A chorus of condemnation accompanied the ending of most Covid restrictions in England a month ago – but the advocates of ending lockdown seem to have been vindicated.
For me and many others, “Freedom Day” has been a cruel misnomer.
Lockdown is not only being extended, but the French must now apply online for an internal passport that allows them to travel freely in their own country.
Daily briefing: After a day of heavy criticism for vaccine passports and self-isolation chaos, the PM faces another attack from Cummings.
An unhappy marriage of social pressure and empowered bureaucracy mean we might remain frozen in the emergency mentality of 2020.
An estimated 4.6 million people per week will be asked to self-isolate after 19 July.
Is the British public’s consistent preference for safety over liberty in the battle against Covid finally eroding?
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