As of today 10.4m people are eligible for their boosters having had their second doses by 19/4. 3.8m would inject everyone second vaccinated by 29/3, so we are lagging by 3 weeks I'd say that ga… (View Post)

One thought I have is that we should have an independent public enquiries service and perhaps a general accidents investigation board, both able to initiate and sustain several enquiries / investigat… (View Post)

I think it's a diminishing threat. To go from a R=3 -> 4 variant raises herd immunity raises herd immunity bar by 8% To go from an R=6 -> 7 variant raises herd immunity bar by 2% And one i… (View Post)

Starmer shares a fair whiff of similarity with Dominic Raab, don't you think? A bit cubic in head and body, a bit square in manner, overly lawyery in tone. At least knows where Dover is, but he … (View Post)

Another mirror image of BJO here. Did not vote Labour in any of the 7 elections, local or national, in the Corbyn era, culminating in a GE19 Conservative protest vote, but have voted Labour since and… (View Post)