. This essay, on the left, the right coronavirus and liberties, was my Observer column this week. (The column included also a short piece on faith and American politics.) It was published on 27 September 2020, under the headline “Where is the voice of the left as ‘libertarians’ annex the Covid-19 debate?” “Not all heroes wear masks.” So tweeted Tory contrarian Toby Young in July after fellow freedom warrior James Delingpole posted a selfie of himself maskless in a supermarket. How daring. How heroic. […]

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