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BBC “Misrepresented” Covid Risk to Boost Lockdown Support, Says Top Government Scientific Adviser
The BBC was allowed to "misrepresent" the risk posed by Covid to most people to boost public support for lockdown, top Government adviser Professor Mark Woolhouse has told the Covid Inquiry.
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Third Electric London Bus Catches Fire in Month
An electric bus has caught fire in London, making it the third to burst into flames in the capital this month. The operator said that “events of this kind are very rare”. Rare, as in, weekly?
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Vaccine ‘Misinformation’ Isn’t to Blame for Rising Measles Cases
The UKHSA has declared a "national incident" over the number of measles cases in the West Midlands. Many have blamed vaccine 'misinformation' for low vaccine take-up. But this doesn't add up.
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Sadiq Khan’s Pathetic ‘Culture Picks’ Show He Has No Love For Culture – Just For Propaganda
Sadiq Khan's pathetic 'culture picks' for the Times are the usual assortment of Left-wing answers that reveal a man much more interested in propaganda than culture, says Steven Tucker.
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Academic Publishing is a Racket
Academic publishing has become a racket, says Dr. David Livermore. Authors pay thousands to get their articles in, editors and referees are practically slave-labour, but publishing houses like Elsevier are raking it in.
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New Sceptical Podcasting Platform Launched
A new, centre-Right podcasting and events business called Based has just been launched. Check out the website where you can sign up for ad-free, extended versions of the Weekly Sceptic, free tickets to live shows and more.
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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 virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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British Transport Police Launches Bursary for “British African” Students to Study Law as Chief Says Move Will Combat “Afriphobia” in the Force
British Transport Police is set to launch a bursary for "British African students" in an attempt to fight "systemic racism" and "Afriphobia" in the force in a move critics have slammed as "more discrimination".
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Electric Cars Cost Twice as Much to Insure as Petrol Vehicles
Drivers of electric cars are being asked to pay more than twice as much for insurance as those who own petrol-fuelled models as EV premiums surge 50% in a year, data have revealed.
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Keir Starmer Becomes Latest on Left to Gaslight Conservatives With Ludicrous Claim Culture War is Tory Invention
Keir Starmer – who has professed that a woman can have a penis – has become the latest figure to gaslight conservatives by making the ridiculous claim that the Culture War is an invention of Tories.
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