News Round-Up
- “Scrap social distancing and see more patients, GPs will be told” – The Health Secretary is set to announce new measures to slash NHS bureaucracy and bring back face-to-face appointments, reports the Telegraph.
- “Locking down sooner was not the answer” – There is no reason to believe that an earlier lockdown would have saved many lives, writes Andrew Lilico in Spiked.
- “Covid, lockdown and the retreat of scientific debate” – “The error-strewn attacks in BMJ demonstrate what awaits academics who do challenge prevailing views,” writes Martin Kulldorff in the Spectator.
- “Matt Hancock announces comeback as U.N. representative after stepping down as Health Secretary following affair” – The former Health Secretary will now be advising African nations on finance and climate change, four months after resigning from the Government, reports Sky News.
- “Today, domestic vaccine passports have come into force across Wales” – Mark Harper MP says that vaccine passports continue to be pointless, damaging and discriminatory.
- “Recent deaths in young people in England and Wales” – The mortality data for England and Wales from ONS from 1 May 2021 until 17 September 2021 shows a significant excess, particularly in the 15-19 year age group – here’s HART’s comment.
- “New Year’s Eve firework display over Thames in London cancelled due to coronavirus” – The annual New Year’s Eve firework display over the River Thames in central London has been cancelled for a second year “because of Covid“, reports Sky News.
- “Should We Criminalise Public Health Authorities, Politicians and Employers Who Spread Misinformation about Vaccine Mandates?” – “Intentionally misleading people by spreading misinformation about vital public health issues like vaccines can have serious consequences, and the public deserves to be protected from this sort of deliberate harm,” writes Dr. Ron Brown in TrialSite.
- “Texas Governor Issues Executive Order Banning Vaccine Mandates by Any Entity” – Texas Govenor Greg Abbott has issued an executive order that bans vaccine mandates by any entity, including private employers, reports the Epoch Times.
- “Stasi of the suburbs turn neighbours against each other as Aussie police spend months tracking down anti-lockdown protesters” – Months after an anti-lockdown protest, Australian police are using informers and Facebook posts to track down demonstrators accused of taking part in illegal gatherings opposed to draconian, state-imposed restrictions on freedom, reports Russia Today.
- “Why have there been so few Covid deaths in Japan?” – “One of the biggest puzzles of the pandemic is why there have been so few Covid deaths in East Asia, and more specifically in Japan,” writes Noah Carl in his latest Substack update.
- “Persona non Greta – not all Scots welcome COP26” – “COP26 has the look and feel of a religious rather than a scientific/political event, a ritual, rather than a meaningful forum,” writes Philip Patrick in CapX.
- “Eco-activists rage at Insulate Britain in leaked messages” – “When even Extinction Rebellion are distancing themselves, you know you’ve got a problem,” writes ‘Steerpike’ in the Spectator.
- “Britain’s energy vulnerability plays straight into China’s hands” – Transitioning to renewable energy is a noble objective, but policymakers must recognise that in the meantime, the lights must stay on, writes Iain Duncan Smith in the Telegraph.
- “The Cathedral proscribes eco-blasphemy” – “The Cathedral (the Western establishment plus mega-corporations) has announced that eco-blasphemy is now grounds for excommunication,” writes Alexander Adams in Bournbrook Magazine.
- “Sir Billy Connolly: I’d be cancelled by the woke brigade if I started out in comedy today” – The comedian laments cancel culture, adding that his trademark ‘fearless’ material would be deemed too offensive for modern audiences.
- “Black scientists say U.K. research is institutionally racist” – Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe U.K. science to be “institutionally racist”.
- “Taboo Alert at the Met” – A revival of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot tramples on the new theatrical orthodoxy, writes Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
- “The cancellation of women is bigger than a ‘culture war’” – If we erode the very concept of women – for example by denying the importance of biological sex – we erase the rights of women, writes Miriam Cates in the Telegraph.
- “‘Retain and Explain’ was a compromise too far” – Concessions made to the violent mob now threaten to leave a permanent stain on our great institutions, writes Jeremy Black in the Telegraph.
- “A school in Leicestershire has banned teachers from using the words “good” and “bad” to describe pupil behaviour” – Toby tells talkRADIO: “Our society is heading in a totalitarian direction.”
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Texas governor bans all ‘vaccine’ mandates”.
Good luck to him. Wish I was there! I hope he holds out against Beijing Bidden.
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Meanwhile, some Australian states and territories commit gross violations of human rights by forcing workers to have the injections or get fired. If they turn up for work without their gesundheitspaß, they get a $5000 fine.
I think we have to boycott Australian goods.
God’s blessing on him, and I wish he were here!
Go f*** yourselves, you special pleading, whining, manipulative bastards.
I seem to remember a story about the Sky at Night presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock once being mistaken for a cleaner and told off for being in the wrong part of the building. Nonetheless, playing the race card can be divisive (as apparently being demonstrated by Democrat states in the so-called USA), and I was unimpressed by the provocation of Hungary supporters at last night’s football match at Wembley.
It’s long past time minority lobbyists were treated with the robust dismissal their self-serving manipulation deserves. They’ve done huge harm to this country and continue to do so.
Case in point, even if your story about someone being “mistaken for a cleaner” is true, it’s hardly the end of the world that someone might have made a reasonable assumption based on general truths. Either it was done politely and the person who made the error apologised, in which case it means nothing and the “victim” should grow up and forget it, or it was done rudely and aggressively and the perpetrator is at fault for that, not for any “racism” nonsense.
Nor are differential outcomes evidence for “race discrimination”, if she’s whining because it shows that more blacks work as cleaners than as scientists..
These lobbyist scum are just trying to gain power for themselves by gaining benefits for their lobby groups, at the expense of outsiders who get discriminated against in the name of supposedly “correcting” something that mostly isn’t there They should be treated with contempt, instead of the kid gloves and undeserved respect they’ve been smothered in.
Certainly there’s no positive discrimination (just discrimination). And giving people jobs etc. in part because of being from a particular minority group should (almost?) always be avoided.
To be honest my main concern is that everyone should have a fair chance. Also worth emphasising there’s no right not to be offended.
Although there are often other reasons though, there are genuine issues of discrimination. I seem to remember that in Scottish arts, there is rather a bias against English people…
There needs to be a firm lack of sympathy for these issues as a matter of policy, since that is (as has been demonstrated by the consequences of its absence over the past few decades) the only defence against manipulation.
And in any case, why is life being marginally more unfair in some particulars a big deal anyway, especially when you are looking at people who by any standards – if they are competing for top jobs – are doing far better than most?
There’s been other cases besides that – young “Asian” footballers not getting a look in at professional clubs because of a perception that they don’t make good footballers; people anglicising their name to get a better chance with jobs and housing; the story a few years back that there was a strong social pressure in some of the towns and villages around Bradord not to sell one’s house to Pakistanis.
As a rule, I would obviously want to see the person who’s best qualified get a job, plus people getting a fair chance in other things such as housing so far as possible, and therefore support, within reason, measures to help this – and by the same token, I don’t want people getting jobs because they are from a certain group (sometimes called positive discrimination).
“There’s been other cases besides that – young “Asian” footballers not getting a look in at professional clubs because of a perception that they don’t make good footballers; people anglicising their name to get a better chance with jobs and housing; the story a few years back that there was a strong social pressure in some of the towns and villages around Bradord not to sell one’s house to Pakistanis.” Why are any of these things issues sufficiently serious to warrant changing our entire culture, introducing discriminatory practices, shutting down people’s rights to freedom of speech and association? Life isn’t fair. The vast majority of people don’t get a look in at being a professional footballer for all kinds of reasons. Who cares if people anglicise their names? Isn’t that a good (if not particularly important) thing anyway – cultural assimilation? Why does it matter if people aren’t welcome in some particular locales? English housebuyers aren’t welcome in lots of scottish or welsh locales. Who cares? Go somewhere else. Why should it be a national political issue? “As a rule, I would obviously want to see the person who’s best qualified get a job, plus people getting a fair chance… Read more »
How many white, state school young men of working class background get jobs in the BBC newsroom I wonder? Or the Guardian – private school heaven.
Too few with the demise of grammar schools. It is illuminating to compare school results in John Prescott’s Hull to places which still have selective education.
Yes, there are always plenty of stories.
Most highly educated, self motivated people don’t let themselves get morbidly obese.
If you mean the Sky at Night presenter, I understand there is a culture among some black people of having fat women – apparently seen as a sign that their husband can keep them well fed.
On the contrary, as with Harry’s whiny ‘black’ wife, institutions have bent over backwards to accommodate the minority whingers – to the point of certainly promoting mediocrities in order to avoid this kind of criticism.
Totally predictably, it is never enough.
“Cancellation of women”.
I’ll say again, biological women (i.e. women) should be allowed spaces reserved for biological women, including but not limited to:
To do otherwise is an abuse of women. Yes, we should endeavour to help the small minority who have certain psychological issues etc. but not by abusing women.
But women aren’t special any more. They’ve been out-specialed by men pretending to be women.
I wonder what will happen to the woke cult…
Well at the moment they are running the entire US sphere, business, politics, culture. Remains to be seen whether they will overreach and be overthrown, or secure their power and lock us into a dark era of hatred, fanaticism, struggle sessions and suppression of dissent.
In the US they are actively turning the security services and legal establishment against dissenters from woke nonsense.
There’s a story on Life Site News about Oklahoma law schools assistant dean Brian McCall being dismissed from his position because of his traditional Christian views (and of course similar things have happened in England). Some do seem to be more equal than others these days.
You’ve got to wonder what is going to come along to out-special the trans people. How will they feel when the next cult that comes along start trampling on their ‘safe spaces’ and telling them what they can and can’t be called? Could be fun to watch.
Maybe people who self identify as animals and have surgery to change their bodies?
I’m having my wings done
When re-logging into the NHS Mycare digital portal the other day it asked me to identify my Sex, my Gender and my Sexuality.
From the dropdown options offered I chose ‘other’ for the latter two questions.
Saying “biological women” already concedes the grounds of the argument, chap.
In fairness to Hugh, he did address that aspect specifically, by writing: “biological women (i.e. women)“.
Par if the problem is that once they’ve intentionally distorted the language, it’s hard to communicate without reinforcing their distortions.
Matt Hancock advising African nations on finance and climate change? This is absolutely nauseating. Have they requested his expertise?
Hopefully he will get ebola, or killed by a hippo. Or shot/stabbed in NY. Is that nasty of me?
It might be the case that when it comes to the man who deliberately infected old age care homes with covid-19, no comment goes too far.
Seems like a public spirited and prosocial attitude to me, tbh. Natural justice is a desirable feature of life
Probably being handsomely remunerated by a branch of Tony Blair Incorporated.
Yep, its a prime example of how rotten things are. Its been going on for years. Fail at a relatively senior enough political position, be in with the globalist gang, and you will be rewarded with riches and power beyond your wildest wet political dreams. E.g. Neil Kinnock > EU and Nick Clegg > Facebook, both of whom were exceptionally average (at best!).
“Why have there been so few Covid deaths in Japan?”
Because they have high Vitamin D levels and the elderly in Japan keep fit.
Huge consumption of oily fish and very low obesity rate. They have low rates of heart disease and some cancers too. They have probably the healthiest diet on the planet.
Also natto, a fermented soy bean paste that functions as a probiotic.
Ah yes, like Norway and Finland. Not that it’s an alternative to the “vaccines” or anything…
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From the Roundup “Locking down sooner was not the answer” Spiked.
As repeatedly predicted by many here at LS over the last 18 months this report (and those that follow) is simply nitpicking about the course and implementation of Lockdown.
The Swedish model of No Lockdown will not be allowed in the discussion, as we always knew.
“Our society is heading in a totalitarian direction.”
The forces Anthony Blair unleashed on Britain are now uncontainable.
Matt Hancock, the archetypal “inside man” is put in a holding pattern at the UN until a return to British politics can be stomached by the population. I see he’s advising African nations on finance and climate change – let’s hope it ends there and doesn’t expand into advice on infectious diseases and old age care homes.
Nah, he’s moved up in the world. He’s been rewarded for his stellar work in pacifying the British public and laying the ground work for its totalitarian control. For that he moves up the ranks and into a head office post at one of the global governing entities.
ITEM: “Stasi of the suburbs turn neighbours against each other as Aussie police spend months tracking down anti-lockdown protesters” – Months after an anti-lockdown protest, Australian police are using informers and Facebook posts to track down demonstrators accused of taking part in illegal gatherings opposed to draconian, state-imposed restrictions on freedom, reports Russia Today. Farewell, Australia – land of mateship and a shared antagonism to overbearing authority, of refusing to be a ‘dobber’ and sticking up for democratic rights. Emboldened by Covid hysteria and extraordinary emergency powers, the repressed anti-Aussies have crawled out of their hole and are revelling in being good little Covid citizens, taking Neighborhood Watch in sinister new, Stasi directions. See the Facebook Police in action and weep https://www.australiannationalreview.com/state-of-affairs/facebook-police-in-australia/ Now, it seems to me that during times of a health ‘emergency’, it is a special duty to question, including by taking to the streets in pacific protest, whether an emergency ever existed justifying the suppression of civil liberties and criminalisation of dissent. What if the authorities got it wrong – about the virulence and lethality of the virus, the necessity and effectiveness of lockdown/masks/mandatory jabs with an experimental technology, and all the rest of the self-made Covid disaster. Making it illegal to… Read more »
While reading the article on Japan’s lack of covid deaths, I kept waiting for flu to get a mention.
Interesting if their reported flu deaths have been broadly similar to recent years and not fallen off a very suspicious cliff like here.
Why are this year’s death figures in Japan below 2019’s despite pandemic?
“But deaths by what type of diseases declined in 2020? May’s breakdown by cause of death shows that up until that month, the greatest drop was seen in patients dying of respiratory illnesses, at 9,066 fewer deaths. Among them, influenza deaths had fallen by 2,270 people, and pneumonia by 5,863.”
That’s from part way through the year, but suggests a number of interesting things were going on in Japan in 2020 at least, not necessarily related to the big bad covid.
Worth bearing in mind that flu deaths had been trending upwards year on year in Japan up to 2019, although it had been levelling off and perhaps would have peaked in 2019 anyway:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133568/japan-number-deaths-influenza/
There is a genetic component that actually makes Japanese and Chinese more susceptible to influenza than people from other ethnicities.
Surely by now, at least some people will be starting to question the turmoil we find ourselves in? Besides the endless stream of lies supporting the covid scam, we’re facing a constant flurry of chaos coming in all directions. Petrol shortages; blood vial shortages; food shortages; ITV, Channel 4 blackout; Facebook, Instagram blackout; no beer or turkey for Christmas (despite ample time to devise a contingency plan); threats our power will be cut this winter, etc, ad infinitum. Meanwhile, TPTB ramp up the global warming bollocks at the same time they press on with the introduction of the Social Credit system. On the side is the very strange obsession with space travel which is constantly in the MSM lately. We’re living through a mix of manufactured psychological terror, distraction, confusion and ultimately, a complete transformation of society in accordance with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. A confused and scared population are easily controlled and the victim will look to their captors for safety. The worrying part is that we’re still relatively early in to this transformation and there’s much more chaos to come. Apparently the year 2022 has some significance to occultists. Batten down the hatches folks, it’s going to be… Read more »
Yeah, in March 2020 I was too high minded to indulge in hoarding.
Learned my lesson.
“Why have there been so few Covid deaths in Japan?” does not discuss the question of metabolic health. Elsewhere, there have been discussions of the relatively better metabolic health of elderly Japanese people versus younger Japanese people due to a better diet. It seems that eating at McDonalds might lead to larger individuals who excel at rugby, but they are also more succeptable to SARS-CoV-2. A traditional Japanese diet (the preference of older Japanese people) appears to result in better ability to stave off infection.
One possible reason for it is the finding that those who have died of Covid-19 had a serum Vitamin-D level of < 10ng/ml versus > 40ng/ml for those who survived infection. Given how cheap calciferol is, it’s ludicrous that in the UK there has been so much resistance to its widespread use. One might think that our healthcare authorities actually want to kill off the elderly population.