- “Britain to stop exporting some arms to Israel, Lammy announces” – Israel has responded furiously to Britain’s decision to clamp down on arms sales, saying it is “deeply disheartened” by the drop in support, reports the Mail.
- “Dark tunnels and moral beacons”– The names of the six murdered Israeli hostages – and the evil ideology of their executioners – should be seared into the minds of all who wish to live in a civilised society, writes Bari Weiss in the Free Press.
- “Israel has always been forced to be too kind to its enemies” – When it comes to pushing forward to victory in war, the Jewish state has always been held to a different standard, says Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “Tory councillor’s wife admits inciting racial hatred” – The wife of a Conservative Party councillor has pleaded guilty to publishing social media posts that stirred up racial hatred, reports the Standard.
- “Telegraph readers on Starmer’s free speech approach” – In the Telegraph, readers voice their views on the Prime Minister’s actions in response to the widespread riots.
- “Starmer taking knee for BLM shows Labour ‘takes some violence less seriously’” – James Cleverly claims that Keir Starmer taking the knee for Black Lives Matter shows Labour “takes some violence less seriously than others”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Police log more non-crime hate incidents despite crackdown” – Official data obtained by the Free Speech Union reveals that, despite a crackdown, the police are logging more non-crime hate incidents than ever, says the Telegraph.
- “Tories governed like Labour, says Badenoch” – Kemi Badenoch says the Tories’ mistake was that it “talked Right but governed Left” at the launch of her Tory leadership campaign, according to PA Media.
- “Scrapping one-word Ofsted verdicts is a mistake” – The decision to scrap one or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools is good news for teachers – but bad news for parents, says Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “Scrapping one-word Ofsted ratings puts feelings above facts, says Birbalsingh” – Britain’s ‘strictest head teacher’ has described the decision to scrap one-word Ofsted ratings as a “nod in the wrong direction”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Has the number of rapes in Britain really gone up?” – Has the number of rapes in England and Wales soared in recent years? A little digging reveals that this apparent increase is entirely down to changes in recording and reporting, writes Noah Carl in UnHerd.
- “The SNP is wrong: Scotland is a conservative country” – The inept Tories have failed to realise many voters north of the border are crying out for an anti-woke party, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “Man found dead at home after GP surgery told patients to email” – A senior coroner has written a warning to the Government over GP surgeries asking patients to email rather than call after a man died when staff ignored him, reports the Mail.
- “Who wants to be weighed in the workplace?” – ‘Health MoTs’ for middle-aged men are the latest harebrained scheme from Starmer’s nanny state, says Lauren Smith in Spiked.
- “The war on smokers has gone too far” – Banning smoking in public parks, outdoor restaurants and pub gardens – as reports suggest Labour might do – is illiberal to no clear purpose, writes Sam Leith in the Spectator.
- “Royal Society report contains half-trillion-pound error” – A key report published under the auspices of the Royal Society understated the cost of building a Net Zero electricity grid by half a trillion pounds, according to Net Zero Watch.
- “Coolest U.K. summer since 2015” – According to the latest statistics from the Met Office, the U.K. has experienced its coolest summer in nine years, reports the BBC.
- “Low popularity zones” – Transport Minister Louise Haigh’s move to lift the ban on LTNs and 20mph speed limits will face the same backlash as Wales and Khan’s Ulez, writes Jack Watson in Country Squire.
- “Starmer faces more backlash over winter fuel payment cuts” – The prospect of 10 million pensioners missing out on the winter fuel payment has ruffled feathers among his backbenchers, especially since Sir Keir somehow rustled up cash for public sector pay rises, notes Steerpike in the Spectator.
- “Moscow says it will revise its nuclear doctrine over Western ‘escalation’ in Ukraine” – State media has quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying that Russia will amend its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it perceives as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, according to the Guardian.
- “The trans ‘cult of ideology’ ripping apart Britain’s doctors’ union” – The British Medical Association’s decision to challenge the Cass review and condemn the puberty blockers ban has started a civil war, says Sanchez Manning in the Telegraph.
- “How Creative Scotland was corrupted by gender ideology” – Creative Scotland is over. The organisation has managed to make itself hated by both politicians and artists. It exists only to feed itself and its infantile staff, writes Euan McColm in the Spectator.
- “‘The police are too busy investigating our tweets to police our streets’” – On TalkTV, Toby explains to Mike Graham the dangers of policing “non-crime hate incidents”.
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Well I never.
FFS!
What face masks don’t cause anywhere near enough of is embarrassment for the wearer.
“Most of the plastics used in daily life shed toxic chemicals when they are heated or stored for prolonged periods of time. Once they have been released, humans consume them through breathing, eating and drinking, as well as through skin absorption.” (From plasticoceans.org ).
Very hard to avoid all plastics of course, but masking sounds like a very good way to ensure you ingest plenty of those toxic chemicals. Like I say, a filthy habit and dreadful for the environment.
Friend of mine is a nurse – he opened a new box of masks one day and offered me one – I refused but I took the box to examine one – before handing them back to him I took a sniff of the newly opened box of masks and it smelled of chemicals.
Glad I stuck with my exemption card instead.
Perhaps it was the same study, but I recall seeing a report about masks shedding inhalable plastic particles some weeks or months ago.
Apart from the detrimental effects on wearers’ health, there is little comment from the eco-warriors, regarding the tons of discarded masks now polluting land and sea.
Indeed, they won’t let us have straws that work because “reasons” but there’s no issues with mountains of spit and snot riddled nappies.
I wonder how may of those useless plastic LFTs have been dumped into the sea?
The crabs must be wondering what incommunicative alien species has invaded their locale.
I believe that problem gets filed under ‘Yes, but, no, but, yes, but…’
I recall reading reports over a year ago (from Canadian research I believe) about microscopic mask fibers being breathed into the lungs and possibly leading to some quite nasty health conditions and diseases which is another reason why I refused to wear one. These masks were only ever meant to be used briefly and then disposed of – I know of people who were wearing their mask all day long and usually the same one over and over again.
A dirty, filthy habit.
A strange lapse in our otherwise pristine and antiseptic present.
I would hate that job, the researcher who flushes out people’s nostrils
Sounds like a job for Kenny Everett’s ‘Sid Snot’ character.
And they updated the Covid symptoms list to include hayfever-like symptoms last year.
But the virus is real…
Pathetic.
Someone may well have said that, but what was expressed last year was that it could be that pollen allergy might actually reduce the risk of respiratory infection. That was on the idea that there is only so much surface area in one’s nostrils etc, and the cells that are allergically reacting to various things – such as viruses – would not be available to other compounds at the same time.
A tennis friend of mine is just getting over his second bout of covid. Very fit man, but thoroughly vaxxed. I’ve begun to conclude that the vaxxes and/or the virus do something to the logical faculties.
So THAT’S why I never wore one! Knew there must be a reason.
I refused the damn things because I refuse to pay attention to an illegal government AND, I’m not prepared to look like a Next Tuesday
Recently my mask seemingly irritated a nerve and for three days it felt like I had a hair on the end of my nose. Ridiculous. Can’t wait to be rid of the thing (healthcare).
The pathetic state of our society and our deliberately broken relationship with our own health is evidenced by the fact that the plebs need “a Doctor” to tell them this ( in a White Coat of course – see Milgram).
“The masks, which are the gold standard for blocking Covid particles…”
That would be fool’s gold then would it?
I mean who the f*** would write that, and it get through editorial. They are just trolling us.
The ‘gold standard’, surely, would be lips sewn together, nostrils blocked by silicone sealant, with top quality goggles protecting the eyes and earbuds protecting the lugholes. That’s the affordable version, for those who can’t afford access to a decompression chamber.
Suggest you all read (if you haven’t already) Hector Drummond’s The Mask Cult. Explains the nonsense perfectly and in great detail.
‘The masks, which are the gold standard for blocking Covid particles…’
Ha, haaa, haaaa… Fools’ gold.
There is no such thing as a CoVid particle – that’s like saying a Common Cold particle.
CoVid is a disease which in fact shares the same symptoms as other respiratory virus infections.
Words, definitions matter… but not to lazy ignoramuses in the MSM.
Or ingnorami, as Julius Caesar might have put it.
Speaking of hay-fever… if masks can stop virus particles, they must be able to stop the much, much bigger pollen particles.
So why don’t hay-fever sufferers wear masks? Could it be they are not effective at stopping even large particles?
As normal human beings we don’t usually go around totting up numbers but our masters do. It is all metrics to them. They can’t possibly win but they can do a lot of damage as they collapse. We need to keep the number as low as possible.
They longed for mass masking. Way beyond any diease threat it was the subervience and obedience. We must never allow it to happen again regardless of the threat.
My experience exactly – long bouts of sneezing. I just exempted myself and if anyone insisted I wear one, I would explain what would happen and say “your call”. They always accepted my argument.
I’ve barely worn a mask yet I’m sneezing and have an itchy nose.
I assumed if was gay fever as it got really bad when I cut the fir tree hedge and people walking past where sneezing and coughing.
gay fever?
Is that another name for monkeypox?
Face masks also cause paranoia that results in prolongation of public fear!
This is the paper:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100474