“U.K. Health Department plan for return to office working put on hold” – The Department of Health and Social Care is not exactly leading by example when it comes to ending work from home rules, having scrapped its timetable requiring civil servants to be in offices for up to eight days a month from September.
“Will Covid turn into the common cold?” – “There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Delta variant may be the virus’s end point,” writes Paul Hunter in the Spectator.
“Workers ignore Sunak’s ‘back to the office’ call” – Staff are embracing the ‘remote working revolution’, but economists warn that a slow return to city centres will hurt our economic recovery, reports the Telegraph.
“Companies Thought They Had Plans for Fall. Now They Are Scrapping Them” – The return to the office isn’t just being slowed in the U.K. Fears over the Delta variant has U.S. managers revamping schedules, with bosses delaying office reopenings and canceling events, reports the Wall Street Journal.
“Holiday chaos for Britons heading to France” – Brits hoping for a peaceful holiday in France will have to prove they are fully vaccinated for everything – from a trip up the Eiffel Tower to a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, reports the Mail.
“QPR 1-1 Millwall” – “I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many police vans in Shepherd’s Bush before, even when QPR have been playing Millwall. Was it because it was the first time most fans had been able to attend a game since March 2020? Were the police expecting a post-lockdown release of pent up energy,” asks Toby in his latest Pride of West London substack entry.
“Boris and Rishi at war over green agenda” – Chancellor Rishi Sunak is thought to be leading the push-back against Boris Johnson’s commitment to go net-zero by 2050, fearing it will spark a cost-of-living crisis with energy bills already on the rise, reports MailOnline.
“Olympics TV ratings plummet by 49% compared to 2016 games” – There has been a significant decline in Olympic viewership this year compared to previous games thanks, of course, to lockdowns but also to woke protests, reports MailOnline.
“Woke Barbie dolls” – “What sort of political fruit will our current cradle to grave woke indoctrination produce,” asks Collingwood in Bournbrook Magazine.
“Food blogger says it’s time to cancel ‘British colonial’ term curry” – “We’re still using this umbrella term popularised by white people who couldn’t be bothered to learn the actual names of our dishes. But we can still unlearn,” says a food blogger who calls on people to “cancel the word curry” in a video viewed millions of times online.
“My fight for free speech” – “I was fired for supporting Brexit – justice has finally been served,” writes former Fire Bridge Union Leader Paul Embery in UnHerd.
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