News Round-Up

• “Hundreds of thousands of people on NHS waiting lists forced to cut working hours” – Hundreds of thousands of people stuck on NHS waiting lists have been forced to cut their working hours in a blow to the Chancellor’s back to work push, the Telegraph reports.
• “Number of civil servants reporting long Covid impact was double public rate” – The Telegraph reports that 10.8% of civil servants said they had Long Covid in autumn 2022, compared to 3.3% of the general public.
• “The fiercest vaccine advocates are starting to admit the truth about the mRNAs” – Alex Berenson is amazed to find the New York Times publish an article suggesting it’s time to stop getting boosters, with former vaccine zealots Celine Gounder and Paul Offit giving cautionary comment and warning against further shots.
• “Vax death count equals Covid death count according to latest Rasmussen Reports poll” – Steve Kirsch reports on a stunning poll which finds 10% of Americans believe a member of their household may have died from Covid vaccine side-effects, almost identical to the 11% who believe a household member died of Covid.
• “Mark Skidmore’s paper showing the vaccines killed over 200,000 people in 2021 will be retracted by the journal” – No good reason reason was given, says Steve Kirsch.
• “Most health care facilities have no plans to discontinue universal masking, survey shows” – A U.S. survey assessing universal masking showed nearly all facilities represented planned to continue doing so, with the most common reasons being prevention of respiratory viruses and limiting the impact on staff, reports Healio.
• “Lockdowns Permanently Harm Mental Health” – Thorsteinn Siglaugsson on a worrying new study which indicates that the deterioration in adolescents’ mental health after lockdowns may be permanent.
• “Ministers come under pressure to scrap ‘preposterous’ and ‘dangerous’ LTNs as it emerges 240 ambulances were delayed by low traffic schemes” – Ministers were last night under growing pressure from their own MPs and campaigners to scrap “preposterous” and “dangerous” low-traffic neighbourhoods, reports the Mail.
• “Blame teachers” – Paul Sutton argues that teachers only have themselves to blame for the horror that is Ofsted.
• “Ruth Perry: The Tragic Victim of Ofsted’s Petty Bureaucrats” – Ruth Perry knew her school and the children in her care, and according to the parents, her school was wonderful – which only makes her suicide all the more tragic, writes Wesley Smith in the New Conservative.
• “American democracy has crossed a dangerous line – we should all be worried” – Donald Trump’s enemies may be celebrating today, but Ross Clark’s guess in the Telegraph is that neither they, nor anyone else, will enjoy what will follow.
• “Are orcs ‘racist’? The culture wars controversy tearing Dungeons & Dragons apart” – It’s vocal millennials versus angry long-time fans as fantasy ‘races’ increasingly get the over-sensitive woke treatment, the Telegraph reports.
• “Chaplain awarded £10k after NHS Trust said diversity ‘takes precedence’ over religious belief” – A Catholic chaplain who lost his job has been awarded £10,000 after the NHS Trust he worked for claimed that equality and diversity “take precedence over religious belief” when it took action against him after he answered a hospital patient’s questions about the Church’s teaching on marriage, the Telegraph reports.
• “The trouble with Joe Biden’s trans declaration” – Under Joe Biden’s watch, gender identity ideology has driven the United States apart, writes Debbie Hayton in the Spectator. 
• “RAF says transgender cadets can wear uniform of either sex and advises on chest binders” – Royal Air Force cadets can wear uniforms of either sex under diversity rules that also allow transgender boys (i.e., girls who think they’re boys) to wear chest binders. The rules also prevent commanders in charge of cadet squadrons from informing parents that their children are transitioning and recommend Mermaids for support, according to the Telegraph.
• “U.K. Athletics will ban transgender women from competing in the female category from Saturday – following World Athletics’ regulations in all competitions” – U.K. Athletics has confirmed it will apply the new World Athletics regulations from Saturday, the Mail reports.
• “Values, Voice & Virtue is now one of the biggest selling books in the country” – Watch Matt Goodwin talk about his bestselling book on the extreme-progressive takeover of Britain and the alienation of ordinary voters.

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