News Round-Up

• “Britain was ‘well down the table’ for Covid deaths, Boris Johnson says” – Giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry, Boris Johnson disputed the claim by Hugo Keith KC that the U.K.’s death toll had been the second worst in Western Europe, reports the Mail.
• “Why Johnson is right about U.K.’s Covid death rate” – Boris was justified in challenging the claim that Britain’s pandemic fatality rate was the second worst in Europe, writes Sarah Knapton in the Telegraph.
• “We should shut down this Covid showtrial” – This isn’t an inquiry – it is rewriting history to fit a pro-lockdown narrative, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
• “The New Zealand vaccination records leak: A new analysis by William Briggs and some lesser thoughts of my own” – On Substack, Eugyppius highlights potential misleading signals in the New Zealand leaked Covid data.
• “Covid mRNA vaccines required no safety oversight” –The FDA’s Emergency Use Authorisation for Covid vaccines relied on clinical trials and manufacturing processes without binding legal standards, safety oversight or manufacturer liability for potential harms, writes Debbie Lerman for the Brownstone Institute.
• “mRNA vaccines may make unintended proteins, but there’s no evidence of harm” – A new study reveals that mRNA vaccines may prompt cells to produce small amounts of unintended proteins, but there’s no evidence that these mistakes compromise their safety, according to Science.
• “Canadian Government and media colluded to ‘instill fear’, coerce citizens into taking vaccines: Report” – According to a new report by the National Citizens Inquiry, the Canadian Government and media instilled fear about the COVID-19 pandemic and compelled citizens to take vaccines through threats of reprisals, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Nationwide scraps ‘work from anywhere’ policy and orders staff back to the office” – Nationwide has scrapped its “work anywhere” policy and told thousands of staff they must return to the office at least twice a week, reports the Telegraph.
• “Netanyahu hints at antisemitism as he blasts women’s groups” – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blasted women’s rights groups and world leaders for not “screaming” about the rape and mutilation of Jewish women by Hamas, according to the Mail.
• “U.S. Ivy League heads refuse to say calling for genocide of Jews is ‘harassment’” – The heads of three Ivy League universities have been urged to resign after they refused to say that calling for the genocide of Jews constitutes “harassment”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why Ivy League universities are so blasé about genocide” – On the 21st Century campus, everyone is protected from offence. Except the Jews, writes Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “Why the young are falling for Hamas propaganda” – Identity politics has cast Islamist terrorists as noble freedom fighters, says Frank Furedi in Spiked.
• “It’s over for this Conservative Party: Too many Tory MPs hate their own voters” – Any truly innovative ideas on immigration were destined for failure, thanks to the sizeable Tory Left-wing caucus, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
• “Wealthy hit by soaring mortgage rates as Covid purchases go ‘horribly wrong’” – Home repossessions are rising among properties worth more than £5 million as even the wealthiest are hammered by a jump in mortgage rates, reports the Telegraph.
• “Is Conor McGregor the Irish Trump?” – MMA fighter Conor McGregor has been outspoken about Ireland’s riots. Now he has suggested he wants to run for the Irish Presidency, says John Mac Ghlionn in the Spectator.
• “Totalitarian bid to censor entire internet behind Ireland hate speech crackdown” – What is happening in Ireland sounds like an episode of Black Mirror – but it’s for real, writes Michael Shellenberger on the Public Substack.
• “There’s a reason the market is rejecting electric cars” – Without generous tax breaks, and bans on any of the alternatives, the EV is at best a niche product, says Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
• “COP28 is more than the Super Bowl of virtue-signalling – it’s doing real harm” – COP28 is underway and Biden is making costly climate promises that will hike energy costs and do nothing for the climate, writes Liz Peek in Climate Change Dispatch.
• “TikTok outlines funding to curb climate ‘misinformation’” – As a promise to COP28, TikTok is assembling a team of ‘Verified Champions’ to counter climate-related ‘misinformation’. What could possibly go wrong, asks Christina Maas in Reclaim The Net.
• “Doctor Who/He/Him” – Doctor Who, or Doctor WTF?, has played the woke card once again, says Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
• “No white faculty allowed” – City Journal’s Anita Kinney and Anthony Pericolo discuss a recent investigation into faculty hiring at the University of Washington, revealing the exhaustive efforts that universities make to discriminate against white job applicants.
• “Texas, the Daily Wire and the Federalist sue U.S. State Dept. for conspiring with NewsGuard to censor American media companies” – Texas, the Daily Wire and the Federalist have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department, alleging that it funded censorship technology designed to bankrupt ‘alternative’ media outlets, according to ZeroHedge.
• “Apple reveals governments use app notifications to surveil users ” – Apple has confirmed that governments are using push notifications for the surveillance of users, says Reclaim The Net.
• “Exercise might not make you live longer” – Scientists in Finland have suggested that being too active won’t prolong life, reports the Mail.
• “Omid Scobie’s book Endgame sold just 6,448 copies in first five days” – Omid Scobie’s new book Endgame has plunged to 215 on the Amazon ‘bestsellers’ list, according to the Mail. 
• “Badenoch overhauls gender recognition list” – The Spectator’s James Heale reports on Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that individuals who’ve changed gender overseas must now provide medical reports when seeking a gender recognition certificate in the U.K.
• “Britain gripped by ‘epidemic’ of gay children being told they are trans, Kemi Badenoch says” – The Equalities Minister has told MPs that young people are under threat from a “new form of conversion therapy”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Chris Byrant plays the ‘your words make me feel unsafe’ card in a debate with Kemi Badenoch. It doesn’t go well” – Watch Kemi Badenoch slap down the dreadful, sanctimonious Chris Bryant in House of Commons debate.

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