In Spiked, Fraser Myers covers the “trial” of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson. The venue is supposed to be an unbiased evaluation of the country’s handling of Covid-19, to better prepare for the next pandemic. Myers shows how the process is instead attempting to solidify a pro-lockdown narrative by twisting statistics and ignoring key facts such as non-lockdown Sweden’s low rate of excess deaths.
Javier Milei Shows how it’s Done
The “chainsaw” taken by Argentina’s new-ish president, Javier Milei, to his battered nation’s bloated bureaucracy, catastrophic finances and – perhaps most important – failed leftist governing dogmas has worked magic. As David Harsanyi notes in Jewish World Review, Argentina’s public service has shrunk by tens of thousands, the budget is nearly in balance, inflation has plunged, trade is reviving and wages are inching up. The lessons for Canada and the U.S. are clear.