NEWS
‘Vaccine passport’ being offered to thousands
Thousands of Britons who have already received their coronavirus jab will be offered a vaccine passport in a trial taking place this month after ministers flip-flopped over the controversial policy. The passport, created by biometrics firm iProov and cybersecurity firm Mvine, will be issued as a free app and will allow users to prove digitally if they have had their first or second jab – or no jab at all. Although the Department of Health said there were ‘no plans’ to introduce vaccine passports, the Government’s own science and research funding agency Innovate UK has already pumped £75,000 into the project — Mail
England likely passed its peak before lockdown as Covid outbreaks started to slow at start of 2021 in Kent and other ‘Tier Four’ areas — Mail
English Covid rules have changed 64 times since March, says barrister — Guardian
Calls for clarity over rules on ‘staying local’ after Boris Johnson’s bike trip — Times
Fines for UK firms buying goods linked to Chinese slave labour camps — Times
US
Trump: ‘Time for peace and calm,’ 25th Amendment is ‘zero-risk’ — Epoch Times
Post-Trump Republican Party likely to continue most of his policies, but with less bombast — Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times
COMMENT
It is not the police’s job to enforce the lockdown whims of ministers — Jonathan Sumption, Telegraph
If Twitter bans hoodlum-in-chief Donald Trump, how can it give a voice to terrorists? — Stephen Glover, Mail
