News Round-Up

• “Lockdown sparked surge in unruly pupils falsely accusing teachers” – Teaching unions warn of trend whereby children who have been disciplined submit complaints about staff in revenge, reports the Telegraph.
• “Anthony Fauci sabotaged school reopening in 2020 – let’s read his own words” – Dr. Vinay Prasad goes to the internet archives to rebut Fauci’s recent claims.
• “Why elite libertarians failed so miserably on Covid” – In the Epoch Times, Jeffrey A. Tucker delves into the reasons his “own tribe: the libertarians” failed to put up a better fight against the illiberal global Covid response.
• “Covid: the destruction of medical ethics and trust in the medical profession” – In TCW, Dr. Ahmad K. Malik, a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, presents the first part of his discussion of the damage done by the Government’s irrational Covid policies.
• “Andrew Bridgen MP has incurred the wrath of the establishment by refusing to bow to the ‘vaccine saviour’ narrative” – Members of HART side with Andrew Bridgen in his scrap over Covid vaccines with Deputy Editor of Spiked Fraser Myers.
• “Net Zero costs unmanageable for most homeowners, Citizens Advice warns” – The charity has estimated that the average cost of measures such as loft insulation and heat pumps will be just under £15,000 per household, according to the Telegraph.
• “Labour MP calls for 10mph speed limit” – Rachael Maskell’s suggestion for residential areas dismissed by Conservatives as “bonkers”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Macron urges pause in EU environment regulations in push to ‘reindustrialise’ France” – French President Emmanuel Macron urged the EU to pause imposing environmental regulations, saying Europe had already done far more than other industrial powers, according to France 24.
• “China’s carbon emissions soar as Biden unveils crackdown on American power plants” – China witnessed a 4% increase in carbon dioxide emissions in the first three months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, reports the Daily Wire.
• “Madam, get off the road – you’re going to get knocked down!” – Angry Met police officers force Just Stop Oil protesters onto the pavement as they stop eco group’s latest London ‘slow march’, reports MailOnline.
• “SNP MP Joanna Cherry wins ‘unreserved’ apology from comedy club over cancelled show” – The Stand venue in Edinburgh will host the MP’s Fringe show as originally planned after it U-turned on its decision to cancel, reports the Daily Record.
• “Could Kathleen Stock bring down the Oxford Union?” – Intolerant students are willing to destroy a 200 year-old debating society, just to stop her from speaking, says Jo Bartosch in Spiked.
• “Toeing the party line – MPs’ answers to the ten big questions” – In TCW, Niall McCrae presents the responses from MPs – including Rishi Sunak – to questions he posed on ten major topics including Covid, climate change and transgenderism.
• “So what if the royals are ‘terribly white’?” – Adjoa Andoh’s Coronation comments revealed the ugliness of racial thinking, says Patrick West in Spiked.
• “Alan Sugar: Antisemitism hurts. But it’s ignorance, really” – As a Jew, although not a religious one, Lord Sugar was unimpressed by the MP Diane Abbott’s recent letter to the Observer that ranked antisemitism among the lesser racisms, writes Andrew Billen in the Times.
• “Fat people will be protected from discrimination under law passed in New York” – Critics warn the move opens door to “sue anyone and everything”, reports MailOnline.
• “‘Scouse and gay’ pub quiz master loses discrimination claim” – A pub worker claimed that he was the victim of discrimination after being forced to refer to himself as “Scouse and gay” while presenting a weekly quiz, according to the Times.
• “The other Bud Light boycott” – The Dylan Mulvaney debacle shows why you should never try to appease the trans lobby, says Gareth Roberts in Spiked.
• “Transgender rower in Cambridge University squad at Boat Race” – Sarah Gibson was “accepted at face value” and rowed for the Cambridge women’s reserve crew in the 2015 race hailed as victory for equality, reports the Telegraph.
• “I was shamed for speaking out about trans – this is why people stay silent” – Professional cycling team Cynisca parted ways with Inga Thompson after she called for riders to protest at trans women competing in elite female events, according to the Telegraph.
• “Popular clothing brand CEO expresses support for expanding ‘gender-neutral line’” – Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh doubled down on the clothing company’s efforts to slowly expand a gender-neutral collection when pressed about controversy recently garnered by Bud Light, reports the Daily Wire.
• “Sparks fly as Alastair Campbell and Alex Phillips clash on the future of Brexit” – Campbell later apologised to host Victoria Derbyshire for his behaviour during Newsnight.

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