News Round-Up

• “China Covid lockdowns leave residents short of food and essential items” – People are appealing for help on social media as food and medicine supplies dwindle, according to BBC News.
• “Xinjiang lockdown: Chinese censors drown out posts about food and medicine shortages” – ‘Internet commentary personnel’ have been told to deluge social media with thoughts on anything from cooking to their personal mood, according to the Guardian.
• “Japan plans to reopen to independent travelers in major shift, report says” – Tourists, who will need to have been vaccinated three times or submit a negative test result under the new policy, may be able to enter without a visa, reports the Japan Times.
• “Rail industry insiders have explained why Royal Train will not be used to transport Queen – and when plan changed” – As far as planning for the immediate aftermath of the Queen’s death goes, there may be one decision that is always tinged with regret about what could have been, according to the Yorkshire Post – that a hangover from Covid restrictions meant the Royal Train was not used.
• “Novak Djokovic may get special waiver to appear at Australian Open” – The Telegraph reports that the Australian Government has indicated it may see some kind of sense next year (though a waiver suggests its discriminatory policy will continue).
• “Booster Nations” – Dr. Robert Malone on the never-ending onslaught of Covid booster shots.
• “Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy” – President Biden issues an order on all things bio.
• “Bring back parliament and stop cancelling everything” – Public life cannot be put on hold, especially in a time of crisis, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
• “Stop Vaccinating Children for Covid: It’s Neither Medically Justified Nor Ethical” – Ramesh Thakur writes for Brownstone that the persistence of the drive to vaccinate children is puzzling because the lockdown and vaccine narratives are falling apart.
• “Exposed: The ‘97% of scientists agree with manmade global warming’ lie” – David Craig in TCW Defending Freedom blows this particular canard out the water.
• “The great Net Zero lie” – Our leaders just want to take control, says Thomas Fazi in UnHerd.
• “We’re going to have to ration our energy consumption this winter” – Liam Halligan in the Telegraph argues that Government measures won’t save us from eye-watering bills and serious cutbacks.
• “Drivers warned EV charging will be 98% more difficult in 2031 than it is today” – Paul Homewood reports that experts believe the number of electric cars will almost double in the near future, but the charging network will not be able to follow suit.
• “Would Putin take an ‘off ramp’ out of Ukraine?” – James Forsyth in the Spectator says the concern is how Vladimir Putin might escalate things, with the upset evident among hawks in Russia a reminder of the dangers for the regime in losing face in Ukraine.
• “If Florida can ban ‘ethical’ investing, then Britain should do the same” – Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph says that the fund industry has been hijacked by woke activists who are prioritising social activism over providing secure retirements. I’m sure the anti-woke Tories are about to do this any day now…
• “Carnegie Mellon professor says Queen responsible for genocide” – The Mail reports that a Carnegie Mellon professor who wished the Queen an “excruciatingly painful” death is continuing to lash out while calling the dead monarch a “representative of the cult of white womanhood” – which apparently doesn’t get you cancelled.
• “Police should leave anti-monarchist protesters alone” – Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator defends the right to protest.
• “Who’s afraid of firing Trevor Sinclair?” – Kelvin MacKenzie in the Spectator says it’s all about fear of the woke backlash from advertisers: “The Sun runs a mile from stories about the politics of race because they prefer full-page ads from Unilever.”
• “How Jordan Peterson became a punchbag of Hollywood know-nothings” – Olivia Wilde is completely ignorant about Peterson’s views, but she apparently loathes him anyway, writes Ian O’Doherty in Spiked.

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