Tag: the British government

The World Council for Health is a global organization of medical professionals that is critical of and proposes alternatives to the World Health Organization’s policies — and chances are that you’ve never heard of it.

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The World Council for Health [is] a faux-medical body dedicated to promoting vaccine hesitancy and Ivermectin as a COVID treatment. — VICE magazine

The World Council for Health is a pseudo-medical organization dedicated to spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and promoting fake Covid treatments. — Wikipedia

How many organizations are there? It feels as though we will soon have one for each of us — our own personal advisory body or lobby group among the forest of acronyms, logos, and mission statements. (more…)

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A hard rain is gonna fall. — Bob Dylan

Jesus Christ, they’ve done it. — Bob, Threads

In late September of 1984 I was in my home town preparing to go back to university, having graduated with a good enough Bachelor’s degree to continue to a Master’s. (more…)

Recently-published private correspondence by Matt Hancock, who was the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care during the Covid lockdowns, reveals that he encouraged the government to “frighten” the public into submission to the measures, and that he found the requirement for travelers to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival “hilarious,” among other revelations.

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The story is not about me, and actually it isn’t about Matt Hancock as an individual. The story is about collateral damage. — Isabel Oakeshott, English journalist

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies. — Fleetwood Mac

If there is one lesson to be learned from the recent Covid pandemic, it is that British public opinion is as dirigible as a child’s party balloon on a string. Just as when someone in a crowd looks fixedly up to the sky, followed by the chap next to him, repeated by the family next to him, until finally everyone is looking up at nothing, classic crowd psychology also applies to information. Divert the attention of a few, and you will get everyone’s attention, like aquarium fish following the alpha. (more…)

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Correlli Barnett
The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities 1945-1950
Chatham, Kent: McMillan, 1995

I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land
— William Blake (more…)

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Things went well for Counter-Currents over the last week, and our fundraiser got 4% closer to our goal of raising $300,000 this year. Since our fundraiser started on March 10th, we have raised $125,730.50, which is 42% of our goal. (more…)

Deputy PM Dominic Raab wants to assure you that free speech will be given “trump card status” under the UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill.

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Ukraine? The brochure looks nice

It is not clear that the British government quite understands the habits of the mercenary soldier. After its dithering Foreign Secretary Liz Truss indicated that British citizens were free, should they so wish, to go to Ukraine and fight against Russia, she sympathized with these would-be Lord Byrons. Her staff reminded both her and the men ‘o war of the latest travel advice on its website: (more…)