Sudan’s lab leak threat marks a terrifying new age of biological warfare
Matt Ridley
Labs have boomed in recent years, heightening the danger of a major accident – or indeed sabotage Last week a horrifying report emerged from Khartoum, where poor Sudanese civilians are being terrorised by internal conflict. Fighters had seized a biological laboratory that houses samples of measles and cholera. It was said that power cuts may threaten the safe […]
We are losing the war to save red squirrels
Matt Ridley
Two years ago I watched a red squirrel climbing a pine tree at my home in Northumberland. I fear it may be the last time I have that thrill. Twenty years ago they were everywhere in our woods and regular visitors to my bird table. Then in 2003 we saw the first grey squirrel. Almost […]
The UK is blinding itself to the truth about COVID’s origins
Matt Ridley
As a US Senate committee’s full, 300-page report on the origin of covid now makes clear, a whole string of clues now points towards a laboratory accident as the probable cause of the covid pandemic. For example, there is: evidence of a biosafety crisis at the lab in the autumn of 2019; the Chinese […]
The UK is blinding itself to the truth about Covid’s origins
Matt Ridley
British institutions beholden to China or concerned about the effect on science appear uninterested in investigating the lab leak hypothesis As a US Senate committee’s full, 300-page report on the origin of covid now makes clear, a whole string of clues now points towards a laboratory accident as the probable cause of the […]
My unexpected lunch with Nigel Lawson – and Prince Philip
Matt Ridley
When I joined the House of Lords in 2013 I soon realised that, despite its poor reputation, the place contained plenty of wise, quick-witted and courageous minds. None more so than Nigel Lawson who died this week. An intellectual titan who had once almost become a philosophy professor, he was not content to rest on […]
