“Millions of households will pay £100 million more this year” – Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey warns that households will pay £100 million more on energy bills this year, although as a passionate ‘Net Zero’ advocate himself he can hardly talk.
“Covid panic is a site of inter-elite competition” – Essayist Freddie deBoer thinks the reason elite professionals are so keen on telling people how terrified they are of Covid is because they’re trying to signal how virtuous they are.
“Boxing Day sales slump as Covid-wary shoppers stay away” – Footfall was down by 45% on Boxing Day compared with 2019, reports the Telegraph. Awful news for retailers, but if the public is voluntarily staying at home there’s surely no need for further restrictions.
“‘Dodgy data’ used in push for tighter Covid restrictions” – Jenny Harries, the head of the U.K. Health Security Agency has been accused of disseminating misleading statistics on hospitalisations that overstated the risk from Omicron, according to the Telegraph.
“COVID-19: New rules in force for three U.K. nations” – Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all brought in new Covid restrictions on Boxing Day, leaving England as the last bastion of freedom in the U.K. BBC News has the details.
“Weddings and funerals spared from Covid curbs” – Weddings and funerals are to be exempted from any new coronavirus restrictions if the Government decides that tougher measures are needed, reports the Times. Does this mean it’s a done deal?
“The mask cultists are insane” – Rita Panahi of Sky Australia’s Outsiders programme has posted a video of a confrontation between a pro-masker and a man not wearing a mask on a plane. It’s a shocker.
She *spits* on a man & slaps him while screaming “put your mask on”. The mask cultists are insane. pic.twitter.com/ROqmoPLEA6
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