- “Revealed: Schoolchildren hardest hit by Covid lockdowns” – The Telegraph reports on new figures which show more than three quarters of pupils believe their academic progress suffered because of lockdowns.
- “Lost for ever: Up to £5 Billion in Covid pay-outs handed out in error through furlough scheme and self-employed grants may never be recovered, watchdog warns” – A report estimates that £1.5 billion of furlough payments went to companies who said they would not have made redundancies without Government support, reports the Mail.
- “Health firm boss, 51, who claimed her company made £130,000 in a year (when it was really £5,000) to secure £30,000 Covid ‘Bounce Back’ loan which she then spent on herself is banned from running businesses” – Former business director Monica Coyle from Kilmarnock claimed a BBL from the Government in May 2020 but kept the money for herself, the Mail reports.
- “In defence of my friend Dr. Joseph Ladapo” – Steve Kirsch responds to the L.A. Times‘s attempt to take down the Florida vaccine heart deaths study.
- “Happy Endings are not Written in the Language of Coercive Control.” – Laura Dodsworth publishes an extract from her book A State of Fear.
- “Masks For Thee But Not For Me” – Eugyppius spots the Federal President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, violating the Infection Protection Act, which requires masks in all local and long-distance trains.
- “Covid: Woman accused of Sheffield lockdown rave has case thrown out” – Allegations of a lockdown party in Sheffield are dropped due to a “defective charge”, reports BBC News.
- “New York City’s Hospitals Were Not Overwhelmed in Spring 2020” – No one denies that thousands of New Yorkers died needlessly in March-May 2020, but now we know it wasn’t because the city’s hospitals were overrun, writes Jessica Hockett at Brownstone.
- “Emmanuel Macron moves to crush the protesters (again)” – Oil workers have vowed to continue their strikes, reports Peter Franklin in UnHerd.
- “British House of Lords: ‘Covid was a crisis, the climate is a crisis. We can learn some very important messages around the communications’” – “Given pretty much everyone except China nowadays treats Covid like the flu,” writes Eric Worrall in WUWT, “I strongly suspect the lesson people are learning from the Covid panic is not the lesson Baroness Kate Parminter wants people to learn.”
- “Joining Battle Over The ‘Science’ Of Global Warming” – In the real world, the ‘science’ behind the claim that human carbon emissions are heading us toward some kind of planetary catastrophe is not only not ‘settled’, but actually non-existent, argues Francis Menton in WUWT.
- “Just Stop Oil mob cause furious bust-up as motorists confront each other over how to get past zealots blocking busy London road during morning rush hour on their 13th consecutive day of protests” – The demonstrators from Just Stop Oil established a series of roadblocks from 9am on Thursday on routes around St. George’s Circus in Southwark, reports the Mail.
- “Just Stop Oil block London roads as police finally take swift action” – The Met, who have been criticised for their approach to protests, said “rapid intervention” saw all 20 arrested and roads reopened, according to the Telegraph.
- “The Biden Admin reveals its new National Security Strategy: climate change, diversity, equity, and inclusion” – The inmates have taken over the ideological asylum, says Jordan Schachtel in the Dossier.
- “Comedian Harry Enfield ‘no-platformed’ for ‘black face’ in Nelson Mandela show” – A number of ‘controversial’ speakers have been rejected by university societies amid fears of backlash, according to a study reported in the Telegraph.
- “The Times view on free speech in universities: Tacit Censorship” – The rise of ‘quiet’ no-platforming on campus is corrosive to education, the Times argues in a leading article.
- “The Koh-i-Noor belongs in Britain, not India” – Zareer Masani in the Telegraph makes the case for keeping the long-contested jewel in the place it is most likely to be enjoyed by most people.
- “Suella Braverman is right about Indian migrants” – Britain’s immigration system should not be a pawn in trade negotiations, says Rakib Ehsan in UnHerd.
- “Turn to page two for kink and sex toys” – Schools are using teaching material provided by opaque consultancies pushing fringe and disturbing views on sex and race, writes Jo-Anne Nadler in the Critic.
- “Why the trans lobby loves censorship” – Twitter’s suspension of Maya Forstater is yet more proof that gender ideologues cannot abide any scrutiny, says Joanna Williams in Spiked.
- “White House ‘Desperate… Panicking’” – Watch Michael Shellenberger explain why U.S. foreign and energy policies are in collapse.
- “Should failing students really graduate as doctors?” – Lionel Shriver writes in the Spectator that New York University “didn’t cover itself in glory when, just before this semester began, it responded to a petition from 82 students (out of a class of 350) by sacking the professor. The petitioners’ main objection? The course was too hard.”
- “Is what Conor Burns did really so appalling?” – Douglas Murray in the Spectator questions the new #MeToo ‘wisdom’ that rebrands flirting as harassment.
- “If you use Wikipedia, you’ve seen pop-ups like this. If you’re like me, you may have donated as a result” – Echetus says he has now learnt the money isn’t going where he thought.
- “PayPal is acting like a feudal overlord” – Governments have shown that they can close private accounts at the drop of a hat, warns Josie Appleton in Notes on Freedom.
- “Earlier today I learned that @kanyewest was officially kicked out of JP Morgan Chase bank. I was told there was no official reason given, but they sent this letter as well to confirm that he has until late November to find another place for the Yeezy empire to bank” – Candace Owens reports on the latest incident of financial unpersoning.
- “The Genius Behind PayPal’s Bad Idea” – “What if we treat our users like they’re criminals?” – J.P. gets into the twisted minds behind PayPal’s antics.
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“Knave can’t see Queens because of Queen”.
Reminds me of that headline about “Queen in brawl at [Crystal] Palace”! In all honesty though, the footballing authorities have long been a bunch of numpties. People can’t drink alcohol within site of the pitch at matches (though if they go into the club bar or watch the same match in a pub, it’s alright). I’ll just say this decision on cancelling should have been left up to individual clubs, or possibly leagues. It does seem heavy handed that even very junior leagues have to cancel games. It also seems odd that horse racing went ahead as usual today. Were the St. Leger’s Classic being disrespectful? Hardly likely.
So far as I’m concerned, segregation should be ended at football matches, and all-seating requirements abolished in line with other sports, and anyone who causes serious problems should be locked up. We can’t be living in fear of ruddy hooligans, and segregation should not be something for a civilised society. If football supporters were treated like civilised people, perhaps they might behave in a more civilised way.
Totally agree. Idiotic.
And of course she was a big fan of horse racing. The last thing she would want to happen is for the races to stop; it’s good that they carried on.
This is just another example of over-arching control from the state and institutions.
Respect comes from inside the individual, like responsibiity. It is not created or imposed from outside. If people wish to show respect, they should be left alone to do it in whatever way that they think fit.
Yep, football is for the commoners and they must bow and pay their respects in the way they are told. It is these very people that the elites fear the most – the dirty masses coming together and seeing through all their bullshit. They MUST be reminded of who they are and who is in charge; they know that without that authority power will be back in the hands of the people.
What about all those people who rely on football matches to make a living: the pie men, sandwich makers, the breweries?
What about those who get a little income top-up when matches are on: the casual club staff like stewards, the taxi drivers, café owners, the pubs?
Some people almost live for their weekend football yet it was allegedly taken away in order, allegedly, to show a mark of respect to a 96 year old dead woman!
Do me a favour. Even if the instruction to cancel came from the footballing authorities let’s not pretend that some leaning wasn’t carried out from government “representatives.” A deliberate decision to inflict further miseries on working people and basically to rile them. Obviously it has riled Toby and I fully understand why even though I have negligible interest in the game. Other sports were allowed to proceed but not the footy.
Why?
Are we seriously expected to believe that footballing authorities don’t talk to other sporting bodies?
More rubbing the noses of the working people in the dirt:
Just look you plebs, we can even take away your weekly circus. Doubtless, shortly to be followed by their daily bread.
Am I being over the top? Maybe but these days I wouldn’t put ANYTHING past TPTB.
Evil barstewards.
Football was cancelled for the same reason that Footvall was one of the first places where pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia propaganda appeared – almost within hours of the Russian invasion, the place where ludicrous “anti-racism” rituals take place, the place where pro LGBT propaganda is displayed.
Football is very much an instrument of the establishment. It is a powerful instrument of communication and manipulation.
Football has the claws of the establishment elites deeply sunk into its skin and is used for whatever purpose is required.
On this occasion, the plebs need to be persuaded of the awesome power of the monarchy, in case anyone is thinking this is a good time to pursue republican ideals.
Don’t forget BLM [inc] (not to be mistaken with anti-racism, i.e: ‘Respect’ in the footie world) which to this day is still pandered to with this imported display of kneeling. “The crowd boos”. “Oh, it’s normal – they’re just a bunch of white supremo racists.” Er, no!!! They’re anti-Marxist grifters making money off the suffering of an ethnic group – and spending their ill-gotten gains on million dollar exclusive properties and claiming it as.. “a space for Black folks to share their gifts with the world and hone their crafts”. Yeah ok, whatever.)
Oh forgive me. I missed your “anti-racism” ritual mention. Was distracted and didn’t see anything other than the big caps letter acronym.
Pretty sure one would not have approved of this decision.
The last 3 stages of the Cycling Tour of Britain were cancelled too! I was well miffed…
Relating to priorities following the death of an elderly relative. A fair number of years ago, a Welsh family lost a beloved Grandma on the Wednesday before the Ireland v Wales 5 Nations match in Dublin. As the family all had tickets, Grandma included, they decided to go to the match as that would be the most fitting way of honouring Grandma’s memory.
Apparently Grandma would have been furious if the tickets had been wasted!!!
Ever come face to face with an irate Welsh Grandma? I do not recommend it!
The decision by the PL and EFL was very quickly announced. I think they probably wanted to be ‘ahead on the virtue signalling’, and didn’t appreciate that they would be on their own (pretty much).
One thing they can decree, please, is for the ‘taking of the knee to be ended. We have already witnessed the disgusting spectacle of a minutes silence for Prince Phillip, a man who faithfully served this nation for 70 plus years, being followed by players taking the knee for a dead drug addict and criminal from 4000 miles away. Please, not for our beloved Queen. Black arm band, silence, belt out ‘God save the King’ and get on with the game.
https://youtu.be/uHqgvWivkyY
I wonder if this Next Tuesday Warrior had anything to do with cancelling the footy?
It was just another way for “the Elites” to signal their superiority and their fear/disdain of “the lower orders.”
It’ll probably get called a mistake, like every one of the countless other major assaults on our traditions/normality over the last few years.
Once again you mistake incompetence and mistakenness for a deliberately malevolent act by the football authorities who take their orders from elsewhere. For reasons which are obvious to many, football high ups do not wish the fans to experience any sense of unity, national pride, togetherness. Rather the promotion of division and uber wokery is their only mantra. Consider how quickly the footie was used to aid and abet the lockdown nonsense, QR codes for little kids going to play in their Sunday leagues. They had the plan long before we had the sniffles: discuss.