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DIY Abortion Perfect for Abusers

righttolife.org.uk The Government is under increasing pressure to end the provision of ‘DIY’ home abortions as a medical doctor and research associate at the University of Oxford has described them as “every bit as horrifying” as warned. COVID-19 emergency measures are set to end in England this week

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A Look inside the Side Effects

Jack thecommoner.substack.com As a former primary and preschool teacher, one might not be surprised to hear countless stories related to the job in which a busily bustling classroom alive and kicking with youthful buoyancy sometimes led to tears. Although many of these instances were usually fixed with a

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to set out plans next week to remove self-isolation requirements for people infected with COVID-19, his office said on Saturday (local time). Britain would become the first major European country to allow people who know they are infected with COVID-19 to freely use shops,

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Firing and Hiring at the NHS

As is grimly familiar with public health systems, some years ago the Tasmanian health system went through a round of “downsizing”. That is, sacking staff. The funny thing was, though, that while nurses and orderlies were first for the chop, the number of clipboard-tickers never seemed to diminish. This is

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Britain’s Green Dark Age Looms

Britain’s Green Dark Age Looms

The 1970s were the time of Britain’s infamous “Winter of Discontent”. Striking garbage collectors and even grave diggers causing massive piles of garbage in London’s streets and unburied bodies in cemeteries. Just a few years earlier, striking coal miners forced the entire country into power rationing. Industries were

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Open Letter from the Children’s COVID Vaccines Advisory Group (CCVAG) To the JCVI: Pause Vaccines for Children Pending Urgent Review

Open Letter from the Children’s COVID Vaccines Advisory Group (CCVAG) To the JCVI: Pause Vaccines for Children Pending Urgent Review

CCVAG hartgroup.org Thursday, 10th February 2022, updated 13th February 2022 To: Professor Wei, JCVI Professor Sir Chris Whitty, CMO Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Secretary of State, DHSC CC Rt Hon Boris Johnson, Prime Minister Dear Professor Wei, Professor Whitty and Mr Javid, We wrote to you and also the

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How Dare the Plebs Accost an Elite!

How Dare the Plebs Accost an Elite!

As Guardian columnist Owen Jones recently noted, in a rare fit of clarity, the push by Britain’s political elite to “crack down on social media abuse of public figures” is less about any high-minded ideals and everything to do with insulating the political class from their own constituents. Rarely

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Why Are the Elite So Keen to End Online Anonymity?

Why Are the Elite So Keen to End Online Anonymity?

Somebody pass the smelling salts, I agree with Owen Jones. Jones is the avatar of what Orwell derided as the “pansy-left”: the effete, pampered, double-Arts degree types, ostentatiously flashing their copies of Marx and The Guardian in the cafes of the “better” suburbs. Or, just as often, penning bien pensant

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Welsh Sheep Dogs Aren’t Bilingual

February 8th, 2022. Language can be very confusing, with even English being able to be constructed so as to have multiple meanings (just ask Boris Johnson). Since 2016 all road signs in Wales have to be printed in Welsh with the English translation underneath. Previously, either language could be first.

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Toast Day Getting Closer for Johnson

February 6th, 2022. The situation regarding Boris Johnson gets murkier and murkier. There is more spin flying around than in a launderette. There is spin from number 10 (Boris Johnson), spin from number 10 (Carrie Johnson) and spin from numerous unnamed sources. We, the uneducated proletariat have to choose between

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Johnson The Toast Gets Higher

January 31st, 2022. The toast gets higher. The Sue Gray report into Downing Street and its parties/gatherings was published today. Except that it wasn’t. A document was presented to the Prime Minister which was described as an update. This was placed in Parliament’s library and Johnson attended

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The Great Escape?

January 29th, 2022. Has Johnson escaped being toast? Johnson’s allies are trying to rescue his premiership slowly scraping away at the accusations that have been made against him. The big question now, is will he make the great escape? Please refrain from making unkind comments about the picture, such

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A Litany of Absurdity

Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Allison Pearson writing for the Telegraph recounts her anti-lockdown views from early on, and how

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How to Lie with Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics

Mark J Patrick sojournal.co.nz How to Lie with Statistics is a book written by Darrell Huff in 1954. Admittedly I haven’t read the book, but it rose to prominence in recent years due to being on Bill Gates “Summer Book List” from 2015. While it was surmised

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