- “A fascist, totalitarian future awaits us – my testimony to Congress” – Jordan Peterson writes in the Telegraph on the dystopia that Justin Trudeau’s Canada and Xi Jinping’s China are building that “will one day enslave humanity”.
- “Lockdowns and money printing have destroyed Western economies” – The desire to work and earn a living has been crushed out of the population by high welfare and high taxes, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
- “Boots orders support staff back into office five days a week from September” – The retail chain’s boss has declared the office a “much more fun and inspiring place” with everyone in attendance, according to the Guardian.
- “For services to wrecking Britain, the Covid conmen landing top jobs ” – Professor Angus Dalgleish in TCW is unhappy that those responsible for the Covid disaster have moved on to plum jobs.
- “What happened when we asked chat GPT about the effects of lockdown?” – Professor Carl Heneghan asked the AI software two questions and reports what he got.
- “Met Police arrest man carrying ‘Hamas is terrorist’ sign at Gaza demo” – The man waved the sign in the middle of the rally, which saw thousands of demonstrators gather in the capital, before protesters attacked him leading to a large brawl, according to the Mail.
- “Banning Islamophobia: Blasphemy Law By The Backdoor” – Christian Concern’s Tim Dieppe reflects on his briefing that was published by the Free Speech Union, with a foreword by Professor Richard Dawkins who shares Tim’s concerns about the threat to free speech from defining ‘Islamophobia’.
- “The Left shows its chilling true face by refusing to accept Jews feel intimidated” – Those who won’t go into central London during the protests for fear of their safety are now being gaslit by so-called progressives, says the Telegraph‘s Camilla Tominey.
- “Sun sets on British democracy” – In Spectator Australia, Ramesh Thakur laments the growing influence of extremist Islam over U.K. politics.
- “Don’t march alongside extremists, Michael Gove tells pro-Palestinian protesters” – The Communities Secretary has pledged to expose groups that seek to “subvert democracy”, says the Telegraph.
- “Climate chief told staff to ‘kill’ negative Net Zero story” – The head of the Government’s climate watchdog Chris Stark told officials to “kill” a negative news story with “technical language”, the Telegraph reports.
- “Struggling vegan restaurateur bombarded with abuse and fake reviews after adding meat to the menu to keep up with costs” – Adonis Norouznia, who owns Nomas Gastrobar in Macclesfield, Cheshire, added meat options in January to help bring in more customers – but received a furious backlash online, says the Mail.
- “The Henley plot: The secret plan for Boris to take back the Tory party” – The former PM is mooted for a return to his old seat, but frenemy David Cameron could be in the way of any grand comeback plans, according the Telegraph. I suppose this time he’ll cut spending, taxes, immigration, red tape, wokery…
- “The Tories must strike a pact with Reform – or be obliterated” – The upstart party is flying the Thatcherite banner, attracting voters who feel betrayed by years of Tory incompetence, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “UCL ‘bans professor from teaching to avoid upsetting Chinese students’” – Michelle Shipworth said she has been banned from teaching a course about China in order to avoid putting Chinese students off from applying to be taught at the institution, the Mail reports.
- “British Museum could send tribal artefacts back to Jamaica” – Jamaica is planning to claim tribal artefacts from the British Museum following George Osborne’s latest deal over African gold, according to the Telegraph.
- “University staff told not to address classes as ‘ladies and gentlemen’” – Academics attending an event at the University of Westminster’s Centre for Social Justice Research were told not to use “unnecessarily gendered language” for fear of offending non-binary students, the Telegraph reports.
- “Retired scientist prosecuted for holding up ‘here to talk’ sign outside abortion clinic” – Retired medical scientist Livia Tossici-Bolt is being prosecuted in a free speech test case after holding up a sign near an abortion clinic saying “Here to talk if you want to”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Leo Varadkar suffers resounding defeat on double referendum to modernise Ireland’s constitution” – Irish voters rejected the Government’s double referendum on changing the constitution’s language on family issues to be more ‘progressive’, the Telegraph reports.
- “Syrian refugee in ‘fawning’ BBC documentary raped child seven times” – A Syrian refugee who was the subject of “fawning” coverage on the BBC’s Newsnight has been convicted of the rape of a 13-year-old girl, the Telegraph reports.
- “The Church of England is replacing its Christian nature in a fit of woke frenzy” – A new holy trinity of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has usurped the old, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Eight quangos still Stonewall members despite Government edict” – Kemi Badenoch told Government departments to withdraw from the diversity scheme but thousands were still paying for membership last financial year, says the Times.
- “It’s time to welcome back RealTime’s own award show, The Cojones Awards! The award recognises those who, at the risk of their reputations and livelihoods, have fought against cancel culture” – Bill Maher shows some cojones of his own by awarding prizes to, among others, J.K. Rowling.
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Excellent article and thanks for sharing. The UK’s abysmal performance in handling this virus has been observed world wide. I’m hoping this leads to a complete overhaul of the entire system, but I’m not holding my breath.
There will just be another Quango created to oversee every other Quango involved; staffed of course by the usual suspects referred to above.
Steady on…..Give credit where credit is due… PHE did tell us how many brussells sprouts we should eat per week …..
Bloody vital that. (And works out about £200k per sprout):-))
PHE are responsible also for the refusal to consider the role of Vitamon D3 in the immune response. They have a stated level of D3 in the blood which is disputed by many immunologists who think it should be multiplied by a factor of 10. The refuse to reconsider, and on the NHS website D3s role in immunity isn’t even stated, their recommended dose is ‘for bone health’. A gang of overpaid slow thinking chatterati bathered together on overgenerous expenses and unwilling to admit anything. They are killing people who clearly lack D3 in sufficient qualtity, whether through age, ethnicity or lifestyle. D3 supplement is avalable and relatively cheap, simply handing it out to all patients would in a matter of weeks show what a difference it could make.