News Round-Up

• “How do we get Japanese kids to unmask?” – The mandate is over, but when Japanese kids were asked whether they’d continue masking from the beginning of the new school year, they gave depressing responses, says Guy Gin.
• “WHO to address fallen childhood immunisation by vaccinating millions of children” – Millions of children who missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic may be vaccinated as part of a global initiative launched by the World Health Organisation and its partners, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Evidence of vaccine harm from Dr. Clare Craig is compelling“ – Future historians will have a trove of evidence that will easily contradict the dogmatic assertions of those on the side of the official narrative, says Joel Smalley.
• “A Covid post-mortem” – Though well positioned to weather the pandemic, California instead pursued disastrous restrictions and cracked down on dissent, says John Tierney in City Journal.
• “Dr. Walensky’s dishonourable acts” – Ian Miller has compiled a list of the most dishonourable episodes from Rochelle Walensky’s tenure as CDC boss, starting with her claim that “vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick”.
• “Don’t get complacent – the war on meat is only just getting going” – Hairshirt green zealots will never convince people to swap pork for crickets, writes Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
• “Thousands of free electric car chargers pulled from U.K. roads after energy price surge” – Number of chargers offering free electricity falls by almost 40%, according to the Telegraph.
• “Scots favour North Sea drilling over importing oil and gas” – Poll also suggests voters do not approve of the SNP-Green coalition deal, according to the Times.
• “‘You won’t get off the road? That’s a shame.’ Met officer is ignored by a slow-marching Just Stop Oil activist” – A Met Police officer told a Just Stop Oil protester it was a “shame” he ignored requests to move from the middle of the road, reports MailOnline.
• “The Dutch farmers’ revolt is far from over” – The EU’s stringent climate targets are a threat to their way of life, writes John Lee Shaw in Spiked.
• “Net migration predicted to reach twice the pre-Brexit figures” – A record high of 675,000 is being touted for 2023, with some pointing to a steep rise in foreign students and humanitarian visas, according to the Telegraph.
• “Boris Johnson warned Charles he would ‘have to sell Duchy’ if he made a speech on slavery because it could open up the Royal Family to reparation claims” – Charles pressed ahead with a speech on slavery despite a warning from Boris, according to the Daily Mail.
• “Why King Charles must never apologise for the wrongs of history” – No one, neither king nor pauper, should surrender to the jealous god of identity politics, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “Police ‘regret’ over Coronation arrests” – The Metropolitan Police expressed regret that six protesters from the Republic anti-monarchy group were arrested before the Coronation, reports the Times.
• “Sunak backs police after criticism of ‘heavy-handed’ Coronation arrests” – Rishi Sunak has backed the Metropolitan Police and said that he was “grateful” for its handling of the Coronation after the force was accused of heavy-handedness in arresting protesters, according to the Times.
• “Woke issues don’t matter to the public, claims Keir Starmer” – Sir Keir thinks Tories have made a “major strategic blunder” on woke issues, reports MailOnline.
• “Universities should be forced to defend free speech” – Universities should be a space for free inquiry and robust debate. Yet, they are failing the public, says Jamie Gillies in the Times.
• “Joanna Cherry tells Fringe club that cancelled her: apologise or I’ll sue” – A feminist MP is taking legal action against a comedy club after it cancelled a show featuring her at the Edinburgh Fringe, according to the Times.
• “New media laws could have ‘chilling’ effect, claims Netflix” – The draft media bill introduced by Lucy Frazer, the Culture Secretary, in March set out plans to make on-demand services, including Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video, place impartiality requirements on non-news programmes, reports the Times.
• “Starbucks sacks trans worker who accused female customer of being transphobic in ‘confrontation over being misgendered’” – A transgender woman has been sacked by Starbucks after footage showed her berating a female customer and allegedly assaulting a man who filmed the incident, reports MailOnline.
• “Anheuser-Busch CEO blames Bud Light boycott on ‘misinformation’” – Michel Doukeris said there was “misinformation and confusion” that circulated online regarding the company’s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Scottish gender bill is a betrayal of young people with dysphoria” – In the Times, Dr. Antony Latham, Chairman of Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, says if we really cared for those with dysphoria, we would oppose any law that absolves us from properly assessing them.
• “The warping of sex education” – Lessons are normalising extreme sexual behaviour and teaching trans dogma as fact, says Joanna Williams in Spiked.
• “The mainstream media has normalised racism against white people” – On GB News, Belinda de Lucy hits out at the BBC for their Coronation coverage, arguing they have resorted to race-baiting.

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