UK says any global tax deal must tackle Big Tech ahead of G7 meeting May 27, 2021 UK says any global tax deal must tackle Big Tech ahead of G7 meeting
Hancock to hit back at Cummings’ explosive claims he should have been fired over Covid deaths May 27, 2021 Matt Hancock to hit back at Dominic Cummings’ explosive claims he should have been fired over Covid deaths
Dom’s day out: Cummings blames PM for tens of thousands of Covid deaths as he reveals Number 10 chaos May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has laid the blame for tens of thousands of Covid deaths at the feet of Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock in an explosive seven-hour hearing in which the former Number 10 aide pulled the curtain back on a year of chaos inside government. Cummings told MPs that Johnson was “unfit” to be Prime [...]
Cummings: Boris Johnson DID say he would rather see ‘bodies pile high’ than lock down a third time May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has claimed Boris Johnson did say last October that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than plunge England into a third lockdown – the first person to publicly corroborate the story on-record. It was widely reported last month that Johnson was so infuriated when he was forced to announce [...]
Belarus president claims journalist pulled from plane was plotting a ‘bloody rebellion’ May 26, 2021 The president of Belarus has said that the journalist pulled off a plane that was grounded in Minsk had been plotting a “bloody rebellion”. Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko went on to accuse the West of starting a “hybrid war” against him, in his first public comments since the incident on Sunday. The Ryanair plane, which [...]
Indecisive Boris Johnson a ‘shopping trolley smashing between aisles’, says Cummings May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has hit out at Boris Johnson’s indecisiveness and described him as “a shopping trolley smashing from one side of the aisle to the other” as a part of a blistering attack on his apparent inability to lead the country as Prime Minister. Cummings said that it was “crackers” Johnson was in office and that [...]
Crowd pleasers: England cricket test match and Royal Ascot picked for next fan pilot May 26, 2021 Thousands of fans will be able to attend an England cricket test match and Royal Ascot this summer as part of the next stage of the government’s pilot programme for major events. The second test of the men’s series against New Zealand, beginning on 10 June at Edgbaston, will be allowed to welcome more than [...]
Island time: Mykonos, Ibiza and Canaries set for UK green list even if mainland Greece and Spain stay amber May 26, 2021 Island time: Mykonos, Ibiza and Canaries set for UK green list even if mainland Greece and Spain stay amber
Cummings: Matt Hancock should have been sacked for ‘criminal, disgraceful behaviour’ May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has claimed Matt Hancock should have been sacked for “criminal, disgraceful behaviour” in reference to failures in setting up England’s test and trace system. The former Number 10 aide said former cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill agreed with him and that Boris Johnson “came close to removing” Hancock in April 2020. The Prime [...]
PMQs: Boris hits back at Cummings’ ‘complacency’ allegations May 26, 2021 The Prime Minister refused to agree with his former chief aide Dominic Cummings that the Government had “failed” the British people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under questioning from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson denied he had referred to the Covid-19 pandemic as a “scare story,” an allegation made by Mr. Cummings. “I don’t [...]