Speculation is pretty much pointless. It's just as likely that a load of people got sick through sheer bad luck. As we all keep being reminded, vaccines aren't 100% effective to begin with,… (View Post)

Pretty much, yes. Now that the olds have been vaccinated the motivation for perma-lockdown through fear has gone. We all just want this to be over. The remaining advocates for sitting on our arses fo… (View Post)

Once the steps in the timetable - and, more crucially, the rationale behind the gaps between them - were announced, I never seriously expected things to be hurried along. If the advisers have said th… (View Post)

Possibly, but AIUI all copies of Wisden pre-dating the Norman Conquest have been lost. (View Post)

Embarrassing accusations of deficiencies in the Scottish school establishment, presumably? (View Post)