DAN HODGES: At last, there are reasons for optimism

It’s been like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole,’ the exhausted Government adviser admitted to me.  ‘One moment we’re under attack over contact tracing. It’s been like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole,’ the exhausted Government adviser admitted to me. ‘ One moment we’re under attack over contact tracing. Last week was the blackest week of the coronavirus … Read more

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Britain should be proud. Now let’s find a way out of lockdown 

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Britain should be proud. Now let’s find a way out of lockdown By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 00:43 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 01:13 BST, 5 April 2020 Our hearts go out to the frontline staff in the NHS who – as we see by … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Boris Johnson’s Government is going for broke to fight coronavirus

Yesterday it was made clear that Boris Johnson’s Government is going for broke.  It is sparing no effort as it battles to stop the coronavirus sending Britain’s hardwon prosperity over a cliff and turning what is now an inevitable recession into a depression of a kind not seen since the 1930s, with large and enduring … Read more

DAN HODGES: We have a new British motto: Panic And Snatch Toilet Rolls

The military are mobilising. Preparing for the deployment of Army units to protect hospitals, supermarkets and other vital facilities. Not from a hostile invading force, or terrorist fanatics. But from the British people, in the event the coronavirus emergency starts to spiral out of control. It sounds like something out of science-fiction film. Or a … Read more

Trump’s campaign SUES NYT for ‘libel’ over columnist’s claim of a ‘real Trump-Russia quid pro quo’

Donald Trump’s campaign SUES the New York Times for ‘libel’ over columnist’s claim of a ‘real Trump-Russia quid pro quo’ to get Putin’s election help Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed a lawsuit against The New York Times alleging it engaged in ‘libel’ against the president  The lawsuit stems from a March 2019 op-ed  It claimed … Read more