News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Steven Tucker recalls the Christmases of the pandemic years, when disturbing 'Covid-safe' Santas, sporting face masks and pushing vaccines, stalked the land and haunted children's dreams.
Scrooge is everywhere at this time of year as the archetypal Christmas miser. But on some issues, like immigration, it's ultimately not kind to be anything other than Scrooge-like, says Steven Tucker.
No longer can you give a loved one a beautifully displayed array of chocolates from Fortnum & Mason, for the eco-misers have decreed that plastic is out and the sweets must henceforth be hidden beneath boring cardboard.
One of Britain's biggest catering suppliers has announced it will offer only 'green' 'crackless' crackers to its customers, which include dozens of care homes, hotels, pubs and restaurants across the country.
Deaths in England and Wales were a massive 20% above the 5-year average in the week ending Dec 23rd – that's 2,493 deaths, with just 308 from Covid, giving 29,880 excess non-Covid deaths since April. What's going on?
In the last Weekly Sceptic podcast of the year, the talking points are Charles's lacklustre multicultural King's speech, the arrival of thought crime in the UK and the censorship of science during the pandemic.
A Christmas carol rewritten to be more “inclusive” to women and "queer" people has prompted a row within the Church of England, after critics said the move was an attempt to “push political ideology”.
Happy Christmas to all the readers of the Daily Sceptic and a special thank you to all those who've donated to the site over the past 12 months.
The WHO has called on members of the public to consider cancelling their original Christmas plans in order to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, mentioning that “an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled”.
Dominic Raab has said that there are no "hard, fast guarantees" that additional Covid restrictions won't be introduced before Christmas Day.
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