News Round-Up

• “Author Martin Amis dies aged 73” – Martin Amis, once the enfant terrible of British letters, has died, reports the Telegraph. Boris Johnson leads the tributes.
• “Martin Amis, literary giant, dies aged 73” – The Sunday Times announces the death of the literary giant in a rather uncharitable piece.
• “Martin Amis, prodigiously gifted novelist who captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s and 1990s” – Telegraph obit.
• “Martin Amis obituary” – Observer obit.
• “Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73” – New York Times obit.
• “How long before the misery of ME is taken seriously?” – According to sufferer Sophie Palmer, ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) is a serious and potentially life-threatening neurological illness of viral origin. She’s written about her struggle with the disease n the Conservative Woman.
• “What Healthcare Professionals Learned from the Pandemic” – Thorsteinn Siglaugsson examines the track record of health professionals during the pandemic and concludes they got almost everything wrong.
• “Far-Left protestors have abandoned Marxist discipline in favour of chaos” – Telegraph columnist Janet Daley laments the fact that protest groups like Extinction Rebellion are now just happy to cause chaos without any realistic political objective.
• “It’s not O.K. to be fat – and there’s nothing unkind about saying so” – Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph doesn’t think we should replace the word ‘obesity’ with ‘chronic appetite dysregulation’, as some health experts have proposed. Sometimes, shaming fat people can be life saving.
• “Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s surging support unmasks Democrats’ disquiet at Joe Biden” – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid is doing surprisingly well, reports the Telegraph.
• “American and British voters are being failed by the same big immigration lie” – Douglas Murray in the Telegraph questions the logic of liberal politicians who advocate for open borders even though they were in favour of strict border controls during the pandemic. 
• “Mayor Sadiq Khan says he is suffering from PTSD after death threats” – The London Mayor claims all the abuse he’s received on social media has left him suffering from PTSD. Is there a violin small enough? The Daily Mail has the story.
• “How supercar owners dodge Ulez charge despite massive CO2 emissions” – Sadiq Khan has been accused of condemning 600,000 Londoners with older cars to massive tax hikes while allowing super car owners a free pass. The Daily Mail has more.
• “‘Loud’ heat pumps spark nuisance complaints” – The Government has launched a review of heat pumps over fears they might be too noisy, reports the Telegraph’s Science Editor Sarah Knapton.
• “Hurtling towards net zero at any cost will be a mistake” – Lord Frost sounds the alarm about the disastrous Net Zero policy in the Express.
• “The sad decline of BBC Radio 4” – Gareth Roberts in the Spectator isn’t surprised Radio 4 is haemorrhaging listeners – it’s just one finger-wagging, woke lesson after another.
• “White theatregoers urged not to attend play aimed at black audiences” – A theatre in east London says that one-off performance of race satire Tambo & Bones should be “free from the white gaze”, reports the Telegraph.
• “English gardens put non-white people off Chelsea Flower Show, says diversity ambassador” – Manoj Malde, the Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador of the Royal Horticultural Society, says gardens designed by people with “double-barrelled” names don’t connect with people from African backgrounds, says the Telegraph. How does he know?
• “Husband of murdered MP Jo Cox leads backlash against film that shows attempt to kill Boris Johnson” – The husband of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox last night led criticism of a new film about an attempt to assassinate Boris Johnson.
• “AI take over… MPs should beware, robots could do a far better job” – According to a recent survey, 26% of Brits would be willing to go on a date with a silicone-skinned sexbot. And a surprisingly large number think AIs would be better at running the country than politicians.
• “The 25 reasons why I fear China will rule the world” – David Wright in the Conservative Woman lists 25 reasons why, in the not so distant future, China may take over from the U.S. as the world’s dominant super power.
• “Time To Heal: Former Pussycat Doll Jessica Sutta’s Experience With Neurological Symptoms After the Moderna Vaccine” – Former Pussycat Dolls member Jessica Sutta experienced severe neurological symptoms after receiving the Moderna vaccine. Full report in the Epoch Times.
• “How Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse gamble backfired” – Simon Hunt in the Spectator discusses the ongoing business disaster that is the Metaverse, a colossal misstep by Zuckerberg.
• “Norway’s Government Uses Oil Wealth to Pressure U.S. Firms” – Norway is trying to use its sovereign wealth fund, built from the country’s oil riches, to push ESG gobblegook on U.S. companies. The hypocrisy is jarring, says the WSJ .
• “If Your Toddler Isn’t Talking Yet, the Pandemic Might Be to Blame” – Children who spent little time socialising during the pandemic are struggling to talk, reports the WSJ.
• “‘If you are black you have to be a certain way” – Adam Afriyie reveals why he rejected the Labour Party’s attempts to recruit him.
• “Unexplained closure of Triggernometry’s bank account” – Konstantin Kisin tells Mark Dolan on GB News that Triggernometry’s bank has told him it will close the account in 60 days without offering an explanation.

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