News Round-Up

News Round-Up

“The diversity trap” – “If anyone reading this ever bought shares in the diversity racket, then I would suggest you start dumping them now,” writes Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
“SVG: Japan meets its sustainable vaccination goal” – Before Covid was finally downgraded in early May, Japan had managed to achieve the dubious distinction of being the most boosted country on earth. Since the lifting of all formal Covid restrictions, the Government has been conducting a fourth booster campaign aimed mainly at Japan’s 36 million over-65s.
“How lockdown broke a generation (and no one seems to care)” – New research has shown that lockdowns fuelled a staggering rise in teenage eating disorders – and this was not the only damage done, says the Telegraph.
“Wuhan clan: we finally know the identity of the scientists in the lab linked to Covid” – Matt Ridley writes in the Spectator about the first scientists to get infected in Wuhan in 2020.
“The U.K. still needs fossil fuels, whether activists like it or not” – Justices will decide whether to reverse approval for oil extraction at Horse Hill based on downstream emissions from the use of the oil, writes Andy Meyer in the Spectator.
“My 10 policies to save Rishi Sunak from oblivion” – David Frost sets out his 10-point manifesto for the Tory Party in his Telegraph column.
“Facebook and Instagram block news over payment to publishers law” – Canada’s new law forces social media and search giants to pay for using content, says the Telegraph.
“School denies allowing pupils to identify as ‘furries’” – Rye College, East Sussex, said on Thursday “no children” at the school “identify as a cat or any other animal“. It comes as Kemi Badenoch ordered a snap Ofsted inspection into the school.
“Households will be spared £120 net zero levy, says Grant Shapps” – Measures to fund hydrogen industry will not be tacked on to energy bills, vows minister in the Telegraph.
“How will the heart of our democracy look if elected leaders can be cancelled?” – There are legitimate reasons to criticise the former PM, but the Privileges Committee report was an absurd act of self-justification, writes Charles Moore.
“Notre-Dame shelves ‘politically correct’ restoration after backlash” – Cathedral drops plans for ‘discovery trail’ taking in five continents – as well as multilingual projections – in favour of ‘noble simplicity’.
“The Whitehall Blob is hampering our relationship with India” – While the U.S.is forging a closer partnership with this vital ally, recognising its role in countering China, we risk falling behind, reports the Telegraph .
“Is she really a cat?” – Listen to Nick Dixon and others discuss ‘Cat-gate’ on GB News.

🗞 Rye College denies that pupil identified as cat 🗞

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