News Round-Up

• “Much of the Covid ‘consensus’ has been proved to be tripe” – In the Spectator, Rod Liddle reflects on just how much of what we were told by Dr. Chris Whitty, often via that glistening receptacle of wisdom Matt Hancock, was quite quickly proven to be false.
• “Kids at four Australian schools sent home as Covid cases rise” – As the final vestiges of the draconian Covid response fall around the world, four schools in New South Wales are back to sending kids home “amid rising cases”, reports the West Australian.
• “Singapore researchers identify possible link between mRNA vaccines and heart issues” – A study led by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School may have pinpointed why some people face a higher risk of cardiac complications after getting a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, reports the Straits Times.
• “U.S. braces for migrant surge on border as Covid restrictions end” – The White House has unveiled measures aimed at averting a political crisis as tens of thousands of migrants lured by the end of Covid-era restrictions prepare to try to cross into the United States in the weeks ahead, according to the Times.
• “Florida Surgeon General demands answers from Biden administration over Covid vaccine side effects (again)” – Dr. Joseph Ladapo penned a letter to officials in the Biden administration demanding “more honesty and transparency” regarding side effects of the Covid vaccine, reports the PostMillennial.
• “Councils won’t stop until they’ve driven us off the road” – Local authorities have turned into highwayman, whose end goal appears to be confining us all in our homes, says Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
• “Only one onshore wind turbine under construction despite pledge to lift ban” – Only a single onshore wind turbine has begun construction in England this year, despite Rishi Sunak’s promise to lift an effective ban, reports the Times.
• “There’s a chilling new punishment for those who question certain ‘facts’” – It’s ‘political correction’: the narrowing of debate by fact-checking bodies that purport to defend truth, writes Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
• “So much for the bonfire of the Brexit laws!” – Andrew Pierce analyses how Rishi’s broken promise to shred thousands of pieces of EU legislation has hung Kemi Badenoch – and fellow Brexiteers – out to dry in MailOnline.
• “Adjoa Andoh and the racialisation of society” – Imagine if an image of a fine, upstanding, elite black family – the Obamas, say – was publicly described as “terribly black”, says Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
• “Are school libraries banning thousands of books?” – In the Daily Signal, Jay Green and Madison Marino explain why you shouldn’t trust the Left’s narrative.
• “Casting me as Cleopatra was a political act, says black star” – Casting Adele James as the lead in Queen Cleopatra has infuriated some Egyptian cultural leaders and reignited a centuries-old debate, reports the Times.
• “White Face ale rebranded after racism complaints” – A Norfolk brewery has changed the name of its award-winning White Face ale after drinkers began to complain that it sounded “a bit racist”, according to the Times.
• “Oxford University students are supposedly our future leaders – when did they become so pathetic?” – The Oxford Union is to host a talk by Professor Kathleen Stock, who will likely induce mass pearl-clutching. What has happened to debate, asks Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Now calling criminals ‘convicts’ is ‘offensive’” – Instead they must be called ‘persons of lived experience’ – even if they are murderers, says Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail.
• “Henley trans fears as umpires told: keep quiet on gender” – Officials told not to question gender of any junior crews sparking concerns that the race could be vulnerable to exploitation, according to the Telegraph.
• “Teacher sacked after refusing to use eight year-old’s trans pronouns” – Primary school tutor was told her Christian beliefs and welfare concerns could constitute “an act of direct discrimination”, according to the Telegraph.
• “Anger at transgender handbook for children in care” – An official handbook to help transgender children in care has been criticised for advocating that boys and girls as young as 12 seek medical advice about transitioning, reports the Times.
• “Man who lived as a trans woman for two years before detransitioning admits he was influenced by staying current on social media” – Calvin Lunt, 33, from Liverpool, explained that he changed his mind after a consultation for gender-affirming surgeries, according to MailOnline.
• “We enacted protections against those mandates so people weren’t forced to choose between a shot that they did not want and a job that they needed” – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke about new state legislation that protects Floridians from medical mandates and bans gain-of-function research.

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