News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A fierce debate over cancel culture has erupted in Italy over a school's decision to exempt Muslim pupils from studying Dante's The Divine Comedy due to its portrayal of Mohammed in hell.
The question of early spread of COVID-19 continues to fascinate, not least because of what it implies for the futility of interventions. So, when exactly did the virus first appear in Italy?
The BBC has been criticised by Conservatives for describing a political festival hosted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and attended by Rishi Sunak as a "far-Right rally".
Official stats show that just 162 Italians under 40 died with COVID-19 in 2020. So why was the Government so set on vaccinating them all, ask Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson.
We're bombarded by news of Arctic ice melting at an alarming rate and the world being on fire, but the data tell a very different story, says Chris Morrison.
Rise of the Right: Western Europe’s Left in decline, amidst a make-believe fascist obsession.
Pope Francis has told millennials to stop being "selfish and egotistical" and to start families instead of having pets. Philip Pilkington agrees, adding that immigration is a Ponzi scheme that cannot solve the crisis.
When Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Rishi Sunak this week, on her agenda were two issues that she believes threaten Europe most: the illegal migrant boat crisis and Europe’s plummeting fertility rate.
Italians are refusing to 'eat ze bugs' and be happy, as their Government bans the use of insect flour in pizza and pasta.
A growing number of sceptics have recently been questioning whether excess deaths during the pandemic were caused by the virus. Dr. Will Jones argues that the evidence they mostly were is impossible to ignore.
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