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A-Level Students Miss Out on University Places as a Result of Lockdown
Why are such a large number of A-level students unable to get into university this year? They're paying the price for the lockdown policy.
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1,200 Scientists and Professionals Declare: “There is No Climate Emergency”
First we had the Great Barrington Declaration, challenging the 'settled' scientific consensus about lockdowns. Now comes the World Climate Declaration, challenging the computer models predicting environmental catastrophe.
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‘Net Zero’ Groupthink Got Us Into This Mess
Political parties raced to make Britain a "climate leader". But they failed to plan for the bumps in the road and we're all paying the price.
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The Hidden Harms of the Online Safety Bill
Jonathan Sumption has written a splendid piece for the Spectator, explaining exactly what's wrong with the Online Safety Bill and its creation of a new category of speech which is ‘legal but harmful’.
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Can Nuclear Energy Save Europe?
Nuclear power can't save Europe. It takes at least five years to build a nuclear plant. What's more, France gets 70% of its electricity from nuclear, but this hasn't stopped prices there from skyrocketing.
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Most People Infected With Omicron Weren’t Even Aware They Had It
A new study from Cedars-Sinai found that a minority of people suffering from Omicron even realised they had it – and, bizarrely, the researchers interpret this as a cause for alarm, not a reason to relax.
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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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White House Climate Change Official Sanctioned by National Academy of Sciences for Scientific Misconduct
The White House has been urging social media companies to censor ‘misinformaton' about climate change. But embarrassingly, a White House climate change official has just been sanctioned for scientific misconduct.
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Public Reading in New York to Show Solidarity With Salman Rushdie
Pen America has organised an event to express solidarity with Salman Rushdie in which various well-known authors will read out passages from The Satanic Verses on the steps of the New York Public Library on Friday.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Leeds University Student for 34 Years For Thought Crime
Salma al-Shebab, a student at Leeds University, has been sentenced to 34 years by a Saudi court for following and retweeting dissident activists on Twitter.
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