The refinery that supplies much of Scotland and northern England’s petrol and diesel could be at risk of cutbacks or even closure if Labour pushes ahead with plans to ban new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, its owners have warned. Andrew Gardner, the chairman of Petroineos, said Sir Keir Starmer’s promise to […]
Centre-right opposition National is on track to win the New Zealand election, ending six years of Labour government. Early results in the New Zealand contest are hugely positive for Chris Luxon’s party with the former Air New Zealand CEO set to become Prime Minister. Polls in the lead-up to election day suggested National would win […]
Deliberately calling someone by the ‘wrong’ gender pronouns could become a hate crime punishable by imprisonment under a Labour government, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Vowing to toughen up the sentencing guidelines for abuse and violence targeted at trans people, Labour would make attacks motivated by hatred of the victim’s gender identity into ‘aggravated […]
Leading voices in the climate community are in an uproar as their warming hypothesis comes under fresh assault by new scientific papers. The authors of the papers are being attacked and say that “activist scientists” threatened by the new findings are “aggressively conducting an orchestrated disinformation campaign to discredit the papers and the scientific reputation […]
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said he believed Carrie Johnson was the real Prime Minister during lockdown, text messages shown at the Covid Inquiry reveal. The Telegraph has the story. A series of WhatsApps between some of Boris Johnson’s top aides suggest the then Prime Minister was making decisions on Covid restrictions based solely on the […]
From coronavirus to climate change, scientific discussion has been stifled by the ‘settled science’ trope. As a long-term analyst and careful critic of medical papers it annoys me. In 2000 I began a column in the journal of the British Society for Rheumatology (conveniently titled Rheumatology) trawling the journals for interesting, unusual or bizarre pieces […]
The ‘conversion therapy’ ban seems to have been quietly dropped by the Government, but at its conference last week the Labour party set out plans for a “no loopholes” trans-inclusive ban that would criminalise those who help gender-confused children accept their biological sex. The Independent has the details. A “no loopholes”, trans-inclusive ban on conversion […]
lectric vehicle (EV) battery-related fires continue to be a problem worldwide. In the U.S. there have been reports about hurricane-flooded EV batteries catching fire as well in 2022 and again last month. E-bike battery fires have been problematic too – particularly in New York City. In San Diego, city officials recently decided to introduce legislation […]
The Media Reform Coalition (MRC) has published a new edition of its flagship ‘‘Who Owns the UK Media?’ report, this is their fifth study on media ownership in the United Kingdom, which covers data for the period since March 2021. According to MRC, the report highlights the dangerous levels of concentrated ownership across the UK’s […]
Almost 15 years ago in December 2008, Israel invaded Gaza under “Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009).” which is also known as the “Gaza War” and the “Gaza Massacre.” It was a three-week armed conflict between Gaza Strip Palestinian paramilitary groups and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The justification for this invasion was said to be “persistent terrorist […]
Lloyds Bank was under fire last night after offering free counselling to staff ‘appalled’ by talk from the Conservative Party conference. The unusually party political move saw the bank offer its 30,000 staff professional help via BUPA if they found themselves concerned by trans rhetoric at the government’s Manchester gathering. The conference saw trade minister Kemi […]
In November 2021, Josh Hardison and his wife, 34-year-old Nicole Charlotte Hardison, were looking at a bright future. They were expecting a baby. They’d just bought a house. But then Nicole got COVID-19 and had to be hospitalized. In the hospital, doctors gave her remdesivir, without her consent. She didn’t make it out. In November […]
Gaza is bracing for invasion after 1.2 million civilians were told to flee for their lives. Israeli military drones dropped flyers throughout the day yesterday demanding that Palestinians evacuate the northern half of the strip ‘within 24 hours’ or risk being caught in a military escalation. The IDF then launched its first ‘localised’ raids into Gaza, […]
A professor is at the centre of a free speech controversy yesterday after losing a university role because he described the use of the Welsh language on road signs as ‘potentially dangerous.’ Professor Nigel Hunt’s social media post outraged some Welsh language supporters, with the academic branded ‘xenophobic’ and ‘disrespectful’. Now the academic, who was […]
A journalist has died covering clashes on the border of Israel and southern Lebanon, Reuters confirmed today. Issam Abdallah was killed after an Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists, leaving six others injured. The shelling occurred during an exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border between Israeli troops and members of Hezbollah. […]
International pressure, including from the United States, for Israel to allow more time for Palestinian civilian evacuations of the northern half of Gaza Strip has grown. There appears to be some level of delay at this moment on the part of Israel’s military. Currently, there’s widespread expectation that Al Awda Hospital is about to be […]
Tributes have been paid to an NHS nurse and mother-of-three who died ‘suddenly’ in her sleep at the age of just 32. Laura Whittingham – who worked at the Royal Stoke University Hospital – was described as a ‘Disney Queen’ with the ‘most caring heart’. Her husband Carl Whittingham explained how ‘everything was normal’ when […]
A member of the public was caught on camera throwing an egg at a ULEZ van in London – as ‘Blade Runners’ today vowed to destroy eight out of ten cameras in four weeks amid backlash against Sadiq Khan‘s hated scheme. A livestreamer on Facebook filmed a member of the public jogging up to the white camera […]
A BBC journalist broke down in tears in a Gaza hospital after meeting a girl whose home was destroyed and family killed, saying she is the same age as his daughter. BBC Arabic reporter Adnan El-Bursh fell to his knees and removed his glasses before wiping his face as he was overcome by emotion at […]
Anti-Israel protests have been held in a ‘day of jihad’ across the world today after former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal demanded thousands of Muslims take to the streets to demonstrate amid the ongoing conflict. Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of […]
That’s a nice little business you got there, it would be a pity if the IRS confiscated it…” In an 8K filed by Microsoft after the close, the company said it received notices from IRS seeking additional payment of $28.9b plus penalties and interest for the tax years 2004-2013; the payments stem from disagreements over […]
In matters of Catholic dogma the Holy Father in Rome is deemed infallible, but when it comes to more earthly matters surrounding climate change, Pope Francis is mostly talking through his Pontifical Posterior. At one point, Francis suggests humans emitting carbon dioxide are causing “seaquakes”, while his inner Guardian soul is on clear display with […]
Transgender cyclists took both gold and silver medals at the women’s races at the Chicago CycloCross Cup in the latest example of male athletes unfairly pushing out their female competitors. The Mail has more. Tessa Johnson, 25, won first place in the Women’s SingleSpeed and Cat Half categories while Evelyn Williamson, 30, placed second in the SingleSpeed at the October […]
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