The Electoral Commission’s job is to regulate the financial activities of the most powerful people in the country – politicians up to and including the Prime Minister. As I know from my experience as a Commissioner, it is always unpopular in the highest circles, always being accused of bias and threatened with abolition. Its resources … Read more
The Electoral Commission’s job is to regulate the financial activities of the most powerful people in the country – politicians up to and including the Prime Minister. As I know from my experience as a Commissioner, it is always unpopular in the highest circles, always being accused of bias and threatened with abolition. Its resources … Read more
As a clinical neurologist, I must balance on a daily basis the risks and benefits of interventions in often complex, high-risk situations. While these are specialised decisions about the net benefit of a particular course of action, they are the stuff of medicine in general – and of course of life, too. And it is … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson warned the South African strain had taken root in Europe Professor Neil Ferguson today called for tighter border controls with Europe to keep out the dangerous South African of coronavirus amid fears it could undermine Britain’s vaccine roll-out. The SAGE adviser – dubbed ‘Professor Lockdown’ because his gloomy modelling of the first … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson warned the South African strain had taken root in Europe Professor Neil Ferguson today called for tighter border controls with Europe to keep out the dangerous South African of coronavirus amid fears it could undermine Britain’s vaccine roll-out. The SAGE adviser – dubbed ‘Professor Lockdown’ because his gloomy modelling of the first … Read more
Britain’s vaccine in shortage in April won’t hamper the UK’s inoculation drive – even though millions of over-40s may have to wait until May to get jabbed, one of the Government’s top scientific advisers insisted today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday admitted that a delayed shipment of 5million AstraZeneca jabs from India was a key … Read more
Britain’s vaccine in shortage in April won’t hamper the UK’s inoculation drive – even though millions of over-40s may have to wait until May to get jabbed, one of the Government’s top scientific advisers insisted today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday admitted that a delayed shipment of 5million AstraZeneca jabs from India was a key … Read more
Amid a worsening death toll, soaring infections, and intense pressure on the NHS, the Covid crisis could hardly appear more grim. But as the new year begins, the vaccination programme provides genuine hope that the disease could be conquered. This crucial initiative was given a huge boost on Wednesday by the approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca … Read more
Amid a worsening death toll, soaring infections, and intense pressure on the NHS, the Covid crisis could hardly appear more grim. But as the new year begins, the vaccination programme provides genuine hope that the disease could be conquered. This crucial initiative was given a huge boost on Wednesday by the approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced a further step towards another total Scottish lockdown. And I fear that Boris Johnson, still relying on his tight cadre of scientific advisers, will move in the same direction. But nine months into a pandemic that has become a nightmare of our own making, one thing is becoming clear: Such restrictions … Read more