So on Freedom Day they gloriously returned to duty mask-free. Because aside from the royals' example and the joyous pictures of young people returning in their droves to nightclubs, Freedom Day has felt hollow. Sadly, Boris bottled it by pressing ahead with Freedom Day but leaving the Track and Trace scheme in place for another month, effectively wiping out many of the benefits of scrapping lockdown. Hence Freedom Day. The lead headline on a Sky News bulletin earlier today was: 'Freedom Day but for how long?'

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2021 16:08 UTC