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15/8/22

And Finally…

In this week’s London Calling, the talking points are the FBI's raid on Mar-a-Lago and why it won't do Trump any harm, the disgraceful assault on Salman Rushdie and Jerry Sadowitz’s cancellation in Edinburgh.

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15/8/22

Woke Medicine Abandons Meritocracy and Sense

American medicine has abandoned meritocracy. Black students are seven times more likely to be admitted to medical school than similarly qualified white students, and nine times more likely than Asian students.

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15/8/22

Why Are All-Cause Excess Deaths in the Under-45s So Much Higher This Year Than at the Height of the Pandemic?

If the WHO thinks it’s worthwhile declaring a public health emergency after five Monkeypox deaths, shouldn’t the 770 excess deaths of children across Europe so far this year also be flagged as a public health emergency?

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15/8/22

Peddlers of Environmental Doom are Closet Totalitarians

Jordan Peterson has written a great essay for the Telegraph about the utopianism that underpins the net zero agenda of the global corporate and political elites. Like other utopian projects, it will immiserate us all.

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15/8/22

The Pleasance Should be Boycotted After Cancelling Jerry Sadowitz

Comedians and public figures from across the political spectrum have condemned the decision of the Plesance Theatre to cancel a performance by the comedian Jerry Sadowitz.

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15/8/22

Over-Eating and Lack of Exercise During Lockdown Has Triggered Huge Increase in Gout

Binge-eating and lack of exercise during lockdown has led to a massive increase in people suffering from Gout. 234,000 patients were admitted to hospital with gout in 2021/22, according to NHS Digital.

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15/8/22

New Icelandic Study Shows Covid Reinfection Rates Rise With Number of Vaccine Doses

A new study in Iceland seems to show that, for most age groups, the more doses of COVID-19 vaccines you have, the more likely you are to be reinfected.

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14/8/22

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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14/8/22

Tell the Police to Stop Investigating Our Tweets and Start Policing Our Streets

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak should both pledge to do more to protect free speech as part of their leadership pitch. How about promising to ditch ’Non-Crime Hate Incidents’?

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14/8/22

Daniel Hannan Deservedly says “I Told You So” in Article Linking Our Economic Problems to the Lockdown Policy

Dan Hannan has written a blistering column for the Telegraph, deservedly saying "I told you so” about the catastrophic impact of the lockdown policy on the economy, something he warned of in May 2020.

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