The mass expansion of UK universities since Tony Blair has been a disaster for higher education, says Professor Roger Watson. A new paper makes some sensible proposals for how to fix it.
'Long Covid' may be real, or it might just be a handy umbrella for anything that leaves you tired. Dr Roger Watson tracks how the hype, the symptoms and the cash made it a pandemic celebrity.
No sooner had Covid subsided than, in 2022, the monkeypox ‘pandemic’ came into view, with scary graphs, emergency declarations and fat vaccine contracts. But this time they couldn't make it happen, says Prof Roger Watson.
A leading proponent of facemasks during Covid, Oxford's Prof Trish Greenhalgh, has changed her mind, signing a letter that dismisses surgical masks as useless. The catch? Everyone should wear respirators instead, she says.
Prof Roger Watson reports from an inquest, where despite evidence of myocarditis the coroner dismisses a role for the Covid vaccines and blames alcohol. Yet the deceased's blood alcohol levels were too low to cause death.
Prof Roger Watson reviews Dr Clare Craig's Spiked: a shot in the dark, a book, he says, that even as a lockdown sceptic and someone with a son who had a stroke because of the Pfizer vaccine, was still a marmalade dropper.
Why has the Pope appointed pro-migrant fanatic Bishop Richard Moth to lead the Catholic Church in England and Wales, asks Professor Roger Watson. It's not as though there are any asylum seekers in the Vatican.
Roger Watson's jaws are still aching following the FSU Christmas Comedy Benefit, hosted by Dominic Frisby. "This was comedy like it used to be: offensive, insightful and most importantly, hilarious."
Is the academic publishing industry facing ruin from open access journals? Not likely, says Prof Roger Watson. There are some pretty fundamental problems with trying to run a journal that nobody pays for.
The Church of England may not still be the Conservative Party at prayer, but the US Catholic Church, with its pro-migrant messages, certainly seems to be the religious wing of the Democratic Party, says Prof Roger Watson.
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