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Why lockdown was a catastrophic mistake
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Why lockdown was a catastrophic mistake

26th March 2025
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Scotland’s Covid inquiry is destroying the case for lockdowns Covid-19

Scotland’s Covid inquiry is destroying the case for lockdowns

9th August 2023

Laura Dodsworth

The green agenda is fuelled by fear Politics

The green agenda is fuelled by fear

3rd August 2023

Heneghan & Jefferson

The junk science behind face masks Covid-19

The junk science behind face masks

19th July 2023

Laura Dodsworth

The shameless fearmongering of the lockdown lobby Covid-19

The shameless fearmongering of the lockdown lobby

18th July 2023

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Joe Biden’s Ministry of Truth Free Speech

Joe Biden’s Ministry of Truth

12th July 2023

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The Covid inquiry is whitewashing the lockdown Covid-19

The Covid inquiry is whitewashing the lockdown

7th July 2023

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The shameful suppression of the lab-leak theory

1st July 2023

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Matt Hancock would lock us down forever Covid-19

Matt Hancock would lock us down forever

29th June 2023

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The mind-numbing pettiness of Partygate Politics

The mind-numbing pettiness of Partygate

28th June 2023

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We still need a reckoning with lockdown Covid-19

We still need a reckoning with lockdown

23rd June 2023

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Spare me the lectures of the anti-Boris set Politics

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19th June 2023

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Brexit is far bigger than Boris Brexit

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16th June 2023

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The hysterical pursuit of Boris Johnson Politics

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15th June 2023

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Bernard Jenkin and the pandemic of hypocrites Covid-19

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14th June 2023
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