Boris to Declare End of Mask Mandate and Social Distancing Rules
The Prime Minister has signed off plans to end the legal requirement to wear masks on July 19th, saying the link between COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations has been broken.
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Sajid Javid: “We Are Going to Have to Find Ways to Cope With Covid, Just as We Do With Flu”
Sajid Javid is striking a very different tone to his predecessor as he makes the right noises about opening up and getting our priorities right. But will he be able to deliver against all those with other ideas?
Hancock Quits; Sajid Javid to Replace Him As Health Secretary
Matt Hancock has resigned as Health Secretary so as to not "distract attention from the single-minded focus that is leading us out of this crisis". Former Chancellor Sajid Javid has been appointed as his replacement.
The Sceptics’ Case For Boris
We're publishing an original article on Lockdown Sceptics today setting out the case for the defence of the Prime Minister. This one is bound to get a lot of comments!
“You Can Never Exclude the Possibility that There Will be Some New Disease,” Says Boris Johnson as he Warns of “Rough Winter” Ahead
The Prime Minister has said there may be a "rough winter" ahead. But since by the Government's own admission lockdowns appear to be the cause of the pressures on the NHS, the cycle of lockdowns will never end.
“Four More Weeks to, Er…” – The Weakest Excuse for a Lockdown Yet
What justifies a lockdown? That's the question which, 16 months after the policy was introduced as a draconian tool of disease management, we still don't have a clear answer to.
“We May Need to Wait” before Pushing Ahead with Unlocking, Says Boris
Following further pressure from SAGE on delaying Britain's unlock, the Prime Minister has said that Number 10 may have to "wait" for more data before pushing ahead with ending the lockdown.
“The NHS is Going to be Smashed in Weeks”, Cummings’s Data Geek Told Boris – on the Day Infections Peaked in London
The claim, repeated by Dominic Cummings to MPs yesterday, that without a lockdown in March 2020 "the NHS is going to be smashed in weeks" is demonstrably false. Infections were declining even as the words were spoken.
Is Boris a Lockdown Sceptic?
Judging from the bombs Dominic Cummings is going to drop – and which he's leaked to the Daily Mail – Boris is a 64 carat lockdown sceptic. If only he'd stuck to his guns.
Fright Night
Today we're publishing an excerpt from Laura Dodsworth's new book, A State of Fear: how the UK government weaponised fear during the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Laura asks: Why was Boris's March 23rd 20202 speech so odd?
