The lingering coronavirus pandemic and ensuing lockdowns hit UK jobs particularly hard between June and August, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has acknowledged. Cash-strapped businesses had to make tough decisions including slashing their workforce, which resulted in 138,000 more people being recorded as jobless than in the previous quarter, …
Read More »A second UK Covid-19 lockdown is doomed to fail: Brits have no faith in their leaders anymore and won’t comply
A looming second lockdown in the UK, as part of the Government’s haphazard approach to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, is destined to fail for one reason: the revered ‘Blitz spirit’ that we’re all in this together has vanished. Now it’s everyone for themselves. For several days now, there has …
Read More »Poll that shows one in six Brits think racist Enoch Powell would have been a good PM proves how polarised UK has become
A poll by the radio station of Britain’s newspaper of record, the Times, has thrown up some eye-catching results. The general public were asked for their views on how various political figures would have fared as prime minister. The names spanned different generations and affiliations, but few would have predicted …
Read More »After leaving the EU the Brits may be in for a disappointment
Merkel warned the British not to have any illusions. The Chancellor stressed that third countries, which will be Britain, may not have the same preferences and rights as the EU countries. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned British people from their illusions about the outcome of the withdrawal of Britain …
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