The fact the article says they're still calling it Festival UK, or FUK, doesn't show amazing attention to detail.

“One of the new things in this administration is, If you don’t know the answer, don’t guess.”

"No-one should go to work in fear of being assaulted. Emergency workers’ jobs are extremely challenging at the best of times, and assaults during the pandemic are putting lives at risk."

There have been reports of suicide attempts in the Army barracks and many residents went on hunger strike in protest at the conditions, which reportedly include 34 people sharing one shower.

Amazon removed Parler, an app favoured by followers of former President Donald Trump, from its web hosting service on January 11.

"I was horrified to hear reports that some unscrupulous people have used links shared with them to try and falsely book a vaccination appointment."

There was also hostility to the proposal in some parts of the Government, with one source saying the plan “incentivises people to catch Covid”.

“The Prime Minister promised us that there would not be any difficulties, but given the protocol and all the difficulties we have seen on the ground it was very clear that this was going to happen – it was all foreseen.”

It means that debt is now 99.4% the size of gross domestic product (GDP), which measures the value of all goods and services produced in the UK. This level had not previously been reached since 1962.