Day: 16 March 2022

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.

If we lived in a world without nuclear weapons, we could enter the war and probably achieve a decisive victory over Russia. But that *isn’t* the world we live in. And we have to make plans based on reality.

It's clear that the citizenry has no idea of the scale of the task to achieve Net Zero in 30 years – estimated at £100,000 per household, £450,000 if developed nations have to pay for the rest of the world as well.

Ed West has written a brilliant analysis of why some Right-wing populists have either sided with Putin or think Putin's Russia and Zelenzky's Ukraine are morally equivalent – they're suffering from oikophobia.

Ukraine is certainly not a 'Nazi state'. However, there are powerful neo-Nazi elements within it endorsed by the state, such as Azov. To what extent are Zelenskyy's hands tied by these militia as he negotiates peace?

Allison Pearson has written a terrific piece suggesting various things that should be added to the Terms of Reference of the official Covid inquiry such as, 'What role did the teaching unions play in closing schools?'