Welsh First Minister Quits Ahead of ‘Extremely Difficult’ Decisions
Mark Drakeford became the embodiment of the over-regulating technocratic elite.
Mark Drakeford became the embodiment of the over-regulating technocratic elite.
Despite talk of the pandemic being ‘unprecedented,’ at least one dimension of the lockdowns did have precedent.
Dettmar said before the trial that he doubted the usefulness of masks: “If you want to wear them voluntarily to school, you can do so, but we don’t have to patronise parents.”
If one picked up this book expecting a genuine defence of COVID restrictions, one would soon be disabused of that notion. It is both hilarious and deadly serious, obliging the reader to remember all the traumas that befell us.
The violent protests we saw last weekend could mark a significant shift in the mood of what had previously been considered a largely compliant citizenry.
Soon, even conservatives will have to ask some unsentimental questions. Where was the royal displeasure when most needed? Where was that counterweight to political power? ‘Locked down,’ is the answer.
We witnessed a prolonged curtailment of freedom of movement, freedom of association, and freedom of speech. But Mark Woolhouse does not address this. In fact, while he clearly comes out as lockdown sceptical, it is not entirely clear why.
Under two ordinances, the sites of different religious confessions were forced to remain closed precisely during the times that worshipers normally gathered—mosques on Fridays, synagogues on Saturdays, and churches on Sundays, in all three cases from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Although her probe was non-criminal, the one magistrate to which Gray’s findings are subject is the court of public opinion.
While the #Partygate saga is by no means over, Johnson will be breathing a sigh of relief—perhaps even chortling—now that the attention has shifted to a new scandal involving his opposite number.
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