“Back to school: The urgent need for normality” – “In the obsession with infection metrics, we seem to have lost sight of what’s important about school itself,” says Jennie Bristow in the Critic
“Boris Johnson is accused of bending the knee to China” – Boris set out a review of foreign and defence policy yesterday, which urged “deeper trade links” with China. MailOnline reports that a number of Tories are accusing him of naivety
“‘Giving a voice’ – an unfortunate confession from ONS” – Data analyst Simon Briscoe picks up on a comment from Sir Ian Diamond on Marr that illustrates the direction of travel in the Office of National Statistics
“How safe is the AstraZeneca jab?” – At least 37 people suffered a potentially life-threatening blood clots after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine, says Tom Chivers in UnHerd. But it needs to be put in context to be properly understood
“The precautionary principle is literally killing Europe” – European countries are “pushing the precautionary principle to the point of absurdity” over the AstraZeneca vaccine says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph
“When it comes to vaccines, suddenly “from vs with” matters again” – Off-Guardian‘s Kit Knightley notes that, when it comes to the vaccines, many media commentators are suddenly insisting on a distinction between dying from something and dying with something
“Why isn’t Britain adopting the Danish roadmap?” – Denmark’s Prime Minister and opposition leader have agreed “in principle” that the country should reopen once all its over-50s have been fully vaccinated. James Lewisham at the Spectator asks why our leaders can’t make such a bold promise
talkRADIO listener Skylar tells Julia how maternity staff called security on her partner as he asked to be present at the birth of their first child during lockdown.
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