Boris Johnson’s authority has been so weakened by recent events that he appears willing to gamble the nation’s health service and people’s lives in order to appease right wing Tory tabloids and his own backbench MPs. The embattled prime minister’s personal nightmare before Christmas – featuring the key resignation of a staunch Brexit ally, a […]
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Boris Johnson has announced another major U-turn by recommending England’s nightclubs and large events require people to show a Covid vaccine passport to gain entry. The prime minister confirmed England will end almost all of its Covid restrictions on Monday, July 19 but warned life will not “instantly revert” to normal. Ministers and experts have […]
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Boris Johnson has confirmed almost all coronavirus restrictions in England are expected to end on July 19 signalling a huge shift in the government’s strategy for dealing with the pandemic. However, the prime minister also warned that coronavirus cases are predicted to be at 50,000 a day by the end of the month and said […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has blamed Boris Johnson’s “pathetic border policy” for the delay in lifting lockdown restrictions in England until July 19. The prime minister said the four week postponement follows concerns about the 60% more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, and fears a third wave could overwhelm the NHS. […]
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Britain’s biggest step out of lockdown has arrived with a massive dash of déjà-vu as hugs, holidays and indoor pints and meals returned with the reopening of hospitality amid warnings the country might be loosening restrictions too soon. Social distancing measures and restrictions remained in place on ‘Freedom Day’ as Britain’s big reopening was overshadowed […]
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Boris Johnson has laid out England’s exit from lockdown, declaring “the end is in sight” on the day the UK passed 129,498 deaths of people with Covid-19. The prime minister’s “cautious but also irreversible” road map out of lockdown is, he hopes, a “one way road to freedom” where even nightclubs could be open on […]
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A cabal of Conservative MPs are pressing the prime minister to set out an exit strategy from lockdown as the UK records it highest daily death toll from the virus to date. Another 1,610 people have died within 28 days of a positive test for Covid-19 – a new record high that takes the total […]
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Boris Johnson will impose a national lockdown on England on Thursday to save the NHS from the second wave of coronavirus advancing through the country. Announcing the new lockdown which will last until at least December 2, Johnson said: “We must act now to contain this autumn surge”. The prime minister was warned the health […]
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Thousands of anti-lockdown protestors have packed Trafalgar Square for the second Saturday running to demonstrate against restrictions under a “we do not consent” banner. Conspiracy theorist David Icke and Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers are among the protestors who “did not appear to be social distancing or wearing masks as they demonstrated against government rules”, reports […]
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The first ministers of Scotland and Wales have slated the UK government’s “shambolic” handling of the quarantine-air-bridges saga on the eve of England’s easing of lockdown that will see pubs open from 6am today (Saturday). “Let’s not blow it” pleaded the prime minister as businesses and venues around the country readied for July 4’s Covid-secure […]
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