Is anyone making a list of people using the coronavirus as an excuse to do the things they’ve always wanted to do? If not, I’ll start it off with this.
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Nominated by @FraserMyers
Nominated by @K_Niemietz
“If one good thing emerges from these pestilential times, let it be a return to our traditional forms of salutation.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/15/coronavirus-has-silver-lining-should-return-bow-curtsy/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020...
Nominated by @TJMSparling
A few words from the former head of BBC Television News, former editor of the Today programme and former Editorial Director of the BBC.
"As it happens I& #39;ve written a book about this, at a push..."
A fellow at the IPPR, a think tank that called for sweets and crisps to be in plain packaging last year.
"But we can use this moment to bring a stakeholder approach to the centre of capitalism. Let’s not let this crisis go to waste." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/18/the-covid-19-crisis-is-a-chance-to-do-capitalism-differently">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
The ‘experts’ are from Tobacco Control magazine which has argued for the prohibition of cigarettes for years.
The coronavirus shows that Britain isn’t as good as Ireland, says Fintan O’Toole. Via @thomasknox
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From the author of ‘Our timid leaders could learn from strongmen’ and ‘Rory is right, it’s time for a new national service’.
Janet Street-Porter& #39;s weird, long-standing obsession with ration books.
Nominated by @JuliaHB1