The retail industry employs around three million people. Shops are fighting to protect themselves from a mountain of rent and business rates costs, even as high streets remain shut. With scientists warning yesterday that much of the high street may have to wait until May before it can reopen, industry groups fear this would decimate the retail and hospitality sector. They had hoped shops would reopen sooner given the Government plans to vaccinate the most vulnerable groups by the middle of next month. … [Read more...] about Is this the death knell for summer holidays? Boris Johnson is set to give go-ahead for Australia-style quarantine with all UK arrivals – including returning British travellers – paying to isolate at hotels, sources say
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Boris’s dig at Macron as Brexit negotiations go the 11th hour: PM says French leader ‘shares my keen interest in protecting the eco-systems of our sea’ amid row over fishing as negotiator leaves EU HQ and No Deal edges closer
The Prime Minister and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have both warned that a no-deal outcome looks more likely than an agreement in the trade negotiations, with the pair having agreed to take a firm decision on the future of the talks on Sunday. … [Read more...] about Boris’s dig at Macron as Brexit negotiations go the 11th hour: PM says French leader ‘shares my keen interest in protecting the eco-systems of our sea’ amid row over fishing as negotiator leaves EU HQ and No Deal edges closer
Very cool, Prime Minister! Boris Johnson hides in a FRIDGE to avoid GMB interview after Piers Morgan ambushes him during milk round stunt – as media minder says ‘for f**** sake’ LIVE on air
Tory lead PLUMMETS: Boris Johnson pleads with voters not to... He bulldozed through the wall and shot us his best... Bulldozing Boris Johnson hits out at 'Hamas-backing,... Why your vote is so vital: Labour is using every trick to... Tories are planning to AXE the £14billion foreign aid... DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Don't let us sleepwalk into catastrophe.... Now 15 ex Labour MPs urge voters to reject Jeremy Corbyn:... … [Read more...] about Very cool, Prime Minister! Boris Johnson hides in a FRIDGE to avoid GMB interview after Piers Morgan ambushes him during milk round stunt – as media minder says ‘for f**** sake’ LIVE on air
Pubs and restaurants could stay shut until JULY as councils are given power to extend lockdown rules
'It's a cash burn of half a billion pounds to keep the sector closed each and every month. If we are forced to wait for a longer period then unfortunately there will be little left of the hospitality sector and the 3.2million people who work in it to reopen at that point in May.' … [Read more...] about Pubs and restaurants could stay shut until JULY as councils are given power to extend lockdown rules
Joe Biden, the Pope, and the looming schism in America’s Catholic Church
'Coup attempt' The reactionary stance adopted by many US bishops goes hand in hand with the shunning of the current Pope or open opposition to him. And it is remarkable to note, how, over many pages, Faggioli maps out how closely interwoven the fates of Pope Francis and President Biden are. In the summer of 2018, media pundits and other experts worldwide were astonished to witness the former nuncio to the US, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, publishing a paper that included a massive attack on the Roman Curia and called on Pope Francis to resign. All allegations were later nullified. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden, the Pope, and the looming schism in America’s Catholic Church
