It seems likely it didn't come from South Africa, but rather they are the only southern African country that has good testing and monitoring of variants and so were the first to pick it up. (View Post)

A more sensible response would be to bring forward when people can have their boosters to 4-5 months and have a big campaign to encourage uptake. Improving population immunity ahead of a new variant … (View Post)

The Paterson vote must be one of the most stupid own goals we've seen in some time. The 'Tory sleaze' horse has now well and truly bolted and will continue to run. The current flurry o… (View Post)

Regarding Covid specimen vs. reported date debate, I'm not quite sure why it gets people so excited: 1) Both have weekly cycles that means certain days of the week are higher than others (i.e. y… (View Post)

The trouble with second jobs is it rather suggests the MPs aren't taking the job they were elected for particularly seriously. Most people earning £82k pa would need to work 40-50 hours a week f… (View Post)