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EU questions UK’s preparedness for Brexit economic shocks
It comes as the bloc committed €5 billion to protect its member states from adverse economic effects caused by Britain's split.
Prof Brian Cox’s epic response to a debunked Covid conspiracy theory is something else
It is one of the weirder Covid conspiracies.
Cummings says claim there was a ‘protective shield’ around care homes is ‘complete nonsense’
"Quite the opposite of putting a shield around them, we sent people with Covid back to care homes."
Race to the bottom? Best takedowns as Matt Hancock runs away from reporters
"They’d have been able to catch him if they’d just waited till he ran past his neighbour at the end of the road & had to stop to give them a PPE contract."
PM ‘never wanted a proper border policy’ as France introduces tougher quarantine for UK arrivals
“Repeatedly in meeting after meeting I and others said all we have to do is download the Singapore or Taiwan documents in English and impose them here."
Viral reactions to Dominic Cummings’ evidence to MPs about Covid
"Today on Normal Island we have a senior government advisor attempting to describe the Spiderman meme to an inquiry into 130,000 deaths."
‘Absolutely f*cked:’ Government focused on PM’s dog and potentially bombing Middle East instead of Covid
"The PM’s girlfriend wanted the press office to focus on that. She was 'going crackers about something completely trivial'."
‘A promise has been broken:’ Government slammed by actor over charity funding
“We feel that a promise has been broken. We upheld our side of this deal and sadly the Government are choosing at the moment to go back on their word.”
Eight things to look out for as Dominic Cummings appears before MPs
Have I Got News For You joked on Twitter: "Several buses arrive at Westminster amid fears Dominic Cummings won’t be able to throw entire government under just one."