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Friday, 12 September 2025

The Public Won’t be Gaslit on Net Zero Any Longer

According to the Times this week, a “soaring number of Britons” believe that “global warming [is] exaggerated”. The article is based on YouGov polling commissioned by the newspaper, and many of the results are quite stark. For example, whereas in March 2021, 51% of respondents supported the banning of new petrol and diesel cars to force the ‘transition’ to EVs, in June this year, 58% now oppose it. But much more is revealed by this piece than the statistics representing a shift in the public mood.

The poll is bad news for the Government’s green agenda, because it seems that the closer to green Utopia we get, the less the ungrateful hoi polloi are content with the destination. And, as has been consistently shown by polling throughout the era of green policymaking, support for the agenda is almost entirely dependent on respondents’ belief that the policies will not affect them....<<<Read More>>>...

 

All mRNA products are developed and marketed under EUA. Do you understand what that means?

 Debbie Lerman asks a pertinent question: What do you believe the claims of “safe and effective” for mRNA products are based on?

Outside of a war or terror incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, covid injections were the first mRNA products to be “approved” using a legal mechanism intended for countermeasures to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear emergencies.

Called the Emergency Use Authorisation (“EUA”), this authorisation process is separate from and not part of the drug approval process. Yet the covid “vaccines” were widely touted as “safe and effective” as if they had undergone the rigorous testing and safety monitoring that is required under laws regulating drugs. 

The “safe and effective” mantra was a marketing slogan, not based on evidence. All mRNA products must be viewed in this context....<<<Read More>>>...


Thursday, 11 September 2025

The Billionaire-Funded Networks that Draw Young People into the Nutty World of Doctrinaire Far-Left Activism

 Last week you may have spotted activists kicking off at the Reform UK Conference. During Nigel Farage’s conference speech, a young man interrupted to shout out “Nigel, you are not a man of the people. You work for the billionaires”, while another woman from the same activist group was thrown out for being disruptive. 

These campaigners were from Climate Resistance, which describes itself as “a radical grassroots collective fighting for justice through strategic, direct action campaigns”.

But how do these far Left groups recruit their activists? 

Many would like the public to think their young members naturally came to join their movements and to hold views such as “Climate justice can only be achieved by dismantling the systems of oppression that are driving intersecting environmental, social, and economic crises”, as Climate Resistance puts it. However, these groups are far more organised than their anarchic appearances suggest. Take Climate Resistance, which invites activists to sign up to welcome talks (with banner-making) – one of several such events taking place in Whitechapel, London...<<<Read More>>>...

Online Safety Act: Ofcom’s super-complaints scheme will be used to censor “emerging online harms”

 The UK’s Online Safety Act is being used to monitor and censor online users, not only in the UK but worldwide. Now, Ofcom, the regulator implementing the provisions of the Act, is turning its attention to “emerging online harms.”

At the end of this year, new regulations will come into effect that allow for super-complaints to be made to Ofcom. Super-complaints are complaints made by designated organisations, including charities and consumer groups, on broad, emerging trends or widespread “online safety issues” across multiple platforms.

A super-complaint is a formal mechanism established under the Online Safety Act that allows designated organisations to raise concerns about systemic issues affecting users of regulated online services. Unlike individual complaints, super-complaints focus on broad, emerging trends or widespread problems across multiple platforms, rather than isolated incidents.

Eligible entities, such as consumer protection bodies or organisations representing users, can submit these complaints to trigger a specific regulatory response from Ofcom. The super-complaints regime is designed to complement Ofcom’s own research and horizon scanning, a forward-looking assessment of emerging risks and trends in digital services.

“The super-complaints regime, in line with the Act and recent Government regulations … will enable eligible entities to raise systemic issues that arise across services or, in exceptional circumstances, on one service, to our attention. We expect to consult on draft guidance for potential super-complainants in September 2025 and publish our final guidance in early 2026,” Ofcom’s roadmap to regulation of “online safety” states....<<<Read More>>>...

Reexamining the global warming narrative: Insights from “The Satanic Gases” by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling Jr.

 Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling Jr. argue in "The Satanic Gases" that mainstream panic over global warming is politically motivated rather than scientifically sound, criticizing figures like Al Gore for exploiting extreme weather events for political gain.

The authors demonstrate that climate models have consistently overstated warming trends, with real-world data showing minimal temperature increases in over 80 percent of the troposphere — undermining claims of rapid climate change.

Contrary to apocalyptic predictions, rising CO? levels enhance plant growth, agricultural productivity and ecosystem health, with studies confirming a global "greening" effect.

Federal funding and institutional incentives bias research toward alarmism, with scientists incentivized to perpetuate exaggerated narratives despite contradictory evidence.

The Kyoto Protocol and similar mitigation efforts are deemed costly and futile, with the authors advocating instead for adaptation strategies and evidence-based policymaking free from political distortions.

In "The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming," climatologists Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling Jr. present a bold challenge to the mainstream narrative on climate change.

They argue that much of the panic surrounding global warming is politically driven rather than scientifically justified. Their book dismantles the alarmist claims often promoted by figures like former Vice President Al Gore, who has built his career on framing extreme weather events as direct consequences of human-caused climate change. Michaels and Balling contend that these incidents are exploited for political gain rather than reflecting genuine scientific consensus....<<<Read More>>>...

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Brighton Council Ignores Van With Palestine Flag for Months – But Tows it Days After St George’s Flag Added

 Brighton Council has been accused of “two-tier” hypocrisy after ignoring a van with a Palestine flag for months only to tow it days after a St George’s flag was added. GB News has the story.

Two Brighton residents have spoken out against what they perceive as discriminatory treatment by their local council regarding the removal of a caravan from a Coldean street. Ryan Bishop and Josh Amble appeared on GB News with presenter Martin Daubney to voice their concerns about the timing of the vehicle’s removal.

“It was there for a good six months and a lot of people contacted the council, they didn’t want to know. It wasn’t removed,” Bishop told Martin during the show.

“The second our cross gets put up, it gets removed straight away. It proves our two-tier society. It’s disgusting”, he said.

The pair argued that the council’s swift action after a St George’s flag was added to the caravan, following months of inaction while it displayed a Palestine flag, demonstrated unfair treatment.

Brighton and Hove City Council has come under fire for allegedly showing bias in its enforcement actions after a caravan that had displayed a Palestine flag for half a year was suddenly removed within days of a St George’s flag being attached to it.

The vehicle had reportedly been parked on a Coldean road for approximately six months without council intervention, despite numerous complaints from residents during that period. However, the local authority took swift action to remove the caravan shortly after England’s national flag was added to it.

“I think it’s an absolute outrage. We’re shut down and silenced and get called far-right and racist when something like this happens. It gets worse and worse,” Mr Bishop stated during his GB News appearance.

The local authority has defended its actions, stating that the caravan was removed under Section 143 of The Highways Act as part of standard enforcement procedures against non-motorised vehicles stored on public roads.

“The caravan was put under formal notice on July 7th 2025. As is our standard policy in these circumstances, we had been liaising with the owner as a first stage, who had assured us it would be moved,” the council said in an official statement.

When the owner failed to relocate the vehicle by the deadline, contractors were hired to remove it. The council emphasised that this caravan was one of three removed from various locations across the city during the same enforcement operation....<<<Read More>>>...

Global Warming Exaggerated, Say Soaring Number of Britons

 The number of Brits who think the dangers of global warming have been exaggerated has jumped by more than 50% in the past four years, while nearly 90% say they do not support energy bills rising to pay for Net Zero. The revelations come in new polling for the Times, which has the story.

One in four voters now believe that concerns over climate change are not as real as scientists have said, amid growing public concern at the cost of the Government’s Net Zero policies.

Less than a third of the public (30%) are in favour of banning new petrol and diesel cars — down from 51% in 2021.

Only 16% of voters said they would be prepared to pay higher gas bills to encourage the switch to electricity.

Experts said the findings showed that growing climate scepticism within mainstream politics in both Britain and the US was cutting through with voters, as the broad consensus on climate action breaks down. …

Four years ago climate change was identified as the fourth most important issue facing the country ahead of immigration and asylum, education and crime.

At the time only 11 per cent of the 1,600-plus people questioned said that global warming was not the result of human activity while only 16% believed that the warnings from scientists about its implications were exaggerated.

Now climate change has fallen right down the list of the public concerns while there has been a marked increase in climate scepticism. The environment has fallen behind issues such as the economy and immigration, but is still above education, transport and Brexit.

Today 16% of voters think global warming is not the result of human activity, while 25% think the threat has been exaggerated....<<<Read More>>>....

Online Safety Act: UK government’s global censorship has turned up a notch

 This week, the UK government has openly moved from using the Online Safety Act for age verification to using it for censorship.

On Monday, the Government announced urgent action to strengthen the Online Safety Act by amending it to classify content encouraging or assisting serious self-harm as a “priority offence” for all users, not just children.

This change will legally require tech companies to proactively use cutting-edge technology to hunt down and remove such material before it can reach users, rather than simply reacting after it has been published.

As with all these nefarious schemes, who decides what content causes “self-harm”? It is open-ended and can be applied to just about any content – which is the intention.

The following are extracts from the article ‘UK OSA moves past age assurance into censorship with self-harm content designation’ published by Biometric Update on 9 September 2025.

The UK government continues to build out the Online Safety Act (“OSA”), this week announcing tighter legal requirements for platforms to locate and remove material that encourages or assists serious self-harm.

The change means that platforms will have the responsibility to ensure content previously subject to age assurance regulations, which is also being made illegal, is intercepted and removed before reaching children or adult users.

The move is just the first in what is expected to be a series of amendments toughening the OSA by new Technology Secretary Liz Kendall. Ofcom is expected to publish a register of regulated services soon, MLex reports, after the government’s approach to categorisation was upheld in court.

A release from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (“DSIT”) says the OSA will be amended to classify self-harm content as a “priority offence.” It specifies that, while the measure is partly to protect children from content that promotes suicide, eating disorders and “online challenges or hoaxes that may encourage someone to take part in an activity that could cause them harm,” it also aims to help adults with mental health challenges avoid bogus medical advice and potential triggers....<<<Read More>>>...


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Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Lloyd’s of London Quits Net Zero

 Insurance market Lloyd’s of London (not to be confused with the Lloyds Banking Group) has taken another step away from Net Zero. According to the Financial Times, Lloyd’s new boss Patrick Tiernan has said that the owners of the insurance market “will no longer ask insurers to stop providing insurance cover for coal or other planet-warming fossil fuels”.

A number of newspaper reports covering the story put the blame (or credit, if you prefer) at the White House. Lloyd’s move came “amid a backlash led by Donald Trump against pro-green financing”, says the Telegraph. The Guardian says: “Donald Trump has been expanding oil, gas and coal production, ordering companies to ‘drill, baby, drill’ while ditching green energy programmes.” And the green-leaning FT, too, uses the slogan to contextualise this nail in the global Net Zero coffin, mentioning that “US President Donald Trump ditched dozens of clean energy programmes in favour of fossil fuels, and urged oil and gas companies to ‘drill, baby, drill’”....<<<Read More>>>...


UK government’s digital wallet plus digital ID is the digital prison

The UK is planning to launch a digital ID app called ‘GOV.UK Wallet’ by the end of 2025.

At the same time, the Labour government is currently considering a proposed mandatory, universal digital identity system, called the BritCard, advocated by the think tank Labour Together.

The Britcard will be a free digital credential stored on a smartphone via the GOV.UK Wallet app, designed to verify an individual’s right to live, work and rent in the UK.

This is a digital prison. Those who comply risk not only their own autonomy but also the future freedom of their children and grandchildren. Future generations may never know what it means to live outside constant surveillance.

Currently in the UK, a Wallet and Digital ID App – a mobile app called “GOV.UK Wallet” – is set to launch at the end of 2025 (for both Android and iOS). It allows users to store government-issued documents, like veteran cards and digital driver’s licences. By 2027, all UK government services issuing physical credentials must offer a digital alternative. This Labour government is considering a mandatory or widely used digital ID card (“BritCard”), but there is no official rollout timeline yet.

The GOV.UK Wallet has already begun phased deployment with public sector bodies, which started in May 2024 and a broader rollout is expected through 2025.

Some of you may have experienced situations when they have collected your data digitally – if you bought a new car on finance or applied for a new job in the last year or two. It’s time-consuming and often tricky but once they’ve got your data, that’s it. The card would be linked to government records and could be checked by employers or landlords...<<<Read More>>>...

Monday, 8 September 2025

These six common artificial sweeteners are now linked to cognitive decline

 For decades, artificial sweeteners have been marketed as a guilt-free alternative to sugar—helping people manage weight, control blood sugar, and avoid cavities without sacrificing sweetness. But mounting research suggests these chemical substitutes may come with a hidden cost: accelerated brain aging and cognitive decline. A new study published in Neurology has linked six widely used artificial sweeteners—aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame potassium, erythritol, xylitol, and sorbitol—to troubling declines in memory, language, and thinking skills.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that these sugar substitutes, found in everything from diet sodas to sugar-free candies, may be silently harming brain health. While scientists are still unraveling the exact mechanisms, previous research suggests these sweeteners contribute to inflammation, blood clotting, and even toxic breakdown products that damage delicate neural pathways. The implications are alarming—especially since many people consume these substances daily, often without realizing it.

Six artificial sweeteners—aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame potassium, erythritol, xylitol, and sorbitol—are linked to faster brain aging and cognitive decline.
Even small daily amounts (equivalent to one can of Diet Coke) accelerated brain aging by 1.6 years.

The effect was strongest in middle-aged adults under 60, suggesting early dietary habits may set the stage for later cognitive problems.

Erythritol has also been tied to blood vessel damage in the brain, increasing stroke risk.

Only tagatose, a natural sweetener found in some fruits and dairy, showed no negative effects....<<<Read More>>>...

Starmer “Tried to Sack Ed Miliband From Net Zero Brief But He Refused to Go”

 The PM is said to have asked Mr Miliband to take over Angela Rayner’s Housing Department as he reshaped his team on Friday.

However, Mr Miliband refused – insisting he wanted to keep overseeing the climate drive.

Sir Keir has pledged a new focus on growth as he tries to get the government back on track amid dire polls.

The premier looks to be tacking to the right with his appointments amid the mounting threat from Nigel Farage and Reform.

Insiders have acknowledged that the Net Zero drive has been holding back activity, while businesses are hoping that reforms to workers’ rights could be delayed or watered down. 

New Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden is also set to launch another bid to trim the spiralling benefits bill – after the last effort was humiliatingly killed off by Labour MPs.

Downing Street said the PM is “delighted” that Mr Miliband will continue to lead the Energy Department, but did not deny Sir Keir had initially suggested moving him....<<<Read More>>>...

Overpopulation myth: Propaganda is the reason for the sharp population declines facing most developed nations

 The Earth is expected to reach “peak population” before the end of this century, with most developed nations facing sharp population declines and ageing populations.

The reason for this decline is attributed to the fear of overpopulation, which was perpetuated by thinkers like Paul Ehrlich and led to the implementation of draconian family planning measures, including coercive sterilisations and abortions.

Many countries, including Japan, South Korea and Italy, are already experiencing population decline, and the world population is expected to peak between 2060 and 2080, followed by a decline, with significant consequences for the global economy and society.

The world is not overpopulated, AEIR explains. If the entire world’s population moved to Texas, the population density would be a little more than New York, much less than Paris and dramatically less than Manila.

Earth is going to hit “peak population” before the end of this century. Within 25 years, most of the world’s developed nations will be facing sharp population declines, with shrinking pools of young people working to support an ever-ageing population.

The reason is not famine, war or pestilence. We did this to ourselves by creating a set of draconian solutions to a problem that didn’t even exist. Fear has always been the best tool for social control, and the fear of humanity was deployed by generations of “thinkers” on the control-obsessed left....<<<Read More>>>...

Sunday, 7 September 2025

AI chatbots provide disturbing responses to high-risk suicide queries, new study finds

 A study in Psychiatric Services found that AI chatbots, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude, can give detailed and potentially dangerous responses to high-risk suicide-related questions, with ChatGPT responding directly 78 percent of the time.

The study showed that chatbots sometimes provide direct answers about lethal methods of self-harm, and their responses vary depending on whether questions are asked singly or in extended conversations, sometimes giving inconsistent or outdated information.

Despite their sophistication, chatbots operate as advanced text prediction tools without true understanding or consciousness, raising concerns about relying on them for sensitive mental health advice.

On the same day the study was published, the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who died by suicide after months of interacting with ChatGPT, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the chatbot validated suicidal thoughts and provided harmful instructions.

The lawsuit seeks damages for wrongful death and calls for reforms such as user age verification, refusal to answer self-harm method queries and warnings about psychological dependency risks linked to chatbot use.

A recent study published in the journal Psychiatric Services has revealed that popular AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude, can give detailed and potentially dangerous responses to high-risk questions related to suicide.

AI chatbots, as defined by Brighteon.AI's Enoch, are advanced computational algorithms designed to simulate human conversation by predicting and generating text based on patterns learned from extensive training data. They utilize large language models to understand and respond to user inputs, often with impressive fluency and coherence. However, despite their sophistication, these systems lack true intelligence or consciousness, functioning primarily as sophisticated statistical engines. 

In line with this, the study, which used 30 hypothetical suicide-related queries, categorized by clinical experts into five levels of self-harm risk ranging from very low to very high, focused on whether the chatbots gave direct answers or deflected with referrals to support hotlines.

The results showed that ChatGPT was the most likely to respond directly to high-risk questions about suicide, doing so 78 percent of the time, while Claude responded 69 percent of the time and Gemini responded only 20 percent of the time. Notably, ChatGPT and Claude frequently provided direct answers to questions involving lethal means of suicide – a particularly troubling finding. 

The researchers highlighted that chatbot responses varied depending on whether the interaction was a single query or part of an extended conversation. In some cases, a chatbot might avoid answering a high-risk question in isolation but provide a direct response after a sequence of related prompts.

Live Science, which reviewed the study, noted that chatbots could give inconsistent and sometimes contradictory responses when asked the same questions multiple times. They also occasionally provided outdated information about mental health support resources. When retesting, Live Science observed that the latest version of Gemini (2.5 Flash) answered questions it previously avoided, and sometimes without offering any support options. Meanwhile, ChatGPT's newer GPT-5-powered login version showed slightly more caution but still responded directly to some very high-risk queries....<<<Read More>>>...

Saturday, 6 September 2025

The Tide is Turning Decisively Against Net Zero

In the belief that atmospheric CO2 is the control knob of ‘dangerous’ impending climate change, Net Zero emerged in the 2010s as the global rallying cry to ‘save the planet’. 

By the time the Paris Agreement was concluded in 2015, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) established the arbitrary 1.5°C limit on global temperature increase and established the ‘Net Zero by 2050’ policy target for developed countries around the globe.

But a spate of recent headlines suggests that the ‘Net Zero by 2050’ policy is falling apart. There is a growing realisation across advanced economies that the grandiose project of achieving ‘Net Zero by 2050’ is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. 

What was once heralded as a consensus across the political class, corporate boardrooms and multilateral agencies now looks increasingly like an edifice of ideology built on a vaporous, oxymoronic ‘consensus science‘. 

The rising tide of empirical reality — the costs of intermittent renewables, the geopolitical consequences of energy insecurity and the sheer scale of power demand growth from artificial intelligence infrastructure — has swept away the carefully constructed narrative of inevitability around the so-called energy transition....<<<Read More>>>....

Exposed: NHS Hospitals Serve Foods That Cause Cancer

 Step into any of the UK hospitals and you’ll find vendors like Greggs, WHSmith and M&S selling ultra-processed, cancer-causing meal deals – sometimes only a corridor away from an oncology ward. 

The contradiction is stark: WHO-classified carcinogens are packed into meals that spike blood sugar, inflame the gut and encourage overeating. By their side are “zero-sugar” energy drinks laced with corrosive, acidic additives, in a building where health should always come first. 

Hospitals may have agreed to cut sales of sugary drinks to <10% of beverages, but they’ve been replaced by “diet” cans that hit teeth, sleep and blood pressure harder than ever. If the place we go to get better actually sells the same products tied to diseases it treats, you have to ask: is the system protecting your health, or quietly fuelling a return journey? ...<<<Read More>>>...

The toxic divide: Neonicotinoid pesticides and the global regulatory conundrum

 The EU has banned neonicotinoids, while the U.S. and Canada enforce partial restrictions, leading to a confusing landscape for environmental protection.

Neonicotinoids are linked to declines in bee populations and other pollinators, posing significant risks to global food security.

The high yield benefits of neonicotinoids are offset by negative environmental and health impacts, creating a complex economic dilemma.

Industry pressure has weakened regulations, perpetuating the use of these pesticides and their replacements.

Global cooperation is needed to address the inconsistencies and harms caused by neonicotinoids.

Global food systems pivot on a delicate balance between maintaining high crop yields and protecting biodiversity. However, the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides, from Europe to North America, has sparked intense debates over their environmental impact. Recent studies underscore a stark contrast in regulations, casting doubt on the efficacy of current policies. This divide—a toxic chasm between stringent European bans and the partial restrictions in the U.S. and Canada—raises critical questions about the true cost of pesticide use, the influence of corporate interests and the urgent need for global cooperation....<<<Read More>>>...

Friday, 5 September 2025

BREAKING: Rayner Resigns

 Ms Rayner is understood to be leaving her post as Deputy PM after Sir Laurie Magnus delivered his verdict to Keir Starmer.

The crucial moment came after furious lawyers accused Ms Rayner of trying to make them “scapegoats” for her underpaying tens of thousands of pounds in stamp duty.

Ms Rayner’s hold on her job had been looking increasingly tenuous after Sir Keir refused to rule out sacking her yesterday, insisting he would “act” on the findings from Sir Laurie. 

The departure is another massive blow for the PM, already struggling to stabilise his government after a torrid summer of immigration protests. 

She also appears to have resigned as deputy Labour leader – a separate elected post – triggering what could be a deeply divisive contest. 

The PM’s official spokesman confirmed that Sir Keir has now received the report from Sir Laurie. 

“The Prime Minister will read it and act upon it. He has a reputation for being comprehensive and quick,” the spokesman said. 

Senior figures have spent the past few days rallying around Ms Rayner since her extraordinary admission that she had failed to pay enough stamp duty....<<<Read More>>>...

Thursday, 4 September 2025

Nanny state or necessary shield? U.K. government moves to ban energy drinks for children

 The U.K. government is proposing a nationwide ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks (over 150mg/liter) to under-16s in England, citing serious health and behavioral concerns.

The policy is a direct response to high consumption rates among children and aims to combat issues like obesity, sleep disorders and significant classroom disruption reported by teachers.

This move would close loopholes left by existing voluntary bans in major supermarkets, applying the restriction to all retailers, including convenience stores, cafes and online sellers.

While the proposal has strong backing from health experts and teaching unions, some critics question its effectiveness if children get drinks from adults and urge for it to include sugar-free versions due to dental erosion.

The government has launched a consultation period to gather evidence and determine the final legislation, reigniting the debate between public health protection and personal choice.

In a sweeping move that has reignited the debate over state intervention in personal choice, the newly elected Labor government has announced its intention to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to anyone under the age of 16 in England.

The proposed ban targets beverages containing more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per liter. The restriction would apply to all points of sale including shops, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, vending machines and online retailers. The government will utilize secondary legislation under the Food Safety Act of 1990 to enact the change, though an exact implementation date remains unclear....<<<Read More>>>....