News Round-Up

• “Seven-year-olds with poor reading skills double in number since pandemic” – New research has found that the number of seven year-olds with very poor reading skills has doubled since the pandemic, according to the Telegraph.
• “How many people really died in the Moderna trial?” – What happened to the participants in the Moderna trial. How many died? It depends when and where you look, says HART.
• “Facebook censors our accurate story on Covid vaccine mRNA in breast milk” – Facebook is still censoring and spreading disinformation, despite Mark Zuckerberg’s criticism of “establishment” censorship overreach on Covid, says Public on Substack.
• “Nobel Prize awarded to mRNA researchers in effort to ‘Encourage hesitant people to opt for vaccination in the reassurance that it is safe and effective’” – It should be no surprise that the Nobel for Medicine, in the wake of the politicisation wrought by the pandemic, has been corrupted, writes Eugyppius on Substack.
• “Pseudouridine: What is it and why should you care?” – On Substack, Dr. Robert W. Malone suggests that the FDA expedited the approval of Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines without conducting a thorough investigation.
• “The lockdown experiment must never be repeated” – Scientists will one day have to reckon with their enormous mistakes over Covid, says Prof. David Livermore in Spiked.
• “The Lancet was made for political activism” – For 200 years, the Lancet has thrived on melodrama and scandal, writes Ashley Rindsberg in UnHerd.
• “Laurence Fox claims police took sons’ iPads in raid on home over Ulez camera arrest” – Laurence Fox has claimed that police officers have seized his children’s iPads after he was arrested for conspiring to damage Ultra Low Emissions Zone cameras, reports the Telegraph.
• “A new financial crisis is upon us – and our political class can no longer lie” – Sunak is protecting Britain against the impending global financial disaster facing profligate governments, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “The disgraceful debanking cover-up” – The Financial Conduct Authority’s investigation has let the banks off the hook, says Thomas Osborne in Spiked.
• “Jean-Claude Juncker brands Ukraine ‘totally corrupt’ in swipe at EU bid” – Jean-Claude Juncker, the ex-President of the EU Commission, has made a heated intervention in the debate over Ukraine’s candidacy for membership, reports the Express.
• “AfD Co-Chairman Tino Chrupalla in hospital following claims of a needle attack at an election rally in Ingolstadt” – Tino Chrupalla, Co-Chairman of the German AfD party, was rushed to hospital following what he and AfD officials characterise as an attack at a rally in Ingolstadt, writes Eugyppius on Substack.
• “Left-wing extremism is on the rise across Germany” – A spate of attacks on AfD politicians may have political consequences, warns Ralph Schoellhammer in UnHerd.
• “I’m leaving Britain – and I feel guilty” –The Spectator’s Lionel Shriver has increasingly had the sensation of living in a country that is falling apart.
• “Revealed: Eco zealots who shut down performance of Les Misérables” – The MailOnline reveals the identities of the eco-zealots who shut down Les Mis during its most iconic song.
• “HS2 is history. It’s time for a road-building bonanza” – The Prime Minister was right to slay rail’s white elephant. The Government must now make life easier for Britain’s motorists, says Matthew Lyn in the Telegraph.
• “Could your electric car kidnap you?” – In the Mail, experts weigh in after a £30,000 MG ZS electric vehicle suffered a “catastrophic malfunction” on the A803, near Glasgow.
• “The great electric car experiment has taken a dangerous turn” – A terrifying malfunction has added to concerns that the failures and risks of EVs are being ignored or casually explained away, writes Annabel Denham in the Telegraph.
• “Germany brings back mothballed coal plants to help keep lights on” – Germany will bring several mothballed coal plants back to the market to ensure that Europe’s largest economy can keep the lights on when demand peaks, reports Bloomberg.
• “The Pope has gone full Greta Thunberg” – How miraculous the transformation among enlightened opinion is now Pope Francis has issued an exhortation on climate change, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
• “AMOC: A non-tipping point” – Data collected directly in the Atlantic Ocean do not provide any support for the IPCC’s forecasts of an ongoing collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, writes Dr. Gabriel Oxenstierna in WUWT.
• “Climate scientists admit they have a 90% chance of being wrong about Arctic sea ice” – Recent research shows that other factors besides global warming are affecting the decline of Arctic sea ice, says Javier Vinós in WUWT.
• “Why are House of Lords clerics so anti-Tory?” – Two archbishops and 24 bishops of the Church of England in the House of Lords appear to have thrown aside any pretence of political objectivity and have pitched themselves all-out against the Government, writes Andrew Roberts in the Spectator.
• “Rishi Sunak faces Tory backlash against ‘illiberal’ smoking ban” – The Prime Minister used his Tory conference speech to announce he wants to increase the legal smoking age annually, reports the Mail.
• “Rishi’s prohibitionist lunge is proof that his Party has forgotten itself” – Throughout history, efforts to ban vices like drugs and alcohol have failed, points out Joseph Dinnage in CapX.
• “What really motivates the ‘new progressives’” – People who really cared to correct unjust social disadvantages would be eager to understand the causes, remarks Nigel Biggar in the Spectator.
• “Number of hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales falls” – The number of hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales has fallen year-on-year for the first time since records began, as the Government wages a war on ‘woke’ policing, says the Mail.
• “Lucy Frazer: We must stand up to people who want to erase history” – The Culture Secretary has vowed to stand up to those who “seek to erase” history as she unveiled new guidance to protect historic statues, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why is an NHS trust offering slavery reparations?” – The decision by NHS Lothian to spend taxpayers’ cash on “a programme of reparations” will raise more than a few eyebrows, especially among Edinburgh residents enduring painful delays for an operation, remarks Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “Have the Tories finally seen sense on trans ideology?” – The ‘woman question’ could well decide the next General Election, says Jo Bartosch in Spiked.
• “Female BA staff ‘furious over cheap uniforms for non-binary crew’” – Furious female British Airways staff have blasted the airline over “cheap” uniforms designed for non-binary crew, reports the Mail.
• “Virginia women’s swim team tell of ‘demoralising’ trans battle” – Three members of the Roanoke College women’s swim squad have told the Mail of their anger at being forced to work out how to deal with a trans woman wanting to join their squad.
• “Joe Biden to build border wall in major U-turn” – The U.S. President has waived 26 federal laws in Texas to allow the construction of 20 miles of barrier to curb a surge in migrant arrivals, reports the Telegraph.

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