| Dear reader,
As we enter our twelfth week of lockdown, thoughts are turning towards how the restrictions can safely be lifted. In her most recent column, Janet Daley questions when ministers will ever judge the situation to be safe and argues powerfully that now is the time for those who are being protected by the lockdown to ask whether it is worth the cost that the rest of society is bearing.
Much of the debate around the lockdown has been subsumed into the argument around the Black Lives Matters protests. You can find the latest on the issue and how Westminster is debating it in our live blog here.
The breakthrough in the Madeleine McCann case has raised hopes that her parents, Kate and Gerry, may finally find out what happened to their daughter. As Miranda Levy writes, it could also bring much-needed vindication for Mrs McCann, even as it stirs up the forces of persecution that have cruelly hounded her for over a decade.
Finally, Eggheads, the quiz show, appears to have become the latest victim of the BBC’s drive to find a younger audience. Michael Hogan argues in this excellent piece that the BBC has got it all wrong in its pursuit of youth, failing to understand the universal appeal of good drama – and the lockdown viewing figures prove it.
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My Choices | | "Tell MPs ‘not in my name’ if you are horrified by this social experiment" – Janet Daley argues that it's time for those the lockdown is protecting to question its value. (Free to read) |
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| Could coronavirus be killed off without a vaccine? Harry de Quetteville explores how Sars and Mers were stopped in their tracks and asks if this could be done to Covid-19. |
| | The BBC's pursuit of young audiences is misguided and the lockdown viewing figures show why, argues Michael Hogan. (Free to read) |
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