Hundreds of people in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak defied the latest ban on gatherings in enclosed spaces and restriction of outdoor prayers to groups of 20 or less on Sunday. When the officers arrived and started slapping violators with fines for not wearing masks or ‘social-distancing’, some of …
Read More »UK govt seeking to avoid national lockdown to ‘stop unemployment in millions’ – minister
“I’ve not seen any projections of four million [unemployed materializing] but certainly we know that there are some 700,000 extra people that are already unemployed,” Eustice told Sky on Thursday. “It’s for precisely that reason that we are trying to avoid full lockdown.” The Office for Budget Responsibility forecast in …
Read More »WATCH: Anti-lockdown riots continue in Madrid, as police response grows increasingly violent
Last week, Madrid city council announced new restrictions for over one million of the city’s inhabitants, introducing localized restrictions on movement amid a surge in new cases of coronavirus. Dozens of residents were involved in violent clashes with police last week, in what local media dubbed a riot. Eyewitness footage …
Read More »WATCH: London police slam woman to the ground during anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square
The ugly scene unfolded as demonstrators massed in Trafalgar Square on Saturday for a ‘We Do Not Consent’ rally against the UK’s coronavirus guidelines. The video shows the protester standing on a portable chair before police officers arrive and pull the chair from under her feet. The woman, who appears …
Read More »Cure worse than the disease? Study says UK lockdown linked to thousands of excess deaths
Stay-at-home orders prompted countless people suffering from serious medical conditions to avoid hospitals, according to the study’s findings, which were published in the Heart medical journal and first reported by the Daily Mail. The paper noted that deaths from heart disease in private homes surged by 35 percent from March …
Read More »Europe’s LOCKDOWN will kill more people worldwide than Covid-19 virus, German minister warns
The grim prognosis was made by the German official in an interview with the Handelsblatt daily. The pandemic has already triggered “one of the biggest” hunger and poverty crises across the world, Muller said – and further damage will be done thanks to the measures taken to battle it. The …
Read More »2nd nationwide lockdown remains nuclear option against Covid-19 – UK Foreign Secretary Raab
Kay Burley of Sky News asked Raab about the arsenal of measures the government is prepared to enact to fight Covid-19. Raab replied: “The reality is they will be more intrusive or could end up in a national lockdown,” but “that is what we want to avoid.” When asked again …
Read More »A second UK Covid-19 lockdown is doomed to fail: Brits have no faith in their leaders anymore and won’t comply
A looming second lockdown in the UK, as part of the Government’s haphazard approach to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, is destined to fail for one reason: the revered ‘Blitz spirit’ that we’re all in this together has vanished. Now it’s everyone for themselves. For several days now, there has …
Read More »Ultra-Orthodox Jews set dumpster on fire during anti-lockdown protests in Israel (VIDEOS)
Residents of Jerusalem and Bnei Brak rallied on Sunday against the strict three-week quarantine, which began on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. The measures, purportedly put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus, prohibit Israelis from traveling more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) from their homes – a restriction …
Read More »Lockdown-defying Professor Neil Ferguson says UK needs… a SECOND LOCKDOWN
Ferguson resigned from the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) in May after he was caught meeting his married lover, in violation of quarantine rules. Before his resignation, Ferguson helped to author the UK’s harsh lockdown rules, which saw Britons confined to their homes for all but the most …
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