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The push for a new deal came in a broad-ranging call between the two leaders that touched on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the Biden administration announcing this week that the U.S. would rejoin the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, according to a statement from Downing Street. … [Read more...] about Britain’s Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal

Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said Friday “that there is evidence that there is an increased risk for those who have the new variant,” which is also more transmissible than the original virus. He said the new strain might be about 30 per cent more deadly, but stressed that “the evidence is not yet strong” and more research is needed. … [Read more...] about Doctors Challenge Boris Govt Decision to Space Vaccine Doses 12 Weeks Apart

Speaking in December at an event in Washington, and before her pick to rejoin the State Department, Nuland said in her concluding remarks: “It’s going to be very, very important for all of us to relink hands with the U.K. and ensure that London stays a strong global player and is well docked into the U.S.-EU conversation, the democracy conversation, and is really the global Britain that they have said they want to be.” … [Read more...] about Role Reversal for US and Post-Brexit Britain

Roger recognised that the single most important thing was community, family, relationships, ties of obligation felt naturally. One of the things about a pandemic is that the actions of any of us as individuals are not restricted to our own lives. As a conservative I would have a concern about a government that legalised heroin consumption. A libertarian might say: ‘What’s the problem?’ Both would concede that if by my actions I contributed to the spread of a disease which means that the weaker and the frailer among us faced additional risk, pain, and tragedy then we should be exercising restraint. … [Read more...] about Delingpole: No, Gove – Conservative Hero Roger Scruton Would Have HATED Your Lockdowns

The report found that the government’s message to “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” scared away patients from going to the hospital, resulting in up to a 90 per cent drop in non-coronavirus related admissions, which the analyst firm warned could result in excess deaths. … [Read more...] about ‘Emotionally Manipulative Propaganda’: UK Govt Releases ‘Stay Home’ Coronavirus Scare Video