I'd have thought that the biggest error wasn't about closing the borders, but the dithering over tightening restrictions at the beginning of December, by which time it was completely obviou… (View Post)

Hmm... https://twitter.com/laurnorman/status/1354363637994029058 (View Post)

Much discussion here and elsewhere on the figure for Covid deaths in the UK, which is indeed horrendous. However, I'd be a bit wary of premature international comparisons; our final ranking in t… (View Post)

Yes, it's encouraging. I hope we're going to get some figures on vaccinated vs unvaccinated hospitalisations soon, preferably 'vaccinated more than 18 days ago' or something simil… (View Post)

Of course it has a point. It's a proxy for 'Have you noticed yet what a clusterfuck Brexit is turning out to be?', and therefore gives some advance warning of political trends to come. (View Post)