Jacob Rees-Mogg has attacked “hard left socialists” and denounced plans to ban people travelling from Covid hotspots to Wales as “unconstitutional”. Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford announced an entry ban to Wales on Wednesday to stop people from parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The ban will come into force on Friday if the […]
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Boris Johnson is under increasing fire from all angles with the issues of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic combining with yet more rebels on his backbenches. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator in Brexit talks with the UK, mocked Johnson during a meeting with EU ministers for issuing a “third unilateral deadline” The summit of […]
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With case numbers rising and governments balancing health and economic priorities, the number of scientists against lockdown is growing. Unlike in March, when medics and modellers across the globe advocated strict lockdowns to curb the spread of coronavirus, many now believe a different approach is necessary. The Great Barrington Declaration is an open letter penned […]
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The Home Office has spent £30,000 to charter a jumbo jet in order to deport a single asylum seeker to France. An investigation by Channel 4 News discovered the “deportation flight chartered by the Home Office yesterday [Thursday] was carrying just one Sudanese man” and followed an operation requiring “3 mini buses, 2 coaches, a […]
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Labour has slammed Boris Johnson for being “grossly incompetent” for not understanding his own lockdown laws. The prime minister has apologized in a tweet for having “misspoke” when was asked to clarify the new rules for people in the north-east of England – which come into force tomorrow (Wednesday). Johnson told journalists: “In the north-east […]
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Matt Hancock has confirmed the government is considering closing England’s pubs by the weekend as its chief medical officer and top scientist issued a grim warning for the UK. Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Valance and Prof Chris Whitty today announced the UK is facing 50,000 Covid cases a day by the middle of October […]
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Anti-lockdown protestors have gathered at Trafalgar Square as the prime minister toils in Downing Street to devise a response to alarming rises in Covid-19. Police have clashed with anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, 5G conspiracists, pro-cannabis activists and anti-lockdown protestors in London who have congregated in their thousands for today’s “Resist and Act For Freedom” rally in the […]
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Coronavirus rules and restrictions are proving even more divisive than Brexit in Britain, according to a poll of 10,000 people carried out across the UK. Demos has found that animosity between people who stick to the coronavirus rules and those who do not runs even deeper than the animosity felt between Brexit ‘Leavers’ and EU […]
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Nicola Sturgeon has rebuked the UK government’s plan to get people back to working in offices saying she will not “countenance” any intimidation to persuade them to do so. Boris Johnson is set to warn workers face losing their jobs if they continue to work from home with the government launching a PR blitz to […]
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A patients’ charity has accused parliamentary authorities of censorship following the rejection of a petition highlighting the reduced level of NHS care for non-Covid patients during the pandemic. Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) – a widely respected charity for patient safety and justice – submitted the petition two months ago and said lives have been […]
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