News Round-Up

• “NHS productivity lags as recruitment fails to keep pace with demand” – Despite increasing staff numbers, services in England are struggling to match pre-pandemic treatment levels, reports the FT.
• “Majority of Covid hospital deaths were due to untreated bacterial pneumonia” – U.S. Hospitals sticking to the strict hand-me-down, highly profitable ‘Covid protocol’ may have doomed a majority of the patients admitted with COVID-19 who went on to die, says the Epoch Times.
• “Fight this sinister power grab by the unelected, unaccountable WHO” – Liz Evans of the U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance raises the alarm about the Pandemic Treaty and the amendments to the International Health Regulations in TCW: Defending Freedom.
• “Fury at Starmer plan to block new North Sea oil and gas projects” – Industry, business and political leaders in the northeast of Scotland have unleashed a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s “deeply unserious” plans to block new North Sea oil and gas projects, reports the Times.
• “Woke GP clinic slammed for asking parents if their baby is trans non-binary” – A GP surgery is under fire for asking parents to say if their baby is trans or non-binary, according to the Sun.
• “Fever: The Hunt for Covid’s Origin” – The BBC is finally getting round to investigating the lab leak hypothesis. Only three years late!
• “€600m budget needed to cull 65,000 cows every year for three years to meet climate goals” – The Irish Independent has uncovered Government documents showing that the EU expects Irish dairy farmers to cull 65,000 cows a year to meet climate targets.
• “Upheaval Interview: Matthew B. Crawford” – An interview with philosopher and author Matthew B. Crawford in N.S. Lyons’s superb Substack, The Upheaval.
• “The university union may be beyond redemption” – According to Professor Andrew Tettenborn in the Spectator, the UCU is now worse than useless.
• “Moment furious motorist drives through Just Stop Oil mob” – A motorist has been videoed telling Just Stop Oil protestors he will run them over after the eco-clowns targeted a number of London’s bridges for rush hour this evening, reports the Mail.
• “Lord of the Rings fans are angered by a black Aragorn in new card game” – A furious dispute has erupted among fans of The Lord of the Rings over a decision to make the fictional character Aragorn black – or, rather, Black – in a new collectible card game, says the Mail.
• “Cover-up row over ministers’ WhatsApps” – The Government is withholding messages to the Covid inquiry to protect Rishi Sunak, says Boris Johnson ally, reports the Telegraph.
• “Covid inquiry head is a rare example of a public servant doing her job – and ministers are running scared” – Isabel Oakeshott is impressed by Baroness Hallett, the woman leading the official Covid inquiry who has asked to see ministers’ WhatsApps messages.
• “National Trust Chair opens door to restitution of colonial treasures” – National Trust Chair René Olivieri says the organisation is developing a restitution policy following calls for the return of colonial artefacts, reports the Telegraph. Let’s hope it doesn’t have any Benin Bronzes!
• “At 34, Jon has incurable bowel cancer – all because the NHS turned into a Covid-only service” – Jon Chapple’s diagnosis was delayed due to the pandemic, says Allison Pearson. Now his only hope is to raise money so he can be treated in Germany.
• “Ron DeSantis says he will ‘destroy leftism’ in U.S. if elected president” – The Florida Governor tells Fox News that two terms in the White House should be enough for him to consign woke-ism to the dustbin of history.
• “Decolonising the countryside and other news from Year Zero” – Guest column by the redoubtable Emma Webb in Konstantin Kisin’s Substack.
• “Statement on AI Risk” – A ‘we-the-undersigned’ letter from various scientists and researchers warning of the dangers of AI. Steve Sailer points out a flaw in the reasoning of these alarmists.

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