It extends the story but also weakens it, since although it's clearly not a work party it does look reasonably distanced. (View Post)

It seems a bit random, but most people seem to be fine apart from a mildly sore arm. I've not seen reports of people getting seriously ill from it. (View Post)

Bear in mind that he also declared a Major Incident last year - he's just doing it earlier this time because the disease spreads much more quickly. That doesn't seem intrinsically fallaciou… (View Post)

There is a potentially legitimate debate about whether habits are changing to the point that the restaurant/pub/nightclub sector is larger than is ultimately sustainable. But that's largely a fr… (View Post)

The underlying issue here is that Sunak is very, very dry on spending, to a Thatcherite level. I know of other cases where he has flatly refused to authorise expenditure even in the case where - as i… (View Post)