Europe
What we don’t (yet) know about the Oxford vaccine
The presence of antibodies is not a guarantee that a person could not develop COVID-19
Spain faces its own Brussels conundrum
Will the EU stand by one of its most loyal members in her hour of need?
The Oxford vaccine appears to have surpassed expectations
The vaccine garners both an autobody and T-cell response which it is hoped may provide lasting immunity to the disease
Italy owes Wales reparations for the wrongs of the Roman Empire
Gangs of heavily-armed war-criminals went rampaging across Britain and helped themselves to my people’s homelands. And they called us ‘foreigners’
Macron’s Faustian pact with the EU
Macron is taking the role of hyper-president to its limits. Castex’s statement then is no more than his master’s voice
How hopeful should we be about Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine?
There are early signs of promise, but this vaccine has many hurdles still to jump
In England, no one can ever recover from COVID-19
PHE’s definition of the daily death figures means that everyone who has ever had COVID at any time must die with COVID too
The lost boys: the white working class is being left behind
These children are the forgotten demographic
It’s not all good news on Huawei
You have to read the fine print
Why Boris U-turned on Huawei
The British government on Tuesday U-turned on allowing Huawei a role in the building of the UK’s 5G network. From…
Two faces of Polish rebellion
The narrow presidential election reveals a country divided
Coronavirus has exposed the EU’s greatest flaw
A weaker EU is not necessarily more accommodating: perhaps the contrary
Will Macron’s new sidekick help him get re-elected?
In Castex, the French President may have found the Obelix to his Asterix
Can Macron’s ‘Swiss army knife’ save his presidency?
Macron is hoping to draw even more electoral support from his natural right-wing supporters
Germany’s EU presidency could make or break the union
Member states interpret the union differently
What happens when coronavirus mutates?
Mutations arise as the virus replicates and new, slightly imperfect, copies are made of the genetic material
The Battle of Britain was closer than it should have been
The Germans’ numerical ascendancy began to make itself felt by the end of the summer of 1940
Mission impossible: Boris’s attempt to rewire the British government
The state has failed the COVID stress test
In his first 100 days, Keir Starmer has reshaped Labour
After years of factional battles, the aim of the new operation is to make Labour seem sensible and decent
If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown
As a species we must stop cowering and havering. Let’s be prudent but let us also be a little brave
The case for a UK Huawei U-turn is growing
COVID-19 has changed everything
Is COVID herd immunity closer than we think?
A Swedish study found that 30 percent of blood donors had an immune response to COVID-19 in their T cells
Boris’s Roosevelt remedy isn’t what Britain needs
If there is a lesson to be learned from the 1930s, it should be a British one
Was COVID with us long before anyone realized?
New research suggests the virus was lurking in Europe even before it was identified in China
Meet Micheál Martin, Ireland’s new Taoiseach
The sense that no matter what the government, things would remain the same made for dull politics, but gave Ireland a certain psychological stability
