News Round-Up
- “Cursed by having a face for radio, George Osborne goes radically off-message” – The dispassionate ex-Chancellor fared well in the Covid Inquiry, refusing to engage with emotive Left-wing propositions, says Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
- “Amnesty for Covid fines” – It would be better to pardon and return the 120,000 Covid fines than fine yet more partygoers, argues Laura Dodsworth.
- “Vaccineaholic Hotez ends many debates by hiding from Rogan and RFK Jr.” – By claiming that science isn’t up for debate, Dr. Peter Hotez has further undermined his already questionable credibility, says Thomas Buckley.
- “I will pay you $1,234,567 to debate me!” – Amidst the growing trend of vaccine skeptics seeking to engage with vaccine promoters, Igor Chudov cautions against relying on debates as a means of validating truth.
- “Ad hominem, ad nauseum” – The public is tiring of arrogant academic elites, and it’s about time they faced public scrutiny and were held to account, says Robert Malone.
- “Top Canadian official apologises to unvaxxed: ‘We were wrong’” – A senior Canadian politician has taken the unprecedented step of apologising to the unvaccinated, admitting that the Government got it “wrong”, reports Slay News.
- “Eco-fanatics forced me to sell my car. It might not even help the planet” – A popular backlash is now growing against irrational environmental schemes like Sadiq Khan’s Ulez, says Philip Johnston in the Telegraph.
- “24 reasons why Net Zero must be abandoned” – In the TCW, David Wright lists 24 reasons for scrapping Net Zero.
- “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” – In the Mail, Richard Littlejohn says, “If you want an apt metaphor for Labour’s insane green revolution, look no further than that mysteriously missing hydrogen-powered bus in Edinburgh yesterday.”
- “Joe Lycett backs out of award ceremony over fossil fuel links” – The comedian joined other stars in withdrawing from the British LGBT Awards after climate campaigners warned of sponsorship deals with oil giants, reports the Guardian.
- “We are restricting freedom… for the common good” – The Irish Green Party is following the Left’s trend of restricting freedom while claiming to protect it, says ZeroHedge.
- “In defense of culture war” – Philosopher Edward Feser argues that wokism cannot be defeated with economic or market solutions because it’s fighting a political, cultural and religious war.
- “Where did ‘gender theory’ originate?” – The rise of the transgender movement is rooted in the disturbing actions of a discredited sexologist, says Paul Sutton.
- “Spotify replaces Meghan with comedian accused of calling Britain racist” – The streaming giant Spotify announces new partnerships as part of an overhaul in its podcasting strategy, according to the Telegraph.
- “Student kicked out of class for saying there are two genders” – A student at Mearns Academy was excluded from class for saying there are not more than two genders. Not very inclusive…
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Yet again the student is so much more impressive than the teacher on that final video entry.
It will probably be another story the Telegraph will pretend they have broken first after the Turning point U.K. Tweet.
Clearly what we have there is a teacher who has been cowed and intimidated by “the authorities”, as he puts it, to defend an opinion he doesn’t really hold himself. And his moral frailty has then been exposed by a student.
In a way its a replay of covid jabs. A public intimidated into doing something absurd who then covers up for its cowardice by turning on the people who do have the courage they lack and are standing up to authoritarian madness.
Joe Lycett is not funny and George Osborne is not a Covid sceptic. They can both jog on.
….agreed..if it keeps the boring smug buggers out of the limelight, can we have more fossil fuel backed things ..please? I’ll gladly chip-in…..
I don’t know much about “gender theory” but I find it somewhat baffling that it has had the impact it seems to have had. The distinction between a male and a female is easy to make for all practical purposes, based on simple observable facts. Everything else – behaviour etc – is part of an infinitely variable spectrum. This is perfectly obvious to everyone. Attempts to maintain otherwise are simply attempts to grab attention or power or money and should be met with absolute scorn.
I don’t find it baffling at all, because it had little to do with gender theory and everything to do with being a vehicle for socio-political control. Yes there is superficial concern about sexual self expression but the real battle is down to the fact those with a cultural Marxist mindset have seen the subject provides the opportunity to literally hold dominion over the thoughts of others and police the same, and they get metaphorically speaking a massive, massive hard-on from wielding that power. Which let’s face it, they need, because this generation is almost incapable of getting an IRL hard-on.
I guess what’s baffling is why people can’t see that
I see Fox News has also covered the whole Rye College/Cat Girl story. That teacher is not going to face any sort of disciplinary for her behaviour though is she? They’ll all just close ranks, but I hope the exposure and backlash they’ve experienced will force the school to change their mentalist policies now.
”Rye College is part of Aquinas – an educational trust of eleven schools in the south-east UK.
Aquinas released a statement to Fox News, which said, “We are committed to offering our pupils an inclusive education. Teachers endeavor to ensure that pupils’ views are listened to, and encourage them to ask questions and engage in discussion. Teachers also aim to answer questions sensitively and honestly.”
“We strive to uphold the highest standards across the school. We will be reviewing our processes and working with the relevant individuals to ensure such events do not take place in the future,” the statement continued.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/teacher-calls-8th-grade-student-despicable-after-she-claimed-people-cant-identify-as-cats-how-dare-you
Failed on all fronts then, didn’t they?
I think it’s a shame we don’t have the equivalent of Fox in the U.K. (possibly not in many places in Europe either)
“We are restricting freedom… for the common good”
How long before the police start recording non crime hate incidents against people who say that climate change isn’t a problem or people are wasting their time trying to reduce their carbon emissions when China and India keep building coal fired power stations?
That would leave a trail that could lead to unwelcome publicity for the police. It’s far easier and more effective for the authorities to suggest to Paypal, Facebook etc. that an individual’s accounts should be suspended for “peddling misinformation”…
That is the most laughably insane statement. I wonder what they imagine the ‘common good’ actually is? It’s akin to how teachers used to cane pupils, saying things like ‘this is for your own good, boy!’ or ‘You’ll thank me afterwards.’ In that, it has a sort of religious fanatic element to it and I think that’s it: they’re zealots and fanatics. They have no idea of what the common good is. The common good being freedom to express oneself without fear of recrimination, to move freely about one’s business without restriction, to see who one likes, when one likes and where one likes, to breathe god’s clean air, eat and grow good fresh wholesome and nutritious food, drink clean water free of toxins, and to thrive.
I guess one major downside to having all of this lovely weather is it also makes travelling conditions from France via small boat easier and more appealing. 10,000 and counting since the start of the year.
”The number of illegal migrants that have crossed the English Channel in small boats from the beaches of France has reportedly topped 10,000 since the start of the year, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s claims of success in stopping the crisis.
The crisis in the English Channel ramped up again to full force this week as previously prohibitive weather conditions subsided in the busy waterway, allowing for the people smuggler-operated small boats to once again set sail from migrant camps along the French coast to the shores of England.
According to official figures from the Home Office, from Sunday of last week to Saturday, there were 2,375 illegal crossings of the Channel, with 486 migrants landing on Friday and a further 374 on Saturday.”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/06/18/over-10000-illegal-migrants-land-in-britain-despite-sunaks-claims-of-success-in-stopping-the-boats/
Robert Spencer trying to make sense of the insanity in this very good article;
”How insane is modern Britain? This jihadi was let into the country with no problem. Other preachers of jihad violence can also enter the country at will, while opponents of jihad murder and Sharia oppression are barred from entry. The Home Office several years ago banned Martin Sellner, Brittany Pettibone, Lauren Southern and Lutz Bachmann from entering, all for the crime of opposing jihad terror and Sharia oppression, and thereby made it clear that it is more authoritarian and unwilling to uphold the freedom of speech than ever – at least when it comes to criticism of Islam, Muslim rape gangs, and mass Muslim migration.”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/06/uk-bangladeshi-imam-who-threatened
10,000 doesn’t seem very many, but is that because it’s 10,000 “unofficial” ones who have reached our coast in addition to the much higher numbers of “state-sponsored” fighting-age-and-fitness ones brought here after being transferred mid-Channel, and who therefore technically aren’t illegal immigrants?
“I will pay you $1,234,567 to debate me!” Igor has a good point but I am not wholly in agreement with him. To debate in the first place, you need to have debating skills and you need all the facts to hand. That is a given. Also, the fact that the pro-vax side refuses to debate is because they see that it gives legitimacy to the anti-vax side which of course they are never going to do despite all the evidence. They think that the longer they can hold out, the more the public will agree with them i.e. why give them (us) credence? The science is settled! Safe and effective! etc. However, I don’t think the public are that stupid and ignorant. They will have noticed the trend in excess mortality and the sudden deaths. They know that we didn’t exactly face the Black Death as we are all still here and not festering away covered in boils and sores. We know we will never get total satisfaction from the media even though there are some who question the vaccines but making something public like this – and I would think that the Joe Rogan/RFK Junior vs Hotez thing… Read more »
As you say ‘truth’ resonates.
John Money’s experiment was in full swing when I was studying social psychology at Cambridge in 1973. It was the big new breakthrough in developmental psychology, Piaget becoming slightly out of fashion and Freud a dead duck.
Money’s idea that gender was assigned at birth seemed very congenial to the universally leftist lecturers, who treated it as “probably true” without, it appeared, any critical assessment of whether Money was on the money or in it for the money. An uncompleted experiment with one experimental subject was enough.
To me (a rare non-lefty doing the subject) the idea looked like a dotty theory that would soon die the death. How wrong I was. But they didn’t teach me the principles of propaganda and the power of a charismatic scientist to steer the academy – which might have been more useful than what I did learn, in retrospect.
This guy really nails, in 2min flat, the main reason there’s now such a negative reaction and opposition to all of this ‘Pride’ and trans BS. Certainly I don’t remember such overkill and amplification of all things ‘trans’ from last year or any previous years;
https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/status/1671272890505875456?cxt=HHwWgMC-ldr1xrEuAAAA
Ref the Twit link, Means Academy (of indoctrination), Rye College and others on porn being taught in schools now, this is Clare Page’s Crowdjustice campaign page:
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/transparency-in-schools-foi-ap/
So the judge ruled, in the first tribunal that, effectively, parents have no right to know what their children are being taught or who is teaching their children. She said public interest was outweighed by the commercial interest and the rights of teachers to privacy. What! I must be missing something because, excuse me, but f*ck the teacher’s rights to privacy. This person has unchallenged access to our kids for a considerable part of the day, week, and year. Personally, I want to know WHO they are and WHAT they are teaching. That is a parent’s basic right. A fundamental right otherwise whose kids are they? And furthermore, sorry again, but b*gger the commercial interest! I want to know what the kids are being taught. Again, simple logic. This absolutely has to be picked up by the media. It is utterly disgraceful that this has become acceptable in our schools. Any teacher engaged with this type of behaviour should be sacked or disciplined. And here’s a thought….does this happen in predominantly Muslim schools? I very much doubt it as Muslim kids’ parents would be totally outraged.
I suspect this won’t last much longer on YouTube ….maybe they should get Ms Spring on to it?? LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xong5K4om2U
What happens if I don’t get the Covid vaccine? – BBC News
Posted by BBC News on 14 March 2021 – two years ago
Every single assertion in this pro-vaccine propaganda piece has since been proven FALSE!!
What the heck..now?
https://slaynews.com/news/united-nations-chief-fossil-fuels-incompatible-human-survival/
The head of the United Nations has declared that the use of fossil fuels for energy must be stopped immediately because it is “incompatible with human survival.”
During a recent conference, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned: “All of this action must be global.
“It must be immediate and it must start with the polluted heart of the climate crisis – the fossil fuel industry.
“Let’s face facts.
“The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions.
“It’s fossil fuels period. The solution is clear.
“The world must phase out fossil fuels in a just and equitable way, moving to leave oil, coal, and gas in the ground where they belong and massively boosting renewable investment in a just transition.
“Fossil fuel industry plans must be transformation plans that chart a company’s move to clean energy and away from a product incompatible with human survival.”
These people are mad, dangerous and have to be removed…….
The LEZ infection has now spread to Scotland. Glasgow has fallen, fortunately the London bladerunners have produced a handy “how to” guide.
Perthshire council is trying it on with the “15 min city” concept, but strangely enough are not making it widely known to the population!! The city centre is small and the crumbling central shopping area is half dead already, so that will strangle the last bits of life out of the Fair City.
What a faithful realisation of The Emperor’s New Clothes we’re living through.
And what a silver lining of the collapse of teachers’ authority, that the children feel free to backchat them on their biology denial.