News Round-Up

• “Mandatory jabs put NHS services at risk, says boss” – The policy of compulsory jabs for NHS staff poses “a real element of risk” to services, the leader of the health service in England has said, reports the Times.
• “We’ll fight mandatory Covid vaccines in the courts, say NHS staff facing sack” – Medics warn compulsory jabs are unlawful and force health workers to “give away their bodily autonomy”, according to a legal challenge being brought by Dr. Steve James, Dr. Helen Westwood and others, reports the Telegraph.
• “Macron’s divisive Covid strategy has categorically failed” – Sky-high case numbers in France prove ‘pissing off the unvaccinated’ is as pointless as it is unpleasant, writes Naomi Firsht in the Telegraph.
• “Why it’s the right time to lift plan B restrictions in England” – Thanks to the vaccines, we no longer need harsh restrictions – but we should still act with caution and consideration, says clinical researcher Raghib Ali in the Guardian. Baby steps.
• “Someone please tell my husband to take off his mask once and for all” – “Plan B is over and I want to embrace the old new normal (keep up) but, like many, he’s refusing to relinquish his stockpile of face masks,” writes Judith Woods in the Telegraph.
• “Why the vaccine trance must be broken” – Neville Hodgkinson in TCW summarises the recent research of immunologist Dr. Jessica Rose into vaccine adverse events.
• “Are we witnessing the rise of the resistance (at last)?” – Kathy Gyngell in TCW Defending Freedom surveys the recent signs of movement in the Official Narrative.
• “‘Government Overreach Is Coming to an End’: Massive Truck Convoy Heading to Washington After Ottawa” – American truckers protesting against vaccine mandates and Government overreach have been joining the record-breaking Canadian convoy and heading to the capital, reports Breitbart News. Coverage also in the Mail.
• “Justin Trudeau Ducks the Great Trucker Revolt” – This is the largest and latest example of the revolt and one that could make the biggest difference yet. But it is only one sign among many that the ruling elites in most countries have overplayed their hand, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker at the Brownstone Institute.
• “Restrictions on care home residents should be reduced still further” – Now that the majority of the elderly are fully vaccinated, more attention should be paid to care home residents’ quality of life, says the Telegraph in its leading article.
• “Care home lockdown hell laid bare as families finally reunite with loved ones” – Isolation took a terrible toll on care home residents, but now that coronavirus restrictions are being eased, there will be no limit on the number of visitors allowed, reports the Mirror.
• “Omicron: The Silliness & The Saviour” – Watch Omar Khan, Nick Hudson of PANDA and other eminent panelists take a tour of the ‘Covid Clown Show’ year three at the South Asian Malaysia Health Summit for World Council of Health, on Uncommon Wisdom.
• “Combination of Remdesivir and Antibodies Didn’t Work Against COVID-19: Study” – A combination of remdesivir and a concentrated solution of antibodies did not work well in people hospitalised with COVID-19 according to a new study, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Omicron’s fall has slowed – should we worry?” – Covid cases could stay at a high level until spring, experts say, but this shouldn’t be a huge worry, writes Nick Triggle at the BBC.
• “Take back our lives! Reimagining the left in 2022” – Register your place to join the next public meeting of Left Lockdown Sceptics in London on February 12th.
• “The Government was persuaded to lock us down by being shown these terrifying epidemiological models produced by SAGE” – Watch Toby speak to Kevin O’Sullivan on talkRADIO.
• “W.H.O. Backs Neil Young Against Joe Rogan: Demands End to ‘Infodemic’” – World Health Organisation Chief Tedros backs Neil Young in his stand-off with podcaster Joe Rogan and Spotify, reports Breitbart News.
• “Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson Slam Climate Predictions” – Joe Rogan’s other sin is indulging Jordan Peterson’s moderate climate change scepticism, according to Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
• “Dwarf actors slam Peter Dinklage for cancelling Snow White’s Seven dwarves” – Multiple actors with dwarfism and agents tell MailOnline there are plenty of people who would have happily accepted the jobs that Dinklage said were “backwards”.
• “No, America is not on the brink of a civil war” – It’s time to tell the truth about the ‘big lie’, writes Musa al-Gharbi in the Guardian.
• “Asking about male inmates in women’s jails isn’t transphobic” – If MSPs cannot ask orderly parliamentary questions about public policy without the threat of disciplinary action, parliament cannot function properly, writes Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
• “Firms turn brands into social justice warriors” – Turn on the television and you can hardly miss the encouragement to ‘be kind’, the misty-eyed lamentations about ‘mental health’, the obsession with ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’, writes Dominic Sandbrook in the Mail.
• “Misguided or misgendered?” – A teacher and mother-of-three has been questioned under caution by Merseyside Police for sending a letter to Girlguiding U.K. raising safeguarding concerns over a transgender male Commissioner with questionable behaviour, writes Kim Thomas in the Critic.
• “The EHRC delivers ” – The Equality and Human Rights Commission has intervened on the side of (real) women in the debate on the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland and the conversion therapy ban at Westminster, writes Olivia Hartley in the Critic.
• “In-Depth January 2022 – Is it time to revisit the Equality Act?” – Watch the Free Speech Union’s recent expert panel discussion including Toby (General Secretary of the FSU), Professor James Allan, Dr. Wanjiru Njoya and Dr. Anna Loutfi.
• “Somebody has done a mockup of the BBC’s scheduling and I am crying” – Darren Grimes tweets an hilarious BBC spoof.

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