News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and...
Day: 17 December 2021
Downing Street Christmas Party Investigator Accused of Breaking Lockdown Rules
Simon Case, the civil servant tasked with investigating the Downing Street Christmas parties, has been accused of attending an office...
Finally! YouGov Poll Finds Public Opposed to Lockdown
A YouGov poll for the Times, has revealed that a majority of the British population are opposed to further Covid...
Professor Lockdown Predicts ‘5,000 Omicron Deaths a Day’ Unless We Lockdown
Modelling by Neil Ferguson has forecast up to 5,000 Omicron deaths a day this winter unless restrictions are tightened. The...
Time Magazine is Right to Select Elon Musk as Person of the Year
Elon Musk deserves to be Time Magazine's Person of the Year (for reasons other than being the founder of SpaceX)....
Wales to Tighten Covid Restrictions Immediately After Christmas
On December 27th, the Welsh Government will re-impose a series of new Covid restrictions in an attempt to curb the...
North Shropshire By-Election: Humiliation for Boris Johnson as Tories lose to Lib Dems
The Conservatives have lost the North Shropshire by-election to the Lib Dems. Another blow to Boris's authority and another reason...
An interview with David Paton
Professor David Paton has written extensively on the pandemic. We asked him about the myth of our late lockdown, whether...
Vaccine Effectiveness Drops Below Zero in 18-29 Year-Olds for First Time – But Boosters Appear to be Helping
Mixed news on vaccines from the UKHSA this week. Unadjusted VE is still negative for 18-70 year-olds. But boosters appear...
2021 Was an Outstanding Year For Eco Loons And Climate Hypocrites
We're publishing an end-of-year celebration by freelance journalist Chris Morrison of all the eco loons and climate hypocrites who have...
