News Round-Up

• “Why won’t the broadcast media accept that Covid cases are going down?” – 20 months into this pandemic every serious broadcaster should know how to obtain timely data, writes Andrew Lilico in the Telegraph.
• “U.K. first to approve ‘game-changing’ antiviral Covid pill” – The U.K. has become the first country in the world to approve an antiviral pill for the treatment of Covid, reports the Times.
• “Will Sir Jeremy Farrar’s resignation be the moment science and politics part ways?” – The departure of the leading SAGE scientist illustrates the Government’s reluctance to heed the advice of experts on Covid, writes Harry de Quetteville in the Telegraph.
• “Do Not Give Up Your Rights” – The Brownstone Institute has published the transcript of a speech by Dr. Julie Ponesse.
• “It’s not just the liberties of NHS workers that deserve protection – but the public’s too” – The freedoms of health staff are to be protected by delaying mandatory jabs. Do they care about our freedoms, asks Kate Andrews in the Telegraph.
• “Surrey, New Westminster boards of education confirm vaccines for staff won’t be mandatory” – The Surrey and New Westminster boards of education have confirmed they will not be requiring Covid vaccines for staff members, becoming the first in the province to do so.
• “Moderna takes turn for worse after cutting Covid vaccine sales forecast” – Distribution and production challenges have hit sales of Covid vaccines at Moderna, wiping more than $20 billion off the U.S. biotech company’s market value, reports the Times.
• “Doctor banned from social media in ‘masks do nothing’ row takes his case to High Court” – A freedom of expression battle has emerged after a GP has appealed against conditions imposed on him following video in which he complained about Covid “lies”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Allegations of Bill Gates and the WHO Influencing Vaccine-Only Protocols” – Many governments have drawn criticism for their delay in mobilising resources or instituting preventive policies that would have minimised Covid spread, reports TrialSite.
• “South Dakota Governor sues Biden over vax mandate… after getting sued by Republicans” – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says her state has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its latest “unconstitutional” vaccine mandate. However, Noem herself is facing a mandates-related lawsuit.
• “The Online Safety Bill – and the terrifying consequences of making ‘likely psychological harm’ a criminal offence” – “The Conservative Party’s lack of any discernible guiding philosophy is why Government ministers are now effectively ciphers,” writes Marc Glendening in Conservative Home.
• “We can’t afford to wait for Macron to solve the migrant crisis for us” – Priti Patel says that the vast majority of arrivals are economic migrants and not refugees. So why does she allow this to continue, asks Nigel Farage in the Telegraph.
• “Net zero is a disastrous solution to a nonexistent problem” – “Human folly is all too common. But in a long life I have never come across anything remotely as bad as the current climate scare,” writes Nigel Lawson in the Spectator.
• “COP26’s a vanity project for elite and eco-alarmist kids who’ve never paid tax” – “It is said that noxious gases are destroying are planet. If so, then after days of COP26 emissions in Glasgow, our planet might well be doomed,” writes Douglas Murray in the Sun.
• “Green issues are to be covered in primary school for the first time” – Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is to urge schools to equip children as young as five with “the skills and knowledge to build a sustainable future” by including climate change in the curriculum, reports the Mail.
• “How the climate lobby crushed debate” – Anyone who dissents from stringent climate policies will be branded an enemy of ‘The Science’, writes Tim Black in Spiked.
• “The surest route to madness: driving on the M1” – “But that just seems to be the way of things: paying more and more in return for services which get worse and worse,” writes Frederick Edward in Bournbrook Magazine.
• “Biden issued brutal warning as Democrats’ obsession with Trump backfires spectacularly” – A damning electoral loss has sent the U.S. Democratic Party a clear message: relying on anti-Trump rhetoric is not enough to win votes, reports the Express.
• “Did critical race theory lose Virginia?” – The Republicans’ shock win proves Bidenism is dead, writes Joel Kotkin in UnHerd.
• “Kathleen Stock: I won’t be silenced” – The trans activist campaign against her has backfired, writes Julie Bindel following an interview with Kathleen Stock for UnHerd.
• “Criminology professor ‘hounded out’ of job for transgender views” – Professor Jo Pheonix has crowdfunded £80,000 to fight her former employers for not protecting her from a bullying campaign after she expressed views about transgender issues.
• “Only our enemies profit from the nihilistic campaign to make us feel ashamed of our past” – Now we are meant to feel guilty about the Industrial Revolution. Our common story is discredited again, writes Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
• “Zarah Sultana’s face mask hypocrisy” – Julia Hartley-Brewer asks Labour MP Zarah Sultana, who criticises Tory MPs for not wearing face masks in the Commons: “Why are you not wearing one now?”