It is tremendous to see 2025 starting off with yet more questions in the Times about the devastating effect lockdowns had on children. James Kirkup writes brilliantly: “What sort of country launches a multi-year policy to inflict lifelong damage on children, then forgets all about it?” I want to issue James Kirkup a note of caution however: mea culpas will be a long time coming, not necessarily for reasons of official cover-up or collective amnesia but because the errors are simply too severe to reckon with yet. The faults surrounding the harmful activities of 2020-21 lie in the grave immoralities of ignorance, cowardice, an imprudent sense of the carnivalesque, petty tyranny, and neglect of our basic human duty to care, faults that are too difficult for most of us – both as a society and individuals – to admit to, let alone apologise for.
Ignorance
Let us start with the first of the grave sins (for want of a better word) of lockdown: ignorance. There was an illuminating comment beneath Kirkup’s piece from a gentleman who said he “ran a school” at the time. He explained he was told by the local authority the school hall might have to be used as a morgue and that a GP had told him as a 60 year-old man working with large numbers he was at a higher risk of dying. This explanation reminds me of a conversation I had at the time with a teacher friend who was very reluctant to return to school before the eventual third lockdown in January 2021. I asked about her concerns and she said very simply: “I might die. Hundreds and thousands of teachers might die.” We who are sceptical of lockdowns must always remember the genuine fear that gripped the hearts of the majority during this time. Whether confected or not, the fear that was felt was genuine. Where my tolerance for this position ends however is the inability of the two teachers, and thousands others like them, to then take the next required step: research to discover if their fears were well founded. I remember showing my teacher friend graphs from the Spectator data hub and that thing on the BBC where you could see how many cases per 100,000 were in your area, evidence about risk of death for all age groups – figures that demonstrated to me her fear was entirely misplaced. My teacher friend looked at these websites and said: “This is too complicated for me, I’m just going to do what I’m told.” Will the gentleman who “ran a school” ever admit that his inability to investigate things for himself, to question his GP and local authority advice, has harmed a generation of his schoolchildren in his supposed care?
Cowardice
James Kirkup admits his own cowardice, writing: “I’m sorry I didn’t go further but I was afraid that going full throttle against one element of lockdown would put me on the wrong side of what felt like the divide between scientific orthodoxy and oddball contrarianism.” I wonder how many others involved in the Government of the time, or think tanks, or writing for national newspapers, thought as James Kirkup did, but did not speak out? Until more admit to their own cowardice around this situation then nothing will significantly shift in this debate. But honestly, what grown adult will readily remember, let alone admit to being frightened of questioning the advice of Matt Hancock or Boris Johnson?
An imprudent sense of the carnivalesque
An underestimated element of grand historical events is the manner in which people get swept up in them thanks to the drama, the shaking up of otherwise dreary lives. Dominic Sandbrook described it brilliantly in a Rest is History episode about the fishwives march to Versailles in 1789 – many got involved for the sheer hell of it, a hankering for the carnivalesque. We all know people like this, who run along with things for the ‘drama’. I class Dominic Cummings entirely in this category – finally this was his moment, his destiny to achieve something, to save the country from flu. He ran around shouting PANIC, thrusting around his scribbled-on white board, flamboyantly wearing his surgeon’s mask. And there were thousands like him in positions of authority who got simply carried away with the carnivalesque elements of lockdown. My son’s local school bought everyone a school-branded face mask, local women volunteered to swab children in the hall, people made a big fuss about cancelling events because they’d been ‘pinged’. The whole paraphernalia of lockdown: the masks, the hand sanitiser, social distancing stickers, that app, self-isolating, Covid tests, scotch eggs, bubbles at school, the tier restrictions, queuing up in out-of-town carparks to visit the vaccine centre, and so on, provided elements of the extraordinary in ordinary lives. It is too embarrassing for grownups to remember they succumbed to such irrational carryings on.
Petty tyranny
I’m thinking here about our lovely cricket coach, a more decent man you couldn’t hope to meet, who taped up the local cricket nets so they couldn’t be used by children during lockdown. Or the gentlemen who videoed my sons playing in the local park and told them he would call the police if they didn’t go home – I still see him around today behaving like a normal person with his family. Or the otherwise blameless churchwarden who stuck green tape on the medieval tiles to enforce the two-metre rule. There will be millions of people who committed small acts of petty tyranny. Some did it with the intention of ‘helping’, others did it with relish, and this is a dark part of human nature into which I don’t think we are yet ready to venture. I’m thinking here of the tinpot dictator manager of the local garage who banned me from not following the one-way system in the empty shop. This is a benign example; what of the hundreds of thousands of medical staff who prevented loved ones from seeing dying relatives? Who really wants to admit that they committed petty acts of tyranny that led to the actual harm of people, children in particular, because they had succumbed to fear or were ‘just following orders’?
Basic neglect of our caring duties
Amidst all the clamour to ‘save lives’ (as well as protect the NHS), too many of us were complicit in harming the lives of those we should have cared for. And this is where James Kirkup’s plea to shake off our collective amnesia will stumble, for the memories of our own neglect of our loved ones are too distressing. How many people let their loved ones die alone in isolated hospital beds because of ‘rules’? How many mothers spoke to their babies through face masks because of ‘germs’? How many husbands let their wives give birth alone because of ‘regulations’? How many parents made their children wear face masks because of ‘school rules’? How many parents let their children remain in their bedroom on their phones for months on end because of ‘school closures? How many of us didn’t visit the lonely and elderly because of ‘restrictions?’ Shame on us all.
But James Kirkup is right, the sooner we all admit to our grave errors, the sooner we will begin to repair the damage done.
Joanna Gray is a writer and confidence mentor.
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Given the remarkably successful campaign against PayPal, I believe that now would be an excellent time to campaign for a Statute of Limitations that would restrict the ways in which Government could control a future Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The risks of a CBDC are clear and absolutely parallel to those we have seen with PayPal in that it could be used as the vehicle for the introduction of a social credit system, with financial restrictions and penalties being applied for even minor challenges to the official narrative. The principle behind such a Statute would be to limit financial penalties to those currently enforced on criminal activity, therefore putting them under the control of the criminal courts. I believe the FSU is well placed to develop a draft Statute and I would fully support a campaign to get Government to accept it.
Very naiive. The sole purpose of a digital currency is Control. No statute will protect us from the inevitable misuse. And even if it did the law would simply be overriden by a change of government
We must say no to CBDC and CASH must always be an option.
If we give up on using our democratic system to reform things, we surrender all hope. I’d rather be naive than negative.
We are not living in a democracy.
An excellent list of 43 examples of ”Anti-science”, put together by Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which we have had to endure since the whole sh!tshow began;
https://covid-unmasked.net/the-naked-emperor-anti-science-the-infinite-list/
This judicial ruling in a Swiss Court has had no coverage in the media. The reason? It destroys the claim that the mRNA injections are vaccines.
This needs to be publicised widely. Neil Oliver? Mark Steyn? Certainly above the line further detailed reporting is required.
News from
Switzerland
Supreme Court ruling Hardly anyone noticed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won the case against all the pharmaceutical lobbyists. Covid vaccines are not vaccines. In the ruling, the Supreme Court confirms that the damage caused by Covid mRNA gene therapies is irreparable. As the Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, there are no further appeals and the appeals have been exhausted. Robert F. Kennedy emphasised in an initial statement that this was a success that was only possible thanks to the international cooperation of a large number of lawyers and scientists. Of course, this judgment opens up something internationally, especially here in Switzerland, this judgment should make waves, because Switzerland has a special position here with its federal constitution. On the one hand, the Nuremberg Codex in the constitution with Article 118b, and the misuse of genetic engineering in humans is prohibited in Switzerland, according to Article 119 of the Federal Constitution. This is supplemented by Article 230bis of the Criminal Code, … Thus, the perpetrators risk up to 10 years in prison. But this judgment should also make the rest of the world sit up and take notice, because the Nuremberg Code is internationally valid and is also included in Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In the case of criminal charges, the statement must include a reference to the Contergan scandal in order to give special weight to the importance of this charge. The policy is thus facing a hot autumn.
Source: https://boersenwolf.blogspot.com/2022/08/supreme-court-urteil-bestatigt-covid
No media is talking about it, neither in Switzerland nor in Europe. It’s up to us to spread the word
Sarah Swift
I can’t see anything about a Swiss court judgement, and there is no article at the link you provided. I wonder what Reiner Fuellmich is up to? I thought he was launching similar prosecutions but he seems to have gone very quiet.
It’s been removed & there is nothing on the wayback machine. Censorship is in full swing.
Not sure what Reiner Fuellmich is up to either….
It is confusing because it starts with a Swiss Court ruling the switches to it being the US Supreme Court ruling.
Apparently there has been no such ruling. It looks like it is a fake story.
Link here: https://covid-unmasked.net/us-supreme-court-rules-against-covid-mrna-gene-therapy-robert-kennedy-wins-case/
Wow!
Thanks for this BB.
A piece ATL surely?
This is totally off topic, but I wonder if anyone can help me? I am looking for a video that I viewed via a link from this site about vaccine damage. It was professionally produced and I think around half an hour long. It had many interviews with vaccine damaged people and showed the effect on them (one man could no longer stand up). It was on you tube, but unsurprisingly I can’t find it there, and I have been through the archive here as well but can’t find it. Many thanks in advance if someone can give me a link.
This one?
https://www.oraclefilms.com/safeandeffective
Yes, that’s the one. Very many thanks.
Surprisingly, it’s still on youtube:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIVZ5ssWB-o
Thanks for the link. Here’s what it looked like (with a warning alternative link in it!) recently; note the numbers.
Oh yes, I hadn’t noticed that. I wonder how many click the link to the NHS website? Hopefully, they all watch the film first.
That link turns up on all the YT entries I look at – I never follow them. They look a but ironic on some of them, especially the latest John Campbell ones!
The Oracle Films one is pretty robust, and well put together. The techniques used reminded me of certain old TV programmes, like “Panorama”, “That’s Life”, or :Horizon” etc – a bit long and a bit repetitive to make the point. Perhaps the producer came from that field, one way or another? So far, there do not seem to be any negative comments re the production itself; perhaps that’s no surprise, but there are lot of them, which is quite encouraging.
Yes, I liked the film. Also, I liked their films about the protests in Spring/Summer 21.
Then there is this report which needs to be addressed ATL in which vials seized in a correct procedural process for presentation of evidence in court, were analysed for their contents by an independent laboratory (owned by Dr Tess Lawrie).
Please Will, Toby et al this is important. As we now know that the “vaccines” are gene therapy, that the “vaccines” cause spike protein induced dementia, myocarditis which are permanent damage & will shorten life expectancy by 10-20 years in the young, if they last that long, then the very survival of humanity is at stake.
What’s really in the vaccines??
We now have scientific proof straight from the labs and it’s truly shocking ….independently analysed to make an honest account of the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Are the police really doing their job when they are turning a blind eye to this evidence.
Download the report yourself and read http://www.ukcitizen2021.org
Or read it directly here: https://ijvtpr.com/index.php/IJVTPR/article/view/52/96
Cristian Terhes MEP
@CristianTerhes
Just facts: in July 2022 the excess mortality rate in the EU was 16% higher compared to the average of 2016-2019 (Eurostat). The most vaccinated countries in the EU have now the highest mortality rate.
Do you think that COVID vaccination caused the excess deaths?
JOSE GEFAELL
@ChGefaell
EuroMoMo cumulated excess deaths week 40. Excess deaths in 2022 continue to grow and remain higher than in 2020 and 2021.
Source: https://euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps
Craig Kelly
@CKellyUAP
·
Sep 30
ABS releases EXCESS DEATHS data – AND IT’S A SHOCKER
We now have 13,524 ‘excess deaths’ across Australia for the first six months of the year
That’s 17.1% above the baseline of what would be expected
Baffling, they say
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION NEEDED, I say
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23028843.covid-scotland-vaccines-ruled-cause-neonatal-deaths-spike/
Helen McArdle Health Corespondent
PUBLIC health experts ruled out any link between spikes in neonatal deaths and the Covid vaccine without checking whether any of the infants’ mothers had received the jag during pregnancy.
Experts stressed that there was no “plausible” link between the unusually high levels of mortality among newborns in September last year and March this year to justify investigating maternal vaccination status. ..….
the rest is behind a paywall..but points for using the word Jag!!
Public health experts or three wise monkeys.
https://data.spectator.co.uk/graph/a-e-12-hour-waits-to-admit
shocking little graph in the spectator..showing A+E 12 hour wait….number of patients waiting > 12 hours from decision to admit, to admission.
With the NHS seemingly ever closer to collapse, how long are people waiting to be treated in A&E? The Spectator looks at the NHS’s data on how many patients are waiting more than 12 hours to be seen.
7.058 In Oct 2021
16.402 in Feb 2022
32.776 in Sept 2022
The Lionel Shriver article is spot on and scary. We are observing since quite a while that younger people in particular are incapable of reading and understanding basic stuff when encountering them in the business world. Most also need and use a calculator when giving change.
As for doctors, it seems completely hopeless.
Our new tenants are medical students at ICL. They are quadruple gene-therapied, don’t know that the definition of vaccine was changed to accommodate for them,
think that they work like regular vaccines and are just in awe of and got enthusiastically jabbed because of this ‘cute story’, namely that an African immigrant (he is actually Turkish) already had the solution ready when the disease occurred.
The only chance us older folks now have to live a long, healthy life is to live more healthy and take vitamins regularly.
We cannot count on the medical profession anymore to get us sorted when we become ill once our GenX doctors retire!
I agree, JB. We have to become our own doctors now. Personally, I haven’t taken any pharmaceutical drugs for ages. If TPTB decide to go ahead and medicate our water with fluoride, the cognitive decline in our young will accelerate. That combined with the effects of stronger and constant EMF, such as 5G and smart meters, the addiction to mobile phones and bluetooth headphones, rubbish nutrition and jabs will all contribute to people getting sicker earlier in life with all sorts of mental, emotional and physical issues.
…and all because he asked for a peaceful resolution…this is music to my ears….
LOL!
Jason Jay Smart@officejjsmart
Elon Musk’s Starlink says it can no longer afford to give Ukraine free service and asks the Pentagon to pay for it. Starlink had been a game changer in the war.
This comes days after Ukrainian Ambassador Melnyk Andrij told Musk to “fuck off.”
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Replying to @officejjsmart
and @MelnykAndrij
We’re just following his recommendation……
Tulsi Gabbard on Joe Rogan….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAfwpfUBw1M
Ukraine and the Military Industrial Complex.
“People are being forced to visit food banks and unable to heat their homes. I have been seriously depressed to see this government add to their suffering while giving tax handouts to the wealthy. Just Stop Oil gives a simple message: no more oil and gas licences. Let’s start creating a world where we care for everyone.'”
My emphases.
You couldn’t make this utter stupidity up!
Apologies. The above is from the report in the Mail about the eco nutters causing mayhem in London, including preventing an ambulance from getting through.
Kwasi SACKED.
Truss seems hopeless. The budget didn’t make much sense (I am all for cutting taxes but you also need to cut spending) and sacking Kwarteng makes no sense either, and Jeremy C**t is tipped as a replacement – the arch covid fascist.
Truss, like May and Johnson was a disaster before she got the top gig. She obviously is not in control and is just a puppet. The worry now is that the evil sod Hunt is being prepared for a quick move next door.
I wonder how much interfering Bliar is up to?
I agree except for the puppet bit – think she’s just weak and is yet another woolly liberal globalist. Bliar’s interference has been immense but again I think it’s not like he is making phone calls to get people sacked, but who knows? I’m approaching retirement, in good health – I wonder if I will ever see an actually conservative leader of the Tory party.
Hunt has the job.
Thanks, seen it. Very dangerous.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/pfizer-executives-freudian-slip-has-given-the-vaccine-game-away/
“Worth reading in full.”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-wrong-doers-who-are-desperate-to-move-on-from-covid/
A powerful article from Paul Collits over at TCW and he like many here wants revenge.
I am delighted to mention that he has singled out the rapist’s dad in Wales for particular opprobrium.
Hunt as Chancellor. Firkin hell. Thick but dangerous.
He’s a lockdown fanatic.
He certainly was, but in his new job he might learn how much it all cost, with any luck. We certainly live in interesting times. Anyone betting on whether Hunt will stick to Halloween for the budget (the announced date for the next Kwasi one)? What should emerge on 19/10 is September inflation figures – which affect lots of pension scheme payment rises next financial year. We’ll see if CPI was reduced on account of the Royal Funeral, or it could be the other way round, depending on what retail did, e.g.
I guess that the Permanent Sec has already written the script, and they’ll be chewing over whether to wait until after the 19th or to go early – or even announe it on the same day, although traditionally Budgets are Tuesdays; we’ll see.
Well he’s not a conservative and he’s a lockdown fanatic in arguably the second most senior position in govt, well poised to take over as leader in due course. Thought we had seen the last of him. Nasty piece of work.
He could be poised to move next door – but remember what happened to old Gordon, when he made such a move. Even many Labour supporters didn’t like him (I was a Labour activist then, and it was hard work persuading the voters to vote Labour when he became the leader). These days I’m not a member of any party, though.
Looks like we may have seen some clever maneuvering from the left wing of the Tory party to get their man in through the back door
Truss has scrapped the cut in Corporation Tax. So much for growth. Back to same tax and spend, big govt as Labour, LibDems, SNP, Tories since Thatcher.
Which suggests this lot are fully committed to the destruction of the economy as per the Reset.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/paris-about-boost-military-interventionism-eastern-europe/5796255
France is now sabre rattling and plans on invading Romania. Doubtless some of our lads will get dragged in when this inevitably goes tits up.
It’s a good day for arms manufacturers who are reaping a seemingly never-ending harvest. I can’t stand all the theatrics and that clown Zelensky and his clownish messages about the other clown Macron. All little men playing war with other people’s sons and daughters.
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/14/government-reports-suggest-covid-vaccination-is-causing-cancer-at-an-unprecedented-rate/
I’m pleased report that at least one of Bill Gates’ investments is struggling: Beyond Meat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63260645
The level of hypocrisy by this executive is mind blowing!
Clearly the man just wasn’t getting enough meat… He looks like a career criminal in that pic.
“Inflation is believed to be an underlying factor exerting pressure on the category as consumers trade down into cheaper forms of protein, including animal meat,”
“animal meat” eh. That’s a novelty.
https://reclaimthenet.org/cfpb-considers-paypal-investigation/
This is strange, a government agency suggesting they might prosecute PayPal.
Arse covering more like.
Given that Robert Kennedy Jnr has won his case against Pharma via SOTUS should that not mean that EUA must terminate immediately? And if so what are the implications for other countries such as the UK?