According to the fruits of an FOI request, Neil Ferguson's Imperial College modelling team did not have accurate case data when they produced their infamous 'Report 9', predicting armageddon if Britain didn't lockdown.
The people who've been red-pilled by the response of their governments and the MSM to the pandemic think those same discredited authorities are crying wolf about Vladimir Putin. But they're wrong. Putin really is a wolf.
Conservative MPs have called for fracking to be resumed with "the vigour of a national war effort" as the invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe's dependence on Russian gas.
Is Putin actually crazy? According to the Council for Foreign Relations, a combination of Long Covid and sustained bouts of isolation during lockdown may have driven him nuts.
Britain has weathered the Covid storm reasonably well – unlike China. Things are nearly back to normal here, but judging from the Winter Olympics China has become a fully-fledged biosecurity state.
Ofcom has replied to the complaint about Sky's collaboration with the Nudge Unit to promote climate change propaganda. It has dismissed it on the grounds that Sky's 'Net Zero' gobbledegook is "scientifically established".
Did my father anticipate the mismanagement of the pandemic by the meritocratic elite? Yes, according to Sohrab Ahmari, who has written a fascinating article about the arrogance and hubris of our meritocratic overlords.
12 months ago, anyone claiming SARS-CoV-2 had escaped from a lab in Wuham was dismissed as a "racist" and "conspiracy theorist". Now, it's the accepted view of 10 Downing Street.
Grael Monfils, France's No 1 men's tennis player, has withdrawn from the Davis Cup due to an adverse reaction to the booster jab. Maybe Djoko's not such a loon after all!
In this week's London Calling, the talking points are Justin Trudeau's political future, the influence of Klaus Schwab and whether we should cling on to nurse – Boris – for fear of something worse.
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