NEWS
Lockdown to end on December 2 but stricter tiers on the way
England’s national lockdown will end on Dec 2 but be replaced by a new harsher three-tier system, Boris Johnson will announce on Monday. More areas will be placed into the higher tiers than before the lockdown after warnings from Sage scientists that the previous levels of restrictions were not strong enough and a tougher regional approach was needed. Everywhere from factories and offices to towns and cities will be blitzed with mass testing if cases start to rise, under plans to be set out this week — Sunday Telegraph
Boris Johnson ‘acted illegally’ over jobs for top anti-Covid staff — Observer
Criminals are allowed to serve sentences ‘working from home’ — Times
One in four will break rules at Christmas — Sunday Telegraph
PM told to speak out for Britain’s patriotic silent majority against ‘elitist bourgeois liberals’ at institutions — Mail on Sunday
COMMENT
It doesn’t matter how you vote… the Greens always win — Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday
Our lives belong to us, not the state. It’s morally wrong for government control freaks to tell us what we can do at Christmas — Lord Sumption, Mail on Sunday
The lack of opposition to Boris Johnson’s Green Crusade is a sure sign of trouble — Charles Moore, Telegraph