August 15th, 2021. Boris Johnson is plummeting in the ratings. Some 48% of those polled thought he was a “poor” or a “terrible” Prime Minister. He was “average” in the eyes of 25%, and “good” or “great” according to just 20%. Boris Johnson’s poll lead over Labour has collapsed
John Redwood johnredwoodsdiary.com The digital revolution sweeps on. Much of it is miracle technology that makes lives easier and better. It is transforming shopping, entertainment, media and much else. Parts of the public sector though are making technology into a misery machine to spy on us , infuriate us and
Family First familyfirst.org.nz This is how ‘hate speech’ laws look in the UK, just a complaint – even a false one – can lead to significant persecution. No doubt similar events – leading to false arrests – will happen in New Zealand if the proposed Hate Speech laws come into force. “Miss
BFD commentators are a smart bunch. Recently a commentator made the fair point that the UK’s sudden reduction in Covid cases after removing restrictions could be explained by people having fewer tests. As I say, that’s a fair call. But it’s pretty difficult to use the same
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
When I wrote, some time ago, that The left is promoting paedophilia (again), I worried that I was over-doing it. Was it drawing too much of a conspiratorial bow? After all, it sounded uncomfortably close to the conspiracy theories of Pizzagate and QAnon. If anything, I understated it. From
righttolife.org.uk World-leading robotics and artificial intelligence scientist Dr Peter Scott-Morgan, who has motor neurone disease (MND), has spoken out against the assisted suicide bill currently being considered by the House of Lords. Dr Scott-Morgan, who describes himself as a “human-cyborg”, laid out his position
righttolife.org.uk Human rights campaigner and Member of the House of Lords, David Alton, has highlighted the double standards of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill currently being considered by the House of Lords. As explained in the piece, “If enacted, the [The Animal Welfare (Sentience)] bill would formally recognise
Trevor Stammers mercatornet.com Trevor Stammers is a freelance author and editor and retired GP and Associate Professor of Bioethics. He was in practice as a family doctor for 30 years and is the co-author (with Tim Doak) of ‘Saving Sex – Questions and Answers About Relationships and Sex’. He
righttolife.org.uk Secret NHS plans, drawn up three years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, recommended that doctors deny care to premature babies, the elderly, and those with “life-limiting conditions” such as cerebral palsy. The NHS England report sent to Government advisers in 2016, laid out potential “patient
Anna Farrow mercatornet.com Anna Farrow is Executive Director of the English Speaking Catholic Council, a lay organization which acts as a coordinating forum for English-speaking Catholics in Quebec. Long before David Attenborough brought his soothing voice to the explication of animal behaviour for the BBC Life series, the
Contrary to the lunatic gibberings of the climate alarmists and pandemic panickers, neither climate change nor the Wuhan virus are the defining issues of our times. The great issue of our times is free speech. Free speech is the fundamental value of liberal democracy. Civil rights, women’s rights, voting
Just how many lies have we been sold about the Wuhan pandemic? Not just the blatant lies from the Chinese Communist Party, but from our “sole sources of truth”? The daily shrieking of cases, infections, hospitalisations, blah-blah-blah. These daily doses of fear-porn have been used to keep
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen Cardiff University Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is the author of three books, Disasters and the Media (Peter Lang, 2012; co-authored with Mervi Pantti and Simon Cottle), Journalists and the Public (Hampton Press, 2007) and Citizens or Consumers? (Open University Press, 2005; co-authored with Justin Lewis and
July 20th, 2021. In 1966 6% of young people went to university but by 2018 this had reached 50.2%. Tony Blair achieved this as one of his policies. With the long march of socialism through the universities and higher education, this means that the young are now being trained
