Will ‘freedom day’ go ahead? The only thing we know is we don’t know | Simon Jenkins

As Covid data emerges, decisions over England’s easing on 21 June will go down to the wire. We must hope No 10 gets it right

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England faces the tensest two weeks of its entire lockdown. On 14 June, the government must decide if the long-promised “freedom day” of 21 June can proceed as promised. That promise has now been plunged into doubt. A three-day surge in “cases” of the variant of Covid first detected in India may, or may not, mark t...