JANET STREET-PORTER: Boris Johnson’s vaccine strategy was pure genius

Boris has blundered his way through this crisis – but his decision to invest in four different vaccines, ordering over 200 million doses to protect Brits against Covid-19 was a masterstroke. That inspired strategy won’t cancel out the depressing fact that the UK will probably see up to 150,000 people (we’ve already achieved the highest … Read more

Doctors accuse ministers of botching Covid-19 vaccine strategy over second doses

Doctors have issued a warning to ministers and health officials over second doses of coronavirus vaccine. They say patients given their first dose have not received an assurance that all will get a second jab of the same vaccine after 12 weeks and that it is ‘completely unacceptable’ to ignore the need for one. Scientists … Read more

House Of Cards creator Beau Willimon tapped to develop TV series based on strategy board game Risk

House Of Cards creator Beau Willimon tapped to develop TV series based on strategy board game Risk By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:52 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 00:52 GMT, 12 January 2021 Popular board game Risk could be heading to screens. The creator of the Netflix series House Of Cards, Beau Willimon, … Read more

Tony Blair calls for the UK to use up ALL coronavirus vaccine supplies on one dose strategy

Tony Blair calls for the UK to use up ALL coronavirus vaccine supplies to get at least one dose of the jab to millions of people as NHS doctors are ‘frustrated’ with slow roll-out By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:39 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 08:42 GMT, 23 December 2020 … Read more

Tory MPs demand ‘clear exit strategy from nightmarish cycle of lockdowns’

Furious Tory MPs have demanded resignations from the Cabinet after Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for 16million people in England as he imposed tough new restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus.  The Prime Minister announced yesterday afternoon that London, the South East and the East of England were being moved into a new Tier … Read more

DAN HODGES: It’s time Tory MPs told Boris that stumbling from lockdown to lockdown isn’t a strategy

Last week a dejected Tory MP was sitting in the House of Commons lobby when the Prime Minister appeared.  ‘He saw me and said, ‘Don’t worry. Everything will be all right in the end,’ the former Minister recounted, ‘then just ambled off.’ Things are not going to be all right. It was left to Rishi … Read more

Health expert behind Sweden’s no-lockdown Covid strategy is sidelined by government

The health expert behind Sweden‘s no-lockdown Covid-19 strategy has been sidelined by the government as the country’s number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise.  Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s press conference overran on Thursday, clashing with that of Anders Tegnell, the architect of the country’s liberal approach to the outbreak. It follows Sweden admitting that … Read more

Boris Johnson facing growing Tory revolt over coronavirus strategy

Boris Johnson is facing a growing Tory revolt over coronavirus rules as senior Conservative backbenchers today demanded he set out a strategy to avoid a cycle of national lockdowns.  Tory MPs in the so-called Covid Recovery Group (CRG) cautiously welcomed the prospect of the Government loosening restrictions over the Christmas period.  But they warned that … Read more

Boris Johnson faces growing Tory revolt over coronavirus strategy

Boris Johnson is facing a growing Tory revolt over coronavirus rules as senior Conservative backbenchers today demanded he set out a strategy to avoid a cycle of national lockdowns.  Tory MPs in the so-called Covid Recovery Group (CRG) cautiously welcomed the prospect of the Government loosening restrictions over the Christmas period.  But they warned that … Read more

SAGE scientist slams Covid lockdown Tier system as a ‘not very well thought through strategy’

Encouraging the public to visit bars and restaurants and then closing hospitality due to a spike in Covid-19 cases is not a ‘sensible way to run the epidemic’, a Government scientific adviser has said. Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), urged a long-term strategy when it comes to … Read more