This morning: Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust, says UK could end up with worst coronavirus death rate in Europe.

Also this morning: Coronavirus as culture wars artefact.

Sections of British commentariat seem actively opposed to democratic accountability. https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1249233564278894593">https://twitter.com/DPJHodges...

‘The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable’.

Simple question: does the above do this? If not - at a time when so many are afflicted - why is it not doing it?

Meanwhile in Telegraph.

Politicians read these papers. They shape & #39;received wisdom& #39; and, even unintentionally, political decisions. These same commentators have radically changed Britain: eg Hannan took Brexit from a fringe position to a political reality. This stuff matters

And if "Hannan took Brexit from a fringe position to a political reality" sounds overblown it really isn& #39;t. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/29/daniel-hannan-the-man-who-brought-you-brexit

My">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/... new book goes into a lot of detail on Hannan& #39;s role in Brexit and its aftermath, too (esp ERG) https://headofzeus.com/books/9781789546026">https://headofzeus.com/books/978...