Day: 4 December 2021

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.

Thousands of anti-lockdown protestors have descended on the streets of York, Austria and the Netherlands as new Covid restrictions are imposed across Europe in response to the (seemingly harmless) Omicron variant.

The Metropolitan Police is weighing up whether to investigate "retrospective breaches" of Covid laws amid calls for an investigation of a No 10 Christmas party held during 2020's restrictions.

The Office for National Statistics has reported that only half of excess deaths in England and Wales since July have been attributed to Covid.

The fictional, animated town of South Park has received news that a new Covid variant is on the rise, sending its residents into a state of hysteria and delirium.

Approximately £47 billion was handed out through the Government's Covid Bounce Back Loan scheme to help businesses cope with lockdown restrictions, with £4.9 billion being lost to fraudsters.

We're republishing a post on the Daily Sceptic this morning by the German Substacker who calls himself 'Eugyppius'. Looks like he's been kicked off Twitter – shock!