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Lockdown and the Pretence of Knowledge
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, F.A. Hayek noted: "the erroneous belief that the exercise of some power would have beneficial consequences is likely to lead to a new power to coerce". This remains true today.
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Sadiq Khan Calls for Mandatory Face Masks on Public Transport
Sadiq Khan has demanded that the Government re-impose mandatory face masks on public transport.
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A Patient Writes…
Jonny Peppiatt, a regular contributor to the Daily Sceptic, has just returned home after a recent hospital stay. He shares his thoughts about what it's like to be a non-Covid patient in a Covid-obsessed NHS.
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News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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Travel Red List Scrapped
Fully vaccinated travellers entering the U.K. from the remaining seven countries on the 'red list' will not have to self-isolate from 4am on Monday. But the Government has left the door open to bring back the policy.
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£1.8 Billion Funding Boost for Schools to Address The Disruption Caused by Lockdown
Schools are to receive a £1.8 billion funding boost to help resolve the disruption caused by lockdown.
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Melbourne Waiter with Covid Vaccine Exemption Denied Work
Mason Reed, who lives in Melbourne, has an official Covid vaccine exemption but has been denied work as firms refuse to hire anyone unvaccinated.
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Californian Burger Restaurant Shut Down For Refusing to Enforce Vaccine Passports
A Californian burger restaurant has been closed down following its continuous refusal to check customers for vaccine passports.
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Why Sceptics Like Me Lost the Argument
Why have the lockdown sceptics' failed to win the argument? Partly because we made the mistake of trying to appeal to reason, but partly because we got some things wrong at the beginning.
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Boris Was Right to Release All Restrictions Freedom Day, Says Professor Lockdown
Releasing all Covid restrictions on 'Freedom Day' was the right thing to do despite outcry at the time, a study for Imperial College London led by 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson has found.
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