So will everything go back to ‘normal’ now? Will we all stand packed and maskless on the London...
Coronavirus
“A dangerous and unethical experiment”
Anyone in the food or restaurant business will tell you what a pain health and safety rules can...
“Hospitality worker wages rise as sector faces staffing crisis, new data shows”
This can be a positive or a negative, depending on which side of the (still live) Brexit argument...
“Restaurants and pubs ‘face collapse’ during extended England lockdown”
When the smoking ban came in, I remember every pub and restaurant proclaiming that it would put...
“Crowds of drinkers in London’s Soho celebrate pubs reopening ‘like VE Day’”
In the height of winter lockdown, there were tales of police moving on pairs of old ladies having...
“The Lockdown Roadmap: give them an inch…?”
I hadn’t realised that church services were starting again until I jogged past on Sunday morning....
“Our Summary of The Spring Budget”
I play a little game every Budget Day. I count the number of ‘Our Budget Summary’ emails I receive...
“Coronavirus: Vaccinate more people with one dose, urges Tony Blair”
If he’d ignored both George W. and Gordon, we wouldn’t have invaded Iraq, would have regulated the...
“One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals”
I was about to write about the lack of financial advice available for those that most need it,...
“Jeremy Hunt: Covid restrictions should stay until cases fall to 1,000 a day”
What is it with these (Tory) backbenchers? They started the whole Brexit thing, and have this week...
“Public trust crumbles amid Covid fake news”
An overheard conversation waiting for takeaway coffee this morning. The speaker, large, male,...
“Covid measures will be seen as ‘monument of collective hysteria and folly’ says ex-judge”
I googled this chap as I heard him on the radio the other day. Has he not seen what’s happened and...
“Tory rebels stage revolt over Covid tier system”
Before you say ‘easy for you, Mr Financial Adviser, working from home, Zooming away all day’, the...
“The post-lockdown three-tier system explained in Tamil”
As we move into Zone 2, I’ve been trying to make sense of the rules. Can my daughter’s friend come...
“Boris promises to ‘Save Christmas'”
Why the obsession with ‘Saving Christmas’. Without wishing to sound like Scrooge’s younger cousin...