Rise in infections in Russia attributed to Omicron wave; Welsh government says woodlands ‘will be living memorial to those who have died’ * It’s no coincidence vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll * I didn’t take Covid seriously, admits leading statistician * UK travellers warned about Covid rule traps More on partygate from Toby Helm, Mark Townsend and James Tapper in the Observer today, who report that Boris Johnson’s desperate efforts to save his premiership have been undermined with one of his most loyal backbench supporters saying it was now “inevitable” that Tory MPs would remove him from office over the “partygate” scandal. In an interview with the _Observer, _Sir Charles Walker, a former vice-chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs, implored the prime minister to go of his own accord in the national interest, and likened events in the Tory party to a Greek tragedy. It is an inevitable tragedy. He is a student of Greek and Roman tragedy. It is going to end in him going, so I just want him to have some agency in that. Continue reading...
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