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March 31, 2020
An appearance on a Sky News podcast, in which I discuss the UK media's response to the Covid-19 panic
Some readers may want to listen to this . I come into the discussion about seven minutes into the podcast
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-pandemic-is-uk-beginning-to-flatten-the-curve-11966518
An Appearance on 'Good Morning Britain' to discuss the Coronavirus Panic with Piers Morgan
Some readers may wish to watch this TV appearance by me,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4xsk-SMA_8&app=desktop
via something called Facetime which makes me look as if I have been out inspecting my turnip fields in hot sunshine. I do not, however, have any turnip fields and there is no hot sunshine.
Bt the discussion, though dogged by all the problems one might expect from Piers Morgan and his colleague Susanna Reid, and a couple of others brought on to say I am an...
March 30, 2020
Lord Sumption Speaks against Hysteria-Driven Government Coronavirus Policy.
Here is a recording of the astonishing interview of Lord Sumption, a former member of the Supreme Court and last year's Reith Lecturer, on BBC Radio 4's World at One today , Monday 30th March 2020. It is by far the most high-powered criticism , made in public by a senior figure of considerable reputation and merit, of government policy on the corona virus. I shall be providing a transcript as soon as I can, but in the meanwhile I ask you to disseminate it as...
March 29, 2020
The Frightening Implications for Liberty of the Shutdown - An explanation of the Use of Law to Deprive us of Freedom of Movement and Assembly
I thought I would write about the astonishing implications for liberty of the events of the last few weeks. With the exception of Silkie Carlo of Big Brother Watch, almost no significant public figure has raised any concerns about this, and I had been unsurprised to see our vast ���Human Rights��� industry (concerned as it tends to be with the ���rights��� of criminals etc) unmoved by this huge assault on the fundamental freedoms, of movement and assembly, made by the Johnson government - or...
There's Powerful Evidence This Great Panic is Foolish. Yet our freedom is still broken and our economy crippled
Last week I dared to challenge the official wisdom and drew abuse as well as significant support. Now I reinforce my dissent:
As I watched the Prime Minister order mass house arrest on Monday night, I felt revulsion, anger and grief - as anyone brought up when this was a free and well-governed country would.
I also felt terribly alone. You could not have known, from anything broadcast that night or printed the following day, that anyone was unhappy with these events. But they...
March 24, 2020
An Interview on the Coronavirus with Talk Radio
Talk Radio deserves much credit for giving me the chance to explain my position on coronavirus on air, a rare exception from the general suppression of any dissent from the official view in supposedly free media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e66-8_JXq6o&feature=youtu.be
The interview with Professor Sucharit Bhakdu which I mention, also covered elsewhere on this blog, can be read and watched here
An Expert says the Current response to the Coronavirus is 'Grotesque, Absurd and Very Dangerous.'
A recent interview with Professor Dr Sucharit Bhakdi, an infectious medicine specialist. The Professor is one of the most highly cited medical research scientists in Germany. He was head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, one of Germany's most distinguished seats of learning.
The transcript is below .
Those who wish to watch the German original with English subtitles may do so here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBB9bA-gXL4
(NB...
March 21, 2020
PETER HITCHENS: Is shutting down Britain ��� with unprecedented curbs on ancient liberties ��� REALLY the best answer?
This is Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday column
Our columnist is renowned for independent thinking. It will enrage many, but here he offers a highly controversial personal view Some years ago I had the very good luck to fall into the hands of a totally useless doctor. It was hell, and nearly worse than that, but it taught me one of the most important lessons of my life. He was charming, grey-haired, smooth and beautifully dressed. He was standing in for my usual GP, a shabbier, more...
March 19, 2020
How I Achieved Herd Immunity - Confessions of a Nonconformist
Some readers may wish to read this article in 'First Things'
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/03/notes-from-a-nonconformist
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