3 Feb 2021

‘No-one’s going to stop me visiting Scotland!’ Boris Johnson tells SNP during heated PMQs

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Boris Johnson today told the SNP “no-one’s going to stop me” visiting Scotland after they accused him of putting politics before public health. The Prime Minister has come under fire for his trip to a vaccine production firm north of the border after it emerged there had been a coronavirus outbreak at the site. Newspaper the Daily … Read More
31 Jan 2021

China crackdown prompts thousands to flee Hong Kong as U.K. opens new visa route

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Hong Kong citizens protest Friday outside the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament in London against the limited rights of British National Overseas passport holders in the former U.K. colony. Photo: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images About 7,000 Hong Kongers have … Read More
28 Jan 2021

Boris Johnson takes ‘full responsibility’ for response to pandemic but expert warns UK could see 50,000 more deaths

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Hannah McKay/PA) The UK could see another 50,000 deaths from coronavirus, a scientist advising the Government has warned, as the Prime Minister said he was “deeply sorry” for every life lost. Boris Johnson insisted he … Read More
28 Jan 2021

UK death toll hits 100,000 as Johnson locks down to March

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Starmer claims fatalities caused by the government’s ‘huge’ mistakes. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new lockdown measures in the UK parliament. Photo: House of Commons/PA Wire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put England on notice that the national lockdown … Read More
18 Jan 2021

Will Brexit Be a Barrier for Retooling the Economy?

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Britain’s problem is low productivity. EU membership could have helped. The ghost haunting the British economy is low productivity. A study covering 2007–2016 shows a productivity growth per year of 0.1 percent, below Germany, France, and Spain and at par with … Read More
12 Jan 2021

U.K. ‘Not Fully Sovereign’ After Brexit, French EU Minister Says

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Clement Beaune , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — The U.K. isn’t “fully sovereign” after its split from the European Union because it still needs to follow the bloc’s rules to maintain access to its market, France’s Junior Minister for EU Affairs, Clement … Read More
5 Jan 2021

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

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The new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and now present in many other countries was spreading at great speed. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV’s The Andrew Marr Show in … Read More
1 Jan 2021

Macron uses presidential address to denounce Brexit “lies and false promises”

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“This evening for the first time, a country — the UK — will leave the EU.” Emmanuel Macron used his New Year’s Eve presidential address to the nation to denounce the “lies and false promises” that led to the UK … Read More
1 Jan 2021

New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future

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Divisions over Brexit, both political and social, remain deep and are likely to last for years, despite a muted end to the saga overshadowed by the global health crisis. Britain on Friday began a new year and life outside the … Read More
1 Jan 2021

More than 50 countries launch COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

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Vaccinations are conducted at the Community Health Service Center in Enshi city, Hubei Province on 30 December 2020. Source: AAP A year on after the first global cases of COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, a number of countries have already begun … Read More

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