News Round-Up
18 June 2025
The English Football League is to launch an 'education campaign' aimed at getting more players 'jabbed' after it was found that almost a third of EFL footballers have not been vaccinated and don't intend to be.
I've written a piece for Mail+ about why the PM should shelve his plans for vaccine passports. Unlikely, given that Nicola Sturgeon has just announced Scotland will be introducing them, but let's hope Boris grows a pair.
British drivers face new taxes to use the roads to help claw back a little of the ginormous cost of moving to electric cars.
A Victoria health official has admitted that playgrounds have been shut in the state during lockdowns not because of the risk of children spreading Covid but to stop parents from being able to meet.
There’s been very little debate about whether lockdowns are justified ethically. In a new paper, two philosophers argue that each of the main justifications for lockdown has implications most people would not accept.
The 12th of our regular round-ups of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medical doctors to inform the debate on vaccination.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
In the latest episode of London Calling, James Delingpole and I express disbelief that Boris still wants to introduce vaccine passports and look forward to a return of the old Michael Gove following his night on the tiles.
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