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29/12/21

News Round-Up

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

29/12/21

Chinese Lockdown Rule-Breakers are Publicly Shamed and Paraded Through the Streets in Jingxi

Armed riot police in southern China have paraded four alleged violators of Covid rules through the streets. How long before Nicola Sturgeon does the same to Scottish rule-breakers?

29/12/21

Boris Johnson Tells the Public to Have a “Cautious and Sensible” New Year’s Eve

Boris Johnson has told the nation to go out and celebrate the New Year, but has told the public to be "cautious and sensible" due to the presence of the Omicron variant.

29/12/21

SNP Tells Scots Not to Dodge Covid Restrictions by Celebrating New Year’s Eve in England

John Swinney, the SNP Deputy First Minister, has said that Scots should not travel to England for New Year's Eve in order to escape Scotland's much tougher Covid restrictions.

29/12/21

Belgian Court Overturns Closure of Cinemas and Theatres

The Belgian Government's decision to close cinemas, theatres, and other public places, has been reversed by the country's highest administrative court.

29/12/21

English Border Pubs Bracing For 100,000 to Cross From Scotland and Wales on New Year’s Eve

English border pubs are expecting upwards of 100,000 Scottish and Welsh revellers to cross into England on New Year's Eve amid mounting anger at Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford for cracking down on festivities

29/12/21

November’s Age-Standardised Mortality Rate Was 8% Higher Than the Five-Year Average

November's age-standardised mortality rate was 8% higher than the five-year average, and there were 5,000 more deaths than last month. However, much of the increase was accounted for by non-Covid causes.

29/12/21

Cut Self-Isolation Period to Save NHS, Boris is Urged

The Prime Minister is facing pressure to stave off an NHS staffing crisis by reducing the coronavirus self-isolation period to five days.

28/12/21

News Round-Up

28/12/21

Boris Has Shown True Leadership by Refusing to Impose More Restrictions

Even though we now know Covid restrictions don't work, most political leaders have stuck to the original playbook, including Nicola Sturgeon, Mark Drakeford and Paul Givan. But Boris has show some backbone at last.

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