Day: 6 December 2021

In this week's London Calling, the topics are Omicron parties, shooting parties and the drug parties evidently taking place in the Palace of Westminster.

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.

New York City has become the first place in the U.S. to announce a vaccine mandate for private sector employees, with the policy coming into force later this month.

Richard Dawkins has written a blistering letter to the Royal Society of New Zealand about its disciplinary investigation of Professor Garth Cooper for the sin of championing science over indigenous "ways of knowing".

From today, all Italians must be fully vaccinated (or have recently recovered from the virus) before they are granted access to numerous public venues under the country's new 'super green pass' law.

In the wake of the murder of six year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, Dominic Raab and the Children's Commissioner for England have said that lockdown restrictions put vulnerable children at a greater risk of harm.

A new Danish study finds that Covid passports significantly reduce trust in the health authorities. The authors note that in countries with less social trust than Denmark, the consequences may be "even more negative".