News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Critics are pushing for swimming pools to ditch restrictive post-Covid booking rules, arguing that they hinder access to exercise and risk creating a "lost generation" of young swimmers.
The real conspiracy of silence in this election is on the pandemic, says Liam Halligan in the Telegraph, slamming lockdowns as a major public health blunder that politicians are avoiding addressing.
It's the first General Election since Covid, yet lockdown and the rest of the catastrophic response just aren't being discussed. It's a failure of democracy, says Francis Hoar.
The second and third Covid lockdowns were the biggest ever mistake made by a British Government in peacetime, Nigel Farage has said. But what about the first one?
Sallust underscores the profound impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on parenting skills, evident in schools like Telford's Lantern Academy, where basic communication and potty training have become necessary.
Women in the City are facing a greater challenge to reach top earning positions post-pandemic, according to a new study by the London School of Economics.
Lockdowns were unquestionably the stupidest Government intervention of our lifetimes, and all for nothing. Anyone who still claims they were 'worth it' is in denial, says Luke Johnson.
Children who started school during the pandemic will have worse exam results well into the next decade after losing six crucial months of learning, a new report from the London School of Economics has found.
The number of pupils suspended from school has reached a record high as experts warn that bad behaviour has increased as a result of lockdown school closures.
Up to half of excess deaths in American nursing homes were due to the impact of lockdowns and mitigation measures on frail residents rather than the virus, according to new analysis.
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