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Jimmy Lai’s Trial Marks the Death of Freedom in Hong Kong
Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old British and Hong Kong citizen and founder of the Daily Apple, is on trial for "colluding with foreign forces", in a show of power from Beijing that marks the death of freedom in the territory.
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Should We Be Worried That Over a Third of Young People Want to Live Under a Dictatorship?
Over a third of young people want to live under a leader who ignores elections and parliaments, according to a recent poll. What's driving this love of authoritarianism and should we be worried?
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Nursing and Midwifery Council Bans ‘Misgendering’ in ‘Free Speech’ Guidance
The nursing and midwifery council has banned 'misgendering' in its first 'free speech' guidance for practitioners. While broadly backing free speech on political issues, it draws a line at anything said to individuals.
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Online Moral Conformity
A study has found that individuals are more likely to give atypical answers to moral dilemmas when others have already given such answers. This 'online moral conformity' is surely relevant to the age of lockdown.
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Yay, Humbug! Why We Should All Be Scrooges On Immigration
Scrooge is everywhere at this time of year as the archetypal Christmas miser. But on some issues, like immigration, it's ultimately not kind to be anything other than Scrooge-like, says Steven Tucker.
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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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AfD Candidate Wins Mayoral Election, the Left Declares “Democracy is On Fire”
An AfD candidate in Germany has won a mayoral election for the first time via the novel strategy of standing on an appealing political platform, seeing off rivals who opted instead to try to subvert the choices of voters.
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BBC Brands Sunak-Meloni Festival a “Far-Right Rally”
The BBC has been criticised by Conservatives for describing a political festival hosted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and attended by Rishi Sunak as a "far-Right rally".
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Why Does the NHS Become Less Productive Every Year?
Why does the NHS become less productive every year, despite growing numbers of doctors and huge splurges of cash? A new report actually gets the answer right, for once.
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“Entirely Fictional, Shameless”: Top Mosquito Expert Blasts Dame Jenny Harries’s Claim That Climate Change Will Make Dengue Fever Common in U.K. Within 20 Years
A top mosquito expert has blasted Dame Jenny Harries's claim that climate change will make dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases common in the UK within 20 years, branding it "entirely fictional" and "shameless".
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