The appearance of Union Jacks on Regent Street has triggered an outbreak of oikophobia on Twitter, with some people comparing Britain to Nazi Germany. Surely, this is the flag of the country that helped defeat the Nazis?
Why has Boris Johnson appointed as a new top civil servant an NHS manager whose stint in strategic restructuring was criticised as lacking clear direction, evaluation or benefit?
A senior HSBC executive has been suspended and may be fired for daring to question climate change dogma in a speech last week. "There's always some nut job telling me about the end of the world," he said. Burn the heretic!
The catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic by incompetent politicians and bureaucrats was not an issue in the recent Australian election, which means all the mistakes will be repeated if there's another pandemic.
More than 400,000 children and young people are being treated for mental health problems – the highest number on record. This is the legacy of the lockdowns.
Augusto Roux was hospitalised with heart inflammation during the Pfizer vaccine trial, but it was recorded as COVID-19, despite a negative test. When he tried to get to the truth they claimed he had a mental disorder.
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.
