The Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday it will not commence an investigation into the alleged breaching of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions in 10 Downing Street during Christmas a year ago due to the lack of evidence. The force said the decision was made in line with its policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of…
Met Police Not Investigating Alleged Christmas Party in Number 10 During Lockdown
UK Conservative Party Admits Rule-Breaking Party Was Held in HQ Last Year
The UK’s ruling Conservative Party has admitted that an “unauthorised” gathering took place in the party’s headquarters in December last year when indoor socialising was banned under COVID-19 restrictions. The admission has further complicated Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s attempt to move on from the crisis sparked by allegations that a lockdown-breaking Christmas party was held…
Boris Johnson’s Spokeswoman Resigns Over No 10 Christmas Party Video
A senior aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has quit over a leaked video clip showing her and other officials joking about a Downing Street Christmas party during last year’s COVID-19 lockdown. Johnson and other government ministers had repeatedly denied claims, first reported by the Daily Mirror newspaper a week ago, that Downing Street…
UK’s Johnson Apologises Over Aides Joking About Lockdown Christmas Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised after a video clip emerged apparently showing his aides joking about an alleged Christmas party held in Downing Street last December, when the country was under strict COVID-19 restrictions. Johnson and other government ministers had repeatedly denied claims, first reported by the Daily Mirror newspaper a week ago,…
Donald Boudreaux: The Deafening Silence of Economists During COVID-19 and the Abandonment of Logic
“People talk about long COVID. … I worry about long lockdown.” At the Brownstone Institute’s inaugural conference, I sat down with Donald Boudreaux, a professor of economics at George Mason University and a senior fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research. In the age of COVID-19, most economists failed to do their jobs, he…
Nearly All Children Impacted by COVID-19 Lockdowns: UK Education Watchdog
Nearly all children in England have seen their education impacted as a result of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the UK’s education watchdog Ofsted has warned. In the watchdog’s annual report, Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman said the message around the harm that lockdowns cause children—and the importance of in-person schooling—“needs repeating now.” Spielman wrote that the…
More Than 40,000 March in Vienna Against Coronavirus Lockdown
VIENNA—More than 40,000 people marched through Vienna on Saturday to protest against a lockdown and plans to make vaccinations compulsory to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with a surge in infections, the government last month made Austria the first country in Western Europe to reimpose a lockdown and said it would make vaccinations mandatory starting…
Vic Opposition Leader Promises ‘No More Lockdowns’
Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy has pledged Victoria won’t go back into lockdown if his government wins the next state election. “Lockdowns have hurt our community. They’ve hurt people, our kids, our state,” he said at the Liberal Party’s official election campaign launch in Dandenong on Nov. 27. ” Over 90 percent of us are…
Locked In: Hong Kong COVID Rules Take Mental Toll on Cathay Pilots
One of Asia’s largest airlines, Cathay Pacific, is facing a revolt from pilots who say Hong Kong’s tough quarantine rules under its zero-COVID policies are endangering their mental health, leading to rising stress and resignations. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd last week fired three pilots who breached company rules by leaving their hotel rooms during a…
Hong Kong COVID-19 Rules Take Mental Toll on Cathay Pilots
One of Asia’s largest airlines, Cathay Pacific, is facing a revolt from pilots who say Hong Kong’s tough quarantine rules under its zero-COVID policies are endangering their mental health, leading to rising stress and resignations. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd last week fired three pilots who breached company rules by leaving their hotel rooms during a…
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