“The staggering cost of ‘Plan B’” – “The introduction of vaccine passports, mandatory face masks and work-from-home advice would cost between £11 billion and £18 billion according to a leaked assessment of the so-called ‘Plan B’,” reports Fraser Nelson in the Spectator.
“We must resist the moral panic pushing us back into lockdown” – Some of the Covid numbers may look similar to previous waves but, thanks to the vaccines, they are describing an entirely different reality, argues Robert Dingwall in the Telegraph.
“Covid: ‘Plan C’ proposed, Department of Health Science Chief reveals” – A Government Minister last week said he was not aware of plans for households to be prevented from mixing as part of a ‘Plan C’. With cases rising in past days and weeks, there have been calls for more Covid restrictions to be put in place, reports Sky News.
“Don’t ‘bash’ Britain for big Covid outbreak, Oxford expert says” – “It is unfair to ‘bash’ Britain for having higher Covid infections than the EU because it is testing up to 10 times more people than other countries, an eminent Oxford University expert has claimed,” reports MailOnline.
“Covid, Masks and Magical Thinking” – “Anthropologists have been interested in magical thinking since the earliest days of their discipline,” argues Robert Dingwall in Social Science Space.
“Greenhouse gases kept rising during lockdowns, UN finds” – “Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere have risen to a record high despite a drop in emissions due to Covid restrictions, the UN has warned,” reports the Times.
“Dave Chappelle meets soft totalitarianism” – Comedian says film festivals are banning his upcoming documentary in wake of transgender freakout, writes Rod Dreher in the American Conservative.
“Netflix and the woke power play” – Millennial creatives are using identity politics to rise up the corporate ladder, argues Frank Furedi in Spiked.
“Is Cambridge University ashamed of Winston Churchill?” – “When I first started at Churchill College, Cambridge, I was proud that I had joined an institution whose very existence was a testament to the legacy of a personal and national hero,” writes Harry Clynch in the Spectator.
“The anti-abuse trap” – “The Government has had its sights set on online anonymity for some time,” writes Pertinax in Bournbrook Magazine.
“New Zealand will become a two-tiered society” – Martin Daubney chats to TalkRadio: “New Zealand locked down hard by closing the borders. Isn’t it funny that when Brexiteers suggested controlling our borders we were called fascists?”
Jacinda Ahern admits New Zealand will become a two-tier society under her Covid plan.
Martin Daubney: “New Zealand locked down hard by closing the borders. Isn’t it funny that when Brexiteers suggested controlling our borders we were called fascists?”@Iromg | @MartinDaubneypic.twitter.com/n1kPodhIHv
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