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Does Putin’s ‘Peter the Great’ Comparison Mean NATO Never Mattered?
Putin recently compared himself to Tsar Peter the Great. Does this mean NATO never mattered? No. The point is that Putin would not have acted on his 'imperialist' beliefs had the West followed a different policy.
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USA Today Joins in the Climate ‘Fact-Checking’ of the Daily Sceptic
USA Today is the latest outlet to 'fact check' a Daily Sceptic climate article. It says our claim that weather balloon data show global warming has slowed is "false". But you can see it with your own eyes.
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Solving the Crimes of the Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical industry is much too keen on new drugs and prone to conceal risk and exaggerate benefit. But radical proposals to overhaul it will fail. What can practically be done to improve it?
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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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Hansard to Include ‘Trigger Warnings’ to Protect Parliamentary Snowflakes
Snowflakes aren't confined to university campuses. Hansard, the official Parliamentary record, is going to include 'trigger warnings' to protect MPs and Peers from having their feelings hurt by 'offensive' words.
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Anthony Fauci Tests Positive For COVID-19 Despite Four Vaccine Doses
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leader of the U.S. Government’s Covid pandemic response effort, has tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated four times.
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Don’t be Fooled – the Online Safety Bill Poses a Grave Threat to Free Speech
The concept of 'Legal but harmful' is a sneaky way of trying to restrict free speech and a departure from the fundamental principle of English law, which is that unless something is explicitly prohibited it is permitted.
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WHO Pandemic Treaty a “Power Grab at Behest of Big Pharma and Big Donors”, Says Former UN Assistant Secretary-General
Former UN Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh Thakur has warned of a massive expansion of the international pandemic bureaucracy and the powers of the WHO to press countries towards authoritarian public health measures.
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Ignore the Misinformation: Omicron Infection Does Give Natural Immunity
An Imperial study appeared this week that was reported in the press as showing that Omicron infection does "virtually nothing" to protect against re-infection. But the study actually shows the opposite.
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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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