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- Johnson tells Scottish nationalists to stop going on ‘endlessly’ about independence during cross-border visit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Scottish nationalists that there’s no point in talking “endlessly” about another referendum on independence as it amounted to “pointless constitutional wrangling”. - ‘No evidence of successful interference’: UK govt rejects new 'Russia & Brexit' probe after Parliament report on alleged meddlingThe British government sees no need to look again at the Brexit referendum because it has no evidence that Russia affected its outcome in any way. The comments came after the release of a parliamentary report on the issue.
- Galloway on Piers Morgan: Unfriended by Trump, avoided by Johnson, the Corona Crusader’s the REAL leader of the oppositionMany people in Britain are pleasantly surprised that Piers Morgan has become a fierce critic of the UK government’s Covid-19 response. But I am not; I’ve known he’s a mensch since the Iraq War.
- ‘Sheer hypocrisy’: Ex-UK PM May’s call for ‘international co-operation’ in Covid-19 fight prompts anger from anti-BrexiteersFormer UK PM Theresa May has provoked the wrath of anti-Brexiteers – who have branded her a hypocrite – after penning an article urging the rejection of “nationalism” in favor of “international cooperation” to tackle Covid-19.
- BoJo’s close ally resigns in disgrace from UK govt after ‘intimidating’ member of public, ‘abusing’ parliamentary privilegeTory UK Trade Minister Conor Burns has quit from the government after a Commons watchdog recommended he serve a seven-day suspension for abusing his parliamentary privilege in an attempt to intimidate a member of the public.
- 'Political child abuse’: UK govt’s ‘help for disadvantaged students’ during Covid-19 crisis slammed by critics citing austerityThe UK government’s pledge to give more resources to help disadvantaged school kids during the Covid-19 pandemic has received an angry backlash from critics who say students are suffering because of the Tories’ self-imposed cuts.
- The BBC used to be gold standard, now it’s losing public trust with political meddlingThe BBC is regarded as the gold standard of journalism. This grand organization's members are fact-finding reporters, not political spin doctors – but it appears the dividing line is becoming increasingly blurred.
- ‘Thanking the Daily Mail for doing his job?’ UK health minister roasted after congratulating paper for £1m Chinese PPE haulHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has faced a fiery backlash after heaping praise on the Daily Mail’s “initiative”, through which the UK government has acquired more than 20 tons of personal protective equipment (PPE) from China.
- ‘It’s kind of a rule of thumb’: Adviser reveals UK govt’s 2-meter coronavirus distance instruction based on ‘muddy science’The British public cannot be expected to just do as they're told by the government for long, since the guidelines are very disruptive and not as scientifically sound as officials make them seem to be, a government adviser said.
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