- “John Swinney set to be next SNP leader and First Minister” – John Swinney is set to become SNP leader and First Minister as his potential rival Kate Forbes ruled herself out of the race, reports the Herald.
- “Kate Forbes has still won a significant victory” – for religion in public life” – Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph says that even though Kate Forbes isn’t going to stand for the leadership of the SNP, Swinney’s promise to include her in a future SNP Government is a major blow for tolerance of Christians in public life.
- “Ireland miraculously discovers its hard border” – Remember when parliamentary legislation to deem Rwanda a safe country was an assault on the rule of law? Well, now Dublin has decreed Rwanda a safe country so it can send asylum seekers back over the U.K. border, says Henry Hill in UnHerd.
- “Migration reality is biting in Ireland” – The Irish have been stitched up like a kipper by that most magnificent of things – reality, writes Rod Liddle in the Spectator.
- “Donald Trump claims immigration has left London ‘unrecognisable’” – Donald Trump claims mass immigration has rendered London “unrecognisable” after Europe “opened its doors to jihad”, according to the Mail.
- “Macron says European nationalists are ‘hidden Brexiteers’” – Emmanuel Macron says that Brexit has “impoverished” the U.K. and failed to solve the country’s immigration problems, reports the Telegraph.
- “Comedians outraged by stand-up’s death threat to ‘Zionist’ woman” – Comedian Dane Baptiste, who has appeared on a number of BBC shows, has sparked outrage for posting a threat on social media to kill a female “Zionist” comedian, says the Times.
- “Governments are beginning to resist ‘disinformation index’” – In the European Conservative, Frederick Attenborough takes aim at the Global Disinformation Index, which has blacklisted a number of conservative and ‘gender critical’ news publishing sites in the hope of demonetising them.
- “Teacher banned over misgendering pupil ‘had free speech right infringed’” – The High Court has been told that banning a Christian maths teacher for misgendering a pupil infringed on his freedom of speech and religion, according to the Standard.
- “Billy Bragg’s attack on JK Rowling highlights the idiocy of woke tribalism” – Instead of judging arguments on their merits, the cataclysmically dim find it much easier to judge the people making them instead, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “The desire to silence others is unhealthy” – On the Public Substack, Michael Shellenberger, in conversation with Glenn Loury, argues that defending the free speech of those you dislike is the sign of a healthy society.
- “The publisher and the police” – The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power, writes Freddie Attenborough in the Critic.
- “Guardian to cut journalists’ jobs as it slides back into heavy losses” – The Guardian has launched a redundancy programme as the newspaper grapples with a sharp slowdown in advertising, reports the Telegraph.
- “CDC found evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused deaths” – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines caused multiple deaths before claiming that there was no evidence linking the vaccines to any deaths, reveals the Epoch Times.
- “The CDC lied; people died” – The CDC knew the Covid vaccines were killing people. But despite that, they lied to the public and told them they were safe, says Steve Kirsch on Substack.
- “Families of people who died after Covid vaccination abandon attempt to sue AstraZeneca” – Families whose loved ones died after taking the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine have abandoned attempts to sue the pharmaceutical giant after being told that they were likely to lose, reports the Telegraph.
- “Turbo cancer in New York” – Cancer cases are up by two-and-a-half times in New York State in 2023 compared to the 2017-2019 baseline, according to Steve Kirsch on Substack.
- “My parents and the sorry state of the NHS” – In the Spectator, Melissa Kite reflects on a recent hospital visit with her father, navigating the complexities of familial bonds and personal beliefs amid the backdrop of the healthcare system.
- “Are antidepressants making you asexual?” – Half of those on antidepressants experience sexual problems, writes Freya India in the Spectator.
- “Why Britain is building the world’s most expensive nuclear plant” – In the Spectator, Sam Dumitriu explains why Hinkley Point has been so expensive and how we can make nuclear power in Britain cheaper.
- “Forget Brexit – Net Zero is the real threat to the car industry” – Extreme green targets pose an existential threat to U.K. carmakers, says James Woudhuysen in Spiked.
- “The vegan meats that are worse for you than a McDonald’s quarter pounder” – The Telegraph reveals that many of the vegan alternatives to meat are worse for your heart than the junk food they’re designed to replace.
- “Climate models, catastrophe scenarios and the imaginary climate crisis” – There is no compelling scientific evidence of a human-caused climate crisis or emergency, says Aivar Usk on the Freedom Research Substack.
- “BBC presenter says calling animals by their English names is ‘jarring’” – Springwatch presenter Gillian Burke says she prefers to refer to animals by their traditional Swahili names rather than those commonly used in the BBC’s nature programmes, reports the Mail.
- “Psychotherapy body rows with trans activists over conversion therapy memo” – The U.K. Council for Psychotherapy has raised doubts about banning ‘trans conversion therapy’, according to the Telegraph.
- “Breastfeeding charity bullying claims over call to let in trans women” – Britain’s oldest breastfeeding charity has called in regulators amid claims of “harassment and bullying” over a policy to include trans women in meetings, reports the Mail.
- “Gender identity and the Christian vision of humanity” – In his Psephizo blog, Ian Paul delves into a recent document by Catholic bishops addressing gender identity, highlighting its biblical grounding and contrasting its clarity with the stance of the Church of England.
- “Do many women want to be train drivers?” – In the Spectator, Douglas Murray reacts to news from the BBC that train drivers in the U.K. are – shock horror – “overwhelmingly middle-aged white men”.
- “Australia’s misinformation bill was seeded by the global censorship vanguard” – The Australian Government is seeking to exploit two recent knife attacks to relaunch its misinformation bill after it was put on ice late last year over free speech concerns, says Andrew Lowenthal on Substack.
- “Why Trumpists think the real conspiracy is RFK Jr.” – The more Trump and Biden criticise RFK, the more they risk elevating his credentials, writes Freddie Gray in the Spectator.
- “Gen Z is like a South Park episode unfolding right in front of our eyes” – In 2020, Gen Z kneeled in front of black people to prove that they’re “not racist”. In 2024, they’re kneeling to Allah to show that they’re “against genocide”.
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Obviously, net zero carbon is a project doomed to failure (or maybe success, if one’s goal is to reduce the world’s population by starvation or any other means necessary).
This brings me on to the victory of the Farmers-Citizen Movement (BBB) in the Dutch elections (who stood against the political moves to destroy Dutch farming on the pretext of changing the climate). I suggest that we know from history what the consequences of damaging productive farms are – in “Zimbabwe”, where European farmers were forced out and the former bread basket of Africa became a basket case; in Soviet times when millions starved after the collectivisation of farms; in the PRC where the massacre of sparrows to stop them eating the grain resulted in the proliferation of insects previously eaten by the sparrows,with the insects eating far more grain than the sparrows ever did, causing starvation.
I suggest furthermore that the example from Holland demonstrates that something can be done. I was talking to someone standing as an independent in the upcoming local elections, who relates that you don’t have to pay a deposit to stand, and that it really isn’t that difficult to get your name down on the ballot paper; that you don’t need to give your exact address, and that even without campaigning, you will take votes from people fed up with the old, corrupt parties who just want something different, which especially in marginals will send a message that people are fed up with the whole bunch of them. I would urge all those who feel able (and who haven’t given up on politics altogether) to consider standing, and for those who can’t or won’t stand, to at least support an independent or someone outside the old, corrupt parties who have brought us unprecedented human rights abuses in the last few years (three years next Thursday, lest we forget). It may or may not work, but at least you can feel that you are doing something.
I read something yesterday which says that the BBB is controlled opposition with funding links to Bayer, ie Monsanto which is no friend to the farmer & aligns itself with Agenda 30 & the WEF.
No link to the source so I cannot verify it. If this is so, it’s all very depressing.
Surely the downside is the danger of being elected. Then you would be condemned to spending time with councillors from the older parties who you would not have employed or chosen as friends, such is their general quality.
I think it’s all pretty pointless in the UK with its FPTP uniparty system.
The sabotage of Truss, 50% intending to vote for Labour and just 2% for Heritage which is a proper alternative and the truly scandalous behavior of MPs yesterday just before Andrew Bridgen was about to speak are strong indications of that futility.
TCW has this one out today for those who think otherwise and want to pester their MP a bit:
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/ten-questions-for-your-mp-dont-hold-your-breath-for-the-answers/
I am with Craig Murray (see my/his comment under the SNP article) and the Z Man, who provides the best and most apt descriptions of the hive mindset and workings of the managerial/political class today- why they won’t and simply can’t listen to objections like Prof. Kelly’s against their Covid, Climate, wokeness etc. agendas and the banality of them and how they came and the next ones will come into existence.
https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=29525
“The thing is, this is not a front brain activity. People are not looking around on every issue, counting noses and anticipating the majority. Instead it is an instinctual thing, arrived at by interacting with the people in close proximity. It is why the metaphor of the hive is so important. Like drones in a hive, the people in the managerial class do not know why they believe what they believe. They just know everyone they know supports men in dresses, so it must be the right thing to do.”
“It Was A ‘Vaccine Strategy’ From The Start”
Seriously? This is the daily sceptic is it not?
Sorry Toby, but you seem to be enjoying the limelight a little too much! Seem to be forgetting your roots amongst all the fame and fortune?
Where the f are you Toby? Too big for us mere plebs now? Rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty all the time leaves a little bit more shit on you!
Seems your getting caught up in all the bright lights, big city! Impressing all your famous mates are you? Careful Toby!!!
4 downticks! Do not question the chosen one! This is the way of the woke!
I love a good rankle!
I’ve got a bad feeling about the direction of the daily sceptic! Anyone else?
There should be 100 downticks and no upticks, but upto now, its 50/50!
Perhaps there are other subscribers on here like me who hardly ever use downticks. Stupidity is not really worth the bother.
“Why “serious” scientists do not buy lab leak
“What’s this all about, Toby?
It’s the title of the linked article, which uses it ironically in a piece suggesting that the virus was deliberately leaked by US agencies, not accidentally by the Chinese. That seems fairly non-mainstream to me.
If you read the article the author is putting forth the theory that the virus was not caused by an animal or that it came from a lab-leak in Wuhan. I agree with him. To exclusively blame the Chinese at this point is to ignore all of the evidence we have of U.S involvement ( they are the architects, after all ) plus the facts that the virus was reported in other countries, not just in addition to China but *before* China, such as the U.S and Italy. I think it is reasonable to believe, based on available evidence, that this virus was made in a lab/labs, and deliberately released in multiple countries.
I stand corrected!
“that this virus was made in a lab/labs, and deliberately released in multiple countries”
Exactly. A point I have made many, many times.
The stories on ds are starting to have a monotonous empty ring to them,like a bell with a crack in it! Getting funding from somewhere else?
If so, say so and I’ll withdraw mine!
Still charging a fiver to get in touch?
I think DS also publish pieces that are alternative in that they challenge our sceptical thinking. I get that some of them rankle because we all have our confirmation biases to varying degrees but it is good to have them challenged now and again. I don’t think DS is becoming more mainstream, just providing some fodder from an alternative perspective for us to read and squabble over. lol A lot of the articles now I don’t even click on as they don’t interest me. We each take what we want from the site and leave the rest. That way there’s something for everyone.
Very diplomatic
There are plenty of echo chambers you will feel fine in on the net, Twitter etc..
I appreciate being confronted with intelligent different opinions than mine here.
The only thing I find annoying are your comments here today.
“Broken promises on immigration have led to a Brexiteer exodus from the Tories”
Or Labour!? Same club!
Don’t vote!
That’s the biggest message you could ever send!
“Nicola Sturgeon’s gender reforms blamed for SNP losing 40% of its membership”
Oh well! We’ll just vote in an Asian replacement!
“Britain is addicted to mass migration – and it is not racist to say this must change”
Whats the true population of the uk? These are the questions the ds used to ask!
Happy St Patrick’s hangover day!
I put this on a story ATL, don’t know if you saw it? Andrew Bridgen talking to an empty House, yesterday….and getting a thoroughly pathetic response…
The thing is YouTube have already deleted it…which someone in Government should be making a song and dance about..but they won’t…..shocking in so many ways….
https://rumble.com/v2dkxea-british-mp-andrew-bridgen-leads-an-adjournment-debate-on-the-efficacy-of-th.html
Jesus wept!
The sad state of British politics!
Where are the hero’s?
Bridgen is a god!
Yeah I posted it last night under a different article. It’s how the bent little shysters all scurry out at the beginning like rats, which is massively insulting to a colleague and speaks volumes, which p’d me off big time!
That was truly stunning, scandalous and hyper anti-democratic.
But it is ignored by the media, even the DS…, and the poisoned sheep need it thus way are absolutely fine with it.
It reminds me of the German parties and media’s undemocratic treatment of the AfD, while simultaneously smearing that party as being the only undemocratic one.
A certain propagandist’s ‘Always accuse the other side of that which you are guilty!’ cones to mind.
Yes…it’s taken me some time as I didn’t recognise the man who speaks at the end…from the BigPharma script…vaccines saved lives, UK should be proud of its vaccine rollout etc etc….
It’s Will Quince who is the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care. He will be going on my ‘never trust or vote for’ list..LOL!
Andrew Bridgen
@ABridgen
.@YouTube have taken down the speech I gave in Parliament today. I am an elected member of the UK Parliament. The speech was given in the Chamber of the House of Commons and responded to by a Government Minister, what chance has anyone else got of putting their views on YouTube?
Oh I’m sure JRM will jump on the case.
Still up on Dr John Campbell’s channel with a short intro from him: (2) UK Parliament – YouTube
The Merkel/UniEssen ties to Wuhan stink and might also explain the head start of Drosten and BioNTech, the Pfizer hookup and the continued political preference of their dodgy product over the other dodgy ones and Germany’s particular Covidian zeal, including its unique, continued and ever more intensifying focus on Long Covid as an umbrella for and deflection from PostVac damages.
This is one of the best, clearest and most shocking analysises of how and where the UK fell apart economically over the last 2 decades. That one chart in particular hit home with me, as I arrived here to flee German socialism in 1995 but am now at the same level of it here as when I left.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/this-budget-not-only-misses-the-point-it-doesnt-even-understand-it/
Plenty of Ukraine stuff here today, so I’ll add this clear debunking of the pathetic sailboat fairy tale by Scott Ritter and a short comment and reference to Sy Hersh’s recent interview with Chris Hedges, where he stated that Z. is in trouble with his generals because he takes a too big cut, in order to prove that his level of info runs very deep.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/march/15/the-nord-stream-andromeda-cover-up/
Thanks for the link.
…yes I’m adding that story to my rubbish bin labelled ‘Racoon Dogs…’…..LOL!
Cock-up? My arse!
This is the reason for the What’sApp messages:
https://twitter.com/CartlandDavid/status/1636837203891421185
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11872853/International-Criminal-Court-issues-arrest-warrant-PUTIN.html
Hmm, I wonder if an arrest warrant will be issued for that scruffy, scrounging git – the Ukrainian military green wearing war puppet, who is expert at jetsetting around the world, extracting vast amounts of taxpayers money from
colludingsympathetic governments?Flu vaccine safety data from the CDC is not what has been promoted…. Quelle surprise!
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/the-flu-vaccine-is-too-deadly-to
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/my-red-hanger-of-shame/
WTF is this all about?
If our council introduces this scam then everything will be going in one bin. F.’em.
Barstewards.
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/17/what-one-tweet-can-teach-us-about-fake-news/
Kit Knightly – I share his position entirely.
Bridgen’s HOC speech back up on YT: (3) Efficacy of the mRNA covid-19 booster, 17 Mar 2023 – YouTube
He states vaxx program has cost UK £8.3BN so far – not sure if that includes payouts for vaxx injuries. Costs > £9M to prevent one hospitalisation for covid for healthy 30-39 year olds.
An article in the Spectator Australia about the suppression of Ivermectin as a treatment:-
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/03/did-the-ivermectin-ban-cost-lives/