News Round-Up

• “Laurence Fox makes new statement after he was suspended by GB News” – Laurence Fox has apologised for his “demeaning” sexist rant about political journalist Ava Evans in a Twitter video – before insisting that “any self-respecting man should run a mile from” her, reports the Mail.
• “Chaos at GB News grows as presenter Calvin Robinson mutinies” – Calvin Robinson has been suspended from GB News after tweeting he would refuse to appear on air following the Laurence Fox row, according to the Mail.
• “GB News boss says Laurence Fox’s misogynist remarks were ‘way past limits of acceptance’” – The Chief Executive of GB News, Angelos Frangopoulos, has said that Lawrence Fox’s comments, which included “Who would want to shag that?” had “appalled” him, says the Telegraph.
• “The opportunistic assault on GB News” – This is an attempt to shut down the competition, writes Ben Sixsmith in the Critic.
• “How Laurence Fox set back GB News’s bid to break the ad boycott” – Mr. Fox’s comments have catapulted GB News back into the spotlight, and risk undoing any hard-won détente with media executives in London’s Soho, says the Telegraph.
• “Laurence Fox has become an embarrassment to men everywhere” – Instead of talking about male vulnerability, Lawrence Fox’s self-defeating outburst has us talking about male chauvinism instead, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Flu jab twice as likely to have severe reaction for women than men” – A new study has revealed that women are twice as likely to suffer a “severe” reaction to the flu jab as men, according to the Telegraph.
• “China lab suspected of Covid leak stripped of U.S. funding for violating biosafety rules” – The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been stripped of U.S. funding for 10 years after conducting dangerous experiments that increased the potency of coronaviruses before the pandemic, reports the Telegraph.
• “Senior NHS surgeon, 64, struck off over Covid conspiracy theory videos” – A senior NHS surgeon with a 37-year career in medicine has been struck off for posting conspiracy theories about Covid – including that it was a scam for Bill Gates, says the Mail.
• “MRNA ‘vaccines’ must be banned once and for all” – No ifs or buts any longer. All mRNA vaccines must be halted and banned now, writes Prof. Angus Dalgleish in TCW.
• “A pandemic of lockdown denialism” – We can judge the results of the pandemic response by the number of people who claim it as their own. So far, the answer seems to be none, says Jeffrey A. Tucker in the Brownstone Institute.
• “Where TCW leads the BMJ follows” – The TCW has been scrutinising the Long Covid narrative since early 2022, and it has taken a while, but it appears the medical establishment has finally caught up.
• “U.K. faces an extra £114 billion bill by next year’s General Election” – Brits are facing tax rises equivalent to £3,500 per household by the election as pressure mounts on Jeremy Hunt to ease the pain, according to the Mail.
• “Rishi Sunak is right to get rid of 20mph zones” – The worst missteps by the Conservative Party in the last 13 years have happened when it tried to win votes from people who were never going to vote for it, remarks Christopher Snowden in the Spectator.
• “Parking app for whole country on the way as Tories back motorists” – A national parking app, enabling drivers to pay charges anywhere in the country, is to be unveiled by ministers under plans to “slam the brakes” on anti-car measures, reports the Telegraph.
• “Spencer and Christy’s new climate sensitivity paper has been published – and its lower” – Spencer and Christy’s climate model, based upon objective measured data, found carbon dioxide does not have as big of an effect of warming of the atmosphere when compared with other climate models, writes Dr. Roy Spencer in WUWT.
• “Takeaway lovers face chaos over plastic ban outlets know nothing about” – Takeaway lovers face chaos over a new ban on single-use plastic packaging, which food outlet owners say they know nothing about, reports the Mail.
• “Diversity is behind HS2 costs” – HS2 bosses were required, by law, to establish whether the construction of the railway might somehow upset minority communities, writes Guy Adams in the Mail.
• “Boxer Glenn McCrory cleared of sexually assaulting three waitresses” – World boxing champ Glenn McCrory has been cleared of sexually assaulting three waitresses after insisting he was only trying to get their attention, reports the Mail.
• “Activist mayor resigns after photos surface showing him socialising with paedophile ex-councillor” – The Mayor of Hackney has resigned and been suspended by the Labour Party after photos emerged of him socialising with a paedophile ex-town councillor, according to Reduxx.
• “Why diversity training backfires” – A leading researcher has found that ‘DEI’ training actually encourages racial resentment, writes Thomas Osborne in Spiked.
• “‘I was engulfed by trans rights madness,’ says Graham Linehan” – In the Mail, Graham Linehan shares his personal story of how engaging in the trans debate led to a backlash that jeopardised his career and personal life.
• “Justin Trudeau’s self-immolation” – The Canadian Prime Minister has managed to alienate the Government of the largest democracy on Earth, anger key allies from Washington, D.C. to Canberra and outrage Jews around the world, says Rupa Subramanya in the Free Press.
• “Race-baiting Marxist to become South Africa’s Vice President” – There’s been a murder a week on farms in South Africa this year. Now a race-baiting Marxist who loves singing ‘Kill the Boer’ is set to become Vice President, writes Sue Reid in the Mail.
• “Elon Musk calls for wall to stop immigrants as he visits U.S.-Mexico border in Texas” – The richest man in the world has said that the influx of people into the U.S. was causing cities like New York to “buckle”, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘Own nothing. Be happy.’” – On X, Snicklink has posted a brilliant video ‘featuring’ Klaus Schwab singing an alternative version of Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t worry. Be happy.

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