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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Sep 12, 2025 00:55 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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Is it any wonder Tube drivers are striking again when Sadiq Khan gave them a ?30m bribe last time they walked out? Sallust reviews a week of disruption and the depressing fact that it's going to happen again and again.
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offsite link The Murder of Iryna Zarutska and the Pathological Race Ideology of the American Progressive Establis... Thu Sep 11, 2025 18:23 | Eugyppius
The US liberal establishment is trying to hide from the dark truth that the US black population commits so many violent crimes, many Ukrainian refugees like Iryna Zarutska would be safer staying at home, says Eugyppius.
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offsite link Peter Mandelson Sacked as US Ambassador ? Piling Crisis onto Crisis for Starmer Thu Sep 11, 2025 15:33 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer is fighting to survive his second crisis in a week as he sacks Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over "disgusting" Epstein emails just 24 hours after backing him and only days since Angela Rayner quit.
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offsite link Will Charlie Kirk?s Assassination Embolden or Further Silence Right-Thinking Young People? Thu Sep 11, 2025 13:12 | Joanna Gray
Will Charlie Kirk's assassination embolden or further silence right-thinking young people, asks Joanna Gray ? as her 17 year-old son dreads going into school today to face his gloating feminist classmates.
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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

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BNFL MOX Shipment - 22nd November

category international | environment | press release author Friday November 17, 2006 18:12author by turoe - The Tara Foundationauthor email thetarafoundation at yahoo dot ie Report this post to the editors

According to news sources, a shipment of MOX fuel will leave the Sellafield Nuclear Facility in the UK, for France. The shipment is due for arrival on Wednesday the 22nd of November.

The vessel, in direct contravention of accepted international practice, is a single-hulled, single-engine type, is unarmed and, according to these reports, will not be escorted.

The Irish Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche has stated he has been given assurances that the ship will not pass through the Irish Sea. However, how the Irish Government will ascertain this is unclear, as the Naval Service will not be monitoring the shipment, and according to their Press Office, have not been contacted about it.

There are numerous concerns about this shipment:

* The vessel will be travelling alone rather than with another transport vessel, as is standard practice.
* The ship is unarmed and unescorted.
* It appears that there will be no UK naval presence.
* There will be no Irish naval presence, to ensure that the vessel does not enter Irish waters.
* The vessel itself, the Atlantic Osprey, caught fire during its maiden voyage on 25 March 2002. The crew were unable to deal with the situation by themselves and had to call for assistance.
* Concerns have already been raised about the means of transportation of radioactive waste in Europe, with specific reference to this vessel.
* There is no agreement between Ireland and Britain concerning the shipment of nuclear waste material through the Irish Sea.
* A Minister of the Isle of Man Government specifically sought assurances from the UK Government with regard to the safety of this vessel.
* There are no response procedures in place should an emergency arise regarding this vessel.

http://www.iomguide.com/news/general-news.php?story=100430
http://archive.greenpeace.org/nuclear/transport/mox00/n....html
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2005/2005-11-07-04.asp http://www.greenparty.ie/en/news/latest_news/sargent_sl...pment
http://www.adetocqueville.com/200611141901.kaej1en04702.htm

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