museum of London of publishing “unreliable” research that could “whip up tensions around history and racism”, says the Mail.
- “History-hating Britain is the wokest country in the West” – Re-writing history to suit the identity-obsessed narcissisms of the modern world is nothing less than cultural vandalism, writes Madeleine Kearns in the Telegraph.
- “Happy decolonisation weekend!” – Since Thanksgiving is inherently problematic due to its historical roots and perpetuation of various -isms, Thomas Buckley, on Substack, proposes renaming the occasion ‘Decolonisation Weekend’.
- “Argentina: The must-know facts” – The fight we are going to witness in Argentina over the next few months will be between the workers and the shirkers, says Aldo Rustichini in Aporia.
- “‘Does Israel not think that Palestinian lives are valued as highly as Israeli lives?’” – Israeli spokesman Elon Levy is momentarily left speechless by a question from Kay Burley during a Sky News interview.
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Amongst friends whose views I know, we adopt a form of conversation of which a transcript would read as “compliant” but the tone and facial expressions make quite clear that the opposite is meant.
“Of course we all believe that there is no difference between men and women other than the way they are classified at birth.”
Is there no end to this madness.
I am becoming harassed, alarmed and distressed. I feel abused threatened and insulted by our own, lol, government.
Even the threat of such a Law has caused me to become fearful
I am thinking of making a complaint to the Police as HMG is clearly committing an offence under S4.A of the Public Order Act 1986.
I am with you al the way on that. I have been offended by the global warming narrative for the past 2 decades, since the point I actually sat down and thought through the concept of a climate tipping point, which actually had me worried for a time.
When I realised that there are a plethora of natural, scientifically logical checks and balances that would mitigate this claimed disaster then I have pulled up anybody I heard making ludicrous, doom laden claims.
Why stop with pubs, though? I was at the bus stop the other day and there were people talking ungrammatically. I was so offended that I had to roll on the floor like a child and scream about my “rights” being violated. This has to stop – and it’s up to this completely mad government to protect me.
Clenching your fists and stamping your feet keeps your clothes cleaner. Have you seen the state of the pavement around bus stops?
I thought that was how Free Gear always looked smart but now I find he just chucks the old ones in the bin and Alli buys him new ones. Must be another reason he always looks like he is weeing himself and stamps his feet when he is asked a question.
Personally, I’ve seen sheep that are made of sterner stuff than these pitiful wet blankets. I can’t begin to tell you how many take to social media and film themselves having an emotional meltdown because somebody in a shop ”misgendered” them. But anyway, I have more respect for sheep than these crybaby wimps;
https://x.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1845164045441151294
Sheep are indeed wonderful animals.
With mint sauce
Even that!
I think I have upset my golf club’s Secretary by commenting on the use of the genetive apostrophe inappropropiately. I pointed out that it was used 3 imes on an email about the progress of the new Club Committee and it offended me to such an extent that I had to email him immediately. I have received no reply and fear that I may be personna non grata but I still won my Seniors match against a neighbouring club, which I hope will mitigate his hurt feelings.
Well God forbid anyone who isn’t Christian would be traumatized by overhearing someone reading some English literature out loud which makes references to Christianity. Maybe we should all go to the pub with ”Trigger Warning: I’m about to open my mouth!” written on a hat. Just more censorship on steroids pushed by pathetic woketards;
”They are the acclaimed works of medieval literature that tell the story of a religious pilgrimage to one of the most important cathedrals in all of Christendom.
But to the astonishment of critics, a leading university has slapped a trigger warning on Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales – because they contain ‘expressions of Christian faith’.
Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent, said: ‘Warning students of Chaucer about Christian expressions of faith is weird. Since all characters in the stories are immersed in a Christian experience there is bound to be a lot of expressions of faith. The problem is not would-be student readers of Chaucer but virtue-signalling, ignorant academics.’
Historian Jeremy Black added: ‘Presumably, this Nottingham nonsense is a product of the need to validate courses in accordance with tick-box criteria. It is simultaneously sad, funny and a demeaning of education.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13953897/Woke-Nottingham-University-Geoffrey-Chaucer.html
Imagine the fuss if anyone in their English department ever reads Milton.
I take it from this remark that it a “trigger” to see someone in Muslim dress in the street, which consequently should be banned. The recent shouting in the London marches triggers me completely as presumably every bit of this is illegal. Strangely His Majesty’s plod does nothing, but if an Englishman opens his mouth he is sent to jail. As a Christian in a Christian country, (Fid Def on coins), Charlie needs to sort this out very quickly. Two tier comes nowhere near the correct description of a Country where racism against the indigenous population is permitted and even encouraged by the “Government”!
This sounds to me remarkably like a form of State Censorship, Authoritarianism and Coercive Control.
Not that our kind, caring and definitely not Two-Tier Government would do anything so dreadful.
Won’t these Banter Bouncers also be employees? Don’t they deserve protection from the offensive conversations they patrol? Presumably, landlords could sue themselves if they’re subjected to offensive conversations!
Excellent!
How about this Pub Landlord as a ‘banter cop’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HcB6ZrCLEY
So what happens when the one Jewish customer in a pub is offended by a group of Muslims making a crude antisemitic Joke and wearing t-shirts that read “From the River to the Sea”? Will they get barred from the establishment? Or is this “acceptable” offense?
Proper Muslims don’t drink, but they could be there talking over some tea. It seems to be rare to see this in pubs, probably because it would cause severe violence in many rather good ones! The LAW has nothing to do with it.
“The Worker Protection Bill” just passed is now being superseded by Labour’s new “Employment Rights Bill”???
Isn’t there any kind of quality control for Parliamentary laws, weeding out such pointless repetition?
I think we should have a clean slate, wiping out all laws, especially those originating during our disastrous enslavement to the EU, and starting again from scratch, limiting each law to no more than a ONE PAGE DOCUMENT, and making a maximum number of 100 laws on the books at any one time.
Mankind survived perfectly well for millennia without hundreds and thousands and millions of “laws” regulating their daily lives. So can we.
Yes, the “quality control” are supposed to be the opposition and the backbenchers but as we all know the opposition is always weak and the backbenchers might as well be shouting into the void. For example, the kinds of new “laws” that were churned out during the so-called pandemic were fast-tracked into effect through the parliamentary loophole of the “statutory instrument”, which is meant to be a last-minute tweak to the main body of a new piece of legislation, but in fact entire new laws were passed in this way. The “Coronavirus Act” was one of these (weird, there was never a Flu Act!) So quality control is often just absent, and bits and pieces just get added and taken away at a whim, which is why the statute books are a labyrinth of Articles, sections, sub-sections, clauses and sub-clauses.
Plus, even Parliament only ever get a say in what happens to proposed legislation when it suits ministers to let them.
Brilliant idea.
Probably 10 laws might be adequate, say the 10 Commandments? If keeping to them you are unlikely to break many of the 10,000 dross ones. Unfortunately many of those in Government seem quite happy to break all 10 some days, and a slightly lesser number all the time!
Yup, I think you wouldn’t be far off with that. Trouble is people who go into politics seem to want to fiddle with things – and people seem to expect them to do so.
Yet more garbage from a crap “government”, it is what it is, control, censorship, and time people seriously bloody woke up and started fighting back, surely against my human rights?, well works for a certain element of society!!.
I’m sure even universities will see sense when bar,cafeteria ,coffee shops and other safe spaces takings are down
Why not extend this to the House of Commons, Lords, the subsidised bars and restaurants? Indeed, why not every single public place? Where does it all end? Banter Police at every conveyor belt in Sainsbury’s (not that they have many running)? Thousands of Banter Police at concerts and football matches.
In fact, the Banter Police would need Banter Police because they are also employees and must be protected. Funny how Labour do not seem to be suggesting that Antisemitic protests calling for all white people and Jews to be murdered require Banter Police.
Can you imagine a debate in the Commons following these rules? There would be a very long silence, which would stop anything happening, which would be a good outcome!
I wonder if the Deputy Prime Minister, a well-known thief and bung taker, has taken note of this? After all, her well documented mode of banter generally consists of calling anyone remotely Tory C___s and claiming they all look at her legs – have you actually looked at her legs? Stupendously bandy. The country as a whole needs protection from her thieving, bung taking gob.
Incidentally, the most documented spout of gobshiteness from her was in a Bar at the Commons. How many Banter Police will Westminster require?
It would need a few thousand, but it is the penalty that needs to be discussed. How about being sent to France in a very unseaworthy plastic boat with a duff engine on a stormy night? That would soon sort everything out.
Don’t forget that Ranting is also an electoral fraudster by being registered to vote at both her homes and therefore should be banned from public office for life.
Isn’t this the sort of dogma that started in the 30’s?