They didn't major on it in 2017 and 2019. The former because Theresa May's campaign was staggeringly incompetent and ended up being all about her mistakes, and the latter because it was all about plu… (View Post)

Fortunately it seems unlikely that we will see enough people going wobbly on the vaccines to make a big difference. We don't know what the threshold is for herd immunity, i.e. when so many people hav… (View Post)

I'll be happier when I see another reasonably low set of figures tomorrow as well, but only 45 deaths on the first "proper" reporting day after a four-day weekend is fairly encouraging. (View Post)

Kicking the bucket from Covid is a very low risk for the under 40s. Long Covid isn't. And it's bloody nasty. Young people not taking the vaccines are doing two things: they're still taking an unneces… (View Post)

It is the total sense of powerlessness that, I think, pervades this entire crisis and truly drives us to despair. We can see the Government talking about making us carry papers, and rolling back and … (View Post)