Former Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption has weighed in on Partygate to say it exposes both the moral deficiencies of Boris Johnson and that those writing the lockdown rules clearly didn't believe their own hype.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
If you pay people for two years to stay home, and fund it by printing money, there is bound to be inflation. But the same people who called for longer lockdowns are the same ones complaining loudest about the crisis.
MPs and members of the public have demanded that civil servants stop blaming working from home and the Covid pandemic for poor service.
The 32nd of our round-ups of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medics to inform the debate on vaccination.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
People in Wales will no longer be legally required to wear face coverings in health and social care services from Monday as the final UK legal restriction is lifted. But Mark Drakeford says they're really "on hold".
A study of university students and staff has laid bare the abject failure of pandemic policy interventions such as vaccination, masks, mass testing and quarantine to limit the spread of COVID-19.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Boris Johnson is guilty of misleading the House of Commons and, even more seriously, of putting the lockdown laws on the statute book in the first place, framing them in such a way as to criminalise everyday interaction.
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