“We are injecting funds to restore Britain’s status as a scientific superpower” – “I cannot think of a time in the last 100 years when the entire population of this country has been so deeply and so obviously indebted to science – and to scientists,” says Boris Johnson in the Telegraph, heralding the launch of a new outfit, to be headed by Sir Patrick Vallance, which will boost investment in the scientific sector
“Pensions raid to pay for Covid pandemic” – The Treasury is considering ways to claw back cash from pensioners to help pay for the ruinous lockdowns, the Telegraph says
“Government ordered to hand over plans on how NHS would cope if overwhelmed by pandemic” – The Information Commissioner’s Office has ordered the Department of Health and Social Care to hand over “pandemic influenza briefing papers”, the Telegraph reports, in a move likely to raise questions about whether Britain was sufficiently prepared for COVID-19
“Andy Burnham rages at ‘hypocrite’ Nicola Sturgeon over travel ban” – Andy Burnham branded the SNP leader a “hypocrite” and demanded compensation for holidaymakers and businesses affected by her ban on travellers from Manchester to Scotland, MailOnline reports
“Our freedoms are at the mercy of gloomy modellers” – “It is shocking that decisions affecting thousands of jobs and millions of lives were taken on the basis of dubious, incomplete evidence,” says Ross Clark in the Telegraph
“Soldiers of faith, take a sword to the Covid rulebook” – “If all the faiths banded together and as one declared that they would ignore the Covid regulations that threaten to destroy them, they would form a mighty army which could, as in the past, move mountains,” says Liz Hodgkinson in the Conservative Woman
“Revolt!” – Writing for the Conservative Woman, Henry Getley tells the story of the Peasants’ Revolt
“Lockdown, Lib Dems and Leaks” – In the latest episode of the Week in Review, Bournbrook contributors S.D. Wickett and Luke Perry and guest contributor Peter Tutykhin discuss the delay to reopening and Dominic Cummings’s most recent leaks
“Vaccinated tourists, children 0-6, to be allowed into Israel from July 1st” – Israel’s Minister for the Interior has announced that vaccinated tourists, and children up to the age of six will be permitted to enter the country from July 1st, the Jerusalem Post reports. Specifics as to which countries they may come from and which vaccines will be accepted are to follow
“State takes testing to ‘a new level’ in fight against Delta COVID-19 strain” – Thousands of people who visited one of Sydney’s biggest shopping centres have been asked to get a COVID-19 test regardless of symptoms, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, as authorities attempt to “flush out” undetected cases of the Delta variant
“Melburnians ‘prefer to live elsewhere’, poll finds” – Rita Panahi of Sky News Australia responds to a new poll which shows that a third of Melbourne residents want to escape from Dan Andrews’ tyrannical regime
“MP Derek Sloan raises concerns about censorship of doctors and scientists” – Canadian politician Derek Sloan uses a press conference on Parliament Hill to provide censored doctors and scientists with a voice. He is joined by Professor Byram Bridle, Dr. Patrick Phillips and Professor Don Welsh
John Caudwell tells Dan Wootton on Tonight Live, Covid's impact on office and retail space is going to cause an economic disaster. pic.twitter.com/uc6cHhtEC4
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