- “Boris Johnson told: You’re safe from Partygate … but expect more rebellions” – The Prime Minister could instead face challenges on the cost of living crisis and other issues, say ringleaders of previous plot to oust him, as Partygate threat recedes, the Telegraph reports.
- “Police officers investigating murders and rapes from home” – Hybrid working policies are being used in forces across the country, including in areas with some of the worst crime rates, reports the Telegraph.
- “Autumn Covid booster vaccines should be given to all over-65s” – Health chiefs called for around 25 million care home residents and staff, frontline NHS workers and younger vulnerable adults to also be offered top-ups, the Mail reports.
- “Doctors want to work from home diagnosing patients by ‘computer on wheels’” – Doctors’ union the British Medical Association has urged ministers to “seriously” consider the benefits of a hybrid-working model, the Mail reports.
- “Affront to our liberties must never happen again” – If there is one lesson we must learn from this pitiful farrago, it is that such a sweeping affront to freedom can never be allowed to happen again, says the Mail in a leading article.
- “COVID-19: don’t be fooled, the kids are not okay” – Deliberate self-harm admissions to intensive care units increased during COVID-19 lockdowns according to new research, Cate Swannell reports in InSight.
- “Don’t worry too much about pandemic, leading health official tells Hongkongers” – In stark contrast to the hysteria on the mainland, Dr. Edwin Tsui, Centre for Health Protection’s controller, plays down the Covid threat and notes admissions to hospital have fallen and the number of the most worrying cases is also down, according to the South China Morning Post.
- “One in five worked with Covid symptoms” – Around 20% of Australians admit they risked working while having COVID-19 symptoms in order to make ends meet, reports Northern Beaches Review.
- “Why the world should be very concerned about New Zealand under the Jacinda government” – Guy Hatchard writes for Waikanae Watch that a New Zealand Government agency has designated those opposed to the Government’s pandemic policies as violent right wing insurrectionists planning the weaponised storming of parliament and the execution of public servants, academics, journalists, politicians and healthcare workers.
- “New $75k fines and jail time for Aussies who breach Covid rules” – Anyone found breaching Covid rules in South Australia could be punished with two years jail as harsh new laws are set to sail through state parliament this week, reports the Mail.
- “Obese people will soon outnumber the ‘healthy’ in Britain” – Startling statistics come as the Government delays ban on buy-one-get-one-free deals and junk food ads for children, the Telegraph reports.
- “SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein is a toxin” – ‘Fact checkers’ were wrong and people continue to suffer the consequences, says Dr. Robert Malone.
- “German Supreme Court rules mandatory vaccination is constitutionally justified” – The Naked Emperor reports that the high court ruled that a healthcare sector vaccine mandate is justifiable despite interfering with a worker’s “fundamental rights” in order to protect the vulnerable.
- “My speech at the CDC meeting today” – Steve Kirsch was selected to give a three-minute comment at the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee and this is what he said.
- “Children’s hepatitis cases ‘have peaked’ as doctors study genetic link to disease” – Experts believe mystery outbreak is now on a downward trend as DNA of affected patients to be sequenced, the Telegraph reports.
- “Over-resourced: The Government department stuffed with 700 HR jobs” – The Cabinet Office wants to shrink the Civil Service but faces questions over whether unnecessary duplication in work is going on under its own nose as it’s revealed it has 700 people working in HR, the Telegraph reports.
- “The Bonnie and Clyde of bioethics” – Christine Grady and her husband Tony Fauci are quite the pair, says El Gato Malo.
- “Mike Yeadon has been proved right – we have been lied to” – Kathy Gyngell in TCW Defending Freedom with the first part of an interview with the ex-Pfizer chief scientist.
- “Great Reset: EU ‘Needs’ Lockdown Restrictions to Curb Russian Oil Use” – Measures akin to a Covid lockdown are needed in order to curb the EU’s reliance on Russian oil, one member state has said, reports Breitbart News.
- “FDA Rejects Fluvoxamine but Do they Hold this Drug to a Higher Standard than Industry?” – While the FDA has authorised EUAs for remdesivir, molnupiravir and Paxlovid, it rejected the evidence submitted on behalf of fluvoxamine as not comprehensive enough to justify use. But is it being consistent in its criteria, asks TrialSite News.
- “Covid Update: What is the truth?” – Russell L. Blaylock in the medical journal Surgical Neurology International launches a blistering attack on those who have spun the Covid narrative for their own ends: “The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history, characterised by official lies in an unending stream lead by government bureaucracies, medical associations, medical boards, the media and international agencies.”
- “Bush gaffe rings true, but are our politicians listening?” – During a speech in Dallas, the former President outdid himself, uttering a sentence that not only engendered the usual mirth, but contained great truth, says Bournbrook in a leading article.
- “Don’t electronically tag innocent people for attending protests” – The Government’s new Public Order Bill would allow police to put innocent people on electronic ankle tags and ban them from attending marches and demonstrations, says Big Brother Watch.
- “Officers should use discretion over stealing to eat, says police watchdog” – The new Chief Inspector of Constabulary says crimes of poverty should be “dealt with in the best way possible”, the Guardian reports.
- “Why should Idrissa Gueye have to wear a rainbow shirt?” – Tom Goodenough in the Spectator says that footballers shouldn’t have to show allegiance to political causes they don’t agree with.
- “The dishonesty of how we respond to tragedies” – It isn’t hard to notice that some crimes are more important than others, or at least more politically advantageous, writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “What is Black Lives Matter?” – Is it a slogan, a movement or a scam, asks Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
- “Scottish pupils could be told to wear gender-neutral school uniforms” – The SNP and Greens reveal plans for a national uniform policy to cut costs for parents and promote equality in classrooms, the Telegraph reports. I somehow don’t expect it will be skirts for all, so the girls lose out again.
- “Why black British lives don’t matter” – The narcissism of American race politics flooded the world, writes Tomiwa Owolade in UnHerd.
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