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The anti-lockdown campaigner and loud critic of the Government’s Covid response on why he is standing firm on his beliefs

objective truth, you will like Charles Murrays new book, pub date June 15: Murray writes two distinctly different kinds of book, long and short. In the long books (most recently  Real Education, are more journalistic and less challenging for a reader not well-acquainted with statistics. (And I just noticed, looking up  Real Education for the link, that its full title includes the word "reality," just as this new books title does. Charles Murray, like your genial diarist, clings to a fusty, ...

Its official contrition and restitution to Namibia for genocide resonates with other societies dealing with past wrongs.

Advertisement Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap to freedom’ was back on track last night after scientists dismissed fears that Covid vaccinations might be ineffective against the new Indian variant. Experts at the Government’s world-renowned Porton Down research centre have concluded that the jabs work to stop ‘infection, transmission and hospitalisation’ in the same way as they do with the dominant Kent strain. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zah...

The fuss about whether the Government should stick to its roadmap has brought some interesting creatures to the fore. We have seen them before, but never so clearly in their true plumage. There is a powerful body of medical opinion which would like to see a new relationship between the State and the citizen. It consists of public health professionals interested only in public health and blind to most things that make good health worth having.  The decision about June 21 will be a major test o...

Legendary guitarist and anti-lockdown activist Eric Clapton writes a letter blaming vaccine 'propaganda' for his second-dose AstraZeneca side effects.

Two hundred years ago today, Napoleon Bonaparte closed his eyes for the final time. A man born to relative obscurity in Corsica, he was lifted by merit to become Emperor of the French and conqueror of Europe. But the fault of his ambition and the might of his enemies ultimately led to his defeat at Waterloo. Napoleon died in British captivity on St Helena. Even in death, though, it is hard to doubt that Napoleon not only shaped the modern world, but still influences it today. France’s current...

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The Facts: The Ontario government has just announced very strict lockdown and stay at home orders. Theyve also given police the power to pull people over to find out where they are going and where they live. Reflect On: Is this really about the virus? Why are so many experts, and so much science that opposes what government is saying completely unacknowledged? Before you begin... Take a moment and breathe. Place your hand over your chest area, near your heart. Breathe slowly into the area for a...