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Should businesses receive more Covid support?
As government considers whether to lock us down once again, should it put economic support for businesses affected back on…
It’s time to end the era of forced lockdown restrictions
Monday’s Cabinet meeting held over Zoom was a fraught affair by the sounds of it. Michael Gove and Sajid Javid…
Foreign honours for Hunt and May
Not many people here in Westminster have a good word to say about the Theresa May years. But down in tiny…
Boris Johnson’s betrayal of conservative values
Two years ago this week I wrote a piece for Coffee House entitled ‘Corbyn may be a goner but his…
Boris Johnson holds off on new restrictions – for now
When Boris Johnson held a Cabinet call this afternoon, the expectation was that an announcement on new restrictions would be…
Harry Miller’s ‘transphobic tweets’ victory is a win for free speech
Court decisions don’t often call for three cheers, but today’s Court of Appeal determination in the Harry Miller case is…
Is Omicron now falling in South Africa?
Man makes Covid predictionsand God laughs. Yet with the stakes this high in Britain, every bit of real-world data is…
Welby, Israel and the meaning of persecution
I arrived in Colombo the morning after the attack and went straight to the morgue to identify some of the…
Inside the Omicron fear factory
In March 2020, a profile of the typical Covid victim emerged from Italy. The average decedent was eighty years old, with approximately three comorbidities such as heart disease, obesity or…
Four times Boris said this Christmas would be better than last
‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…’ Or it certainly was until Omicron intervened. For the latest Covid variant has…
Why is Quidditch snitching on JK Rowling over trans rights?
To those of us who know Quidditch from the fantasy world of the Harry Potter books, the idea of grown-ups…
Five lockdown questions the cabinet must ask
The cabinet will meet this afternoon, with more restrictions and even a new lockdown on the agenda. But have ministers…
Build Back Better was doomed from the start
Joe Manchin was never going to vote for Build Back Better. Now that he’s declared himself a “no” and all…
No, Steve Baker, voters don’t want Thatcher again
Steve Baker’s decision to boot Nadine Dorries out of a group chat of Conservative MPs has captured the attention of…
Sajid Javid: More restrictions cannot be ruled out before Christmas
Sajid Javid – More restrictions cannot be ruled out before Christmas With Sunday’s interview shows enjoying their last outing of…
Eastern Europe is paying for the EU’s climate revolution
Europe’s energy crisis shows little sign of abating. After Germany this week withheld approval for the Nord Stream 2 gas…
How the BBC lost its way on Covid
I have been a BBC journalist for many years, and in that time I have been committed to impartiality and…
Can Kim Jong-un survive for another ten years?
Ten years ago today, at noon on 19 December 2011, the veteran newsreader and ‘Pink Lady’ Ri Chun-hee, donned an…
Don’t underestimate the Omicron variant
As the Omicron variant makes its way through the population of the UK, the Chief Medical Officer’s warning that we…
Brexiteers will sorely miss Lord Frost
Lord Frost’s resignation is bad news for Boris Johnson, though that’s a side matter. Prime ministers come and go, what…
Lord Frost’s resignation is a brutal blow to Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s premiership has been plunged into further crisis tonight by the resignation of the Brexit minister Lord Frost. Frost…
Lord Frost: Britain needs low taxes and no vaccine passports
Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister and one of his closest allies, has resigned in protest at the ‘direction’ of the government.…
My Twitter conversation with the chairman of the Sage Covid modelling committee
The latest Sage papers have been published , envisaging anything from 200 to 6,000 deaths a day from Omicron depending on how…
Is Omicron really no less severe? A look at South Africa’s data
It’s an open secret that ministers are nervous about advice from Sage, given its track record in exaggerating the risk…
Pubs and restaurants are being decimated by Covid uncertainty
The run up to Christmas is normally a merry time for the hospitality industry. Our nation’s restaurants, pubs and bars…
