News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Charges against two lockdown protestors have been dropped – but the protestors may insist on going to court anyway so that the whole Covid lockdown debacle can be properly reviewed in a court of law.
The New York Times was a huge cheerleader for brutal lockdown policies in the US and a lead smearer of the protesters. Yet now the scene has moved to China, the Gray Lady has suddenly swapped sides.
Civil unrest has broken out in China as the population tires of the endless cycle of lockdowns in pursuit of the the moronic ’zero Covid’ policy. Worth remembering this was the policy lobbied for by ‘independent’ SAGE.
Sussex Police has threatened a women right's group founder with a hate crime arrest after a rally two months ago where her group was attacked by pro-trans activists.
Supreme Court judges have been blamed for giving the green light to eco-zealot mayhem as Just Stop Oil exploit an extraordinary 2021 legal ruling that protests can be a "lawful excuse" to block roads.
Angry road users resorted to dragging eco-protesters out of the road this morning as Just Stop Oil blocked a busy London High Street, stopping a fire engine and cars carrying sick people from getting through.
With ambulances blocked by Just Stop Oil protestors from getting to hospital and motorists taking matters into their own hands, when are the police going to stop standing meekly by and do their job and clear the highway?
The protests against China's ruthless Zero Covid policy continue to grow as President Xi Jinping shows no sign of changing tack despite even Hong Kong easing towards a more liberal approach.
Writing in the Spectator, Brendan O’Neill says the police should leave anti-monarchist protestors alone. This is 21st Century Britain, not 16th Century Britain.
Tour de France fans took matters into their own hands on Saturday as they removed a gang of eco-protesters threatening to disrupt the bicycle race by sitting in the middle of the road to block riders.
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