NEWS
Lockdown will not end in March
Early March has been earmarked for moving the first areas out of lockdown — but only into the toughest tiers, with little further easing expected by Easter on April 4. This comes as new polling suggests that the public does not back a rapid easing of lockdown measures, and amid warnings by senior government advisers that ‘widespread vaccination risks a “day before Armistice” wave of infections’ — Telegraph
Trump gives farewell speech: ‘The movement we started is only just beginning’ — Epoch Times
EU gives initial backing to ‘vaccine passports’ — Mail
Number 10 hires PR firm to boost Covid vaccine uptake by black people, 72 per cent of whom are ‘unlikely’ to take the jabs, according to study — Mail
Boris Johnson is partial to a power nap — Times
COMMENT
The kindest among us are the quietest about it — Suzanne Moore, Telegraph
The critics of smart motorways were right all along — Ross Clark, Telegraph
Yes, there are heroes in our NHS, but there are problems too — Allison Pearson, Telegraph
