“Boris Johnson and Joe Biden agree new ‘Atlantic Charter’” – Boris Johnson and Joe Biden today are publishing a new ‘Atlantic Charter’ setting out their joint vision for the world’s recovery post-pandemic, MailOnline reports. What’s the betting it includes the phrase “build back better”?
“Britain hit by Monkeypox: Two patients in Wales catch virus” – While giving evidence to MPs yesterday about the Government’s response to Covid, Matt Hancock mentioned that there had been two cases of the Monkeypox virus confirmed in the U.K., MailOnline reports
“The third wave: it’s here – but it shouldn’t delay our reopening” – “There is no point delaying reopening, because a landmark has been reached,” writes Philip Thomas in the Spectator. “COVID-19 has been downgraded into a nasty bug which is now no more lethal than viruses such as influenza”
“The beast of inflation is stalking the land again” – “After half a century during which it has slept quietly, inflation has re-emerged blinking into the post-pandemic light,” writes Bank of England economist Andy Haldane for the New Statesman
“SAGE wants this madness to carry on… forever!” – “Professor Michie’s face-masks-forever views are cruel and oughtn’t to infest our Government for a moment longer,” writes Michael Curzon in Bournbrook
“Farewell to Freddie” – In the latest post on his Lockdown Satire blog, Andy Lambeth imagines the End of Year Student Awards at Fulkin Hill Secondary School where students, parents and staff remember Freddie, who bravely stepped forward to do his bit in the vaccination campaign. He was one in a million
“The Innova tests: another Covid scandal in the making? Part 2” – Sonia Elijah examines the mounting evidence of the inadequacy of the Innova lateral flow tests in the second instalment of her three-part investigation for the Conservative Woman
“Diary of a plague rat” – “Going to restaurants or bars at the moment is a miserable experience,” says Liz Hodgkinson in the Conservative Woman. “I am glad that they have re-opened for indoor service, but things are far from being back to normal”
“Debunked, the myth of asymptomatic Covid transmission” – Panda’s Abir Ballan and Helen Tindall run through the evidence which shows that the overall likelihood of asymptomatic individuals “transmitting the disease to others is negligible”
“Individual tourists to be allowed into Israel starting July 1st” – “Vaccinated individual tourists are going to be allowed in Israel starting from July 1st,” the Jerusalem Post reports. Vaccinated travellers only, not those who have had the disease and recovered, and they will need to present their vaccine certificate and the results of a PCR test before boarding the plane
“Looking Deeper Into the New York Times‘ China-Lockdown Excitement” – Though not one for conspiracy theory, Jeffrey Tucker cannot help but wonder, if the New York Times’ reporting on the latest lockdown in China “is not just theatre to scare the Americans into locking down yet again”, he says in RealClearMarkets
“Skull and crossbones sign given to unvaccinated in rural India” – According to Reuters, police in rural India have handed out signs with the colours of the Indian flag saying “I am a Nationalist” to people who have been jabbed, and skull and crossbones signs saying “Do not come near me, I am not vaccinated. Please stay away from me” to the rest
“Orwell in Danandrewstan” – “George Orwell must be looking down on the state of Victoria, rueing his lack of imagination,” James Macpherson reckons, writing for Spectator Australia
“So what about Sweden, huh?” – Writing for the Spectator Australia, Ramesh Thakur argues that Sweden continues to show that lockdowns were no solution to COVID-19
“Why the risk is not applicable to those arriving on diplomatic passports?” – wonders Julia Hartley-Brewer, a little confused as to why Covid travel restrictions should not apply to people attending the G7 summit in Cornwall today. International Trade Minister Greg Hands did not seem to know either
Julia clashes with International Trade Minister @GregHands over G7 attendees not having to self-isolate when arriving in the UK.
Julia asks "why the risk is not applicable to those arriving on diplomatic passports?"
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