NEWS
NHS app to be converted for vaccine passports
The NHS app will be converted into a digital Covid-19 certificate, preventing those unwilling or unable to prove that they have been vaccinated or tested negative from entering a range of venues. Number Ten is considering allowing businesses to demand to see the app, and a review on the wider question of ‘vaccine passports’ will report before the June 21 date pencilled in for a ‘full’ reopening of the economy — Times
Number of UK Covid vaccinations falls by a third as vaccine supply dips — Guardian
Divisions within Scotland’s independence campaign deepen — Financial Times
Masks and social distancing could last for years — Telegraph
Labour scraps all-female shortlist for Liverpool mayor — Guardian
US Catholic League calls Equality Act ‘the most comprehensive assault on Christianity ever written into law’ — Epoch Times
COMMENT
It’s time to let us hug who we want whenever we damn well please — Allison Pearson, Telegraph
Pay attention to this mad Scottish drama. It’s revealing a lot about the people who run the country — Tom Harris, Telegraph
