Home Secretary Priti Patel says she would refuse to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter as she says attacks on statues were ‘dreadful’ and tells protesters ‘there are other ways to have those discussions’ The Home Secretary attacked the demonstrations that swept the globe in 2020 UK demos saw statues of historical … Read more
Matt Hancock finally unveiled England’s draconian new quarantine programme for Britons arriving home from Covid hotspots abroad. The long-awaited and much debated scheme will see travellers arriving back from 33 Red List nations forced to stay in hotels for 10 days at their own expense before being allowed to go home. The action has been … Read more
There’s an old saying in politics: never let a good crisis go to waste. That is certainly the approach adopted by the National Education Union (NEU), Britain’s biggest representative body for teachers. With breath-taking cynicism and self-serving ruthlessness, the union is using the Covid-19 pandemic to hammer the Government over cheap political points — at … Read more
There is ‘no chance’ Alex Salmond will give evidence to a inquiry into the Scottish Government’s handling of harassment complaints amid a censorship row, sources claim. The former-First Minister says his allegations against successor Nicola Sturgeon are being censored. He will refuse to provide witness testimony to the inquiry until his explosive dossier of accusations against Ms Sturgeon are … Read more
Elderly man, in his 90s, dies near Tesco after security staff ‘REFUSE to hand over defibrillator to people trying to save his life’ Samantha Badger claims staff stopped person from taking store’s defibrillator She performed CPR after man suffered a suspected heart attack on Wednesday She said worker even phoned police and reported ‘attempted theft’ … Read more
Elderly man, in his 90s, dies outside Tesco after security staff ‘REFUSE to hand over defibrillator to people trying to save his life’ Samantha Badger claims staff stopped person from taking store’s defibrillator She performed CPR on man after he collapsed outside Kent store on Wednesday She said worker even phoned police and reported ‘attempted … Read more
Doctors in Myanmar are refusing to work on non-emergency patients in protest against the military coup after soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids on Monday. Soldiers and tanks are patrolling major cities but the military takeover, which has ended the country’s brief experiment with democracy, has … Read more
Boris Johnson has warned banks they must not refuse mortgages on homes with cladding that are ‘perfectly safe’. Thousands of homeowners face the cost of removing cladding from their buildings in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, which killed 72 people in 2017. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions today, Mr Johnson was asked to come … Read more
Britons who refuse to take coronavirus vaccines will not enjoy protection even if their neighbours are immunised, scientists warned today. University of East Anglia experts yesterday claimed the current crop of Covid jabs will never allow Britain to reach ‘herd immunity’ – when so many people are immune to a virus that it can’t spread … Read more
Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo OBE warns ethnic minorities who refuse honours for their links to Empire risk making them prizes ‘for white people’ Writer Bernadine Evaristo awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020 The 61-year-old was first black woman to win Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel Evaristo has said it … Read more