- “The staggering cost of ‘Plan B’” – “The introduction of vaccine passports, mandatory face masks and work-from-home advice would cost between £11 billion and £18 billion according to a leaked assessment of the so-called ‘Plan B’,” reports Fraser Nelson in the Spectator.
- “We must resist the moral panic pushing us back into lockdown” – Some of the Covid numbers may look similar to previous waves but, thanks to the vaccines, they are describing an entirely different reality, argues Robert Dingwall in the Telegraph.
- “We can escape a lockdown Christmas” – The Government has pinned its winter strategy on booster success, writes Tom Chivers in UnHerd.
- “Covid: ‘Plan C’ proposed, Department of Health Science Chief reveals” – A Government Minister last week said he was not aware of plans for households to be prevented from mixing as part of a ‘Plan C’. With cases rising in past days and weeks, there have been calls for more Covid restrictions to be put in place, reports Sky News.
- “Don’t ‘bash’ Britain for big Covid outbreak, Oxford expert says” – “It is unfair to ‘bash’ Britain for having higher Covid infections than the EU because it is testing up to 10 times more people than other countries, an eminent Oxford University expert has claimed,” reports MailOnline.
- “Not all vaccine experts are convinced Covid booster shots are needed” – “Even as booster shots of Covid vaccines become widely available in the U.S., some vaccine experts are not convinced that the shots are broadly necessary,” reports the Mail.
- “Covid, Masks and Magical Thinking” – “Anthropologists have been interested in magical thinking since the earliest days of their discipline,” argues Robert Dingwall in Social Science Space.
- “Why won’t the CDC or FDA reveal the VAERS URF?” – “This has resulted in the needless loss of life of well over 150,000 Americans,” argues Steve Kirsch in TrialSite.
- “More on original antigenic sin and the folly of our universal vaccination campaign” – A deeper look at a decisive limitation of our adaptive immune systems, writes Eugyppius in his latest Substack update.
- “Greenhouse gases kept rising during lockdowns, UN finds” – “Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere have risen to a record high despite a drop in emissions due to Covid restrictions, the UN has warned,” reports the Times.
- “Nicola Sturgeon savaged for pushing own ‘selfish agenda’ as she moves to ‘shut down’ jobs” – “Nicola Strugeon has been accused of pushing her own ‘selfish’ independence agenda in a speech on climate change made ahead of the COP26 Conference,” reports the Express.
- “You can’t trust polling on climate change” – We want the environment sorted out – just not through our own personal sacrifice, writes Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
- “The deletion of Novara Media is an outrage” – YouTube’s censorship of political discussion has got to stop, demands the Spiked team.
- “Dave Chappelle meets soft totalitarianism” – Comedian says film festivals are banning his upcoming documentary in wake of transgender freakout, writes Rod Dreher in the American Conservative.
- “Netflix and the woke power play” – Millennial creatives are using identity politics to rise up the corporate ladder, argues Frank Furedi in Spiked.
- “Trans activists are trying to bully people” – Brendan O’Neill interviews Andrew Sullivan in Spiked.
- “Shouldn’t British police concentrate on catching criminals rather than promoting woke agendas on social media?” – “Where once British police sought to reassure the public by putting officers on the street, now there’s an unhealthy focus on promoting woke causes online,” writes Frank Furedi in RT.
- “Is Cambridge University ashamed of Winston Churchill?” – “When I first started at Churchill College, Cambridge, I was proud that I had joined an institution whose very existence was a testament to the legacy of a personal and national hero,” writes Harry Clynch in the Spectator.
- “The anti-abuse trap” – “The Government has had its sights set on online anonymity for some time,” writes Pertinax in Bournbrook Magazine.
- “Taking the knee is divisive – Quinton de Kock is not racist for refusing to do it” – If his career comes unstuck because of his wish to exercise his personal freedom, it would be added to cricket’s lengthening roll of shame, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “New Zealand will become a two-tiered society” – Martin Daubney chats to TalkRadio: “New Zealand locked down hard by closing the borders. Isn’t it funny that when Brexiteers suggested controlling our borders we were called fascists?”
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Also covered by the Unherd team (media operations outside the establishment mainstream clearly feel threatened by this kind of event):
Ash Sarkar: Left and Right must unite against Big Tech censorship
Let’s be clear here, this was a completely different situation from the really problematic active censorship prevalent in our society via “cancel culture” and the direct suppression of dissent using the “hate speech”/”offence” pretexts, or even the systematic and sustained big tech suppression of dissent on covid and the “vaccines”..
This, as far as it’s possible to tell, was most likely a brief withdrawal of service thanks to an internal error at Youtube or Google. Even if it were more, it’s worth recalling the response of the likes of Owen Jones (much more representative of the view of the politically active left generally on this) to cancel culture sackings of conservative etc dissenters by big corporates: it’s just them getting consequences for their speech and we shouldn’t be limiting companies’ freedom to sack employees who say nasty things.
This was nothing like the massive corporate and political establishment attacks on conservative platforms like Parler and Gab, which were denied basic banking and internet services long term, with the intention of shutting them down. Nor is it remotely close to the regular sackings, direct harassment and legal persecutions of conservatives, traditionalists and other non-leftist groups for expressing their opinions, standing up for their beliefs and principles, or trying to organise politically.
The majority of leftists have made it clear they see no problem with this kind of suppression of dissent so long as it is aimed at their political enemies, insisting it’s just conservatives etc “facing consequences” for their evil opinions, or the (remarkably convenient) “balancing” of free speech against various made up or conveniently over-extended “rights”.
If this kind of incident helps to jog leftists’ memories concerning the ways they used to fear censorship and stand up for freedom of speech as an unalienable right – back when they feared censorship might be used on them, when the current elites were attending student demonstrations – then that’s a good thing, but let’s not misinterpret the likes of Sarkar expressing concern about big US corporates changing their targets as seriously representative of a left-wing opinion in favour of freedom of speech in general. The reality is that it is UK law and police that are being used to harass traditionalists and Christians etc on the streets and in their workplaces, not just big tech disapproval. And the left has shown little effective concern about it.
When Sarkar et al come out firmly against the evil “hate speech” and “offence ” laws, and the viciously intolerant cancel culture mobbings, that are the real threats to speech and to the actual livelihoods of ordinary dissenters, not just political activists, then they can be taken seriously as free speech advocates. Until then, they are dangerous, self-serving allies of convenience, who will desert the instant any progress begins to be made, because fundamentally they do not believe in freedom of speech.
I don’t follow Novara Media but surely it was more than “intermal error”? Corbynists aren’t exactly popular with the elite, what was their transgression?
It was pretty clearly an error, since it was corrected more or less instantly. Most likely some aspect of their coverage fell foul of anti-conservative or coronapanic-pushing software in the monitoring algorithms, and somebody (or some computer system) pushed a button the senior management wouldn’t have chosen to push if it had been drawn to their attention.
Contrast that with the denial of basic banking services to Gab, or Amazon web hosting to Parler. Both for the long term, until and unless those targeted kowtow to leftist demands for suppression of dissent.
“Corbynists aren’t exactly popular with the elite, what was their transgression?”
The contest between Corbynists and Blairites is vicious, like sibling in-fighting can be, but it isn’t generally as all in and “to the death” as the hatred of both factions for conservatives and traditionalists of the kinds who stand in the way of their shared radicalisms.
I’ve never heard of Novara Media but have no objections to them using YouTube.
Gay right wing comedian commentator Milo fell foul of YouTube censorship while Jordan Peterson survived, if not flourishing; same goes for Sir Roger Scruton although I doubt if he cared for YouTube one way or another.
Dave Chappelle is currently a would be victim of the cancel culture having said things the trans lobby disapprove of; all but one of his videos are ‘not currently available’ on Amazon though he remains wildly popular on YouTube which is also where post punk poppets Violent Delight continue their 15 year run of success with ‘I wish I was A girl’ together with the slightly less obvious ‘Transmission’.
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And that’s “thanks to the vaccines” is it, Dingwall?
Presumably then we can expect some kind of emergency-justifying apocalypse in communities like the Amish who have generally chosen not to waste the vast resources we have sunk into this aspect of the hysterical covid panic response?
Obviously those responsible for pushing said panic response want, indeed desperately need, us to believe we got something worthwhile, as a society, out of the huge ongoing spend on experimental therapies given a bye on the usual testing standards “because emergency”, and imposed by unprecedented breaches of fundamental human rights.
By pushing that pretty questionable notion, the likes of Dingwall let the perpetrators get away with it, and make the repeat certain.
I long ceased taking any interest in the supposed numbers of cases, illnesses, hospitalisations or deaths with or of Covid but it seems obvious that we are in much the same place as this time last year after a fortune spent, and rising, on phoney ‘vaccines’.
Our freedoms and lifestyles, not to mention medical and mental health, remain hostage to the whims of a government clearly under instructions from those who do not have our best interests at heart.
As you rightly suggest, Dingwall merely perpetuates the situation.
I was checking their figures before. According to the official “covid” deaths, from 12th August 2020 (when they stopped overcounting the deaths quite so much) to 25th October 2020 (a year ago on Monday) there were 3,867 “covid” deaths (with no “vaccines”). For the same period this year, there were 8,870 “covid” deaths – 5,003 more over 75 days than the same time last year. With “vaccines”. And as I said in another post, from 8th December (when “vaccinations” of the vulnerable started) to 8th January, “cases” shot up from 12,250 to 67,794. And from December to Spring, there were more “covid” deaths reported in the UK than in some other European countries that were slower to “vaccinate”. (And then there are the alarming cases of Israel and Gibraltar). So I am yet to be convinced that this mass “vaccination” of the healthy population with dangerous (or “100% safe” if you’re Devi Sridhar) experimental gene therapy drugs does any good. And I am pretty sure, by the way, that forcing thousands of dedicated care and health workers out of their jobs for non-compliance will do a lot of harm.
Oh, and a reminder for any casual readers of this site who support the government narrative of why we should not trust the big pharmaceutical companies and their proxies in the media, government and science. This is what those Times muppets should be worrying about.
Revealed: Big Pharma’s hidden links to NHS policy, with senior MPs saying medical industry uses ‘wealth to influence government’ | The Independent | The Independent
Big Pharma lobbyists exploit patients and doctors — Health & Wellness — Sott.net
We might have expected other sources to have picked up on that 2014 story you link from the Independent, the whole scam is, no doubt, well known throughout Fleet St.
The Mail Online article in the Roundup has a Top Doctor telling us that the reason we have more cases than Europe is that we do more testing. Gee, knock me over with a swab stick Top Doc.
We’ve known that for ages too. 320million tests (Alex Belfied YouTube) for 50million people producing a grand total of 8 million positives (real, imaginary or doubled up).
European commenter Chile_Pepper claims ‘we are 95% vaccinated, the Pandemic is nearly over so we don’t need any more testing’. Oh really Sunshine, either your vaccines (and programme) are better than ours or you are in for a rude shock.
Tom Chivers in UnHerd is just as bad, even the articles title is alarmist “we can escape Christmas lockdown” as though it is almost a done deal.
He does not see the vaccination project as a problem rather the current low uptake although, to his credit, he does give an example of its ramshackle implementation (of which I have experienced similar though different) not blaming ‘hesitancy’ as is usual.
The end result being that we might go back into lockdown as result of the governments own incompetence.
He then spends two lengthy paragraphs harping on about the discredited R number and then explains how, surprise surprise, as more and more of the population become immune the more unpredictable the spread of Covid becomes.
He ends by comparing HMGs policy of saying ‘lockdown is for us to decide’ to Taiwan where a pre-determined set of circumstances must arise. He does not see No Lockdown Whatever as an option.
Tom Chivers has always been part of the problem, rarely part of any solution.
Establishment apologist and propagandist.
Nothing original in todays Roundup, when are they going to tell the truth about domestic cats🙀 being the major vector of catastrophic Covid contagion and what are they going to do about it to save our Christmas?
It’s not cats, it’s carrots. Vaccinate your carrots or covvidie. Isolate all unvaccinated root vegetables and sack non-compliant mangel-wurzels now.
The last bit of Covid tittle tattle that I read in a bought copy of the Daily Telegraph (March 2020) was about the Tigers in Wuhan Zoo catching Covid from their keepers.
Since then it’s been hushed up except for an ill-recieved call for cat owners to keep their moggies indoors that subsequently got a D Notice from MI5.
Cat scratch fever was a while back, we have HI.
Chivers, in Unherd, is a prime example of the ineducable covvicretin:
We have a suite of tools available to us – not just Plan B, but also things like increased rapid testing – that can avoid [he means ‘avert’] future disruption. But, also, if we impose them now, we can undo them later easily if they’re unnecessary, or tweak them if they’re not quite right.
For instance, there are concerns that vaccine passports will damage the entertainment industry and have only a small impact on the virus. If that’s true, we can reduce their use once that’s clear.
‘Not just Plan B.’ Yeah, so we slam on the fascist brakes while the road is clear. We ramp up testing, because testing cures covid. And we kill the entertainment industry first and ask questions later. How do people this stupid manage to keep breathing?
Absolutely agree.
Maybe it will not be the meek that will inherit the world but the stupid?
I pray not.
Yes, a truly vile individual who always pushes the ‘received’ view on anything and everything. Even more hateworthy than Monbiot!
Did Bill Gates get the business model for vaccines from Microsoft?
CDC greenlights FOURTH Covid vaccine jab for ‘immunocompromised’ Americans as definitions blur for ‘booster & fully vaccinated’
I’m not sure about your reference about Microsoft but 4 jabs for the immunocompromised is already in place I the UK. I know because I’m on the list.
As a supposedly at risk person I’m expected to get a third ‘primary’ jab in addition to one and (though where from is in some doubt)
AndThen
A booster when NHS Vaccine central says it our cohorts turn.
‘in addition to the one and two’😉
‘Plan B’ vaccine passports could FUEL Covid-19, pushing Brits into poorly ventilated smaller venues, leaked govt report warns
This is just an excuse to widen the use of vax pass to pubs, cafés & shops?
Of course it is, although my bet is that it would have happened anyway.
how about featuring an author with his finger on the pulse and some excellently investigated journalism for a change?
Or would that ruffle your chums feathers too much?
https://therealslog.com/2021/10/26/kate-bingham-a-suitable-case-for-treatment/
Good to have all those developments in one place.
As for the pesky blood clots.
When I got both jabs in June and July the one attempt to get my Informed Consent was a leaflet saying something like “you are very unlikely to get blood clots and only in very unusual circumstances” handed to me as I left the wigwam erected in my GP Surgery carpark.
so you didn’t give your consent? and they therefore assaulted you and you can now claim for damages for said assault, they can be criminally charged and any further physical, mental or financial impacts can be filed
Something like that, I did sign a consent form at the outset but with no attempt to explain possible side effects.
I have just finished several bouts of chemotherapy, their informed consent form runs to six pages and almost put me off.
Great article, then I glanced to the right, to see a perfect example of an oxymoron.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59048318 FDA approves vaccine for 5-11 year olds as benefits outweigh the risks!?!
‘NHS’s ‘world beating’ £37BILLION Test and Trace program was an ‘eyewatering’ waste of taxpayer cash and at its BEST only 49% of £1,000-a-day tracers were working, report reveals’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10134457/NHSs-world-beating-37BILLION-Test-Trace-program-eyewatering-waste-taxpayer-cash.html
Could probably have built a fair few hospitals with that cash – absolutely criminal waste of our money!
Approximately 12 hospitals could have been built, equipped and staffed for that. Add in the Nightingale fiasco, then a few more permanent proper hospitals could have been built and staffed. Which, ironically, would have enabled the NHS to handle the excess patients predicted, incorrectly, by the model/tarot cards.
And nobody will be held accountable.
Jacinda Ardern is a horsey-faced man. Check out the ‘red dress’ footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlGnhlajHOQ
Anyone who is still taking the knee or making others take it instead of booing people who do after having read this article should make an urgent appointment to have their head examined.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/08/what-kind-of-movement-is-blm/
No idea of context, date or if the translation is accurate, but it’s great stuff.
https://twitter.com/HangingProphets/status/1453048952476078090
“Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko giving a fantastic dressing down over COVID measures in Belarus“
Lukashenko shaming just about every supposedly democratic national government office holder in the US sphere (odd exceptions like Sweden aside).
Boris Johnson is talking rubbish… AND he’s right: Yes, it’s infuriating for the Prime Minister to say recycling is futile. But wait until you hear what really happens to plastic after you’ve carefully sorted it, writes GEOFFREY LEAN
Comical stuff, as environmentalists compete to get their “noble” lies straight and insist the government should lie in exactly the right way to manipulate behaviour in the particular directions they themselves want it to go.
And a very careful tippy toe to avoid ever mentioning the huge contribution of mandated disposable facemasks to the plastic waste problem.
In reality we don’t have a plastic production problem, we have a plastic disposal problem. From louts leaving litter lying everywhere, to governments cutting costs on waste disposal in order to fund their various harmful policies instead, from Test and Trace bollocks to spending vast amounts to fund political correctness indoctrination and enforcement activities. But that doesn’t suit the various agendas at play.
Of course not, Labour will claim he was infected by an unvaxxed leper.
This may be of interest regarding cardiac risk in people exercise a lot https://sebastianrushworth.com/2021/10/27/is-intense-exercise-bad-for-your-heart/
Your first mention of the important Steve Kirsch revelation re the paper that says that vaccines are 5:1 more dangerous than advantageous is behind a pay wall. Dr Peter McCullough of USA FrontLine Drs is interviewed here, yesterday, and explains it very well.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-the-vaccine-is-more-dangerous-than-covid-19-dr-peter-mccullough/5759522
The paper that was first submitted by Kirsch to the FDA in September, according to McCullough, can be found here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22147500 and this from two UK Stats profs.
https://probabilityandlaw.blogspot.com/2021/09/all-cause-mortality-rates-in-england.html
Hadn’t seen these mentioned on the site. Apologies if they were.