England cuts Covid-enforced self-isolation from seven to five days January 13, 2022 People who test positive for Covid in England will be able to leave self-isolation after five days instead of seven from Monday, health secretary Sajid Javid has announced. Anyone who tests positive for Covid can leave self-isolation if they have two negative lateral flow tests after five full days, which brings England’s advice in line [...]
Sunak absent: PM is ‘dead man walking’ say Tory MPs as Conservative calls for Boris Johnson to step aside grow louder January 13, 2022 Calls within the Conservative Party for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to step aside are growing louder, as a number of senior Tories say he should go after Johnson apologised for attending a “bring your own booze” gathering in the garden of No 10 during England’s first lockdown. The Prime Minister insisted he believed it had [...]
The art of the Boris apology: I’m sorry for everything but also for nothing January 13, 2022 If you have ever played monopoly, you’ll know there is a certain flex in the rules – unless they’re being used against you. Sure, it’s fine if your incarcerated opponent doesn’t collect rent when you land on their property because they’re under the mistaken belief you can’t earn money in jail. But when the tables [...]
Scottish Tory leader Ross Douglas calls for Boris Johnson to resign January 12, 2022 The leader of Scottish Tory party has called for Boris Johnson to resign as his premiership comes under increasing threat over the Downing Street parties scandal. Ross has told Sky News that Johnson has to go as Prime Minister after admitting today that a lockdown-busting party happened on 20 May 2020 in the Downing Street [...]
Boris Johnson admits Number 10 broke lockdown rules with May 2020 party January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson has finally admitted Downing Street broke the government’s own Covid rules by throwing a staff garden party in May 2020, but claimed he was unaware that it was not a work event. In a grovelling apology to the House of Commons today, Johnson said he knew “the rage [people] feel with me and [...]
All eyes on PMQs as Boris Johnson’s premiership is ‘hanging by a thread’ January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson’s premiership is hanging by a thread today, as angry Tory MPs and outraged Brits await Prime Minister’s Questions to see whether he will come clean over a party during lockdown. Reports that Johnson and his then fiancé Carrie Symonds attended a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden during lockdown [...]
Where is Boris? No 10 eerily quiet as resignation calls grow over ‘bring your own booze’ party but Johnson ignores demands to come clean January 12, 2022 The Prime Minister is facing an increasingly hostile and outraged Conservative Party as he will meet with MPs today amid furious demands to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach of Covid lockdown rules. Boris Johnson will make his first public appearance [...]
Boris Johnson’s rudderless levelling up plan must be anchored in business January 12, 2022 It was Winston Churchill who famously stunned a waiter by asking them to take back his pudding. “There’s no theme!” he bellowed. One man undoubtedly aware of this is Boris Johnson – the Prime Minister who wrote an effusive biography of Britain’s wartime leader before trying to emulate him in Downing Street. It comes to [...]
Downing Street staff ‘told to delete messages about lockdown parties’ January 11, 2022 Staff at Downing Street were advised to delete information regarding lockdown parties from their phones, it has been reported. Staff have alleged that a senior member of staff at No 10 recommended that they delete any messages suggesting they attended or were aware of any lockdown gatherings, The Independent reported. Two sources have alleged that [...]
Downing Street parties scandal: Boris Johnson ‘going nowhere’, say ministers January 11, 2022 Boris Johnson is “going nowhere” and will not consider resigning over the Downing Street parties scandal engulfing him, the government has said. Johnson’s position is coming under increasing pressure, after a leaked email from a senior civil servant last night revealed Downing Street had a lockdown-busting “bring your own booze” party on 20 May, 2020. [...]