Julie Burchill has written a terrific piece for Mail+ about the seemingly unstoppable rise of the new puritans – the woke brigade who want to cancel anyone who doesn't share their narrow, quasi-religious ideology.
According to a draft document seen by Reuters, the EU plans to urge world’s biggest economies to redouble their efforts to reduce carbon emissions at COP27, seemingly blind to the energy crisis engulfing the continent.
A senior Government source has told the Telegraph that one fracking company reckons it could get some energy into the market by next winter if it’s allowed to get cracking straight away.
The Daily Sceptic has submitted a response to Meta’s request for public feedback about its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Tl;dr: the best remedy for bad speech is more speech, not enforced silence.
Rishi Sunak has given an interview to the Spectator in which he claims to have been the only true lockdown sceptic in the Cabinet. “We shouldn’t have empowered the scientists the way he did,” he says.
Neil Henderson, a senior editor at the BBC, has publicly rebuked Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker for tweeting partisan nonsense, pointing out it’s a breach of the BBC’s editorial rules on impartiality.
Eco-Protestors caused severe disruption on the M25 this morning by blocking service stations and vandalising pumps, with over 31 people arrested.
Facebook is asking the public to comment on its COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ policy, i.e., when to censor content that runs counter to the official pandemic narrative. For details of how to respond, click below.
The Wall St Journal Editorial Board has pronounced its verdict on Dr Fauci – and it isn’t pretty. Conclusion: “His legacy is that millions of Americans will never trust government health experts again.”
Tony Blair has come up with some breathtakingly unoriginal proposals for 'future-proofing’ education – scrap exams and teach 'creativity’! It's same snake oil that education reformers have been selling for 150 years.
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