Like a number of the weird little pressure groups that sprung up over the pandemic, the modus operandi of the Health Advisory & Recovery Team, or HART, is relatively straightforward: cobble together a bunch of people with vaguely academic credentials, …
What’s the point of Boris Johnson?
When the Red Wall elected Boris Johnson, they thought they were getting an outsider who would take on the dreary consensus which has dominated Britain for 40 years. Instead, they got an establishment politician who spent much of the last …
Why we’ll end up eating bugs
It’s that special time of year when the global elites gather together at Davos. Or rather it would be, if it weren’t for Covid. Thanks to the Omicron wave, the World Economic Forum 2022 has been postponed.
But don’t despair. …
Boris is our sin-eater
In the 19th-century Welsh Marches, when someone lay on their deathbed, folklore reports that it was usual to summon a person known as the “sin-eater”. This person would place a plate of salt on the dying person’s breast, then a …
Covid could still save Boris
Is Boris Johnson toast? His personal ratings have been declining steadily since last May and Labour now have their biggest lead over the Tories since 2013. But whether the Prime Minister survives is an open question: there may yet be …
The Griffin Talks With Nick Hudson: Covid Overview – The overlay of Politics, Economics and Medicine
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The misogyny of the NHS
When it became clear two years ago that the NHS could be overwhelmed by a terrifying new virus, Britain leapt to its support: we clapped, we donated and we decided to paint rainbows. What we didn’t do, however, was question …
Will nudge theory survive the pandemic?
In 2015, during a public debate on behavioural science in Lucerne, I was accused of supporting tactics befitting an unsavoury authoritarian regime. At the time, knowing how well-intentioned my colleagues were, I thought this was, quite frankly, nuts.
I remain …
Hong Kong’s lockdown hypocrisy
The most damaging political scandals are simple at heart. They involve basic human sins. We all understand stories about greed or sex or hypocrisy because they are such universal human failings. Which is why stories about lockdown parties in Downing …
Is the New Right a grift?
The American Right is turning against democracy, or so we are constantly told. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, the “coup attempt” of January 6 — the list goes on. Kamala Harris warns of the greatest national security threat facing the nation. Worst …
It’s time to end mandatory isolation
Since they were first introduced, lateral flow tests have been controversial: some scientists have suggested that they miss a large number of cases. Others warned that they will pick up a large number of otherwise undetected infections, and so reduce …
A rebuttal of the public health policy of the Ulster Unionist Party of N. Ireland
Good morning,
Thank you for your quick response.
I am surprised and dismayed that you are not intuitively opposed to vaccine passports and lockdowns.
Your policy is predicated firstly on the effectiveness and safety of a trial vaccine, and secondly …
20 Mites en Realiteite
Mite #1:
Die virus is nuut.
Realiteit: Die virus is nou verwant aan wyd-sirkulerende betacoronavirusse, met 65-70% gemeenskaplike genetiese materiaal.
Mite #2:Almal is vatbaar (immunologies naïef).
Realiteit: Voorafbestaande of oorkruisimmuniteit is wydverspreid, en boonop geniet kinders byna universeel robuuste …
20 Lies
Myth #1:
The virus is new.
Reality: The virus is closely related to widely circulating betacoronaviruses, sharing 65-70% common genetic material.
Myth #2:Everyone is susceptible (immunologically naive).
Reality: Pre-existing or cross-immunity is widespread, and moreover children almost universally enjoy …
RebelNews: All of this has been done for nothing – with Nick Hudson
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