Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic
There are a few key things you should understand about taxes before we approach the question of whether Rishi Sunak should raise them today. First, the government doesn’t need to tax in order to spend. Whether More...
Brazil Covid-19 variant may reinfect up to 61% of those who recover from virus – study
Up to 61 percent of people who previously had Covid-19 could be reinfected with the highly contagious Brazilian ‘P1’ variant, a new study has found. Scientists say it’s too early to know if it’s More...
‘Those protests were dreadful’: UK Home Secretary says she ‘wouldn’t kneel’ for BLM, kicking off online slugfest
Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel is no fan of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, and her latest anti-BLM declaration, in which she called the demonstrations “dreadful,” has ignited a storm of controversy More...
Israel finally begins vaccinating Palestinians, but only those with Israeli work permits
After facing a backlash for its reluctance to extend coronavirus vaccinations to the Palestinian territories, Israel has finally started administering Covid-19 jabs to Palestinians, but only if they legally work More...
No new hospitalisations in those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, says Oxford vaccine chief but warns of mutant variants
The chief inspector of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has said the jab is having a profound impact on Covid-19 hospitalisation across the world but warned that new virus variants may impact the vaccines’ efficacy. “We More...
Long overdue? New service Counterweight provides counsel to those facing social justice-fueled ‘cancellation’
A well-known British intellectual has launched an organisation whose stated mission is to provide resources and guidance to those facing ‘cancellation’ in the workplace or elsewhere, eliciting cheers as well More...
Pro-lockdown Pope gets political on Covid-19 again, condemns those who traveled over the holidays despite pandemic
Pope Francis has weighed in again on Covid-19 politics, this time scolding people who traveled abroad during the holiday season to avoid lockdowns and saying he was “pained” and “saddened” More...
‘No British PM should accept those terms’: Johnson slams EU demands heading into final Brexit talks
Boris Johnson has accused the EU of offering Brexit terms that no prime minister could accept, just hours before he travels to Brussels for last-minute trade talks with the head of the bloc’s executive, Ursula More...
Wales to issue Covid-19 ‘immunisation card’ to those who receive Pfizer jab, triggering fears of ‘vaccine ID’ regime
Wales has announced that people who receive the newly-approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be given a card that provides details about the jab, sparking rumors and theories that the government was creating a new More...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei pledges to ‘firmly prosecute’ those behind assassination of top military scientist
Iran will have retribution for the death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the scientist killed on Friday, the country’s supreme leader has pledged. Iranian officials accuse Israel of being behind the killing. Fakhrizadeh More...
