Binge-eating and lack of exercise during lockdown has led to a massive increase in people suffering from Gout. 234,000 patients were admitted to hospital with gout in 2021/22, according to NHS Digital.
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak should both pledge to do more to protect free speech as part of their leadership pitch. How about promising to ditch ’Non-Crime Hate Incidents’?
Dan Hannan has written a blistering column for the Telegraph, deservedly saying "I told you so” about the catastrophic impact of the lockdown policy on the economy, something he warned of in May 2020.
Stuart Ritchie has written a good piece puzzling over why dozens of academics were so quick to leap to the defence of a university student who'd written a paper about masturbating to Japanese pornography.
J.K. Rowling has been told “You are next” by an Islamist extremist after she expressed sympathy for Salman Rushdie.
At one point, Jacinda Arden was hailed as the global face of progressive politics. Now, the New Zealand Labour Party is facing a wipe out at the next election. Is this a cautionary tale for other would-be woke leaders?
Douglas Murray has written two pieces about the attack on Salman Rushdie, one for the Telegraph, the other for the Spectator. In both, he urges British politicians to unequivocally stand behind the author.
Rupa Subramanya, a Canadian journalist, has written an eye-opening piece for the Telegraph revealing just how threadbare Justin Trudeau's justification for imposing a federal vaccine mandate was. ‘The Science’ it wasn't.
The writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed earlier today while speaking on stage at an event in Buffalo, New York. He was air-lifted to hospital where his condition is unknown.
Karol Sikora was accused of endangering people's lives by warning against turning the NHS into a Covid-only service during the lockdowns. Now, predictably, over 300,000 people are on NHS England's cancer waiting list.
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