- “Why did Boris go along with Joe Biden’s mask play-acting?” – Writing in MailOnline, Dan Wootton muses at the fact that, at a time when both their countries are reaching peak-jabbed status, the so-called leader of the free world Joe Biden and Boris Johnson sat apart and fully muzzled.
- “Chris Whitty warns MPs it is ‘inevitable’ unvaccinated children will catch Covid” – In further messaging that is likely aimed at increasing vaccine take-up rates among young, healthy children, the Chief Medical Officer says transmission in England is highest among 12 to 15 year-olds.
- “BBC and Boris Johnson out of step after PM says Strictly dancers should be jabbed” – Much to the Prime Minister’s dissapointment, the Corporation has stood firm, insisting it will not require professional performers to have Covid vaccinations to take part in the show, reports the Telegraph.
- “In this era of Covid misinformation, we all need a ‘George’ to guide us to the truth” – “I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of this doom porn,” writes Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “Covid variant in nursing home has deadly mutations that may evade antibodies” – Here we go again… A new variant of Covid with ‘deadly mutations’ that give it “increased resistance to antibodies” has been discovered in a Kentucky nursing home, reports the Sun.
- “Why “Natural Immunity” Is a Political Problem for the Regime” – Since 2020, public health technocrats and their allies among elected officials have clung to the position that absolutely every person who can possibly get a Covid vaccine should get one, writes Ryan McMaken in Mises Institute.
- “Opposing vaccination of children (an article from the SDP)” – “For the state to ask a 12 year-old to deliberate – without parental consent – on a matter as important as personal vaccination is totally unacceptable,” says William Clouston, Leader of the SDP.
- “Limiting access for the unvaxed to public places will likely breach the Disability Discrimination Act” – “Whatever any of the Australian States and Territories intend to do with their unvaccinated; they all face a legal limitation: the Disability Discrimination Act 1992,” writes David Porter in the Spectator Australia.
- “Snap shutdown of construction industry on the cards after Melbourne tradie protest turns violent” – Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to shut down the construction industry after protests against jabs for tradies turned violent, reports 7 News.
- “New Zealand Covid: Men caught smuggling KFC into lockdown-hit Auckland” – For this ‘offence’, the pair could face six months in prison, reports BBC News.
- “Insulate Britain: protesting against the public” – Of course green activists infuriate people. Their ultimate aim is to make all of our lives worse, writes Tom Slater in Spiked.
- “Employees working from home four days a week cuts pollution 10%: study” – Could this new Spanish study be used as a justification for a future climate lockdown?
- “Not OK Boomer: Ofcom unveils new list of ‘offensive’ words” – “Gammon” and “Karen” have been added to a list of offensive words by Ofcom that will factor into the watchdog’s thinking, reports the Telegraph.
- “Replacing ‘batsman’ with ‘batter’ is ultra-woke grandstanding – and a betrayal of cricket’s traditions” – There are hordes of cricket fans of both genders through whose lips the revolting word “batter” will never pass so long as we live, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “Stephen Toope embodied all that is rotten about our universities” – On his watch Cambridge suppressed debate and academic freedom, and kow-towed to China, writes Madeline Grant in the Telegraph.
- “Schoolchildren hold mock trial of MP Richard Drax over ancestral slavery links” – Schoolchildren have taken part in an eight-hour mock trial of a millionaire Tory MP accused of benefiting from the proceeds of slavery, reports the Times.
- “The Emmys were too white? Oh please, give up this obsession with people’s skin colours and concentrate on talent” – As a person of colour, I want to win awards for the work I do – not because of the colour of my skin. White actors walked away with all the major awards not because of discrimination, but due to their performances, writes Ramsha Afridi in Russia Today.
- “NHS GP Dr. Renee Hoenderkamp explains why children should not be vaccinated” – Dr. Hoenderkamp says on talkRADIO: “It’s even better if they catch it. The immunity from having caught Covid is better than the immunity you get from a vaccine. 50% have already had it.”
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