A Senate report has concluded that a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology was probably the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not a conspiracy theory, then. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter take note.
In this week’s London Calling we discuss whether Rishi’s coronation is a WEF coup, the oddity of Just Stop Oil attacking a man who agrees with them about everything, and whether the world ‘globalist’ is anti-Semitic.
Rishi Sunak’s installation as Prime Minister is not the result of a globalist plot masterminded by the WEF. If there’s an invisible hand at work, it’s that of the financial markets.
In a victory for the Free Speech Union (and the Christian Legal Centre), the Metropolitan Police has apologised to FSU member Hatun Tash for arresting her for being ‘offensive’ and paid her £10,000 in damages.
Even if you dislike Boris because of his support for lockdowns, vaccine passports and Net Zero, he would be a better PM than Keir Starmer and Labour will be more likely to win the next election if the Tories choose Rishi.
To lose one genuinely conservative Cabinet minister may be regarded as a misfortune... The political events of the last week are beginning to look like a globalist coup. Or is it just one monumental cock-up after another?
In this week’s London Calling the talking points are: getting old, cycling accidents, the season finale of Rings of Power, Anthony Trollope’s masterpiece and whether Jeremy Hunt’s coronation is a deep state coup.
Why did PayPal double down on its political censorship policy last week, threatening to fine people $2,500 for wrongthink, only to then retreat again? And will this U-turn be enough to stop a mass exodus of its customers?
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast, the talking points are John Cleese joining GB News, Andrew Tate‘s unlikely comeback, Jay Rayner‘s hypocrisy, Black History Month and nuclear armageddon.
In this week’s London Calling the talking points are PayPal’s recent difficulties, John Cleese’s new show on GB News, Michael Gove’s alleged sadism, Boris's resignation honours list and the threat of nuclear war.
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