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Large Decline in Pupil Attainment in England
Many studies have found that school closures harmed children's education. So it's not surprising there's been a dramatic decline in pupil attainment in England since 2019 – as new government statistics reveal.
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Boris to Resign Today
Boris Johnson will resign today after Nadhim Zahawi told him to go and another eight ministers quit demanding he accepts reality. Will history now repeat and the Tories install a new, dull, election-losing John Major?
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Face Nappy: Baby in Face Mask on Plane With Holes Cut for Eyes Sparks Ridicule and Anger
Now that's a face nappy: a photograph of a baby on a plane wearing an adult surgical face mask with holes cut for eyes has gone viral and sparked outrage and ridicule.
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TWICE as Many Vaccine Deaths as Covid Deaths in U.S. Households, Poll Finds
More than twice as many Americans have lost a household member to a Covid vaccine injury as have lost one to Covid, a new poll of 1,500 members of the public has found.
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News Round-Up
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.
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Boris’s Tragic Flaw
Boris is the most gifted politician of his generation and won an 80-seat majority. Why didn't Prince Hal become Henry V? Instead of taking destiny in his hands he pinched its bottom, then denied it.
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Sacrificing Children’s Needs for Those of Adults was Devastating and Must Never Happen Again
In crisis, we chose to invert our public health paradigm by requiring the young to sacrifice their own health and wellbeing to safeguard that of adults. In doing so, we shattered our implicit social contract.
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The New Bill of Rights is Another Example of Boris’s Lack of Backbone
The new Bill of Rights is a disappointment. It won't rein in the judges, just empower British ones at the expense of European ones. It does little about the undermining of parliamentary sovereignty by the lawyerly caste.
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What Happened in Lithuania?
By the end of last year, Lithuania's elderly vaccination rate was 32 percentage points higher than Romania's. Yet since the start of the vaccine rollout, the two countries have had similar levels of excess mortality.
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What’s Behind the Surge of Nearly 8,000 Excess Deaths Since April?
As of the most recent week, there have been 7,840 more deaths than usual from causes other than Covid since April, 1,374 of them in just the latest week. What is going on, and is anyone looking into it?
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