The Andalusians appear to have had an extremely good result from providing activated Vitamin D, calcifediol, to care home residents and some GP patients. Today I asked @BorisJohnson to look into the latest evidence from Spain on this cheap, safe and effective treatment.
The death rate in Andalucía almost halved following the introduction of their Vitamin D policy. Tragically, here in the UK our death rate more than doubled over the same period, despite us having 5x the vaccinations.
Like us, the Spaniards relaxed their lockdown at Christmas - if anything more so and for longer.
The numbers are startling.
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I couldn't get into Treasury Questions to ask @Jesse_Norman about the Loan Charge today. These are the points I would have made:
1. Sir Amyas Morse's report raises the point that the Treasury was still losing significant test cases up to 2015 and it was only resolved by the Supreme Court in 2017.
2. The review also said that 2017 legislation's retrospective elements were completely without legal precedent.
The Treasury’s forecasts in the past have almost never been right and have more often been dramatically wrong. Take their forecasts for the effects of a Leave vote made in May 2016.
They said that in the 18 months after the referendum the economy would contract by at best 0.1 per cent and at worst 2.1 per cent. Instead, it GREW by 2.8 per cent. This is an error of 4.9% - up to £100 billion.
If Parliament rejects the Government's current proposal, then the Government can press for a Canada+++ free trade deal backed by technical solutions on the Irish border.
I have spent the last few days in Washington talking to US Government Trade and Treasury officials encouraging a free trade deal with the UK. Excellent response. They have already started on the procedures to allow negotiations to start immediately once we leave the EU in March.
This will not be possible if we accept the Government's proposed deal with Europe, which will block every avenue of negotiation with America.
We have to have a Canada+++ deal to allow us to have a free trade deal with America
Today we set out more detail on how we think the UK, as a third country, can continue to cooperate with the EU on security and keep our people safe and prosperous.
As I travel around Member States I hear how much our partners value the UK commitment to the EU’s security.
A relationship based solely on existing third country precedents, as some seem to be suggesting, would lead to a substantial and avoidable reduction in our shared security capability.