Although Taiwan and South Korea also have the advantage of isolation. The UK has thousands of truckers going back and forth to the continent all the time. Taiwan and South Korea are, to all intents a… (View Post)

AIUI the only reason it was possible to eliminate smallpox in the first place is that the vaccinations were fast acting and effective (and you could always tell when they worked because the injection… (View Post)

Isn't the Scottish tourist industry, like all other restricted and outright shuttered businesses in the UK, supported principally by furlough and other schemes administered by the Treasury? Now,… (View Post)

I've just been reading. It's a long list of the accused. The First Minister herself doesn't seem to be explicitly taken to task - yet - but the denunciations encompass he husband, her … (View Post)

The Government appears to have two complete obsessions. Schools, whether you think they're getting the timetable exactly right or not, are entirely understandable. Sunshine holidays aren't.… (View Post)