Potentially very reassuring news. If the vaccines are sufficiently effective even against variants that they prevent serious illness, that is, ultimately, all we need. If they prevent mild symptomati… (View Post)

I don't disagree with most of that, and I do agree that the most likely thing is that the current government (which is, after all, IMO the worst since WWII) will become very unpopular over the n… (View Post)

Three years is a long time in politics, a very long time. Nonetheless, I'm going to stick my neck out and say that it's not long enough for Sir Keir to turn things round. He's dull as … (View Post)

It's left to the individual minister to decide whether it is appropriate. I think it's a bit of a daft idea anyway; the minister knows what was in the portfolio before it was placed in the … (View Post)

That's obviously what they are trying to do, but feeble examples like this make it far too transparently party-political smearing and thus distract from any serious cases. (View Post)