Senior doctors and scientists at the FDA, CDC and NIH say they are unhappy and frustrated at the way major decisions on vaccines have been forced through with no evidence for political reasons.
Have we reached peak woke? In Hollywood and Silicon Valley, maybe. But in education, museums, galleries, arts organisations, Whitehall, quangos, the BBC, the NHS, public sector law firms, large charities etc, not a chance.
In a major victory for free speech, the Online Safety Bill has been put on hold until the Autumn and may well never see the light of day again. This is, by some distance, the best news of the year.
First Russia said they couldn't supply gas without a turbine from Canada. Now they're saying they can't do so because they need parts from the West. Russia is forcing Europe to undermine its own sanctions.
Opposition MPs defeated a proposal by Emmanuel Macron's Government to extend vaccine passports for travellers entering France, raising major doubts over the President’s ability to pass new laws.
There have been over 8,750 more deaths than usual from causes other than COVID-19 in England and Wales in the past 10 weeks, many of them heart related. When will the Government investigate what's driving it?
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.
