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Professor Chris Whitty said that more people could die this year from smoking than Covid.

Cancers associated with smoking are caused “almost entirely for profit”, England’s chief medical officer has said. In a lecture to Gresham College, Professor Chris Whitty said that there had been “almost no improvement” in lung cancer mortality over time and that it was a “largely preventable” cancer. More people could die this year from smoking than Covid-19, he said. He also raised concern about “slow” advances in medical science for dementia. Prof Whitty said: “This is now the UK’s number one killer from cancer – over one in five people who die from cancer will die ...

It certainly appears that central bank controlled digital currency is gaining even more popularity. These “Fedcoins,” according to The Economist, “are a new incarnation of money. They promise to make finance work better but also to shift power from individuals to the state, alter geopolitics and change how capital is allocated.” The same piece also reveals the increased level of support for digital money: “Over 50 monetary authorities, representing the bulk of global GDP, are exploring digital currencies.” But perhaps more importantly, “Fedcoins” could signal the beginning ...

The government’s commitment to rein in the power of judges appears unabated, with legislation in the Queen’s Speech to “restore the balance of power between the executive, legislature and the courts”

Mata Hari - the erotic dancer was executed during World War I as one of several ‘evil female spies’. The ‘spy-mania’ at the time was influenced by the assumption that women were innately deceptive. It was also believed that women exploited the war to gain social and economic privileges that belonged previously for men only. Historian Joanne Bourke explains what made Mata Hari the perfect scape goat.