- “Henry Kissinger, refugee from the Nazis who swept to power serving Nixon as U.S. Secretary of State” – Unlike Nixon, Henry Kissinger was gregarious, had abundant charm and could mesmerise journalists even while taking the greatest care to hoodwink them, says the Telegraph.
- “Henry Kissinger shaped politics like no other” – Kissinger was the most enduringly influential Secretary of State in the history of the United States. He was also the most controversial, writes Niall Ferguson in the Mail.
- “Kissinger: The lone cowboy who kept Americans safe” – In the Telegraph, Tim Stanley delves into Kissinger’s realist philosophy and complex legacy.
- “Henry Kissinger saved us from a much worse world” – In the Washington Free Beacon, Andrew Roberts reflects on the life of Henry Kissinger, as well as his own personal encounter with the influential Secretary of State.
- “How Henry Kissinger lived to 100 years old” – Henry Kissinger wasn’t certain about the secret to his own longevity, as the former diplomat enjoyed a diet rich in fats and led a sedentary lifestyle, according to the Mail.
- “Henry Kissinger: Chaos and order in a changing world” – In a 2017 article for CapX, Kissinger discusses how Margaret Thatcher’s principles of decisiveness and principled leadership can guide responses to current issues, including relations with Russia, China and the Middle East.
- “Nothing will stop Israel from ‘eradicating’ Hamas, Netanyahu warns White House” – Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the U.S. that “nothing will stop” Israel’s army from “eradicating” Hamas as he faced mounting diplomatic pressure to scale back the assault on Gaza, reports the Times.
- “U.S. and Israel considering exiling Hamas terrorists to shorten conflict” – Israel and the U.S. are reportedly discussing how to exile thousands of Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip as a way of shortening the war in the territory, according to the Telegraph.
- “Douglas Murray: Wartime diary” – In the Free Press, Douglas Murray recounts his experiences covering the impact of Hamas’s attack on Israel.
- “BBC presenters accused of sharing ‘toxic and anti-Israel’ content online” – Multiple presenters at the BBC have been accused of posting “toxic” and “anti-Israel” content on social media about the Israel-Hamas war, reveals the Telegraph.
- “MSNBC scraps anti-Israel host Mehdi Hasan’s show ” – MSNBC has canceled far-Left host Mehdi Hasan’s show following his disparagement of Israel during its war with Hamas, reports the Washington Free Beacon.
- “Germany: Teens allegedly planned Christmas market attack” – Germany has arrested two teenagers who were allegedly planning terrorist attacks on a synagogue and Christmas market to take revenge against “infidels”, according to DW.
- “Elon Musk is one of us” – Elon Musk is right in highlighting Jewish groups supporting progressive causes and now facing the consequences, says the Washington Free Beacon in a leading article.
- “Matt Hancock denies lying as he appears at Covid Inquiry” – Matt Hancock furiously denied lying to colleagues and attacked the “malign” Dominic Cummings in his evidence to the Covid Inquiry, reports the Mail.
- “Matt Hancock’s ring of self-protection fails in another TV humiliation” – For six-and-a-half hours at the Covid Inquiry, Matt Hancock’s many ineptitudes were tipped on top of him like buckets of cockroaches, writes Tom Peck in the Times.
- “Unmasking the lie” – On Substack, Laura Dodsworth reacts to the head of the U.K. Health Security Agency admitting that there is no proof that face masks work.
- “Spoon feeding at the Inquiry, indeed” – The lead counsel of the Covid Inquiry fed evidence to Michael Gove, while senior ministers are now contradicting each other on the legitimacy of the Government’s exercise of lockdown powers, says UsForThem on Substack.
- “The Hallett Inquiry: Eminence-based medicine Part Five” – On Substack, Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan present the fifth in a series of posts focussing on the evidence given to the Covid Inquiry by the Chief Scientific Advisor Prof. Dame Angela McLean.
- “First, do harm: A sorry tale in the Daily Mail” – HART criticises a recent Daily Mail article for perpetuating myths about the U.K.’s medical system instead of engaging in genuine reporting.
- “Absurd policies” – Was there a more bizarre Covid policy than the Scottish travel ban on Manchester residents, ask Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan on Substack.
- “Is Karl Lauterbach replacing two-thirds of the ‘independent’ German vaccine advisory body to ensure the approval of new RSV jabs from Pfizer and AstraZeneca?” – On Substack, Eugyppius questions the motives of German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach in reorganising the country’s public health system.
- “The censorship began earlier and went further than we thought” – In the Epoch Times, Jeffrey A. Tucker discusses revelations that Covid censorship started earlier and extended further than previously thought.
- “In China, every cough and sniffle is a crisis” – Chinese hospitals are always overwhelmed, making it nearly impossible to discern the onset of a respiratory illness, says Prof. Roger Watson in TCW.
- “Barclay family set to regain Telegraph with Abu Dhabi backing” – The Barclay family is set to temporarily regain control of the Telegraph after agreeing an Abu Dhabi-backed refinancing of their debt to Lloyds Bank, reports the Times.
- “Spectator seeks ‘cast-iron assurances’ over UAE sale” – The Spectator has called for its effective sale to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund to be halted unless there are “cast iron assurances” about how its editorial independence could be protected, reports the Times.
- “The Government could tackle immigration – if it really wanted to” – Voters in the U.S. and the U.K., who seek to slow the drastic reshaping of their societies, are disenfranchised, writes Lionel Shriver in the Telegraph.
- “Sue Gray’s son picked as Labour candidate for Beckenham and Penge” – Sue Gray’s son has been picked by Labour to run for a plum seat at the next election in a move that will spark a fresh row over nepotism within the party, reports the Telegraph.
- “New Zealand is back, and it’s leaving woke Britain in its wake” – Kiwis have ditched their failed Labour Government for a conservative coalition. So why are the Tories following in St. Jacinda’s footsteps, asks Sam Collins in the Telegraph.
- “The insidious powers lurking in the Criminal Justice Bill” – The Conservative party used to be the party of individual liberty. No longer, it seems – at least if the Criminal Justice Bill is anything to go by, writes Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator.
- “School trust boss cries over pupil violence” – An academy trust head has said he “cries” over violence in a Kent school where teachers are on strike for their safety, according to the BBC.
- “How China cornered the green market” – Beijing is miles ahead in a green tech race that western countries hadn’t quite realised was underway, writes Cindy Yu in the Spectator.
- “‘It’s not a great look that we’re sending three private jets there, is it?’” – On LBC, MP Mark Spencer tells Andrew Marr that he “accepts the hypocrisy” of the U.K. sending three private jets to Dubai for Cop28.
- “BBC radio host claims to struggle with ‘too many white colleagues’” – BBC presenter Nihal Arthanayake has told a diversity conference that no Muslims are involved “in the senior editorial processes” at Radio 5 Live, according to GB News.
- “France’s Government ministers to ditch using WhatsApp for French app Olvid over security fears” – French ministers have been ordered to ditch WhatsApp for a homegrown alternative in a push for “technological sovereignty”, reports Euronews.
- “Twitter CEO stands by Musk telling advertisers ‘to go f*** themselves’” – X CEO Linda Yaccarino has doubled down on Elon Musk’s “go f**k yourselves” message to advertisers who are pulling their money from the platform, reports the Mail.
- “Why does this crowd want to replace Christmas celebrations with messaging about the war in Gaza?” – On X, author Yoram Hazony reacts to images from the Rockefeller Centre Christmas tree lighting, where a crowd gathered waving Palestine flags.
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Chris Boardman wtf ! Two F- – – ing Billion pounds !!… To do what ? That’s enough money for him to go to every car owner & confiscate their car keys ! Must be another loan off uncle Klaus !!
I mentioned yesterday that it was a shame that following the introduction of “pay to comment” here we had lost some of our most prolific and valuable commenters.
While £5 is a very low barrier to commenting, especially given the huge value this website brings, and I don’t blame the DS for introducing a charge – the authors atl have to make a living and hosting websites professionally costs money – I also don’t blame those whose comments might make them “a bloody menace” in the eyes of the authorities and have therefore chosen not to pay up.
Requiring payment removes anonymity – we need to provide real life banking details which allow someone to be traced fairly easily if the authorites are determined enough.
People might call me a conspiracy theorist to think that – but if so, just look at what has happened to the level of authoritarianism in this country over the last two years, and look at the trend towards removing anonymity more widely on the internet, and the desire the authorities have to label pretty much anything said on the internet which upsets someone to become a criminal offence.
..you could be right, but I’m sticking with Edward Dowd…’either we win or it’s the Gulag’…..I’m not trying to sound glib, but I think I decided a while ago that I’d stick my colours to the mast and be damned!
Even Mr Gum, the ‘quiet half’ told a neighbour who was complaining about catching Convid…again, that she could expect to catch it a lot more if she carried on getting stabbed!!
We are ‘out’ and I don’t think we have any intention of going back ‘in’….
Yes I feel the same way now and am now posting under my own name on Twitter. It’s time to put heads above parapets!
Yes…I don’t start anything, but for months now I’ve been making comments if people start with the Covibollocks…masks, lockdown, jabs etc..and thanks to Sceptics both ABL and BTL, I’m pretty full of knowledgable stuff!……and I don’t give a stuff if they think I’m nuts.
funnily enough most of them are coming around to the fact that they’ve been conned…well plenty I know are…
It is not the amount of money, I have donated and presumably have done so enough to still be allowed to comment. It is somehow the concept of pay to comment and the fact that I generally avoid all regular subscription payments unless I cannot avoid them. I will probably donate again at some stage but will not sign up to a monthly account and so on the basis that I might be struck off at any moment I tend to do more of my discussions on the Reddit site.
More dramatic birthrate declines, this time Sweden.
https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/swedens-birth-rate-dropping-precipitiously
The cat already had a closer look at it. No Bueno. https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/swedish-birth-rate-data-what-does
Thanks. The fact that it is consistent with data from several other countries points to it being genuinely worrisome.
Fish with growths and lesions. And how do they know it’s not caused by pollution?
Chris Boardman and 2 billion quid! Is that a misprint? It’s all very well encouraging motorists out of their cars, but if I want to do my weekly shop I have no choice but to drive. It’s a 20 mile round trip to the nearest big supermarket and, in common with large swathes of this country, there is NO public transport at all. Some villages that did have a decent service have found them cut massively (mostly by Stagecoach, it has to be said) or amalgamated routes so they have become useless and time consuming.
The government would do better giving the money to certain supermarkets so they can reinstate their shoppers buses. These were very popular and many people in this village were distraught when Tesco withdrew theirs.
…yes, so much is London centric….they forget what it’s like for the rest of us. I live only three miles from the nearest ‘busy’ town, I can’t get a bus after 5 p.m !!
And I’m surrounded by freaking giant hills….
2 very good reads:
https://markoshinskie8de.substack.com/p/coronamania-and-liking-america-less
https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/pandemania-part-1?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
‘We have to drive a lot less’, says Chris Boardman, the PM’s new travel tsar”
Why?
“We” usually actually means “You” in these situations.
On yer bike Boardman.
…exactly! Because if you don’t you’re selfish..you’re killing Polar Bears…you’re selfish if you don’t wear a mask, get jabbed, you’re selfish if you don’t stop eating meat…same if you forget my pronoun, blah! Fu****g blah!
I am sick to the teeth of being battered with this crap, and I suspect the majority feel the same…..they won’t be happy until we live in caves grubbing for worms….
Thank God for the occasional rebels….they give us all hope….
https://petersweden.substack.com/p/farmer-protest
VIDEO: Dutch farmers spray manure on town hall in protest of climate plans
Cheers e by.
https://brownstone.org/articles/are-the-covid-mrna-vaccines-safe/
Kulldorff on the Fraiman study.
For most, the risk/benefit ratio of them is negative.
Pandemic logic
Covid is a multi system disease affecting your heart, lungs, brain and all major organs.
That’s why most people who get an infection show little to no signs of such damage.
A deep dive into the history of the organisation orchestrating the lies, manipulation & cull.
Challenges everything one has been taught & values one has held.
https://crazzfiles.com/the-khazarian-mafia/
Heavy stuff ! It’s dated two years ago so will anything change , will Snowden’s info come out
The Government appear to have released some early papers from SPI-M-O
this one from 3/2/2020….
“This is SPI-M-O’s statement on the possible impact that potential interventions could have in delaying the spread of a UK epidemic of 2019-nCoV, were there to be widespread outbreaks in other countries. SPI-M-O were asked to consider whether any combination of these interventions would be expected to delay the start of a UK pandemic (or its peak) by a month.
SPI-M-O’s view was the impact of any intervention would be highly dependent on the patterns of transmissibility.”
interesting to note a couple of things….
on school closures they conclude…
…. mass school closures could increase the overall attack rate if done at the wrong time.
Mass school closures have a large cost in terms of parental absenteeism as well as foregone education.
and on masks….
The wearing of facemasks by the general population is unlikely to meaningfully reduce transmission.
hmm….