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As pub gardens and shops reopen in England, PM urges nation to ‘behave responsibly’ Boris Johnson

As pub gardens and shops reopen in England, PM urges nation to ‘behave responsibly’

Boris Johnson has urged the nation to "behave responsibly" as pub gardens reopen and restaurants resume outdoor dining in England. In the next major step in the easing of England's coronavirus lockdown, shops deemed non-essential are also reopening, as are hairdressers, indoor gyms, swimming pools, nail salons and zoos. However,…
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April 11, 2021
U.K.’s Boris Johnson will not attend Prince Philip’s funeral due to Covid restrictions Boris Johnson

U.K.’s Boris Johnson will not attend Prince Philip’s funeral due to Covid restrictions

LONDON — Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not attend Saturday’s funeral for Prince Philip to allow as many members of the royal family as possible to be present amid coronavirus restrictions, his office said in a statement Saturday. “Only 30 people can attend the funeral of HRH The Prince…
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April 11, 2021
The consequences of Boris Johnson’s careless Brexit are playing out in Belfast | Jonathan Freedland Boris Johnson

The consequences of Boris Johnson’s careless Brexit are playing out in Belfast | Jonathan Freedland

The most powerful arguments against Brexit were never about trade and tariffs. They were about peace and war, about life and death. One was a general argument centred on the true, founding purpose of the European Union: to ensure that a continent mired in blood for centuries would not descend…
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April 9, 2021
Why is the UK accused of ‘abandoning’ human rights? Boris Johnson

Why is the UK accused of ‘abandoning’ human rights?

Today’s big question Amnesty report slams Boris Johnson’s government over ‘failings’ including Covid response and protests crackdown by The Week team 8 Apr 2021 The UK is “speeding towards a cliff edge” on human rights, Amnesty International has warned.  In what The Guardian describes as a “stark rebuke” to Boris Johnson’s government, organisation’s…
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April 8, 2021
PM could face struggle as Labour and SNP withold support for ‘confusing’ COVID passports plan Boris Johnson

PM could face struggle as Labour and SNP withold support for ‘confusing’ COVID passports plan

Opposition parties are withholding their support for the government's domestic COVID passports plan in a warning that Boris Johnson could struggle to get his proposals through the House of Commons. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party "do not support the government's plans in their current form" and attacked…
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April 7, 2021