The Government official in charge of drafting the Covid laws has been found guilty of... breaking the Covid laws. Why did these bureaucrats want us to obey laws they knew were completely pointless?
‘Partygate’ has distracted attention from the dire inflation statistics published today. Prices are now rising at an annual rate of 7% – the fastest rate in 30 years. And lockdown is to blame.
A new book comprehensively examines the scientific evidence on face masks for COVID-19 and finds even the most positive studies only found an effect of 15%, and the properly designed studies found much less than that.
According to figures published by the ONS, Sweden saw the second smallest increase in national debt out of all EU countries. The UK, by contrast, saw the fourth largest – only Spain, Greece and Italy did worse.
Too many in politics and the Civil Service had little or no “skin in the game” when they were making decisions to destroy livelihoods and to frighten the nation into compliance.
Lockdown-loving states New York and California are among the worst overall pandemic performers while freedom-loving states Florida and South Dakota are among the best, new research by a leading US think tank has found.
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.
