- “Fujitsu bosses to be questioned by MPs over Post Office scandal” – MPs have called in bosses from Fujitsu to answer questions in Parliament about the company’s role in the Post Office scandal, says the Guardian.
- “Pressure on Ed Davey over knighthood after Post Office boss hands back CBE” – Shamed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has bowed to pressure to hand back her CBE over anger at her role in the Horizon IT scandal, reports the Telegraph.
- “Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted ‘glad’ Paula Vennells hands back CBE” – Furious sub-postmasters, wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal, say they are “glad” that ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is handing back her CBE, according to the Mail.
- “‘Complacent’ Ed Davey faces growing calls to quit over role in Post Office scandal” – Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey faces growing calls to quit over his role in the Post Office Horizon scandal, reports the Telegraph.
- “Ed Davey can make history – by resigning” – The Lib Dem leader has the chance to become a symbol for those who want someone brought to book for the Post Office scandal, says Daniel Finkelstein in the Times.
- “MPs demand campaigning ex-subpostmaster Alan Bates is given an honour” – MPs are demanding Alan Bates is given an honour after shamed ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells finally handed her CBE back, reports the Mail.
- “Worker sacked by Lloyds Bank for saying racial slur during training session is awarded damages” – The Free Speech Union has secured hundreds of thousands for one of its dyslexic members who was unfairly dismissed after a workplace free speech row, reports the Epoch Times.
- “An £800,000 lesson in how not to do diversity training” – Lloyds are paying the price for firing Carl Borg-Neal, says Freddie Attenborough in the Critic.
- “Social worker suspended over gender belief wins landmark claim” – A social worker, suspended by council bosses over her belief that a person “cannot change their sex”, has won a landmark victory against them and her profession’s regulator, reports the Mail.
- “Corbyn to join South Africa’s delegation accusing Israel of genocide” – Jeremy Corbyn will join a South African delegation at the International Court of Justice for the country’s forthcoming genocide case against Israel, says ABC News.
- “JN.1 Covid wave ‘may be biggest yet and masks might be key to tackle it’” – A leading virologist has warned that the latest Covid wave could be the “biggest yet”, according to the Sun.
- “Dr. Anthony Fauci’s damning testimony” – On Substack, Dr. Robert W. Malone provides the key highlights from day one of Dr. Fauci’s testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
- “‘Major flaw’ of doomsday Covid modelling revealed” – Analysis suggests that Neil Ferguson’s Covid modelling which spooked ministers into lockdown had a “major flaw”, according to the Mail.
- “Lockdowns and vaccines had no impact on Covid ‘cases’ or ‘deaths’ – seasonality did” – On Substack, Prof. Norman Fenton discusses a new study of six northern European countries which suggests that the seasonal nature of coronaviruses influenced Covid numbers more than government interventions.
- “FDA Commissioner promotes products off label, an illegal pharma marketing scheme long criticised by Democrats” – With both the FDA Commissioner and CDC Director now promoting Covid vaccines off label, have companies been given permission to break the law, asks Paul D. Thacker on Substack.
- “Smokescreens – Part Seven” – Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson explore uncertainties surrounding Covid deaths, questioning if the virus is solely responsible.
- “Reflections on the Bret Weinstein interview” – Brownstone Institute’s Jeffrey A. Tucker reacts to Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with biologist and podcaster Bret Weinstein.
- “Poll shows Reform U.K. in third on 11% in blow for Rishi Sunak” – Tory nerves will be jangling after a poll showed Reform U.K. in third place amid rumours of a Nigel Farage comeback, reports the Mail.
- “‘We need to take back control from the ECHR’” – In Spiked, Brendan O’Neill talks to David Frost on why Brexit was just the beginning of the democratic change we need.
- “Rishi Sunak faces Rwanda Bill revolt by at least nine former Cabinet ministers” – Rishi Sunak faces a revolt by more than 30 Tory MPs over his Rwanda Bill, according to the Telegraph.
- “Why the Rwanda Bill doesn’t go far enough” – Amendments to the Rwanda Bill being proposed by Tory MPs are proportionate and consistent with our international obligations, write Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates in the Telegraph.
- “I exposed woke Whitehall – then found out what civil servants really think of me” – In the Telegraph, Steven Edginton reacts to revelations from the Ministry of Justice after submitting subject access requests asking to see their conversations about him.
- “Guilt-ridden liberals are condemning white boys to irrelevance” – Progressive TV executives don’t really want their companies to reflect modern Britain, only their own prejudices, says Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
- “2024 is the year of the New Right” – Europe’s populists are on the cusp of real power, writes John Lloyd in UnHerd.
- “The strange tale of Prince Andrew’s ‘sex tapes’ and Epstein victim’s allegations” – Epstein victim Sarah Ransome’s claim that she has seen a video of Prince Andrew having sex will make for more unpleasant reading at Buckingham Palace, says Victoria Ward in the Telegraph.
- “Jeffrey Epstein deposition unsealed in latest dump of documents” – In a newly-unsealed deposition, Virginia Giuffre – who went public with her claims against Prince Andrew in 2011 – says he wasn’t the only royal she was “trafficked to” by Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Mail.
- “Jeffrey Epstein’s brother lists the evidence he claims feds are covering up about paedophile’s death” – The brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein continues to push for the real story of what happened at the Manhattan Correction Centre on the night the sex-offender died, reports the New York Post.
- “Ban government involvement in sex trafficking” – It’s wrong for the people who are supposed to be protecting us to be involved in sex trafficking, says Michael Shellenberger on the Public Substack.
- “Germany faces winter of discontent in worst strikes since WWII” – Farmers in Germany have blocked traffic with their tractors to protest against a Government plan to scrap tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture, according to the Mail.
- “Survey: 69% of Germans support the farmers’ protest” – Undeterred by the protesting farmers’ popularity, the German press continues its smear campaign, says Eugyppius on Substack.
- “EDF to extend life of U.K. nuclear power plants” – EDF is seeking to extend the life of four ageing nuclear power stations as the shift to Net Zero creates greater demand for green energy, according to Oilprice.com.
- “France drops renewables targets, prioritises nuclear in new energy bill” – Critics are deriding a new French energy bill that favours nuclear power and avoids setting targets for renewables, reports France 24.
- “India’s plans to double coal production ignore climate threat” – India is setting new targets to use more coal, despite committing to transitioning away from fossil fuels, says Bloomberg.
- “Gladiators goes woke! Reboot axes cheerleaders and ‘skimpy’ outfits” – The new BBC reboot of Gladiators has gone woke after axing both cheerleaders and ‘skimpy’ outfits, reports the Mail.
- “How Roger Scruton foresaw our woke new world” – Four years on from his death, the great conservative thinker Roger Scruton’s work seems more prescient than ever, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “‘From Ed Davey, this at the very best is a gross error of judgement’” – On GB News, Nigel Farage asks if Ed Davey can survive as the Lib Dem leader after receiving £5,000 per month as a consultant with the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, which represented the Post Office in its battle with the sub-postmasters.
'From Ed Davey, this at the very best, is a gross error of judgement.' @Nigel_Farage asks can Ed Davey survive as Liberal Democrats leader after being paid £5,000pm by Herbert Smith Freehills.
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Could it be that all politicians don’t like being ignored and the quickest way to get a politician to do a U turn is to say F you.
Only22 months too late to get any praise.
There’s still a load of pubs that have banned him for life.
Drakeford and Co are still evil globalist shills
“All despotism is to end, except for the despotism which is not to end.”
The systems are being kept in place, of course, awaiting the roll out of COOFS-22, or to ration recreation in order to fight the Climate Catastrophe, or to ensure Social Justice.
The development of those systems, under the cover of COVID spending, was undoubtedly one of the big objectives of the NWO under the guise of Build Back Better. With those objectives now achieved they will await the next phase of the grand plan.
All they need to do now is ditch Dripford.
How has it come to this?
Complete sad sack ball bags like this actually get elected into power.
What the hell is wrong with voters?
I just watched a GB news interview with Steve Baker MP talking about the insanity of net zero policy and the lunacy of general governemnt policy.
There I watched a man who clearly comprehends the hole we are in and the clear and rational things that need to be done to get us out yet we end up with the fat fraud Boris, a more dishonest, corrupt and incompetent man it would be hard to find.
As we know, the trouble is, all over the world, those politicians with common sense and sensible policies are outnumbered by complete sacks of shite like Senile Joe, Turdeau, Hardon, Putitin, Micropenis, shortJohnson etc. If only we had politicians like Baker, De Santis, even the Donald.
No, not the Donald, not Captain Underpants.
Ron DeSantis or Kristi Noem would be ideal.
You know how, the public has ignored the problem for so long we are now surrounded by these corrupt, brain-dead cultists who do not serve humanity.
Interestingly, a friend in the shipping business has told me that his line – and a number of others – have decided that they will no longer carry electric cars on roll-on-roll-off vessels, or lithium batteries or other…….
……..huge fire risk apparently.
Search for the Felicity Ace. The fire risk is very real.
Owing to the cost of transporting the batteries, car manufacturers are opting to co-locate the car and battery factories. The fire risk is still present in the completed automobile.
One German city has withdrawn its fleet of electric buses after a battery fire in one bus destroyed the bus depot.
If I remember right, there was a piece in The Sunday Times recently, about the numbers of electric cars that spontaneously combust. The Spiked Online article, linked above, is also very interesting on the question of the environmental costs of these vehicles.
As this article points out… Shame more people won’t see it.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/03/03/the-truth-about-electric-cars/
Interesting thing on YouTube from a chap in the IoM, who tears down a lot of electronic and electrical stuff. Apparently, lithium cells, if they short out, go into something called “thermal runaway”. After the “Felicity Ace”, I doubt any line would want to carry lithium cars and batteries, and if they did, it would be at great cost and/or limited quantities.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA
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Big Clive’s YT channel is useful. I’ve acquired some useful practical knowledge from that to do with repairing failed products in the last year or so.
Especially Teslas.
The obvious answer is that providing sensible, rational solutions to actual problems isn’t what gets one “elected”.
By “elected” I mean previously selected by the system of power to be then picked by the electorate, in much the same way you pick the card the magician wants you to pick in a card trick.
Exactly. Critical-thinking, pragmatism, realism, honesty, ability to take difficult decisions, and favouring long-term solutions over short-term vote-winners, are exactly the qualities that will make sure that you never ever become a candidate for a major party. Favoured attributes are stupidity, malleability, lying ability, blind loyalty, wokeness and psychopathy. Until large political parties are outlawed, nothing will change.
I’d imagine that Steve Baker MP might be one of those rare politicians who has NOT sold his soul to the WEF, so unfortunately, both for him and for us, he is not in the know about their plans, and that is why he speaks such common sense.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a system whereby nobody was allowed to campaign to be elected into power. Rather, if we all put names into a hat and the one with the most votes MUST take the position.
That way, you’d end up people who – likely – don’t WANT the power. They’d do as little as possible.
I understand Iceland operates like this, broadly. And, apart from the boss, all the MPs maintain proper jobs. They’re allowed time off to fulfil their civic duties.
Yet Iceland still had insane pandemic policies, and so we’re twice as worse off than the Pharoe Islands, so that system is no guarantee of sensibility.
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On this occasion the mod has decided that you have an unassailable defence.
My defence is that the Govt are demonstrably s**t brained WEF lackeys. But in a world where rhetoric & stupidity now seems to trump evidence & rationity, well …
Does Drakeford and others know when machine media stop protecting him he will find life a bit tough? I hope he enjoyed being the Covid Wizard of Wales.
Except what he did wasn’t wizardry, but witchcraft.
Another bedwetter turns tail. It’s a pity that there will be no floggings until morale improves.
“Wales has been among the most cautious of the home nations in keeping coronavirus restrictions in place” – restrictions are not cautious, any more than punches from Frank Bruno are cautious.
It’s the old ‘precautionary principle’, which is one of the most dangerous constructs there is. Whenever you hear it, run a mile.
Possibly. Perhaps that is the reason restrictions are presented as cautious by both proponents and opponents of lockdown.
It is self-defeating for lockdown opponents to concede defeat on this principle.
It seems ages ago now that the Stazi Heddlu were threatening people daring to cross the border into Dopeford’s self acclaimed socialist state. I’m looking forward to seeing him hung by piano wire from a lamp post in Llandudno. Horrible insignificant twerp of an excuse for a man and politician. He’s got all the charisma of 4 week old limp leak left out in the sun. Surely, Wales has someone better to offer than him.
He’s got all the charisma of 4 week old limp leak left out in the sun.
A perfect summing up.
If Castrol made oily drips this is the poster boy. You just know he’s never had any mates. A bloke in search of a spine.
It could be argued that those who live in Wales have no spine as they haven’t got rid of Drakeford after all this time. He wouldn’t be where he is without support.
Don’t ask for any gratitude. Beg for exemption from prosecution for horrendous damage caused.
Shane warn cricketer died of sudden heart attack at 52 I got to ask the question. when did he have his Covid vaccination?
2nd Jab by Aug ’21 according to his feeds (caught CV19 after it).
Unsure about booster, maybe around the time he gave Djokovich a hard time (last month)
There was a time when the Welsh were proud and would have shoved this pathetic fool off a political cliff. Now, they have been inbred with the Sheep too long and just say “Maaah”. Pathetic.
Time for an inquiry and heads must roll. The great people of Wales must insist upon it!
Mark Drakeford is THE threat to everyone’s health.
Various doctors say families of loved ones hospitalized with covid19 are resorting to desperate measures when approved treatments(slow death protocols) have failed. When it’s not too late, some have seen tremendous success by sneaking Ivermectin medication prohibited by hospitals to patients. It is really sad situation what has our country become. You can get your ivm by visiting https://ivmpharmacy.com
Does this constant advertising of Ivermectin count as spam?
No more so than “save the NHS”! Save it from what? Sick patients!
The.stupidity of this man and his cabal “Senedd” is once more demonstrated. Apparently he believes SARS-CoV-2 is dangerous for another 3 weeks and suddenly vanishes.Sadly that disappearing act does not work for politicians,
Also the virus can’t cross the 168 mile border! It was a pleasure to be in England last week and be treated as an adult.
No, he doesn’t ”believe” it at all. He knows EXACTLY what he’s doing, and why. He and his handlers know full well that it should be NOW that all this tosh ends. Right now. Not in three weeks’ time. But they want the mystique to continue just to make a point.
What a useless “leader” Drip Drakeford has been. Oh, hasn’t Wales done well with all his “we must be cautious” drivel. And as for his “experts”, don’t start me on those 3rd rates.
Interestingly it is the Welsh Conservatives that have been most anti-restrictions – unlike their Westminster colleagues. Plaid Cymru and Labour have colluded to wreck Wales. I always thought Plaid was for Wales but we now know they are just in it for themselves, like 99% of politicians I suppose.
Time to also ditch Dripford.
What qualifies people for leadership positions these days? My old university once put up a parrot for union President and it won a landslide. I understand that nobody noticed much difference in the services provided and Charlie served a full term. Perhaps a similar approach could be tried for the next Welsh Assembly elections and indeed more widely?
Daffy Duckford is such an odious, arrogant, posturing little oik that I am amazed that he hasn’t been shoved off what he sees as his pedestal. Isn’t it strange how little has been said about HIM partying muzzle-free and speaking disparagingly of ‘his’ people? The Welsh press is obviously on his side.
Nobody had heard of “wet flannel” Drakeford until two years ago. He must be distressed that his moment in the spotlight will soon be gone.