THE NHS will be put at risk unless the UK adopts a “lockdown-lite” approach in order to kick start the economy, former Northern Ireland minister John Penrose has said – warning of the dire implications of leaving coronavirus restrictions in place too long. Mr Penrose outlined his views yesterday in…
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WE’RE getting pretty good at this lockdown business. People get that we’ve got to protect our loved ones and the NHS, and there’s not much patience for anyone who thinks the rules shouldn’t apply to them. We can’t stay in hibernation until then. Reports of domestic violence and abuse are already…
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A few months ago, most of us would have guessed Zoom was a high-caffeine macchiato coffee. Since lockdown, we’ve all become experts in using it for pub quizzes, virtual drinks with friends and work meetings too. But Parliament? The stuffy, tradition-bound place with processions and men wearing swords and tights?…
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Labour has chosen its new leader, and they’ll come at us with everything they’ve got. One of the most important future battlegrounds will be over ideas. The competing, era-defining visions of what kind of country post-Brexit Britain should be. And the stakes couldn’t be higher, because the winners will define…
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