CORONA VIRUS
The Independent leads with a warning from Boris John that the new variant Covid-19 could be up to 30% more deadlier than the original virus. Boris Johnson said there is evidence that the highly-transmissible variant may be “associated with a higher degree of mortality” among those infected – though Sir Patrick Vallance, No 10’s chief scientific adviser, said there was still a “lot of uncertainty” surrounding the findings.
WOKERY
The Times reports that the BBC has rejected a complaint against Laura Kuennssberg for using the phrase ‘nitty gritty’ in the latest sign apparently of the corporations move away from so called ‘wokery’. Some anti-racism campaigners say that the term is unacceptable because they say it has links to the slave trade, although etmologists say there is no convincing evidence.
FISHING
The Daily Express reports that the EU will never allow British fishermen to have “100 percent control” over UK fishing waters due to the Brexit deal secured with the bloc which will lead to “ongoing compromise”, according to Liam Campling, Professor of International Business and Development at Queen Mary University.
VACCINE
THE SUN reports that one in ten adults in England have now had their first dose, including 71 per cent of over-80s and 67 per cent of care home residents. Boris Johnson said “We remain on track to reach our goal of offering a first dose to everyone in the top four priority groups by the middle of February. I want to thank all the doctors and nurses, especially at GP-led sites who are vaccinating at a phenomenal rate.”
MPs PAY
The Express reports that taxpayers forked out £126.6 million for MPs’ salaries and expenses in the financial year 2019/20, with the SNP accounting for almost half of the most expensive politicians with the average MP costing taxpayers £154.747.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
The Daily Mail carries a report that Donald Trump, now starting a new life in Florida, is hinting that he’ll be back on the political scene. ‘’We’ll do something, but not just yet’, he told the Washington Examiner during a brief conversation at the private Trump International Golf Club restaurant.
CONSERVATIVES LAUNCH ANTI-SEMITISM INVESTIGATION
The Independent reports that the Conservative party is launching an investigation into allegations of anti-semitism directed at a Jewish Labour Party candidate during a local election in Hertfordshire last year. Dan Ozarow made the complaint after campaign material implying that he supported Hezbollah was distributed.
BREXIT
The Daily Express reports that Michael Gove has been sent a meddling letter from a House of Lords committee in which peers demand he offers them answers about how the Government’s post-Brexit deal will impact Northern Ireland – raising concerns about possible foot-dragging by the Upper House.
SCOTLAND
The Daily Telegraph reports on a Holyrood enquiry in ‘unprecedented ‘legal move to ‘ force’ the release of Salmond documents. Its convenor, an SNP MSP, said the “unprecedented” move, designed to force the release of documents obtained in the criminal investigation into Mr Salmond and passed to his defence, was needed to uncover the truth.
STORM ALERTS
The Daily Mirror warns that the UK is on alert for a weekend of winter chaos with freezing temperatures, heavy snow and ice forecast with hundreds of flood warnings in place. In the wake of Storm Christoph the wet conditions will be replaced by an Arctic blast and some areas may see falls of snow that may reach four inches in depth.
CORONA VIRUS:
If government wanted to maintain control over us and trash the economy at the same time then they could not be doing a better job. Add to that the Green Crappery and their intent becomes very sinister. Will the populace at large ever waken up and, more importantly, stand up to government?
Not while they still get money from Dishi Rishi’s inexhaustible Money Tree, enabling them to sit on their behinds doing nothing.
Once the money runs out however it might become another story.
Agreed!
Never heard of this then Viv?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_income
And now this report that according to the European Union Britain will never have 100% control of its own fishing waters. As time goes by I think most rational people in this country will realise that the resident clown at 10, Downing Street sold us a pup insofar as the EU Trade Deal is concerned. I know its been said on many occasion that he doesn’t go in for detail, but did he realise before signing this ‘cave in treaty’ that we would never have full control of our territorial waters. I mean lets face it we don’t have full control of our borders either with the continuing influx of migrants from France via the English Channel, and those that are here already are allowed to break Covid rules with impunity and demonstrate on the streets, whilst the indigenous population have to abide to the letter of the law. I am getting so browned off with Johnson’s buffoonery now and its verging on an epic scale. I am sure that this fake brand of conservatism will be the last practiced in the country for a very long time. Johnson out, and out now is what I say. We need proper leadership and we’re not getting it, simple as……
Two points:
Dishi Rishi? Another Asian millionaire, married to the daughter of an Asian billionaire….
Well, of course, they will know intimately how a working class English people view their country and the world…….? What a joke!
Why do we have so many of these ‘career Asian politicians’ within our midst?
They seem to proliferate in the Tordwry Government.
How many MORE will there be?
What with Sunak, Patel, and innumerable Muslims as well as Asians among the Tordwry heirachy …………who among them have ANY conception of how the past generations view them? Yes, they may well have brilliant minds………but we need to put English brilliant minds in their place.
No, I am NOT racist……I just PREFER the 87% of English people to the 13% of Ethnics……and dare I sY, those 13% probably fro the same towards THEIR Personal preferences…..incidentally is the fact that this ‘Virus’ seems to infect ‘ethnics’ and ‘immigrants’ more than the indigenous population have anything to do with their inherent lack of personal discipline…. or perhaps pig-headedness not to comply?
You can lead a horse to water…..but a pencil must be lead!