- “The outrageous ousting of Boris Johnson” – We have just witnessed a technocratic coup against the democratic wishes of the people, writes Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Boris undone by ‘minuscule nibbling mice’” – An editorial in the Mail on Sunday is unimpressed by the people who have hounded Boris out of parliament.
- “Lockdown finished Boris – but for all the wrong reasons” – Who are the real clowns, when a man is forced out of politics because he was found in the vicinity of uneaten cake? asks Dan Hannan in the Telegraph.
- “Nigel Farage claims around 10 Tory MPs could defect” – The ex-Brexit Party leader challenges the former Prime Minister to join him in a “new attempt to break the mould of British politics”.
- “I’ve been blocked from sharing Covid WhatsApps, claims Johnson” – Boris has accused the Cabinet Office of deliberately frustrating the work of the Covid inquiry after it warned him against disclosing hundreds of WhatsApp messages, reports the Times.
- “What did COVID-19 really teach us about science, evidence and society?” – An important new paper from John P. A. Ioannidis and colleagues argues that the failures of biomedical science during the pandemic easily outweighed its successes and call for the systemic reform of science.
- “It finally happened” – Alex Berenson reports that someone who ostracised him during Covid finally said it out loud: “You were right. Never again.”
- “The work-from-home fanatics owe the rest of us an apology” – Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph says time’s up for those working from home.
- “Labour will rip up planning rules to build wind farms” – Labour will tear up planning rules to speed up the construction of onshore wind farms and nuclear power plants if it wins the next election, according to the Times.
- “Britain’s green energy disaster should be an awful warning to Americans” – Citizens of the USA, give thanks that you hardly have any offshore wind power. It’s proving to be a disaster in the U.K., argues Capell Aris in the Telegraph.
- “Moving Earth away from the sun could solve global warming, expert says” – Albert Zijlstra, a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, suggests shifting the Earth further back from the sun by about three million miles could stop temperatures rising, reports the Mail.
- “GB News tycoon Sir Paul Marshall eyes up £50 million Spectator deal” – The hedge fund tycoon Sir Paul Marshall is among the billionaires circling the Spectator, now that the Telegraph group has gone into receivership, reports the Times.
- “All new editions of P.G. Wodehouse’s novels are given trigger warning” – Penguin has issued the works of P.G. Wodehouse with a blanket trigger warning over concerns about the novels ‘outdated’ social attitudes, says the Mail.
- “Why I believe the Bank of England’s CBDC consultation amounts to a national scandal” – Susie Violet Ward in City AM lays bare the shocking inaccessibility of the Bank of England’s CBDC consultation.
- “George Soros Hands Control to His 37-Year-Old Son: ‘I’m More Political’” – Alex Soros, who’s now in charge of the Soros family’s $25 billion philanthropic enterprise, says it will be used to help the Democrats.
- “The end of Putin’s empire could be sudden” – History teaches us that empires can collapse very suddenly, writes Robert Tombs in the Telegraph. Wishful thinking?
- “Leave white guilt behind, says race report author” – Britain needs to stop being driven by ‘white guilt’ in order to help ethnic minorities thrive, says Dr. Tony Sewell in the Times.
- “Almost 7% of people in U.K. changed sexual identity in six years, study suggests” – Research finds the over-65s are almost as “sexually fluid” as 18-24 year-olds, reports the Guardian.
- “Government ‘fanning culture war’ over free speech, says U.K.’s first LGBTQ+ history professor” – Crisis? What crisis? asks Oxford’s newly appointed LGBTQ+ history prof when asked about free speech on campus in an interview in the Guardian.
- “Tate Britain employs ‘vibe checkers’ during Pride events” – Dedicated officials are tasked with ensuring visitors enjoy LGBTQ+ activities in a “safe, inclusive and respectful space”, says the Telegraph.
- “Anglers quit England team after trans woman picked for female squad” – Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges, a male rugby player in a former life, has been selected to compete for the England ladies’ team in the shore fishing championship, reports the Telegraph.
- “Man dressed as a woman is allowed to stay in a female-only dorm” – Women fleeing from domestic violence were horrified to wake up next to a half-naked man calling himself Allison in the female-only dorm, reports the Mail.
- “No-Vax Djokovic has just won his 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open” – Michael Shellenberger celebrates Djokovic’s latest victory, which earns him the most impressive record in the history of men’s tennis.
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