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Oil Well That Ends Wells

Law prof David McGrogan analyses the Supreme Court's decision in Finch v Surrey County Council, which torpedoed a new oil well, and says it's typical of the way democratic decision making has been turned over to 'experts'.

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News Round-Up

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.

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Labour’s Tax on Education Has One True Goal: to Abolish Private Schools

Labour claims its Education Tax on private schools is to raise revenue for the state sector. But it's unlikely to do that – and no wonder when the policy's architect is clear that it wants private schools to disappear.

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Farage Won’t Visit Scotland Because it’s Too Dangerous After He Was Attacked by Far Left on Last Visit

Nigel Farage has not come to Scotland during the General Election campaign because it is too “dangerous” after he was attacked by far Left activists the last time he visited, Richard Tice has said.

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Did I Miss the Bit Where We Decided it Was Okay to Track Children?

It's increasingly common for parents to track their teenage children using a mobile phone app. Joanna Gray wonders if she missed the bit where we decided this was okay. Whatever happened to learning independence?

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Nigel Farage is Right That Putin is Worried About NATO – And Richard Kemp is Wrong

The retired British Colonel Richard Kemp has written a piece accusing Nigel Farage of "playing into our enemies' hands" by saying Putin is worried about NATO. Noah Carl provides a point-by-point rebuttal of Kemp's article.

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How Government Psychological Manipulation of the Public Became Normal

Government psychological manipulation of the public has become normal in the U.K. in a trend consolidated during Covid. Dr Gary Sidley traces the roots of this illiberal movement.

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Climate Lawfare Will Destroy What Remains of Britain’s Industries

In ruling that oil cannot be extracted without taking into account its impact on Net Zero, the U.K. Supreme Court has delivered yet another blow to the country's dying industries, says Ben Pile, not to mention parliamentary sovereignty.

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Nick Dixon and Toby Young Talk About Nigel Farage Being Piled on For Claiming Putin Was ‘Provoked’, the Tories’ Doom Spiral and Keir Starmer’s Hidden Agenda

In the latest episode of the Weekly Sceptic, the talking points are the Matrix attack on Farage, the Tories' catastrophic election campaign and Keir Starmer's hidden agenda.

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News Round-Up

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.

Read more