News Round-Up

“Thousands more people than usual are dying… but it’s not from Covid” – Almost 18 months of delayed treatments, fewer consultations, and a lack of immunity are really taking their toll, reports the Telegraph.
“Hospital admissions projected to fall everywhere in U.K. apart from Scotland, latest models show” – The number of reported deaths after 28 days of a positive test per day is likely to decrease in the same period in England and Northern Ireland, but the models for Scotland and Wales show numbers levelling off without any significant drop in daily deaths, reports Sky News.
“Chemotherapy rationed amid shortage of NHS staff to deliver it” – People with advanced forms of cancer are being denied treatment in some areas so resources can be directed to those with chance of survival, reports the Telegraph.
“Some Premier League clubs have just six players jabbed” – Reports suggest that Premier League clubs fear the season could descend into ‘chaos’ amid ongoing resistance to Covid vaccines, with at least two squads having no more than six players vaccinated.
“Schools in Covid hotspots bringing back masks” – The director of public health for two towns with high ‘case’ rates says she supports the decision for mask-wearing to be reintroduced in local schools.
“Is Brexit really to blame for fuel-rationing?” – While Brexit is seen as an important factor, it is far from the only reason contributing to driver shortages, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
“The West has lost its roots” – The less moored our identities become, the louder we shout about them, writes Paul Kingsnorth in UnHerd.
“If it is so ‘easy’ to go green, why does it hurt so much?” – “Policymakers have set targets without considering how to get there or the cost of doing so,” read the lead article in the Telegraph on Friday.
“An anti-green backlash could reshape British politics” – There is a gap in the market of British politics for anti-green politics, writes ‘Bagehot’ in the Economist.
“Ultimate Climate Hypocrisy: Coal Burning BoJo Demands the World ‘Grow Up’” – Even the BBC seems perplexed by Boris Johnson’s grotesque climate hypocrisy, demanding action from everyone else, while failing to practise what he preaches in Britain, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That.
“We were fracking idiots to ignore the energy on our doorstep” – Craven caution comes at a price and we are now paying it, writes Mark Littlewood in the Telegraph.
“Many of our current problems will pass, but our energy crisis just gets worse” – As Boris Johnson tries to get the wind behind COP26 at the U.N., here at home we are all paying the price, writes Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
“‘Humanity is doomed!’ Young people’s ‘distress’ over climate change is proof that we’re enabling a generation of bedwetters” – Almost half of 16-25 year-olds admit their ‘feelings’ about climate change negatively impact their daily lives. Perhaps they should try getting one first, with some personal challenges and goals on which to focus, writes Rachel Marsden in Russia Today.
“The Impossibility Of The 1.5C Target” – Paul Homewood predicts that “COP26 will come up with a last minute, ‘save the planet’ deal, just as Copenhagen and Paris did, which will of course be nothing of the sort”.
“Why the business world’s gone woke” – “If the customer is king, why do businesses rub our regal noses in diversity,” asks Stuart Major in TCW Defending Freedom.
“Don’t tell ‘racist’ Columbus story, schools are urged” – Children must no longer be taught that Columbus “discovered America” and should learn more about minorities who fought alongside the British Army, say Scottish Government officials.
“The peddling of identity politics within the NHS is creating divisions, not helping patients” – Managerial classes yapping about BLM would do better to create practical solutions to address the conditions affecting ethnic minorities, writes Rakib Ehsan in the Telegraph.
“Children have begun to receive their Covid jabs at school” – Retired surgeon Dr. Tony Hinton says on talkRADIO: “Teenagers are getting the jab because they want to lead their normal life. That should not be a reason to take a medical treatment. It’s coercion and it’s totally unethical.”

Children have begun to receive their Covid jabs at school.

Retired surgeon Dr Tony Hinton says "Teenagers are getting the jab because they want to lead their normal life. That should not be a reason to take a medical treatment. It's coercion and it's totally unethical."@Iromg pic.twitter.com/7pOb0iQwcr
— TalkTV (@TalkTV) September 24, 2021

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