Rishi Should Thank Smokers
Rishi Should Thank Smokers Following studies showing smokers are both less likely to catch, and less likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19, there is more to praise this too often maligned section of society. With VAT receipts down 93% and tobacco duty revenue up...
Alastair Campbell ‘breaches lockdown rules’ despite hounding Cummings on media
Former spin-doctor to the ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell has been busy doing the media rounds criticising Dominic Cummings over his alleged breach of the coronavirus lockdown rules. Despite being quick to criticise Prime Minister Johnson’s aid...
Britain’s Brexit chief negotiator dismisses any notion of extending the transition period
Many of you will be aware that yesterday the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier wrote to UK opposition parties saying the EU is open to a two-year delay. However, UNN can reveal that Mr Barnier’s British counterpart David Frost is insisting that the deadline of the...
Lobby Try Politicising Civil Servants, End Up Looking Silly
Lobby Try Politicising Civil Servants, End Up Looking Silly [embedded content]Another daily briefing, another attempt by the Lobby’s titans last night to keep the flame of the Cummings saga alive. At the Downing Street briefing they tried to drag boffins Sir Patrick...
Newslinks for Friday 29th May 2020
UK offers Hong Kong residents escape from China crackdown “Britain will give greater visa rights to the people of Hong Kong unless China suspends new security laws in the territory, the foreign secretary has said. The National People’s Congress of China...
