- “David Lammy criticised for removing Israeli hostage badge to meet Palestinian PM” – David Lammy has been slammed for removing a yellow pin badge expressing solidarity with Israeli hostages when meeting the Palestinian Prime Minister, reports the Mail.
- “Radical Islamic preacher invited on BBC to discuss riots” – The BBC interviewed a radical Islamic preacher who has been condemned by the Government’s counter-extremism commission and blamed the riots on those with a Zionist “agenda”, says the Telegraph.
- “Jailed for riot comments: justice or creeping censorship?” – Tough sentences have been handed out to those who fanned the flames of disorder online but did not take part. Where will it lead? wonders Will Lloyd in the Times.
- “Prominent legal commentator leaves chambers” – A prominent barrister and Spectator columnist, who came under criticism for social media posts about the Southport knife attack, has retired from his chambers, according to the Law Society Gazette.
- “Police will pay ‘zombie knife’ owners to surrender their weapons” – Police are offering zombie knife owners cash to hand over the menacing blades before they are officially banned in the U.K., reports the Mail.
- “Extreme misogyny to be treated as terrorism” – Extreme misogyny will be treated as terrorism for the first time under Government plans to combat the radicalisation of young men online, says the Telegraph. Under new plans, boys expressing admiration for Andrew Tate will be referred to Prevent.
- “‘I came here to escape radical Islam’: the asylum seekers who understand the rioters’ fears” – In the Spectator, Charlotte Eagar speaks to an Iranian refugee who has some sympathy with the rioters.
- “Men are arrested for wearing shorts by Iran’s feared morality police” – Disturbing footage has emerged of men being arrested for wearing shorts by Iran’s morality police, as the country debates a new bill around “improper clothing” for males, reports the Mail.
- “Army chaplain stabbed outside barracks as gardaí probe terror link” – Gardaí are trying to establish if there was a terror link to an attack on an army chaplain who was stabbed outside a barracks in Co Galway, reports Irish Independent.
- “Train drivers’ pay has grown twice as much as wages for teachers, doctors and soldiers” – New analysis shows that train drivers’ pay will have increased by twice as much as that of teachers, doctors and soldiers over the past decade if their pay deal is accepted, says the Telegraph.
- “France’s pension system is crumbling – and Britain’s will be next” – Burdened with a ballooning pension bill, Starmer may be forced to follow in Macron’s footsteps and raise the U.K. retirement age, writes Mattie Brignal in the Telegraph.
- “‘Conservatives must have core principles around which we can unite – here are my 10 propositions’” – In the Telegraph, Robert Jenrick outlines 10 principles that should define the Tories’ common creed.
- “Why should my mixed-race children have to pick a side?” – Our children deserve a country where the colour of their skin is no more relevant than the colour of their hair or eyes, says Kemi Badenoch in the Mail.
- “Bridget Phillipson accused of censoring Facebook comments critical of private school tax raid” – Parents and teachers claim that the Education Secretary’s Facebook profile routinely removes statements questioning Labour’s controversial private school tax raid, reports the Telegraph.
- “Labour is taking us back to the 70s – with an added dollop of wokery” – The Government’s list of failures gets longer every day and they are not just economic, says Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “Starmer turns down HarperCollins book deal” – Keir Starmer’s register of interests shows he no longer intends to write a book which was set to be published by HarperCollins, according to the Telegraph.
- “How much Nigel Farage earned a month from GB News” – Nigel Farage is thought to be Britain’s highest-paid MP after his register of interests revealed he makes almost £1.2 million a year from appearing on GB News, reports the Mail.
- “Forget Farage’s salary – follow the (green) money” – It’s definitely interesting how much Farage is paid, but what about Ed Miliband getting a £99,000 donation from the Green Finance Institute? asks Charlotte Gill on her Substack.
- “‘Foreign funding of U.S. higher education predicts campus erosion of democratic speech norms and antisemitism’” – New analysis by the Network Contagion Research Institute links foreign funding of U.S. higher education to a rise in antisemitism and the erosion of free speech on campus.
- “The global fertility crisis is worse than you think” – If you’re 55 or younger, you’re likely to witness something humans haven’t seen for 60,000 years, including during wars or pandemics: a sustained decrease in the world population, writes Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde in the Spectator.
- “The week in numbers” – On the TTE Substack, Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson take a numerical look back at the week’s top health-related stories.
- “The credibility of the Paralympics is already in jeopardy” – Now, biological males are competing against women in the special Olympics, says Julie Bindel in the Telegraph.
- “Prince Harry should apologise for slavery, Colombian townsfolk say” – Prince Harry should apologise for his family’s role in the slave trade, residents of South America’s first “free town” have said, according to the Telegraph.
- “When will bishops be held to account?” – If you challenge the progressive establishment, prepare to be abandoned by the hierarchy of the Church of England, says Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall in the Critic.
- “Why can’t the Church say ‘church’?” – Justin Welby is an ecclesiastical embarrassment, writes Giles Fraser in UnHerd.
- “Tried for a tweet” – In Public Discourse, Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen shares what she has learned during the five years that the Finnish state prosecuted her for her faith.
- “Ralf Schumacher’s ex-wife breaks her silence after he came out as gay” – Cora Schumacher, ex-wife of former Formula 1 star Ralf, claims she “feels used” after he came out as gay in July, according to the Mail.
- “Notes on weirdness” – “Weird” is currently the American liberal Left’s adjective of choice to describe Republicans, remarks Ben Sixsmith on his Zone Substack.
- “X draws the line in Brazil, shuts down local operations amid censorship clash” – X has immediately ceased operations in Brazil after a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice threatened its legal team, following secret orders to comply with censorship directives, according to Dan Frieth in Reclaim The Net.
- “‘Justin Welby should quit!’” – It seems as if the leadership of the Church of England are doing their absolute upmost to change the Church into something other than a church, says Emma Webb on GB News.
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I still look at that chart of ‘cases’ and wonder.
Is there a chart which factors in excess mortality in some way? We know that during the first wave there was a noticeable increase in excess mortality. Cases were low because there wasnt a test. You only became a case if you were ill, and pretty ill at that because you needed to seek out medical attention. I was ill during that time with covid like symptoms, though not so ill that I would have taken a day off work for it. But I wasnt a case despite symptoms, whereas since last summer there have been huge numbers of cases without anyone even having any symptoms thanks to our great testing.
I don’t believe that the Great British public has an automatic right to two weeks holiday abroad no matter what.
I am reminded of a young tradesman at the beginning of ‘austerity’ complaining that his bank had refused to furnish him with yet another loan for his annual break in Ibeza and how this was against his ‘rights’.
About 15 years ago I bit the bullet (soz irony) and commissioned a private dentist to do a large amount of expensive work on my teeth. This meant I could not afford to go abroad that year but the relief from pain was well worth it (and still is).
Further I do not see how a dearth of cases/deaths in much of the UK should impact upon where and when we can go abroad.
I realise that this view will not be popular but I am beyond caring though I am prepared to look on as people vent their spleen against our vindictive and spiteful government.
It’s not a two weeks holiday for those of us who have not seen our children and grandchildren and wider family who live overseas. You stay at home if you wish, I really want to see my family and friends. My husband is 77 and wants to kiss his daughter before he dies.
The issue is about freedom to choose – dental treatment, holiday abroad, new car….etc. etc. That’s what been taken away from us, based on a pack of lies from ministers (incompetent buffoons) who cannot admit their original panicked reaction was wrong
Indeed there is no such thing as an ‘automatic right to a holiday’ – all kinds of things might stop you going on holiday. However, the government should not be one of those things. If countries want to close their borders to visitors, that is their prerogative. Making it illegal for their own citizens to leave – unacceptable in any circumstances.
That appears based on whether you believe the human has a set of inalienable rights given by God upon his birth – birth rights as it were.
Or that your rights only exist as those that are provided to you by your govt or institution. Institutions exist and formed and defined by people other humans. So you are accepting that another person has the right to decide where and what you can do and go. Where do you draw that line?
The first idea is solidified in the US constitution enshrined in the idea of man being born free. The second exists as an idea that is a form of slavery.
All these regulations are part of the blameworthy and deflection culture in this country. Politicians using successfully when the main culprits for this disaster are themselves and the NHS.