It does sound a little like a Mother telling a small child to be grateful for a plate of horrid greens, because the starving babies in Africa don't get any. I'm really not sure that telling… (View Post)

In my circle, progress is as follows: *Mother-in-law (cohort 2) only got jab yesterday, but she's in Wales and we know they were a little pedestrian early on *Stepfather (cohort 3) last Thursday… (View Post)

Time for one more Seychelles factoid: they've immunised approximately three times more people than Luxembourg, the EU's richest member state on a per capita GDP basis (and, by some measures… (View Post)

The Torygraph is also reporting that, according to "a source" (and yes, I know we have to take these things with a heavy pinch of salt, but anyway...) that Britain is to prioritise Ireland … (View Post)

It is reported that the Government plans to impose a two-year pay freeze on railway workers, on the apparently sensible grounds that the industry has been bailed out (to the tune of over £10bn) and n… (View Post)