“Amber list marks out border between Johnson and Sunak” – “Thank God for Rishi Sunak,” writes Stephen Glover in the Daily Mail. “I don’t know whether he will be, or should be, Prime Minister. I am just grateful that he displays a reassuringly analytical approach.”
“Just how bad is the situation in Spain, Italy and Greece?” – Experts say is’s unlikely that the South African ‘Beta’ variant will be able to ‘outrun’ the more transmissible Indian ‘Delta’ strain which is dominant in Europe and the U.K., says MailOnline.
“What Were Lockdowners Thinking? A Review of Jeremy Farrar” – Jeffrey A. Tucker, writing for the Brownstone Institute, his new think tank, tries to understand the mind of Jeremy Farrar, who he says was an even more influential advocate for lockdown than Neil Ferguson.
“Are booster shots necessary?” – Will Britain become the first country in the world to have a large section of its population immunised against COVID-19 three times over, asks Ross Clark in the Spectator. And will that be a worthwhile achievement?
“Nothing unethical about covert psychological ‘nudges’, says the BPS” – After six months of evasion and obfuscation, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has made its position clear: it sees nothing ethically questionable about deploying covert psychological strategies (often referred to as ‘nudges’) on the British people as a means of increasing compliance with public health restrictions. Gary Sidley is suitably outraged on his blog.
“£100,000-a-year lawyer loses harassment case against boss” – A lawyer who filed 42 discrimination and harassment complaints to a Reading employment tribunal has lost her case, with the judge warning against “a culture of hyper-sensitivity”.
“Over-75s have plenty of reasons to reject the BBC. Here are a few” – The Corporation faces a funding crisis, and pensioners won’t cough up – but are Britain’s poorest to blame, or the overpaid suits? Hard-hitting stuff from former BBC journalist Robin Aitken in the Telegraph.
“Hungary, Poland and the EU’s ‘diversity’ problem” – For 20 years the EU’s slogan has been ‘Unity in diversity’. But can the bloc cope with Hungary and Poland becoming illiberal democracies, asks Katja Hoyer in the Spectator.
“Destruction and Hope in Portland” – How calls for justice morphed into the violence that struck the city. A harrowing account by ex-Portland resident Nancy Rommelmann for Persuasian.
“NHS lets trans sex offenders on female wards” – Sex offenders who were born male but identify as female can be placed on women-only NHS wards, according to guidance issued by hospital trusts. The Daily Mail isn’t impressed.
“Olympic rules for allowing transgender women to compete to be changed” – The Intentional Olympic Committee (IOC) say it will set out a new policy for the participation of transgender women in Olympic sports, following an international outcry over a transwoman being allowed to compete against biological women in the women’s weightlifting at the Olympics.
“Experts give their verdict on The Firm’s favoured alternative remedies” – Members of the Royal Family have reportedly used homeopathy for their ailments for years – but it’s not the only alternative remedy they’ve favoured. The Daily Mail has got some experts to sort the wheat from the chaff.
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