News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
The Covid lockdowns turned Boris Johnson into Oliver Cromwell, making him only the second British leader to have cancelled Christmas, Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly has said.
A senior health official in Australia's Covid response has cautioned against the "weaponisation" of misinformation, calling for the Government's revamped misinformation bill to be "rejected in its entirety".
The United Nations' support for Covid lockdowns and vaccine mandates, despite its paper thin commitment to human rights, shows why we should all fear its new Pact for the Future, say Dr Thi Thuy Van Dinh and Dr David Bell.
Graham Brady, the former leading Tory backbencher, has revealed that Boris Johnson asked him "How many people would you let die?" when he said Lord Sumption was right to challenge lockdown.
Teachers are being forced to improvise with sign language to communicate with primary school pupils whose language skills have been severely impacted by lockdowns, according to a new report.
Children have been turned feral by lockdown and are leaving the rest of us living in fear, says Camilla Tominey, as she notes an alarming 16% rise in criminality amongst under-18s since 2020.
Sweden clearly showed that lockdown wasn't worth it and didn't work, says Daniel Hannan. But how long until people are willing to hear that?
Prof James Alexander delves into the Left-wing literature that sees Covid lockdowns as a blueprint for addressing the 'climate crisis', both inspired by Lenin's totalitarian 'war communism'.
What was so startling about Mark Zuckerberg's confession that Facebook was censoring content at the behest of the Biden Administration was not what he admitted but that he admitted it, says Jeffrey Tucker. So, why now?
Joanna Gray works with some of the countless children whose mental health was devastated by lockdown. No wonder the NHS is reporting anxiety referrals through the roof. When will children get their apology?
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