The 521 deaths announced in the last 24 hours are 1.9 per cent higher than the 511 last Friday and 4.6 per cent above the 498 figure yesterday. Covid deaths lag two to three weeks behind the infections trend due to the time it takes for people to fall seriously ill with the disease. Experts anticipate deaths will finally start to tail off next month, after the country's second lockdown has ended. … [Read more...] about Tory rebels seize on more positive Covid data and demand Boris Johnson rethink draconian tier system accusing PM of ‘jumping the gun’ as Britain’s daily cases drop AGAIN to 16,022 while deaths continue to plateau and R-rate finally falls below 1
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Panic buyers raid supermarket shelves again as Boris Johnson warns of tighter lockdown if people don’t comply
Morrisons Chief Executive, David Potts said: “Those who are offered a face covering and decline to wear one won’t be allowed to shop at Morrisons unless they are medically exempt. … [Read more...] about Panic buyers raid supermarket shelves again as Boris Johnson warns of tighter lockdown if people don’t comply
Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘coercive’ ministerial powers during lockdown and accuses Boris Johnson of ‘the most significant interference with personal freedom in the history of our country’
He told the Cambridge Law Faculty that the use of coercion to try to quell the pandemic is unprecedented in British history, even in wartime, and that it runs against basic freedoms. A family is seen sitting down to watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson address the nation in March … [Read more...] about Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘coercive’ ministerial powers during lockdown and accuses Boris Johnson of ‘the most significant interference with personal freedom in the history of our country’
Police fine 15 Scottish sea food truckers £200 each for making ‘unnecessary journeys’ as they descend on No10 after vowing to dump tons of rotting fish on PM’s doorstep over Brexit border chaos
There is little doubt that the prospect of leaving the CFP after the Brexit referendum resulted in the Scottish Tory Westminster revival, when fishing and farming voters united to turf Alex Salmond out of his Gordon constituency in 2017. Polling suggests the SNP could have a majority of 13 at May's Holyrood election, and the Tories risk losing several of the coastal seats they fought so hard to win. … [Read more...] about Police fine 15 Scottish sea food truckers £200 each for making ‘unnecessary journeys’ as they descend on No10 after vowing to dump tons of rotting fish on PM’s doorstep over Brexit border chaos
Dominic Raab insists ministers are trying to fix post-Brexit border ‘teething problems’ as the Scottish fishing industry warns many firms are days from collapse
'And of course the fishing industry is going to want to increase its capacity to take advantage of those increased stocks and that is why we are putting in £100million to shore up, to strengthen the fishing industry right across the whole of the UK to make sure that this really important opportunity of leaving the EU and leaving the transition period can be properly grasped.' … [Read more...] about Dominic Raab insists ministers are trying to fix post-Brexit border ‘teething problems’ as the Scottish fishing industry warns many firms are days from collapse
