Oxford is Now More or Less a Quango
14 June 2025
by Darren Gee
The Two-Stroke Engine of Brian Wilson
14 June 2025
Matt Hancock has lost a High Court attempt to end a libel claim by former MP Andrew Bridgen against him over a tweet about the Covid vaccine after Hancock branded his fellow Tory "antisemitic".
Reform Party leader Richard Tice has called for former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over his handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, calling it "horrendous at every level".
Matt Hancock has admitted "do not resuscitate orders" were "wrongly applied" during Covid and should be "reviewed" – but defended lockdown and said its supporters need to "unite" to defeat sceptics.
The Covid Inquiry is right to name and shame Matt Hancock, says Professor Angus Dalgleish. The then-Health Secretary failed to provide the leadership we needed and abandoned the pandemic plan at the first opportunity.
Matt Hancock, the ex-Health Secretary, has failed in his bid to have Andrew Bridgen's libel case thrown out after Hancock branded him antisemitic, paving the way for a full trial.
Dr David Livermore takes aim at the UK's fatal decision to disperse elderly Covid patients to care homes in 2020, arguing that an overlooked solution could have averted the virus's spread and ensuing high death toll.
Historian Guy de la Bédoyère says the SAGE scientists didn't have a clue about whether to lock down or not in March 2020, any more than historians know much about what went on in the past.
The rise and fall of Babylon Health, a U.K. tech startup backed by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock, that ultimately collapsed due to inflated AI technology claims.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the mainstream media's attempt to shut down GB News, Nigel Farage starring at the Conservative party conference and Matt Hancock getting beasted on TV.
Canadian public health officials are reeling following the publication of an investigation in the BMJ criticising Canada's Covid response, though its criticisms aren't necessarily the ones sceptics would agree with.
© Skeptics Ltd.