“Sorry Santa, you’re too white, straight and male, poll finds” – Nearly two-thirds (60%) of 18-24 year-olds in the U.K. think it is ‘acceptable’ for Father Christmas to be gay, while half said they were happy for an ethnic minority Santa, YouGov has found.
“The misery of Macron’s Covid clampdown” – Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator says that his daughter will be spending Christmas with him but not her French mother, thanks to the draconian restrictions imposed on travel between our two countries by President Macron.
“Lockdown vested interests hate Omicron good news” – We won’t ever get back to normal until we face down the groups that never want the pandemic crisis to end says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
“London’s daily Covid hospital admissions surge 92% to 386” – Further Covid restrictions could be imposed just in time for New Year’s Eve if daily Covid hospitalisations exceed 400, according to MailOnline. And the new restrictions could be in place until late March.
“Doctor admits people testing positive after admission is major problem” – Dr Zudin Puthucheary, a member of the Intensive Care Society and doctor in London, tells MailOnline that the number of patients coming into hospital who ‘happen to be Covid positive’ is skewing hospitalisation statistics.
“Christmas starts now” – Ricky Gervais knows how to celebrate Christmas morning.
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