“It is right to resist the call for restrictions” – Boris Johnson deserves credit for his readiness to withstand the bombardment from scientists and opposition politicians for more draconian restrictions, argues Telegraph View.
“Fear of Covid ‘not a protected belief’ that lets staff refuse to go into the office” – “An employment law judge has ruled that health and safety concerns do not qualify under equality legislation as a ‘belief’ and therefore workers can be docked pay if they disobey orders to return to workplaces once the latest Government guidance is lifted,” reports the Times.
“The Dutch cull: now Michael van Gerwen is forced to quit over positive test” – “The sporting world has to endure a relentless and omnipresent testing regime which continues to generate a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you go looking for cases, you’re going to find them,” writes Luke Perry, who criticises the removal of two ‘Covid-positive’ players from the World Darts Championship in Bullseyes and Booze.
“The young deserve money for their Covid sacrifice” – It may sound mad but a financial thank-you would repay our debt to a vigilant generation who have lost their best years, writes Alice Thomson in the Times.
“U.K. air travel sees huge slump in 2021” – International flights to and from the U.K. fell to just 400,000 this year, says analytics firm Cirium, reports BBC News.
“Will Trump’s pro-vaccine stance prove his undoing?” – “We are now in the winter of 2021, however, and the 45th president may at last have stumbled across a way to alienate his fan base – by endorsing vaccines,” writes Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
“France make Covid jab mandatory for sports stars” – “France president Emmanuel Macron announced that full, double-vaccinations will be mandatory for professional sports people in the country from January 15th under new Covid rules,” reports MailOnline.
“The revolt against modernity” – In 2021, the regressive misanthropy of green politics became crystal clear, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
“How ‘defund the police’ backfired” – After a spike in crime, progressive cities are reversing cuts, writes Michael Shellenberger in UnHerd.
“The year Stonewall lost its halo” – This once-mighty gay-rights charity has sacrificed its reputation on the altar of trans, writes Jo Bartosch in Spiked.
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