- “I’ll govern ‘unburdened by doctrine’” – The Spectator has reproduced the text of Keir Starmer’s first speech as Prime Minister outside Downing Street.
- “Starmer kept cool when told he’d won, while staff roared like football fans” – The new PM kissed his wife amid rapturous cheers as news of Labour’s victory rolled in, reports the Times.
- “Starmer’s Cabinet: Thornberry ‘snubbed’ and McFadden made enforcer” – The victorious Labour leader is building his team – and alongside the anticipated appointments are one or two surprises, says the Telegraph.
- “Sir Patrick Vallance: From Covid adviser to science minister” – Sir Patrick Vallance has been made a peer and given a job as a junior science minister in Starmer’s first Government, reports the Standard.
- “Starmer kills off Rwanda plan on first day as PM” – Labour insiders tell the Telegraph that the Tory Rwanda scheme is effectively “dead”, given Labour promised to scrap it.
- “Migrants vow to cross from France ‘as soon as possible’ after Labour victory” – Speaking to the Telegraph, some migrants near Dunkirk have welcomed Starmer’s victory and say they’ll make the journey across the channel as soon as they can.
- “How Starmer pulled off a triumph with three million fewer votes than Corbyn” – Starmer has promised to fix Britain, but with no clear plan to do so, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
- “The elite liberals on our screens could barely stomach that Reform was the big story of the night” – Allison Pearson’s highlight of the wall-to-wall coverage of the election on TV was the mainstream media being forced to give Nigel Farage’s upstart party its due, she says in the Telegraph.
- “The seeds of Starmer’s downfall have already been sown” – This was not a vote for the Labour party, but a rejection of the entire political class, writes Sebastian Milbank in the Telegraph.
- “Labour election result most distorted in history” – Labour has won nearly two-thirds of the seats with third of popular vote, the most distorted election result ever, according to the Telegraph.
- “What I think – detailed thoughts on a historic election, the morning after” – Matt Goodwin gives his thoughts on the election result for his Substack.
- “The Tories have only themselves to blame” – Douglas Murray in the Spectator thinks he know where blame lies for the Tories’ historic defeat.
- “British politics goes Continental” – Labour won big. But the rise of small parties proves we’ve entered a new political era, says Luke Hallam in Persuasion.
- “The centre-Right is dying a slow death. It is an epochal change for politics across the West.” – The results of the U.K. election are in and Labour has carried the day. Does this mean the end of the centre-Right across Europe? asks Eugyppius on Substack.
- “Labour’s hollow victory” – On his Substack, Jack Watson reflects on the election result.
- “What the polls got right – and very wrong” – Voters delivered the big Labour victory everyone expected — but the industry must reckon with how its predictions varied so wildly, says James Kanagasoorium in the Times.
- “My 10-point guide to bashing Labour” – In the Mail, Boris Johnson sets out his 10-point plan for defeating Labour in 2029.
- “There’s no shortcut for the Tories. A divided Right will never win an election again” – Pretending that Labour’s majority is built on sand is a pure coping mechanism, says David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Early runners and riders to replace Sunak as Tory civil war begins” – The battle lines were drawn before dawn broke when critics rounded on the ex-Prime Minister, as senior Conservatives lambasted him for failing to listen to voters, says the Mail.
- “Who could replace Rishi Sunak? The potential Tory successors” – With so many rivals in the Conservative Party losing their seats, the odds are looking better for the leadership candidates still standing, reports the Times.
- “The Tory blame game: Scorned MPs rage at peerage for Sunak ally” – The ex-Prime Minister has been accused of rewarding aides who led a duff campaign after giving a peerage to Liam Booth-Smith, according to the Telegraph.
- “Next Tory leader needs to win over Right and shift party to the centre, says George Osborne” – The former chancellor’s suggestions come after ‘true blue’ seats like Kensington and Chelsea fell to Labour, reports the Telegraph.
- “The Tory ‘wets’ are finished. Good riddance” – There is one silver lining to this catastrophic defeat, says Sherelle Jacobs in the Telegraph. The Party is now more cohesively Right-wing.
- “Moment furious Labour MP Jess Phillips takes on pro-Palestinian mob” – The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley suffered jeers by pro-Palestinian supporters after she beat a Muslim independent by just 693 votes, reports the Mail.
- “The terrifying pro-Palestine campaign that hurt Labour – and threatens democracy” – Some of the party’s biggest names have complained of shocking intimidation and abuse by those campaigning “for Gaza”, according the Telegraph.
- “The pro-Palestine independents who turned the Gaza war on Keir Starmer” – Barrister Ayoub Khan, who quit the Lib Dems over Gaza, is the new MP for Perry Barr, according to the Mail.
- “The successful Muslim Vote campaign is a snapshot of the future of British politics” – No one anticipated how many pro-Gaza independents would be elected to Parliament, writes Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
- “Britain can no longer ignore the new sectarianism” – Suella Braverman was monstered when she raised concerns about British politics drifting towards sectarianism, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph. But the election has proven her right.
- “‘The worst election I have ever stood in’” – Sectarian politics is now a reality in England, says Ed West on Substack, quoting Jess Phillips.
- “Jeremy Corbyn wins as an independent: ‘I’m the one they couldn’t put down’” – The member for Gaza, sorry, Islington North, has been re-elected, defeating his Labour opponent, reports the Times.
- “SNP figures left reeling after ‘cataclysmic’ election night” – The SNP won just nine of the 56 Scottish constituencies declared yesterday after voters deserted them following a series of scandals and controversies, says the Mail.
- “Donald Trump congratulates Nigel Farage on election win” – The next President of the United States has congratulated Farage on his election win, but not Starmer, says the Telegraph.
- “The culture war is about to get a lot worse” – The Tories deserved to lose, but the Labour landslide will keep the ‘woke’ movement on life-support for another few years, laments Andrew Doyle on Substack.
- “Disney heiress withdraws donations to Democrats until Biden is replaced” – Abigail Disney says the Democrats will “not receive a single dime” until they “bite the bullet” and get rid of the 81-year-old President, according to the Telegraph.
- “What did reporters who cover the White House know, and when did they know it?” – As President Biden lurches toward a withdrawal from the 2024 election that seems likelier by the hour, questions need to be asked about the media’s role in hiding his mental decline, says Alex Berenson on Substack.
- “Letter to a Liberal: Your Media Lies to You” – Biden’s senility was long known, but the media gaslighted the public until the gas finally ran out and they could no longer protect him, writes Paul D. Thacker in the Disinformation Chronicles.
- “How long until the ‘Joe must go’ faction prevails?” – If President Biden wanted to quash demands for him to step aside in favour of Kamala Harris after his devastating debate against Donald Trump, his July 4th appearance will not have helped, writes Freddie Gray in the Mail.
- “Church of England fears parish backlash over £100m slavery fund” – Bishop concedes there is anecdotal evidence that anger about the scheme has led to people stopping giving to their local church, reports the Times.
- “Right-wing AfD debanked by angry German grandmothers” – An option to donate has been removed from the AfD’s website in a victory for a debanking campaign group in Germany, says the Telegraph.
- “Fifty attacked in French election violence — and officials fear riots” – A strong police presence is planned for the second round of voting in France on Sunday, with officials fearing riots if the National Rally wins, according to the Times.
- “Who swamped the comps? Not us” – Refugee parents from the private sector have been promised a “welcome in a brilliant state school”. Mr Chips is dubious.
- “Thin-skinned megalomaniac rich bully wants Chinese style firewall for Britain” – Dale Vince briefed the Guardian this week that he is suing Paul Staines, editor of Guido Fawkes, for repeating a phrase Vince used in an interview on Times Radio. Guido has more.
- “Orwell hits the highways” – In Zero Hedge, Tyler Durden reveals that the EU has mandated that all new cars will now have to include Automatic Speed Limiters, preventing them from exceeding the speed limit.
- “At last I’m free” – Steve Baker clashes with Ed Balls and George Osborne on breakfast TV in an exchange many people on X think he got the better of.
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“Restrictions for an indefinite period”.
I suppose that is what will happen here then?
I don’t see why it wouldn’t, at least by SAGE’s logic.
It will indeed. The new normal is exactly this. They are telling us what is happening.
if you look at their deaths curve, basically they haven’t had many.
the vaccines dont stop you getting it or spreading it – we know that – only naturally gained immunity will do that
they are supposed to reduce symptoms
but they are unlikely to work well in those towards the end of their lives
isn’t the above exactly what we’d expect? why is it perplexing?
just to add
being an island and whatever else they did, they avoided it until 2021. so when they get infected, its going to be a later (ie milder but more transmissable) variant.
when we got the new more transmissable variant most people had already had covid of one form or another
We’d need more data to make a real judgment of what’s going on, i.e. age of those infected, age of those dying, vaccination status, time since vaccination, other factors, etc.
At the same time that the Seychelles have a serious outbreak, we’re busily congratulating ourselves on the success of our vaccines, which includes Astrazenica, which have been more effective than first thought.
The two scenarios don’t go together, so something clearly doesn’t add up. And restricting movement hasn’t solved the problem either.
It’s why comparison across different testing regimes that use different protocols based on different tests with the same fundamental problems, we just get noise.
Are people dropping dead more than normal?
Also, its clear this all happened post vaccine, is that just another coincidence? They appear to have had little before that.
i agree the more data the better
but the main difference between UK and Seychelles is that they had barely a case until 2021
we had reached herd immunity or thereabouts naturally
they are a naive population who happened to take some symptom depressing drugs. why wouldn’t they have an outbreak?
Seasonal effect.
The fact that most Brits don’t wear face knickers outside.
The fact that antisocial distancing is widely ignored.
Hence, large numbers of Brits have doubtless been exposed to the Dreaded Lurgie and acquired natural immunity.
But wait until the flu season comes round. Last year, all covvie, no flu. A miracle!
This year, all flu, no covvie, all thanks to the snake oil.
A miracle!
Meanwhile, the Seychelles’ economy collapses totally and they fall sobbing into the arms of the IMF.
….but they are unlikely to work well in those towards the end of their lives
They are unlikely to work at all, as their intended job is to cut huge swathes through the great masses of the human race. It should be absolutely clear to all by now, that the Covid event is a put up job and that it has a very ulterior motive.
Vaccines do stop you getting infected and they do stop you infecting others. The data show that clearly as does every other vaccination.
Sharpen your pitchforks ladies and gents…
The vaccine depresses the immune system.
People previously or currently exposed to COVID develop the actual virus immediately following vaccination.
Some of them die. Unnecessarily early.
THE END.
ROLL CREDITS.
The virus has once again defied expectations.
Specifically how? Are they seeing an unusual number of deaths in the Seychelles? Is all-cause mortality significantly higher there now, and was it in 2020, than a long-term average?
or done exactly as we’d expect.
forget the vaccines – they aren’t even supposed to reduce transmission – just prevent serious illness and deaths
seychelles avoided it until this summer. now they have a minor outbreak. what’s so perplexing?
Indeed – did the isolate the island and this is what happens when the open up? Bit like NZ and Australia have to come…
‘Minor outbreak’? No – just the usual over-detection of RNA fragments = casedemic.
It is DELUSIONAL arrogance to think that any viruses can be eradicated.
You mean it’s defied your beloved snake oil?
My insincerest commiserations, little fon.
Can we see excess deaths.
Can we see average age of deaths.
Who the hell knows what is heppening without data.
But we know that ALL the so-called vaccines just stop symptoms they DO NOT stop infection or ability to infect.
So why is anyone ‘shocked ‘ by this, its inevitable in an island that cut itself off now opened up because its economy is going down the pan. Soon to be NZ and Australia. And its bugger all to do with vaccines that don’t work.
It’s only perplexing if you think any of this madness bears any genuine relationship to realistic public health concerns. If you think that, it seems to me wishful thinking.
“Cases” ??????????????????????????????
Here we go again – round and round on the imaginary roundabout.
Here you go again, policing comments, an agent for the enemy
I saw “Here is their cases curve…” and was irritated like you @RickH
Working in israel as well https://in.news.yahoo.com/israel-brings-back-mask-rule-130434104.html
and coincidentally almost the same number of deaths per million as seychelles
ie not that many
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
so little naturally acquired immunity, so prone to having some more (as only natural acquired immunity will stop you getting and passing it on – the vaccines dont even claim that)
Maybe they have taken a ton of money to be ‘shut down’. Only the cabal can holiday there now
More Vaccine less immune system more illness.
This fight against asymptomatic symptoms is something to be admired really. They really don’t want people catching an illness that causes no illness!
A crude analysis of the shown data is peak cases (per million) 4000. Peak deaths (per million) 13. CFR = 0.32%. That’s eerily similar to influenza…
Nowhere near. You’re confusing IFR and CFR.
IFR for SARs2 is about 0.3
IFR for influenze is about 0.05.
Huh? Why on Earth would you think I have confused CFR and IFR?
My basic and crude ‘analysis’ has to be CFR right? Cases and deaths?
While Influenza CFR’s are subject to change and dispute, it is readily accepted that it is around 0.1%-0.2%.
This peer reviewed paper has it at 1.28%:
Epidemiological and clinical profile of Influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 in Odisha, eastern India – ScienceDirect,
but we have to accept that testing for Flu is much lower than for the panic ridden testing environment we have surrounding Covid-19.
IFR’s for both has to be lower. And antibody testing regarding SARs2 suggests your figure of 0.3% is accurate.
I didn’t mix the 2 up though. I think you got hung up on the crude 0.32% figure I posted.
There is a complete failure of logic here. Cases are persistently high so they are going to continue measures which have failed to work. Well, that is in line with almost everywhere else – lockdowns don’t work.
And neither do ‘vaccines’.
Combine the two and you get the worst of all possible worlds.
So they want to crash their tourism and hospitality. Still going with the global green theme
The average age in Seychelles is 34.2. Who are the Covid patients overwhelming the hospitals, how old are they, and which vaccine did they have?
If, as I suspect, Sinopharm is causing enhanced disease people need to know about it.
Agree.Why can’t we have the age of the new cases? If most adults are vaccinated,there can’t be many around unvaccinated to sustain the outbreak. Was it the South african variant around from the beginning hence low effect of Astra?
The most important question is,are these cases unvaccinated children?
Starnge that we don’t have answers to such important questions.
This …
The majority of vaccinated people in Seychelles have received China’s Sinopharm vaccine – the one (IMO) that is most likely to cause ADE.
I attach one of the graphs from MissConceptions from Twitter.
Who knows what the cause is – smashed immunity from the vaxx leading to death, recording vaxx deaths as Covid deaths, ADE, all three? I don’t know if we will ever know because we can’t trust any of the data.
This is devastating for a local economy that’s almost 100% reliant on tourism.
Guessing our billionaire masters do not want any vistors to their holiday safe space?
This is so damn stupid. What else can be said?
The Seychelles didn’t have any cases until they started vaccinating everyone. Interesting…
It’s the big C again – coincidental.
bit like Gibraltar then
Perplexing?
THE BLOODY SNAKE OILS DON’T WORK.
What’s perplexing about that, for Chrissake?
THE BLOODY SNAKE OILS DON’T WORK.
Sorry to disagree with you (because I do agree generally) but I think they might actually be working perfectly as intended.
Maybe the answer is to create a new subculture for the unvaccinated (ie specifically excluding the vaccinated) that is so much more exciting and enticing than the enslavement offered to the vaccinated?
These jabs did not bestow immortality. OMG.
Choice of vaccine matters.
They chose the 2 with by far the worst efficacy against infection.
AstraZenica is spectacularly poor at preventing infection (Especially against 351 variants which is dominant there) and Sinopharm is significantly worse again.
UK has the same problem – spiralling cases as its relying on AstraZenica as its majority vaccine.
If cases are your worry, AZ wont help at all.
The. Chinese. Vaccines. Don’t. Work.
cases i.e. false positives i.e. mugs who get tested
Wonderful abuse of statistics – Total population Seychelles 1M , total deaths 63. In small population and low infection mortality data is often meaningless. Society has got to recognise that although epidemiologists like testing it is essential meaningless and social distancing and lockdown kills in other ways. Just wait until New Zealand starts to unlock!
Population not 1 m but around 100 000
Comparing the recovery/fading of the virus in the UK with the rise in infection in the Seychelles and then drawing the conclusion that the mRNA is better is NOT good science or science of any description. In the UK the virus faded away with much the same rate last year without vaccines and the vaccines roll out began before the natural peak of an endemic virus around Dec/Jan and the UK is on a different latitude to the Seychelles. What can be construed from this is that the AstraZeneca appears to make matters worse and this can be confirmed by looking at all countries where this has been injected. As for mRNA, we will not know what the long term affects are until at least two more ‘waves’, formerly known as seasons.
Seychelles an economy based on fishing, tourism and coconuts, Thats a lot of fish and cocnuts to sell on the open market to keep a countries economy going. Not going to happen is it? So self inflicted destruction and poverty will obviously make for healthy citizens, Well done that Government, congratulations the WHO. Bet the people in charge have secured their exit.
I always find it hard to swallow when someone writes an article about the ineffectiveness of the experimental biologicals. To save face they must throw in a salvo. In this case, it is some drivel about how effective the mRNA experimental biologicals are in comparison. I would refer the author to the CDC vaers and to the states (in USA) now experiencing one breakthrough case after another.
When developing their first mRNA product, BioNTech undertook 3 to 4 years of controlled testing before its release.
I wonder whether Covid 2 would have burned itself out before the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was shown to be safe?
I have just received my third letter from the NHS/Imperial College telling me it is my last chance to take part in an important study to measure how many people have had Covid19 by testing me by sticking a 6in wand up my nasal cavity. You would have thought they would have got the message by now!
Power to the People
https://youtu.be/hy7bmdDGKZ8
Everything Geert Vanden Bossche predicted is coming true. Time for LS to revisit his theories?