- “Israel assassinates senior Hamas leader in Beirut” – Israel has assassinated a senior Hamas leader in a Beirut drone strike, reports the Telegraph.
- “Claudine Gay resigns as Harvard President over handling of antisemitism” – The President of Harvard University has resigned following criticism of her handling of antisemitism on campus and her alleged plagiarism, reports the Times.
- “Claudine Gay: My part in her downfall” – In UnHerd, Christopher Brunet recalls writing numerous articles over the last two years highlighting dozens of examples of plagiarism attributed to Claudine Gay’s academic record.
- “Onward with inclusiveness” – Claudine Gay’s resignation as Harvard President is unlikely to change much at the university, says Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
- “Plagiarist Harvard President resigns. Her scientific wrongdoing was fine until a month ago” – On Substack, Igor Chudov has mixed feelings about the recent resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay.
- “Israeli lecturer in U.K.: ‘I am being threatened and I am afraid, there is no one to turn to’” – Dr. Amira Halperin, a lecturer at Coventry University, claims that the university hasn’t taken any action despite her receiving threats from students supporting Hamas, according to ynetnews.
- “GP surgeries could be earning almost £1 billion from ‘ghost patients’” – There were almost six million more patients registered to GPs in England last year than the total population size of the country, according to the Telegraph.
- “Record number of excess deaths amid NHS strikes” – Britain experienced a record number of excess deaths last year amid repeated NHS strikes and the continued cost of the Covid pandemic, reports the Telegraph.
- “Smokescreens – Part One” – In the first of six Substack posts, Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan delve into the perennial NHS ’winter crisis’.
- “My dog gets better care than my children – the solution to our healthcare crisis is obvious” – As NHS waiting lists continue to balloon out of control, we should be looking at a system more akin to the way we protect our pets, says Lucy Denyer in the Telegraph.
- “COVID-19 vaccines linked to increased risk of swollen lymph nodes in children: Study” – Researchers have found that the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are associated with a higher risk of lymphadenopathy, according to the Epoch Times.
- “Long Covid rare in children: Study” – According to a new study, fewer than 1% of children who tested positive for COVID-19 still had symptoms six months later, says the Epoch Times.
- “Ireland confirms their pandemic was just a psy-op ” – New research has found no excess deaths in Ireland between 2020-2022, writes the Naked Emperor on Substack.
- “An overview of the WHO negotiations” – On Substack, James Roguski provides an overview of what is going on with the WHO’s proposed pandemic treaty and the amendments to the International Health Regulations.
- “Tony Blair’s think tank paid to advise countries with poor human rights” – Tony Blair’s think tank is being paid to advise countries with poor human rights records as it expands its global influence, reports the Telegraph.
- “Britain has become a safe haven for terrorists and foreign criminals” – Human rights law stops us from protecting national security and politicians are doing nothing about it, says Philip Johnston in the Telegraph.
- “Reform a bigger threat to Tories and country than Labour, claims Lee Anderson” – Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson has warned Richard Tice to be “careful what you wish for”, according to the Telegraph, claiming a surging Reform will hurt the Tories more than Labour.
- “Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘cult of personality’ made me uncomfortable, admits Deputy Leader” – SNP Deputy Leader Mhairi Black says Nicola Sturgeon was a “massive asset to have” but that the SNP “shouldn’t be relying on one face or one person”, reports the Telegraph.
- “We’re about to turn our backs on good examples” – The rest of the world is moving in the right direction on school choice, while Labour proposes the opposite, says Mr. Chips on Substack.
- “Ukraine’s new year may end with a brutal Western betrayal” – Spineless leaders are preparing to hand Putin victory, writes Robert Clark in the Telegraph.
- “The circulation state: People, energy, data, money” – On Substack, Dr. David McGrogan discusses how the modern state governs and where it’s leading us.
- “Numale German Green endorses the ecosocialism of Jason Hickel, implicitly calling for a socialist revolution to disarm and deindustrialise the West” – On Substack, Eugyppius flags the recent endorsement of ‘ecosocialist’ Jason Hickel, a leading intellectual of the Degrowth movement, by a member of the Green Bundestag.
- “Why are Gen Z ageing so differently to millenials?” – As the oldest members of Gen Y approach their mid-40s, many people have been left baffled as to why they look younger than Gen Z, according to the Mail.
- “How progressive ideology hijacked the festive season” – Sadiq Khan can’t just sit back and let Christmas follow its well-established course, says Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
- “Sadiq Khan embodies the worst excesses of the new Left” – While presenting a picture of feel good inclusivity, London’s Mayor presides over a failing city, argues Louise Perry in the Telegraph.
- “Trans model shouldn’t represent women, activists tell UN” – Seventeen women’s rights groups have signed a letter to the charity UN Women U.K. expressing concern about its choice of a biological male as its U.K. champion, reports the Times.
- “Stephanie Davies-Arai” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth interviews one of the most effective feminist fighters in the transgender trenches.
- “U.S. intelligence has been manipulating Wikipedia for over a decade: Wiki co-founder” – The co-founder of Wikipedia has dropped a bombshell about U.S. intelligence agencies interfering with the online encyclopaedia, according to ZeroHedge.
- “‘I’m not even going to dignify that with an actual response’” – On Sky News, climate contrarian James Woudhuysen gets a frosty response from a Just Stop Oil spokesperson after asking her, “What makes you so confident that you’re right about the world being hotter now than it was 125,000 years ago?”
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