News Round-Up

• “Covid as we remember doesn’t exist anymore, ex-Government adviser says” – The version of Covid that sent the U.K. into a panicked lockdown is essentially gone thanks to community immunity, ex-Government scientific advisor Sir John Bell has claimed, the Mail reports.
• “House prices in U.K. cities rise as work from home trend wanes” – House prices in cities have been increasing at a greater rate than in rural areas as workers have been heading back into the office, reports the Mail.
• “China’s Impossible Dream of Order” – Guy Sorman writes in City Journal that, haunted by past humiliations, the nation’s leaders seek to restore what they see as its rightful place in the world.
• “Xi Jinping has zombified the Chinese Communist party” – Cindy Yu in the Spectator says Xi is China’s sole and absolute leader now.
• “Stocks plunge on fears for Chinese economy as Xi surrounds himself with Zero-Covid acolytes” – The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2% on Monday, the Telegraph reports.
• “Would-Be British PM Rishi Sunak’s Family Runs A China-Linked, World Economic Forum Partner Company Pushing Digital ID and Social Credit Scores.” – Rishi Sunak has family ties to a technology partner of the World Economic Forum that has advocated for a Chinese Communist Party-style economy with digital identities and currency, according to the National Pulse.
• “Outrage as Labour MP says Rishi Sunak as PM ‘isn’t a win for Asian representation’” – Nadia Whittome deletes the tweet in which she said because of his wealth and policies the ex-Chancellor is “not on your side”, the Telegraph reports.
• “Scientists Answer – Did the Pandemic Change Our Personalities?” – Between pre-pandemic and 2022, a study of thousands of Americans revealed small reductions in extraversion, agreeableness, openness and conscientiousness – the first time stressful events have been associated with such a population-level change, reports SciTechDaily.
• “Another Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Turns Negative Within Months” – The effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines turns negative against severe COVID-19 months after administration, according to a new study reported in the Epoch Times.
• “Covid poll: Do you regret getting vaccinated? Was our response too extreme?” – News.Com.Au reports on a survey of 50,000 people in Australia which found more than half of respondents either said they regret getting vaccinated or were unvaccinated and happy with their decision; only 35% out of more than 45,000 people said they were vaccinated and would make the same decision again, while not a single person said he or she was unvaccinated and regrets the decision.
• “Kids become the ‘doctor’s cattle’” – Josie Appleton argues that childhood Covid vaccination is a secular initiation ritual.
• “Not wanted in any country” – Watch the video from TimesWithJames about what it was like being unvaccinated and unwanted in his own country and when travelling.
• “Entry requirements – Spain travel advice” – Spain has quietly ended all travel restrictions, including for the unvaccinated, according to the latest Government advice.
• “Shock as radio announces host ‘passed away while presenting program’” – Tim Gough, 55, was presenting his breakfast show for GenX Radio Suffolk when the music stopped playing halfway through a song, an hour into his slot, the Mail reports. It was later confirmed he died of a suspected heart attack – one of thousands of unexplained additional heart deaths since 2021.
• “ONS sample group discussion” – Watch Professor Norman Fenton explain the problems with the ONS data to Dr. John Campbell.
• “All the predictable Science charlatans decry latest SARS-2 lab origins paper as ‘bullshit’ and ‘poppycock’ and ‘numerology’, offer no convincing argument or refutation of its findings” – Eugyppius suspects those dismissing the ‘endonuclease fingerprint’ paper so vociferously may have ulterior motives. Also read the Mail‘s report on the story.
• “An International Tribunal on the Origins of COVID-19” – Dr. Robert Malone agrees that the ‘endonuclease fingerprint’ is a smoking gun and says organisations and individuals must band together to call for an independent investigation.
• “Biden promises to crackdown on virus manipulation research” – The White House unveiled plans this week for how it will limit the emergence of biological threats in the U.S. and around the world, the Mail reports.
• “This, you politicians, is how to tackle the energy crisis” – Paul Homewood in TCW Defending Freedom says that Reform U.K. has the right idea when it comes to energy.
• “An Interview with Top Climate Scientist Bjorn Stevens” – Nic Lewis in WUWT highlights an interview where the top cloud expert says that any alarmism based on the idea of a positive cloud climate feedback leading to runaway warming is misplaced.
• “Cambridge University cancels Homerton College’s annual Harry Potter-themed dinner as furious students claim event was scrapped in ‘woke’ protest at J.K. Rowling’s views on trans issues” – The Mail reports that Homerton College has long held the Hogwarts ‘formal’ dinners in its iconic wood-panelled Great Hall, but this year the event has been replaced by a film night.
• “Linguists slam Cambridge University for teaching ‘woke’ German: Fury as students are taught ‘gender-neutral’ version of the language that avoids using masculine forms that are not ‘inclusive’ to non-binary people” – Language experts have slammed Cambridge University for teaching and encouraging students to speak a new ‘woke version’ of gender-neutral German, according to the Mail.
• “Ralph Fiennes: Verbal abuse directed at J.K. Rowling is disgusting and appalling” – The actor, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, said the author expressing opinions as a woman does not make her a ‘fascist’, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘Whole generation’ of girls to lose out on medals due to ‘ludicrous’ trans sport policies, Olympians warn” – Sharron Davies and Mara Yamauchi piled pressure on Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics chief, as he weighs up a new transgender policy, the Telegraph reports.
• “Sexist comedy is back” – Brendan O’Neill argues in Spiked that transgender comedian Jordan Gray who has a penchant for getting his todger out and insulting women is Bernard Manning for the woke set.
• “Within very short order, he’s going to announce savage cuts to public expenditure” – Toby tells Mark Steyn on GB News that Rishi Sunak was the only candidate ‘acceptable’ to the markets and predicts spending cuts.

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