Meningitis outbreak and Starmer’s abortion policy shame

In this week’s dispatch from the sanctuary of sweet reason, co-pilots Pearson and Halligan examine a growing sense of national insecurity as Britain faces a perfect storm of energy, military, and financial fragility., and the unfolding meningitis outbreak.

With oil climbing back above $100 a barrel and the Strait of Hormuz remaining shut, Liam argues that it is time for the government to junk the ‘Net Zero virtue signalling’ and urgently greenlight drilling in the North Sea.

Allison discusses her recent column on a controversial clause in the Crime and Policing Bill that would effectively ‘descriminalise’ abortion up to birth. Labelling the move ‘legalised infantcide’ she and Liam explore the ethical implication of late-term viability, drawing on Allison’s moving personal experiences and her observations from a neonatal ICU.

The duo are joined in the rocket by Linden Kemkaran, the Reform UK leader of Kent County Council. Representing the ‘border county’ at the forefront of the small boats crisis, she discusses her decision to declare an ‘illegal migration emergency’ and her demand for the government to provide full funding for the local impact of arrivals.

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21 comments

  7. What's the difference between aborting a baby at 12 weeks or at 39 weeks… ?It might not be fully formed at 12 weeks but it is still a baby…

  9. Smugling clauses into existing laws is a common practice in the Russian Duma! See Cathrine Shulman for references.

  11. Fear mongering BS, same script as conv*d…

    The wave of deaths coming is result of the conv*d jibs, to be blamed on meningitis.

    Blatantly obvious

  13. I spent many years ice skating from the age of 6 to 11 and never had my finger chopped off. BUT those racer ice skaters on super sharp blades for speed were (a) a menace and (b) outright dangerous to other skaters. Those on racer skates should have a separate session

  16. After losing two sons I miss them every day I would never teĺl anyone that they cannot have an abortion as it's not..my business. I don't know their sercemençes

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