News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A new study followed 400,000 men for 15 years and found no benefit from screening for prostate cancer. The problem is over-medicalisation and over-diagnosis, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
The NHS says informed consent requires us to be given all the information about what a treatment involves. When Dr Zoë Harcombe tried to get this info on the Covid vaccine, however, she received nothing but obfuscation.
Given the massive amount of woke bureaucracy imposed on NHS organisations by the Department of Health, it's hardly surprising that the hiring of DEI staff has been one of the fastest growing areas in our failing NHS.
NHS bosses have been accused of "woke pandering" after they brought out a banner featuring flags for 21 genders and sexualities including "Demiromantic", "Neutrois", "Androgyne" and "Genderqueer".
In the wake of the Cass report, the controversial ex-Mermaids chief Susie Green has launched a helpline accused of advising kids on bypassing the NHS for gender medication.
Four years on from lockdown, are we already forgetting? The taped-off playgrounds, the debilitating isolation, the 500,000 reports to the police of lockdown infractions. We must not forget, says Joanna Gray.
The NHS will review all transgender treatment, as the landmark Cass report says that the evidence for allowing children and young people to change gender is built on "shaky foundations".
NHS founder Aneurin Bevan was a demagogue typical of the period, says J. Sorel in his review of Nye at the National Theatre. "Bevan, an early ally of Oswald Mosley, really could’ve ended up in either camp."
In a legal battle over discrimination and free speech rights, a devout Christian social worker is suing an NHS-backed firm after his £25,000 job offer was rescinded due to his views on homosexuality.
Britain’s public sector pensions bill is now larger than the size of the U.K. economy after it soared past £2.6 trillion for the first time, official figures show.
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