- “Wales to keep free Covid testing for three months longer than England” – Mark Drakeford, the Welsh First Minister, criticises ‘cliff-edge’ approach in England and says tests will be phased out gradually, according to the Telegraph.
- “Working from home is a productivity disaster, warns Sir James Dyson” – The entrepreneur is interviewed by the Telegraph.
- “Official mortality data for England reveal systematic undercounting of deaths occurring within first two weeks of COVID-19 vaccination” – Dr. Clare Craig, Professor Martin Neil, Professor Norman Fenton and colleagues report the discovery that over 26,000 Covid and non-Covid deaths within two weeks of vaccination are missing from the ONS dataset, concluding that the dataset is corrupted and should be withdrawn.
- “Twitter staff can work from home FOREVER” – Twitter has told all its staff they can work from home forever if they wish, but says its offices will reopen for those who prefer that business environment, according to the Mail.
- “NHS scraps free flu jabs for millions of over-50s and school children” – A letter on the NHS website confirmed that the flu vaccination programme for 2022/23 will be only offered to patient groups eligible in line with “pre-pandemic recommendations”, the Mail reports.
- “COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and excess deaths: causation or correlation? Australians deserve to know” – Mortality in 2021 was in line with 2020 in all states, before increasing after the vaccine roll-out commenced, writes Nick Holt on his Substack page.
- “Public Health Scotland and the misinterpretation of data” – HART takes a closer look at the questionable nature of Public Health Scotland data.
- “Sir Gavin’s gong is a national embarrassment” – “I wish I was surprised at his knighthood, but we have developed a habit of honouring people who have failed disastrously,” says Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
- “Sir Gavin’s knighthood is an insult to children” – Why is the ‘worst education secretary ever’ being rewarded for failure, asks Joanna Williams in Spiked.
- “The vaccine-damaged ballroom dancer whose story didn’t make the news” – Maxwell Harrison’s story is told in TCW Defending Freedom.
- “Why your swanky EV is more likely to break down than your banger” – Being at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution isn’t quite the seamless experience a new generation of cars is supposed to offer, with the copious software faults and the range being the chief problems, according to this piece in the Telegraph.
- “Putin’s energy shock is broadening into a world food crisis, so brace for rationing” – A billion of the world’s poorest people will go even hungrier thanks to Putin’s deranged misadventure, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
- “Make younger generation pay Net Zero bill, say peers” – It is fairer to put the burden on those who will live in a carbon-neutral world rather than those paying bills now, says committee, according to the Telegraph. You what? It’s not a benefit or a privilege, your lordships, it’s a cost which, under alarmist narrative, has been imposed on the next generation by the recklessness of the previous ones.
- “Tony’s Chocbaloney” – Tony’s Chocolonely is an edible virtue signal that claimed to be 100% slave-free but has now had to admit it isn’t because it doesn’t believe in monitoring and is “realistic”, writes Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “Trans swim champion speaks out: ‘I am female and deserve respect’” – Lia Thomas has dominated women’s collegiate swimming in America since transitioning from male to female, and is calling on critics to respect her as female. Except, er, you’re not really are you, and that’s why you’re winning.
- “Ukraine coverage reveals West’s inherent racism” – Kit Knightly in OffGuardian with an interesting take on the West’s response to the war.
- “The Online Safety Bill is an extreme danger to free speech” – Who defines “offensive material” or “misinformation”, asks William Parker in Bournbrook.
- “People have been lied to for two years… Bullying is locking kids out of school, which they did. Bullying is forcing kids to wear masks for eight hours a day… Bullying is kicking people out of work because of vaccine mandates” – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis doesn’t hold back when he speaks to Tucker Carlson on Fox.
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