My 2022 resolution: Don’t let this be the Year of the New Normal
The goalposts for returning to life as it was keep moving. I can't be the only one thinking: what if…
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I backed every lockdown – but the cost of another is simply too great
For all our talk of saving lives, we have emptied life of joy, touch, conviviality.
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How Brexit Britain became “Plague Island”
The Remain-Leave divide has taken a new form during the pandemic but both sides of Brexit may now be uniting…
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Would the British public support another lockdown?
After the vaccine roll-out, voters are less fearful of catching coronavirus and more sceptical of new restrictions.
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Rishi Sunak’s £1bn won’t save stricken hospitality firms from “lockdown from below”
The chancellor's rescue package, announced yesterday, is a paltry amount - particularly after mixed government messaging caused this "lockdown from…
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Even without a lockdown, Omicron is already hammering businesses
The debate over whether or not to have an official lockdown risks distracting from the real problems on the ground.
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Boris Johnson’s No 10 garden drinks were an insult to bereaved people like me
The cheese-and-wine gathering came the day after the socially distanced, ten-person funeral for my teenage son
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Boris Johnson’s woes make another lockdown unlikely
It is hard to imagine how more Covid restrictions could be imposed without the Prime Minister suffering potentially fatal political…
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Was Shaun Bailey’s decidedly sad Christmas party worth risking his political career over?
Judging from the photograph of the festive gathering, it really doesn’t look like it.
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Is Britain heading for a Christmas “lockdown by stealth”?
Hospitality businesses report that cancellations are rocketing as people try to avoid the virus.
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Why we cannot accept a lockdown this Christmas
The liberties and opportunities that we will lose, particularly for our young, are far greater than any health security we…
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Boris Johnson has lost the credibility to lead Britain through another Covid wave
His critics are right that he has little moral authority to demand new restrictions, but the answer is not to…
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Could the Downing Street party unravel Boris Johnson’s political career?
The old mantra recited by his followers – “he’s a winner” – is now heard less and less, and the…
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More than 100,000 fines for breaking lockdown restrictions have been handed out
The figures include 3,528 fines for gathering indoors, and fines of up to £10,000 for people hosting large gatherings.
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Timeline: all the lockdown breaches by politicians and government employees so far
Ministers, government advisers and their associates began breaching lockdown restrictions almost as soon as they were imposed.
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Australia’s draconian streak means that it is struggling to find the Covid exit lane
A zero-Covid strategy can come at the expense of basic human decency.
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How to mentally prepare for the prospect of another lockdown
Lessons in resilience from a professor of clinical psychology.
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Public appetite is growing for another lockdown
Twenty-eight per cent of people in England saying they would support only allowing people to leave their homes for essential…
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As Christmas approaches, Europe is locking down
A resurgence of Covid-19 has caused the return of lockdowns across much of Europe.
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The last thing the government wants is another lockdown. It may have a problem
The Tories believe another shutdown would be a betrayal. But the Omicron variant could weaken their position.
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