- “Boris Johnson was ‘bipolar’ in his Covid decisions, Vallance wrote in diary” – The Covid Inquiry has heard that Sir Patrick Vallance kept a diary during the pandemic in which he called Boris Johnson’s decision-making “bipolar”, reports the Telegraph.
- “Covid experts used as ‘human shields’ by Government during pandemic” – Sir Patrick Vallance’s pandemic diaries claim experts were used as “human shields” for the Government, whose officials “cherry-picked” science to justify Covid decision-making, says the Mail.
- “Are even the Covid fanatics starting to see sense?” – The COVID-19 narrative has been dodgy from the start, but even in the eyes of the global health fanatics cracks may be beginning to appear, writes Prof. Roger Watson in TCW.
- “How did antibiotics use change during the COVID-19 ‘pandemic’?” – What happened to the stockpiles of antibiotics Fauci said were needed in a pandemic, ask the team on WATN Substack.
- “Suella Braverman warns of a global ‘hurricane’ of migration” – Suella Braverman has accused politicians of all shades of being too “squeamish about being smeared as racist” to act on illegal immigration, reports the Mail.
- “U.K.’s generous immigration rules even more liberal than under EU, admits minister” – The system for admitting migrants to the U.K. is more liberal than it was under the European Union, the Immigration Minister has said, according to the Telegraph.
- “Kemi Badenoch becomes bookies’ favourite for next Conservative leader” – Kemi Badenoch is the bookmakers’ favourite to become the next Conservative leader in the wake of her performance at the annual party conference, reports the Telegraph.
- “I am a Conservative but I am done with this Government” – The prospect of a great, purifying defeat of the Tories at the General Election makes the Telegraph’s Allison Pearson feel oddly hopeful.
- “Jacob Rees-Mogg: Put Nigel Farage in the House of Lords” – Jacob Rees-Mogg says the Tory party should give Nigel Farage a peerage and urge him to take the Conservative whip, says Steerpike in the Spectator.
- “Where did it all go wrong for John Lewis?” – Sharon White’s decision to step down as Chairman of John Lewis follows a disastrous three-year reign that saw the Middle England retailer lurch from one crisis to another, writes Rory Tingle in the Mail.
- “John Lewis boss was the wrong leader at the wrong time” – She might well have shopped in John Lewis when she took over in 2020, but Sharon White’s knowledge of the company’s inner workings probably didn’t go much further, says Alex Brummer in the Mail.
- “Senator Meghan Markle? Thank goodness it didn’t happen. It must not” – Writing in the Telegraph, Lee Cohen finds the very idea of Meghan Markle serving as Diane Finstein’s successor in the U.S. Senate fills him with dread.
- “High-level Iranian spy ring busted in Washington” – The trail that leads from Tehran to D.C. passes directly through the offices of Robert Malley and the International Crisis Group, writes Lee Smith in Tablet.
- “Electric car charging chaos rages on with drivers vowing to ditch EVs and ‘go back to diesel’” – Motorists say they have been forced to wait for hours to charge their electric cars, reports GB News.
- “We’ll all pay the price of soaring EV insurance” – The owners of electric vehicles are facing massive insurance costs, says David Craig in TCW.
- “Net Zero isn’t act of economic harm, Theresa May says” – In a speech to Tory activists, the former PM says that the U.K. can lead “the green revolution”, reports the BBC.
- “The Net Zero faithful must justify their beliefs” – Faulty modelling and editorial bias have led to a misguided consensus around climate change and what we ought to do about it, argues Alex Starling in Reaction.
- “Carbon offsetting is a ‘waste of time’, scientists say” – A new Oxford study claims that planting trees in vast schemes to ‘offset’ carbon emissions is doing more harm than good, reports the Mail.
- “The irony of ‘green’ charging stations: The Harris Ranch Tesla supercharger station” – The largest EV charging station in the world is powered by diesel generators, writes Charles Rotter in WUWT.
- “Bashing the bishop” – Pope Francis really takes the communion wafer for being the most Left-wing and unconventional pontiff. Why then is the Bishop of Middlesborough following suit, asks Prof. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “BLM’s critics will not be silenced” – An employment tribunal has ruled that opposition to critical race theory is protected under the law, writes Alka Sehgal Cuthbert in Spiked. Another victory for the Free Speech Union.
- “Human rights: ‘Actively and ceaselessly creating’ a market for sex work” – The old Left and Right have much to agree on. Pushing the Nordic model for abolishing the sex trade would appear to be one of them, writes Dr. David McGrogan on Substack.
- “Patients could be given right to know if their doctor is transgender” – Patients could be given the right to know if their doctor is transgender under Government plans to crack down on wokery in the NHS, according to the Mail.
- “How woke language is erasing basic biological phrases in healthcare” – As Steve Barclay vows to put a stop to gender-inclusive language erasing biological reality, the MailOnline examines the terms that seek to replace words like ‘breastfeeding’ and ‘father’.
- “Misognyistic trans activists have suffered a huge defeat” – Women did not fight for single-sex hospital wards based on ‘gender identity’. Thank goodness the Government is finally waking up to this, says Julie Bindel in the Telegraph.
- “Sex offenders will be banned from changing name or gender” – Suella Braverman has announced plans for a new law banning sex offenders from changing their identities, reports the Mail.
- “Does Billy Bragg have a woman problem?” – Billy Bragg’s attack on Louise Distras reeks of misogyny, says Julie Bindel in UnHerd.
- “Graham Linehan is right. These Harry Potter stars will regret their betrayal of J.K. Rowling” – If ‘the right side of history’ turns out to have been J.K. Rowling’s, Daniel Radcliffe and co’s treatment of her will be the only thing that anyone remembers about them, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “Woman censored after trans-identified male ‘BDSM fetishist’ files police report” – A women’s rights campaigner in the Netherlands is facing a criminal investigation after being reported to police by a trans-identified male for stating “a woman is an adult human female”, reports Reduxx.
- “‘Some of you lied about your gender’: Men swamp tech conference for women” – A Florida conference said it would give women and non-binary students networking opportunities in tech, but male attendees swarmed the career fair and took over recruiter lines, according to 404 Media.
- “Sweden and the lethal complacency of the elites” – It’s not racist to talk about the crisis of integration – it’s essential, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Douglas Murray: Canada’s descent into ignorance shocks the world” – An unbearable stupidity has trickled down from Trudeau’s Liberal Government, writes Douglas Murray in the National Post.
- “Mark Steyn: Comply with me, comply, comply away…” – Mark Steyn gives his take on current developments concerning travel restrictions, climate change, the media and gender-neutral toilets.
- “‘Nursery toys were reordered to fit the experience of colour’” – On X, GB News Investigative Reporter Charlie Peters reveals an investigation into the Schools of Sanctuary Network and found evidence of “controversial activities” despite being “non-political”.
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