test and trace
Can Boris and his ministers agree on the point of the Covid app?
What is the point of the Covid-19 app? Ministers seem to be as in the dark about the answer to…
Pinged
‘Ping, ping, ping went the bell,’ sang my husband, making his eyes wide and jigging in his best imitation of…
What is the purpose of test and trace?
At yesterday’s press conference, Boris Johnson announced that his government was shelving plans for domestic ‘Covid certificates’ (i.e. vaccine passports),…
The wrong track
Under what circumstances can a government restrict the liberty of the people? An example was given last year: in a…
Positive thinking
Britain’s best hope isn’t a vaccine – it’s millions of daily tests
This lockdown is much riskier
Keir Starmer has his first attack line of the next general election campaign. He will say that England’s second lockdown…
The Covid testing trap
We are in a time where money has lost meaning and value, so perhaps the £10 billion plus spent on…
A Churchillian task
How Boris can get Britain’s Covid fight back on track
Off track
Is our test-and-trace system ready?
