“Covid cash triggers plunge in public sector productivity” – In the three months to September 2021, the public sector’s resources were 18.6% higher than in 2019, but its output was only 8.9% higher, meaning productivity was down by more than 8%, reports the Telegraph.
“Sketch Notes On...” – The podcast from Lucy Johnston and Matt Gibson. Catch up on episodes you might have missed including Toby, Graham Brady, Robert Dingwall and Molly Kingsley.
“Time for a rethink on forced jabs for health staff, Mr Javid” – HART’s Dr. Ros Jones writes in TCW about a letter from a concerned group of health care professionals and scientists to members of the House of Lords urging them to oppose vaccine mandates.
“Ex-ITV boss: Are the vaccine mob getting worried?” – They’re turning up the heat on those who exercise their legal, moral and medical right not to be jabbed, writes former senior ITV news executive Mark Sharman in TCW.
“German health minister calls England’s Covid strategy ‘unethical’” – Karl Lauterbach says he would “never recommend” the strategy London has employed in the face of the Omicron wave, Politico reports – even though the infection rate is lower and dropping, Herr Lauterbach?
“China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million” – A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people, reports AP News. It’s not going to work, guys.
“Finally, Bloomberg Admits Renewables Mania Caused Energy Shortages” – Michael Shellenberger writes on his Substack page that media giant Bloomberg, whose owner, Michael Bloomberg, is directly invested in natural gas and renewables, has conceded almost every point he has been making.
“The Covidian socialist state” – Laws on equality, ‘hate speech’, internet communication and Covid safety are so dense, vague and contradictory we are all guilty all the time just by leading normal lives, writes Alexander Adams in Bournbrook.
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