Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
A London hospital could lose 14,000 staff members if they do not get the experimental vaccination its chief executive has acknowledged after a doctor challenged the Health Secretary about rules on mandatory jabs for NHS workers.
In December, tougher new measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic came into effect in Belgium.COVID-19 protesters are holding an anti-vaccination pass demo called ‘Year of Freedom’ in Brussels. Belgium was rocked by demonstrations, with protesters hurling stones at law enforcement, who responded with tear gas and water cannons, after the government announced strict measures to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including mandatory mask wearing for primary school children and a lengthening of the school holidays.
The ex-head of the vaccine task force in the UK has said it’s time to end mass jabs and to live with Covid-19, and to treat it as an endemic virus similar to flu. Dr Clive Dix said it’s time for a major rethink of the Covid-19 strategy.
A sharp-eared eavesdropping passenger travelling on an international flight couldn’t help but listen in to the conversation of a fellow passenger. Having cleared all the bureaucratic health and expensive challenges one can imagine the passenger’s consternation on discovering that his fellow passenger was ill with COVID.
Something to reflect on. The population of Australia at 25 million is small. There are at least five cities in the world with populations greater than the population of Australia. Approximately 79,000 people have reported an adverse reaction to COVID vaccines. At least 10,000 people are planning to file a claim under the federal government’s no-fault indemnity scheme. Vaccine injuries may be severely underreported.
Even pro-government mainstream media concedes President Macron’s words may have backfired after massive crowds took to the streets of France promising to piss him off instead.
MICHAEL WALSH OP-ED: Someone recently asked, ‘when and where is the revolution to start.’ It reminded me of the Japanese WWII fugitive who emerged from the Burmese jungle during the 1960s. ‘Is the war over yet,’ he plaintively asked.
Novak Djokovic’s current home is a Melbourne hotel that serves as a detention centre for desperate asylum seekers. RT spoke to a refugee being held there to find out what life is like for the Serb and his fellow ‘guests’.
A person visiting Poland for the first time may spot an unfamiliar inscription in white chalk on doors they pass – ‘K+M+B’ or ‘C+M+B’. The tradition of writing these letters has its origin in the 18th century. During the communist regime, many Poles continued this tradition as a demonstration of their own beliefs.
The European (EEA and non-EEA countries) database of suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, verified by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and they are now reporting 36,257 fatalities, and 3,244,052 injuries following injections of four experimental COVID-19 shots:
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