The discussions to define the future relationship between the UK and the EU haven’t been going well. But despite a growing number of voices calling to extend the Brexit transition period, the UK government plans to tell the EU this Friday, that it won’t be seeking an extension. MP Penny Mordaunt told the House of […]
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The UK government turned sceptical about its plans to reopen schools as it admitted that not all primary pupils would be able to return to the classroom. With only six months left before classes end in summer, The Guardian reported on Tuesday that government sources were mulling over deferring in-person classes from the June 1 […]
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The United Kingdom is opening its doors to three million residents of Hong Kong by relaxing its visa restrictions amid the ongoing political turmoil in the former British territory. In an opinion piece published in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK government will consider its […]
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In virtually all areas of life in Britain, white people enjoy an advantage over the BAME community, including education, employment, health, and law and order. Protests continue in America, and George Flyod’s horrific death has sparked a renewed debate on racial inequality in the UK. While the Brexit campaign aroused racial tensions, the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Keir Starmer has called on the prime minister to “get a grip” of the coronavirus crisis and accused the government of making “a difficult situation ten times worse”. The Labour leader’s stinging attack on Boris Johnson’s weak leadership and mismanagement of the pandemic comes in an “exclusive interview” published by the Guardian at 9.00pm on […]
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The European Union (EU) is keen to offer Britain a two-year transition period after Brexit provided that the latter pump more cash into the bloc. EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier announced on Wednesday that EU leaders would consider extending the 11-month transition phase after the UK formally left the bloc on January 31. “Such […]
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The UK’s ruling Conservative Party saw its lead in polls drop by a few points amid a political battle over the prime minister’s siding with his closest aide, David Cummings. A YouGov survey for The Times published on Wednesday showed that the Conservative’s lead dropped by four points to 44% as compared with the Labour […]
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Boris Johnson has refused to launch an inquiry into Dominic Cummings’ breach of lockdown and instead urged the country to “move on” from the story that refuses to go away. The prime minister will have hoped today’s surprise announcement – that England’s track and trace system to combat coronavirus will start tomorrow (Thursday) – would […]
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Ministers have rallied to support the prime minister’s chief advisor Dominic Cummings as “devastating new claims” emerge about a further breach of the lockdown rules. Boris Johnson’s special advisor (SPAD) has been under fire since news broke last night that Cummings drove 264 miles from London to his parents’ Durham property with his wife and […]
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And it suddenly came to a kick in the face. Once you were enjoying your cup of coffee at your favourite coffee shop, pursuing the things you were passionate about, chatting with your friends over drafts of beer, singing the nights out while everyone slumbered their exhaustion away—and then everything changed. Just like that, an […]
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