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No-deal Brexit planning made UK ‘match fit’ for Covid, claims Oliver Dowden
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoDeputy prime minister Oliver Dowden claimed that planning for a no-deal Brexit made the UK “match...
No-deal Brexit ‘crowded out’ UK’s preparations for pandemic, Covid inquiry hears
The Independent UK via AOL· 11 months agoThe government’s focus on Brexit “crowded out and prevented” the work that was needed to prepare for...
EU didn’t believe Boris Johnson’s ‘madman’ no-deal Brexit bluff
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEuropean Union negotiators did not believe Boris Johnson’s bluff that he was prepared to pull the UK...
Covid Inquiry: Emergency body understaffed before lockdown
BBC via AOL· 9 hours agoChris Stewart was acting as chief of staff of the Northern Ireland Contingency Hub [BBC] A...
Leo Varadkar: Britain’s Brexit nemesis is gone, but the problems he ushered in are not
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLeo Varadkar inspects newly installed border checkpoints at Dublin port in 2019, designed to cope...
Nicola Sturgeon rebuked for using Covid inquiry to criticise Brexit: ‘It’s a witness box not a soap...
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoNicola Sturgeon was told off at the Covid inquiry for getting on her “soap box” and criticising the...
Covid-19 Inquiry: Idea floated to replace Swann as health minister
BBC via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoA senior civil servant floated the idea of replacing Robin Swann as Northern Ireland's health...
Hancock says government was more concerned with counting bodybags than stopping Covid spread
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoMatt Hancock has admitted that the UK was not properly prepared for the Covid pandemic – claiming...
Ex-diplomat pins blame on Truss for ‘turnips’ Brexit comments
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoLiz Truss is being blamed for comments suggesting that a no-deal Brexit would only ‘affect a few...
Keir Starmer speech: What has Labour leader said about the Brexit redress?
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2016, Keir Starmer felt so strongly about the Brexit referendum that he quit his role as a shadow...