“Vaccination is the new dividing line in Republican politics” – Although the 2024 presidential election remains two years away, the Republican Party’s moderate position on COVID-19 management has coalesced into supporting vaccination but opposing mandates, with Trump adopting this position – though with a large part of the Republican base against vaccination, some, such as Ron DeSantis, are trying to keep a foot in both camps, writes Oliver Bateman in UnHerd.
“Covid test firm urges end to tests for travellers” – Collinson, which also runs airport lounges and other travel services, thinks tests are bad for business, reports the BBC. What a difference it makes when a company has an incentive to stop providing its unnecessary product.
“How Bolivians Defeated Socialist Government’s Vaccine Mandates” – On January 19th the administration of socialist President Luis Arce canceled the requirement of proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter any public establishment or place of commerce, reports the Epoch Times.
“The catastrophe of the Covid models” – How SAGE’s junk science brought us to the brink of lockdown, writes Christopher Snowdon – back in sceptical mode – in Spiked.
“It’s time to topple the failed lockdown elites” – The wrong people have been in charge since 2020. Scrap the last remaining restrictions and let us take back control of our lives, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
“The very concerning data from Scotland” – Daniel Horowitz in BlazeMedia reports the concerning data that shows vaccines failing to protect people from Covid.
“Fallen Icon” – Paul Homewood reviews Susan Crockford’s book about the fib told by Sir David Attenborough in 2019 about walruses hurling themselves off a cliff, supposedly due to climate change but in fact for a completely different reason.
“Sex, trans rights and the Scottish census” – The National Records of Scotland is facing a judicial review over its census guidance which states that transgender people may answer the question on sex as they identify rather than in line with their biology, writes Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
“Picador cancels poet Kate Clanchy’s books” – UnHerd reports that the author Kate Clanchy and Pan Macmillan have parted company “by mutual consent” and the publisher will cease distribution of all her work, following criticism of Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me for not being racially sensitive enough – even though it introduced poets from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The revolution eats its own children.
Excellent news. My employer will not be taking disciplinary action against me for my social media activity championing the human rights of boys and men. My thanks to everyone for their support most especially @SpeechUnion@toadmeister
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