The Queen testing positive for Covid is the clearest sign this pandemic isn’t over just as Boris Johnson dangerously sweeps away England’s isolation laws.
Her Majesty, 95, falling ill underlines why the rush to abandon rules on the infected to stay at home is condemned by medical experts.
Mercifully the elderly monarch’s symptoms are said to be mild, akin to a mild cold, but the hundreds dying every week aren’t so lucky.
Johnson’s motivation is purely to distract from Downing Street lockdown parties.
Once again this Prime Minister could let the bodies pile up – this time to stop a group of Conservative MPs demanding a no-confidence vote to boot him out of No10.
The timing of the Sovereign’s illness couldn’t be worse for Johnson and we urge him to think again, to think of the lives he’ll sacrifice.
Better safe than sorry, retaining sensible isolation laws a little longer, would be the responsible decision.
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Tory's roulette
Russian armed forces massing close to the border of Ukraine is frightening and we could be in for days, weeks, months or maybe even years of these military threats from Vladimir Putin.
The autocrat’s intentions are unclear so there’s an element of doubt over whether he genuinely intends to invade.
Support for Ukraine, including penal financial sanctions against Moscow, are vital yet the Tory Party’s dependence on roubles and previous unwillingness to tackle dirty money flowing into London risks emboldening Putin.
Nato’s united front must be commercial as well as political and military.
But negotiations to defuse a confrontation must be pursued because we all lose if there is a war.
Medal sweep
What an end to the Winter Olympics for Team GB with the women curlers winning gold to top the men’s silver.
Now they’ll go from polishing the rink with brooms to polishing their gongs.
