News Round-Up

• “A fascist, totalitarian future awaits us – my testimony to Congress” – Jordan Peterson writes in the Telegraph on the dystopia that Justin Trudeau’s Canada and Xi Jinping’s China are building that “will one day enslave humanity”.
• “Lockdowns and money printing have destroyed Western economies” – The desire to work and earn a living has been crushed out of the population by high welfare and high taxes, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
• “Boots orders support staff back into office five days a week from September” – The retail chain’s boss has declared the office a “much more fun and inspiring place” with everyone in attendance, according to the Guardian.
• “For services to wrecking Britain, the Covid conmen landing top jobs ” – Professor Angus Dalgleish in TCW is unhappy that those responsible for the Covid disaster have moved on to plum jobs.
• “What happened when we asked chat GPT about the effects of lockdown?” – Professor Carl Heneghan asked the AI software two questions and reports what he got.
• “Met Police arrest man carrying ‘Hamas is terrorist’ sign at Gaza demo” – The man waved the sign in the middle of the rally, which saw thousands of demonstrators gather in the capital, before protesters attacked him leading to a large brawl, according to the Mail.
• “Banning Islamophobia: Blasphemy Law By The Backdoor” – Christian Concern’s Tim Dieppe reflects on his briefing that was published by the Free Speech Union, with a foreword by Professor Richard Dawkins who shares Tim’s concerns about the threat to free speech from defining ‘Islamophobia’.
• “The Left shows its chilling true face by refusing to accept Jews feel intimidated” – Those who won’t go into central London during the protests for fear of their safety are now being gaslit by so-called progressives, says the Telegraph‘s Camilla Tominey.
• “Sun sets on British democracy” – In Spectator Australia, Ramesh Thakur laments the growing influence of extremist Islam over U.K. politics.
• “Don’t march alongside extremists, Michael Gove tells pro-Palestinian protesters” – The Communities Secretary has pledged to expose groups that seek to “subvert democracy”, says the Telegraph.
• “Climate chief told staff to ‘kill’ negative Net Zero story” – The head of the Government’s climate watchdog Chris Stark told officials to “kill” a negative news story with “technical language”, the Telegraph reports.
• “Struggling vegan restaurateur bombarded with abuse and fake reviews after adding meat to the menu to keep up with costs” – Adonis Norouznia, who owns Nomas Gastrobar in Macclesfield, Cheshire, added meat options in January to help bring in more customers – but received a furious backlash online, says the Mail.
• “The Henley plot: The secret plan for Boris to take back the Tory party” – The former PM is mooted for a return to his old seat, but frenemy David Cameron could be in the way of any grand comeback plans, according the Telegraph. I suppose this time he’ll cut spending, taxes, immigration, red tape, wokery…
• “The Tories must strike a pact with Reform – or be obliterated” – The upstart party is flying the Thatcherite banner, attracting voters who feel betrayed by years of Tory incompetence, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
• “UCL ‘bans professor from teaching to avoid upsetting Chinese students’” – Michelle Shipworth said she has been banned from teaching a course about China in order to avoid putting Chinese students off from applying to be taught at the institution, the Mail reports.
• “British Museum could send tribal artefacts back to Jamaica” – Jamaica is planning to claim tribal artefacts from the British Museum following George Osborne’s latest deal over African gold, according to the Telegraph.
• “University staff told not to address classes as ‘ladies and gentlemen’” – Academics attending an event at the University of Westminster’s Centre for Social Justice Research were told not to use “unnecessarily gendered language” for fear of offending non-binary students, the Telegraph reports.
• “Retired scientist prosecuted for holding up ‘here to talk’ sign outside abortion clinic” – Retired medical scientist Livia Tossici-Bolt is being prosecuted in a free speech test case after holding up a sign near an abortion clinic saying “Here to talk if you want to”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Leo Varadkar suffers resounding defeat on double referendum to modernise Ireland’s constitution” – Irish voters rejected the Government’s double referendum on changing the constitution’s language on family issues to be more ‘progressive’, the Telegraph reports.
• “Syrian refugee in ‘fawning’ BBC documentary raped child seven times” – A Syrian refugee who was the subject of “fawning” coverage on the BBC’s Newsnight has been convicted of the rape of a 13-year-old girl, the Telegraph reports.
• “The Church of England is replacing its Christian nature in a fit of woke frenzy” – A new holy trinity of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has usurped the old, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “Eight quangos still Stonewall members despite Government edict” – Kemi Badenoch told Government departments to withdraw from the diversity scheme but thousands were still paying for membership last financial year, says the Times.
• “It’s time to welcome back RealTime’s own award show, The Cojones Awards! The award recognises those who, at the risk of their reputations and livelihoods, have fought against cancel culture” – Bill Maher shows some cojones of his own by awarding prizes to, among others, J.K. Rowling.

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