Shabana Mahmood reveals that she is Home Secretary and George Osborne is a podcaster 😀 (View Post)

I think Sayers is omitting the important thing: the public were (at least initially) wildly pro-lockdown, and the de-jure lockdown by the Government was preceded by a widespread de-facto lockdown cau… (View Post)

Doubtful. This was in the very beginning, before masks, the toilet paper shortage, social distancing, all of it. Just a panicked phone call from my boss to work from home (too late: I was on the trai… (View Post)

Perhaps somebody should write a report on the report. After a judge-led inquiry first, of course. (View Post)

During Covid the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) was countered by a group calling itself “Independent SAGE”, and without the Central Office of Information the Government… (View Post)