Mr Harper, chairman of the Covid Recovery Group, said achieving the Government's target to vaccinate the 15million most vulnerable by February 15 should clear the way for restrictions to be lifted three weeks later when the vaccines had taken effect. 'Covid causes serious harm and it's vital we control it effectively,' he said. 'But this cycle of lockdowns and restrictions cause immense damage too – to people's health, livelihoods and businesses. … [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 decision to ready the Navy for increased territorial patrols - likely to be read as a warning in Brussels over fishing rights - comes after Mr Johnson met senior minister Michael Gove, who has responsibility for Brexit planning, and other officials on Friday afternoon to 'take stock' of Government plans for a no-deal exit. … [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
And Dr Marc Baguelin, of Imperial College London, who sits on a sub-group of the Government's Sage committee, said the early opening of the hospitality sector would lead to a rise in Covid cases. He told BBC Radio Four's World at One programme: 'Something of this scale, if it was to happen earlier than May, would generate a bump in transmission, which is already really bad.' … [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
Faggioli focusses on America's initial response to Kennedy in 1960: a descendant of Irish Catholics, he was met with widespread hostility: "For the first Catholic president, his being a Catholic was a problem for important sectors of the Protestant establishment of the nation. For the second one, the country has no problem with his being Catholic, but a not-insignificant segment of the Catholic Church in the US — from among its bishops, its clergy, and its faithful — has a problem with his brand of Catholicism," he writes. For them, the Biden who in recent years backed same-sex marriage while failing to fulminate vehemently against the right to abortion is simply too much of a moderate. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden, the Pope, and the looming schism in America’s Catholic Church
