UK pledges to share 100m coronavirus vaccines globally June 10, 2021 Ahead of the G7 summit, prime minister Boris Johnson today announced the UK will donate 100m surplus coronavirus vaccines worldwide within the next year. 80m doses will be supplied to the Covax vaccine sharing scheme, while the remaining 20m doses will be shared bilaterally with countries in need. The donated doses will come from the [...]
G7 2021: Boris Johnson says Joe Biden is ‘breath of fresh air’ after first meeting June 10, 2021 Boris Johnson has called his first in-person meeting with US President Joe Biden a “breath of fresh air”, after an extended bilateral in the lead-up to the G7 summit. Johnson and Biden had their first meeting in Cornwall today ahead of the three-day summit, with the pair agreeing to a new Atlantic Charter and a [...]
Frost receives icy warning after giving culture committee the cold shoulder June 10, 2021 The chair of Westminster’s influential culture committee has slammed Brexit minister Lord David Frost for postponing an evidence session today. The government has been under fire for some time over post-Brexit immigration requirements, with confusion over visa access for touring musicians or performers. Frost was due to give evidence on the implications of Brexit on [...]
UK needs to shake off British empire image to avoid Scottish independence, think tank says June 10, 2021 The UK needs to shake off the nationalist stereotypes of its British Empire to avoid Scottish independence, a think tank has reported. Those who favour Scottish independence associate “Britain with empire and empire with evil”, with independence part of “the progressive arc of history”, think tank Council on Geostrategy said. “In short, if the disintegration [...]
Matt Hancock denies Dominic Cummings’ claim he lied to the Prime Minister over Covid-19 June 10, 2021 The health secretary has denied Dominic Cummings’ accusations that he lied to Boris Johnson during the pandemic, telling MPs that he followed the “clinical advice” at all times. Giving evidence to MPs at a joint inquiry by the Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees on the government’s coronavirus response, Matt Hancock insisted [...]
China passes law to retaliate against foreign sanctions June 10, 2021 China has passed a law today that will allow it to counter foreign sanctions, according to state broadcaster China Centra Television (CCTV). The bill was passed by China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee after a second review, after a secret first review in April. Little is yet known of the law, but it comes [...]
Worsening UK/EU relations over Northern Ireland ‘commanding attention’ of Biden June 10, 2021 America’s most senior diplomat in Britain has given Brexit minister Lord Frost a dressing down for Britain’s role in heightening tensions in Ireland and Europe. Yael Lempert, who was instructed by President Joe Biden, said she had been told to issue London with a demarche, a formal diplomatic reprimand and an uncommon move among [...]
Johnson and Biden set to agree new Atlantic Charter that includes push to reopen UK-US travel June 9, 2021 Boris Johnson and Joe Biden will meet in Cornwall tomorrow ahead of the G7 summit and sign a new “Atlantic Charter” that is modelled on the 1941 UK-US agreement. The pair will also map out a number of other policy objectives, including a commitment to reopen UK-US travel as soon as possible through a new [...]
Government broke the law with Covid contract for Cummings-linked polling firm, court rules June 9, 2021 Government broke the law with Covid contract for Cummings-linked polling firm
Mais Non: EU to drop English for French as ‘working language’ June 9, 2021 French will replace English as the European Union’s official ‘working language’ when France takes over the EU presidency in 2022, according to a senior diplomat. In its first presidency since Brexit, Emmanuel Macron’s government intends to push its native tongue as the “lingua franca” of Brussels, according to Politico. “Even if we admit that English [...]