News Round-Up

• “Nigel Farage hits out at FCA’s ‘whitewash’ review into ‘de-banking’” – The City regulator has sparked fury after finding no evidence of banks denying politicians access to accounts due to their views, reports the Mail.
• “YouTube suspends the monetisation of Russell Brand’s channel” – YouTube has stopped Russell Brand from being able to earn any money through his channel for “violating our Creator Responsibility policy”, says the Mail.
• “YouTube is wrong to rush to judgement on Russell Brand” – Tribalism has warped the discussion of the Brand scandal, writes Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
• “Big Tech must not be judge, jury and executioner” – YouTube’s clampdown on Russell Brand is an affront to due process, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
• “Beware turning Russell Brand’s story into a conspiracy theory in its own right” – The attempt to unperson Russell Brand is almost as disturbing as the sins of which he stands accused, argues Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
• “Michael Barrymore lends his support to Russell Brand” – TV star Michael Barrymore has expressed support for Russell Brand who claimed his sexual assault allegations were part of a “coordinated attack” to “control” his voice, reports the Mail.
• “Rational fears of the irrational” – Concerns about future Covid lockdowns are conspiracy theories, insists the New York Times in a piece Heather Mac Donald in City Journal finds unconvincing.
• “Researchers ‘alarmed’ to find DNA contamination in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine” – On Substack Dr. Maryanne Demasi gives her take on a researcher testifying before a South Carolina Senate hearing about the discovery of DNA contamination found in Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine.
• “Do you have Neanderthal genes? You could be at risk of severe Covid” – A new study reveals that three gene variants, passed down from Neanderthals to modern-day humans, make them more at risk of developing a life-threatening form of Covid, according to the Mail.
• “Prof Jay Bhattacharya: The U.S. Government censored me and other scientists. We are winning the battle as we head to the Supreme Court” – On Substack Prof. Jay Bhattacharya is closely documenting and examining the most important free speech battle of our age.
• “Do lockdowns work?” – On Substack Prof. Carl Heneghan and Dr. Tom Jefferson take a deep dive into the efficacy of lockdowns.
• “Britain touted as future ‘associate member’ of EU” – France and Germany have proposed a four-tiered system under which the U.K. would be governed by the European Court of Justice if it became an associate member of the EU, reports the Telegraph.
• “Mark Carney can’t be allowed to forget his role in Britain’s ruin” – Liz Truss was right, but she was frustrated in carrying out her plans by the very people shouting about an ‘Argentine’ implosion, writes Patrick Minford in the Telegraph.
• “Jenni Hermoso responds to ‘protection’ claim as Spain footballers double down on boycott” – Spanish football player Jenni Hermoso has issued a stinging riposte to new Spain head coach Montse Tome’s claims that she did not call the forward up to her squad for her own protection, reports the Mirror.
• “Wales 20mph calamity as drivers will only be prosecuted going 26mph” – Wales’s new 20mph speed limit has been dubbed a mockery because drivers will not be prosecuted unless they go above 26mph, says the Mail.
• “Sunak insists U.K. remains committed to Net Zero by 2050 as he considers ‘watering down’ key climate pledges” – The Government is poised to push back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years, LBC understands.
• “Electric car sales switch into reverse” – Hopes for the mainstream adoption of electric cars have been punctured by figures revealing a fall of more than 11% in the sale of zero-emission vehicles, reports the Times.
• “Why drivers are losing interest in electric cars” – It is painfully clear that electric cars are not yet selling themselves on their merits, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “Patrick O‘Flynn: You’d have to pay me to buy an electric car” – Patrick O’Flynn in the Telegraph says nothing would induce him to buy an EV.
• “Why this barrister is defying ‘activist’ lawyers to take on Just Stop Oil” – Speaking to the Telegraph, Adam King says he will not stand with other barristers refusing to prosecute climate protesters because it is “bad for justice”.
• “ECB to unveil diversity training for every county employee in £5 million action plan” – All employees in professional cricket in England and Wales will undergo diversity training at a cost of £5 million in response to a report into discrimination, according to the Telegraph.
• “Plans to bolster the NHS’s woke bureaucracy are an insult to patients” – In letters to the Telegraph, readers voice their concerns over the NHS’s plans to create three ‘woke’ departments, with an estimated staff cost of £14 million.
• “Stonehenge was built by black people, children’s book claims” – Readers of Brilliant Black British History by the Nigerian-born British author Atinuke are told Stonehenge was built when Britain was a “black country”, according to the Mail.
• “What Horrible Histories gets wrong about history” – Why have we chosen to deliberately teach a false multi-cultural version of history, asks Ed West in the Spectator.
• “Author Gillian Philip dropped after J.K. Rowling’s trans views support” – Children’s author Gillian Philip is to appeal a tribunal ruling after being dropped by her publisher for using her pen name to publicly support controversial J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender rights, according to the Mail.
• “Belgian school arson linked to anger over sex education programme” – Arson attacks against schools in Belgium have been linked to extremists protesting against mandatory sex education lessons for children, reports the Telegraph.
• “Hundreds of students walk out of class in protest after school board votes to continue letting transgender students use whatever restrooms they want” – Hundreds of students at a southeastern Pennsylvania high school walked out of class in protest after the district school board voted to continue letting transgender students use whatever lavatories they want, reports Blaze Media.
• “Walking echo chambers” – We should be wary of those with inflexible beliefs and fixed viewpoints as they can turn into echo chambers, warns artist Erna Mist on Substack.
• “Now Elon Musk says he will charge people to use X” – Elon Musk has said he will charge people to use X because it is the “only way to protect against bot accounts”, reports the Mail.
• “Is this a church?” –Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis has posted a video on X of what appears to pass for a church service these days.

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