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Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:39 UTC © Reuters/Caitlin Ochs Labour MP Luke Pollard opened a floodgate of internet hate after writing a letter to his constituents in which he claimed Santa Claus had received a Covid-19 jab and that children were saving lives by not seeing their relatives. Pollard, who represents Plymouth, started the message by reassuring young people that Father Christmas will still be able to deliver presents this year, despite strict restrictions on movement and gatherings during the holidays. He went on to claim that Santa was vaccinated against coronavirus and that all of his rein...

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 01:53 UTC A general view of a family delivering Christmas presents on December 19 before going into a lockdown at midnight in Cardiff, WalesSome of my past Christmases have gone spectacularly wrong, from the festive point of view. In 1989, I spent Christmas Eve courageously hiding under my bed in a Bucharest hotel, as tracer bullets whizzed by my window, and the snowy city echoed to the sound of crazy gunfire. Christmas Day wasn't much better and when I eventually made it home I promised my family and myself that I'd try not to let that happen again. But how can you tell?

Half of U.S. States to Prioritize Blacks And Hispanics Over Whites for COVID-19 Vaccine Published: December 20, 2020 Is this what they call "systemic racism"? Every US state has been advised to consider ethnic minorities as a critical and vulnerable group in their vaccine distribution plans, according to Centers for Disease Control guidance. As a result, half of the nation's states have outlined plans that now prioritize black, Hispanic and indigenous residents over white people in some way, as the vaccine rollout begins. According to our analysis, 25 states have committed to a focus on rac...

PETER HITCHENS: Merry? No, this year we need an Angry Christmas! By Peter Hitchens for The Mail on Sunday 22:01 19 Dec 2020, updated 01:53 20 Dec 2020 294 shares Some of my past Christmases have gone spectacularly wrong, from the festive point of view. In 1989, I spent Christmas Eve courageously hiding under my bed in a Bucharest hotel, as tracer bullets whizzed by my window, and the snowy city echoed to the sound of crazy gunfire. Christmas Day wasn't much better and when I eventually made it home I promised my family and myself that I'd try not to let...

« 17 years ago Saddam Hussein had just been captured and I was on my way across the desert to to Baghdad, to write this... | Main | For a course in how to think, read my books » PETER HITCHENS: Merry? No, this year we need an Angry Christmas! This is Peter Hitchens’s Mail on Sunday column   Merry? No, this year we need an Angry Christmas! Some of my past Christmases have gone spectacularly wrong, from the festive point of view. In 1989, I spent Christmas Eve courageously hiding under my bed in a Bucharest hotel, as tracer bullets whizzed by my window, and the snowy city echoed to t...