“Sainsbury’s tells staff to party after Christmas” – “Simon Roberts, Chief Executive, said he had asked all of Sainsbury’s teams to postpone celebrations until the new year on the grounds of ‘doing everything we can to protect Christmas for our colleagues and customers’,” reports the Times.
“The Christmas lockdown will become an annual tradition” – First, the press conferences come once a week, then twice a week, and then every day until we are in full lockdown until spring, argues Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
“PMQs: Boris’ nadir” – “The bombshell at bay. That’s how Boris looked at today’s PMQs. Deflated, cornered, winded and lifeless. Gone were the chuckles and the mischievous jests, the punning quips and the poetic asides,” writes Lloyd Evans in the Spectator.
“TUI says fears over Omicron is hitting winter bookings” – The travel firm said it is reviewing whether to cut the remainder of its winter schedule, as the U.K. announced fresh travel curbs on Covid tests in response to the Omicron variant, reports MailOnline.
“They’re laughing at us” – The fallout from the Downing Street Christmas party has exposed the Government’s contempt for the public, argues Fraser Myers in Spiked.
“TV show deletes poll after 89% oppose mandatory vaccination” – “ITV breakfast television show Good Morning Britain received backlash on social media after deleting a poll which showed a vast majority of respondents opposed mandatory Covid vaccination,” reports RT.
“Omicron neutralization update” – “The fact that current vaccines are no longer effective against Omicron also means that any existing ‘vaccine passport’ schemes and vaccine mandates have become obsolete and have to be suspended immediately,” concludes Swiss Policy Research.
“Obama academy vaccinated child without consent, mother claims” – “A California mother is claiming that Los Angeles’ Barack Obama Global Prep Academy gave her son a Covid vaccine without her consent, bribing the child with incentives like pizza,” reports RT.
“Germany’s risk obsession empowers antivaxxers” – “There is a danger that the emerging tribal divisions between Germany’s vaccinated and unvaccinated will deepen, with lasting consequences for the country’s politics,” says Oliver Moody in the Times.
“Would we rise up against another lockdown?” – Restrictions are back, but following ‘partygate’, an exasperated public might not play along, argues Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
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