The local picture can look very different, though -- for example here cases have been rocketing up over the last couple of weeks: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases?areaType=ltla&areaN… (View Post)

Eventually, yes. But my understanding from the discussions back when delta-related travel bans were on the table was that a ban on travel from new-variant hotspots could buy you time, because if you … (View Post)

...but if my MP is earning a boatload of cash from their second job I would suspect they might be more concerned with acting in a way that didn't piss off their paymaster, rather than the voters… (View Post)

My tech-sector employer has been giving extra paid leave days, as fixed dates about once a quarter announced usually a few months in advance, with about the same kind of self-care/covid/avoid-overwor… (View Post)

I remember seeing a video of a talk by Francis Pryor (archaeologist, prehistoric fens specialist) where he predicted in passing that we'll end up allowing the fens to be reflooded within the nex… (View Post)