Day: 22 September 2024

David Lammy tops the list as Labour's top brass pocket over £800,000 in donations and freebies this year, with gifts ranging from Taylor Swift tickets to luxury clothing.

The Washington Post's recent dive into 485 million years of global temperatures revealed that today's average – 14.98°C – is a mere chill compared to the sweltering – 36°C – of 100 million years ago.

The CofE's new "Head of Racial Justice Priority" position offers a staggering £66,646 – more than double the salary of its parish priests – prompting fierce debate over priorities in a deficit-riddled diocese.

Today's puritanical gloom feels reminiscent of the dreary days of Cromwell, sighs a bored Joanna Gray. But like Charles II, we too will one day toss aside our scolds and party like it's 1660!

There's no raccoon dog smoking gun for Covid's origins, says Matt Ridley in the Telegraph. Even China's not buying this wild animal tale.

Irish elites can't make up their minds whether climate change will leave them freezing or boiling – but either way, they're clear that mass immigration and open borders are the answer, says Steven Tucker.

Laura Dodsworth is unimpressed by the trans artwork on the Fourth Plinth. Unless it's a symbol of the self-loathing West's moral defeatism, in which case it's spot on!

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.