Sajid Javid gave the Downing Street press briefing today – the first one in five weeks. The headline news is that the Government isn't implementing 'Plan B', although Javid did add the ominous words "at this point".
Anti-lockdown protestor Debbie Hicks is facing four separate prosecutions for participating in protests before restrictions were lifted on July 19th. Please click on the link and contribute to her CrowdJustice fundraiser.
We're publishing a guest post in the Daily Sceptic by Dr Gary Sidley, a retired clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience working for the NHS. He sets out all the reasons why mask mandates shouldn't be reimposed.
We're publishing a new addition to our long-running series 'Around the World in 80 Lockdowns' in the Daily Sceptic. This time it's a "Postcard From Vienna" from our regular travel correspondent Russell David.
There was plenty of outrage on Twitter yesterday from lockdown sceptics about the renewal of the Coronavirus Act 2020 without a Parliamentary vote, but it isn't the cause for alarm some people believe.
Lockdowns have made the fight against terrorism even harder, according to Raffaello Pantucci, a Senior Associate Fellow of RUSI.
In this week's London Calling the topics are the death of Sir David Amess, Elon Musk eclipsing Jeff Bezos to become the richest man in the world (a victory for lockdown sceptics) and James's hunting trip with Laurence Fox.
Steely-eyed lockdown sceptic Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has soared past Jeff Bezos to become the richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $230 billion – nearly twice as much as Bill Gates.
Dr Camilla Kingdon, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, says mass Covid testing in schools is sparking "unnecessary chaos" and should be brought to an end.
The WHO is embroiled in a new scandal: at least a third of its team investigating the origins of COVID-19, appointed last week, have conflicts of interest due to research links or previous statements about the disease.
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