Britain “Came Within Whisker of Blackouts” Yesterday
9 January 2025
by Will Jones
News Round-Up
10 January 2025
Labour’s War Against the Past
9 January 2025
London's Metropolitan Police have finally shown signs of cracking down on the eco-loon Just Stop Oil protesters, who have been blocking roads in the capital for months.
A seasoned anti-fuel tax campaigner has been picked as Reform U.K.’s candidate to be London Mayor and will vow to scrap all of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) and other hated anti-car policies.
Sadiq Khan's anti-car ULEZ policy is based on the claim that 4,000 deaths are caused by London's air pollution each year. But is that really true, and how many would be 'saved' by a policy that hammers the poor?
A massive 75% of Londoners say they will never return to the office full time after working from home during the lockdowns, a major new study has found.
Masks will still be required on London transport, Sadiq Khan has said, despite the end of Plan B. The worry is that Khan really believes the fairy story that filthy face rags stop Covid outbreaks.
Britain's daily Covid cases plunged for the 12th day in a row – down 41% week-on-week – as the Omicron wave continued to collapse and workers headed back to offices in their largest numbers since it took off.
The latest data from the ONS shows that prevalence has been falling in London since the end of last month. This is the same time as last year, despite no lockdown being imposed this time.
Neil Ferguson has said Covid hospital admissions in London are flatlining and we can expect them to start falling nationally next week. Given his track record, does this Covid admissions are about to soar? Let's hope not.
Current Covid data does not indicate a need for new restrictions, Cabinet minister Steve Barclay has said.
New daily infections are falling in London, data suggests. The ZOE app shows infections falling in the capital since December 27th, a trend that appears to be confirmed by the latest Government reported infection data.
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