U.K. Records 3,000 Covid Cases for the First Time in a Month – but Deaths Stay in Single Figures
Neil Ferguson says that the spread of the Indian strain may lead to restrictions being "tightened" – but as Britain...
Day: 26 May 2021
Live Music Venues Beset by Regulations – and Not Just Ones Imposed by the Government
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club has introduced a raft of Covid rules (some required by the Government, others not), including mask-wearing,...
Department for Education Is “Surprisingly Resistant” to Investigating the Failures in Its Covid Response, Says New Report
The Department for Education has been "surprisingly resistant" to investigating the shortfalls in its Covid response, including its failure to...
Matt Hancock Should Have Been Sacked for “Lying to Everybody on Multiple Occasions”, Says Cummings
After apologising in front of MPs today for his own errors relating to the Government's Covid response, Dominic Cummings said...
M&S’s Annual Profit Slumps 88% During Lockdowns and the Retailer Plans to Close More Stores
The economic disruption caused by numerous lockdowns has been deeply felt by Marks & Spencer. The retailer's full-year profit has...
LA Times Publishes Unconvincing Defence of Lockdowns and Gets Ratioed on Twitter
At this stage of the pandemic, you really can’t get away with sweeping, unqualified claims about the virtues of lockdown...
News Round Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours –...
Is Boris a Lockdown Sceptic?
Judging from the bombs Dominic Cummings is going to drop – and which he's leaked to the Daily Mail –...
Why has this Mortality Monitor Suddenly Changed its Baseline From the Ten-Year Average to 2019 – the Lowest Mortality Year Ever?
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' mortality monitor this week – without warning or explanation – changed the baseline on...
