Under instructions issued to government personnel by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Department, the Union Jack should be displayed every day, unless there is already a flag on display to mark a special event. The guidance will take effect in summer. The government is also encouraging all local councils …
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Johnson was reportedly left shocked by Symonds’ “out of control” spending on the redesign, which he allegedly said had cost more than £100,000 (nearly $140,000), according to the Daily Mail. The PM was “particularly alarmed by the cost of wallpaper chosen by Miss Symonds,” who appeared to have chosen “gold …
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Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said the Midlands, Scotland and Northern Ireland are among the areas “burning quite hot” with the virus. “Look, this is all going very well, but there are some worry signs that people are relaxing, taking their foot off the brake at exactly the wrong time,” he said …
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In December, Cabinet Minister Michael Gove unilaterally denied Britons would be required to show a “vaccine passport” to enter businesses, eat at restaurants, attend events, or travel, insisting “that’s not the plan” and reassuring citizens’ right to privacy would remain intact. However, London appears to have changed its mind on …
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Superintendent Martin Earl apologised in a statement on Monday for “any confusion” the campaign caused, declaring: “We would like to clarify that ‘being offensive’ is not in itself an offense.” Earl explained that the campaign was organized by local police in the Wirral area of Merseyside “to encourage people to …
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When the former UK prime minister founded Churchill College at Cambridge University in 1958, he likely couldn’t have foreseen that in 2021, academics there would be gathering to compare him unfavorably to Adolf Hitler. Yet that’s exactly what took place on Thursday, in a virtual discussion titled, ‘The Racial Consequences …
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On Friday, the Daily Telegraph reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is considering a policy which would only allow pubs to reopen if they don’t sell alcohol – an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus due to drunk people being less likely to follow social distancing rules. The …
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Even Dolly Parton is fretting about how overworked her fellow Americans are. She has re-recorded ‘9 to 5’ – her signature hit from a 1980 comedy film – as ‘5 to 9’. In an eerie episode of schadenfreude, Dolly’s new song arrived as the working masses suffered yet another punch …
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In a report on Friday, the Times – citing an unnamed government source – revealed that the government is considering a mandatory quarantine, which would force returning Britons to stay in a specially chosen hotel for ten days with security guards and other anti-Covid-19 measures. They would then be made …
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The British government came under fire last week for distributing “woefully inadequate” parcels to families entitled to free school meals. The issue was highlighted by footballer and anti-poverty activist Marcus Rashford who shared a series of photos on Twitter of the parcels that families had received, which included half a pepper and one potato. The …
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