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Tory MP slammed after comparing vaccine passports to Nazi Germany
'omg guys you have to find something other than Nazi Germany to relate any minor convenience to. Are you not? Embarrassed?' Wrote Ava Santina.
Dan Walker leads must-read reactions as Boris blames BBC for ‘Partygate’
This weekend's Mail on Sunday lashed out at the BBC over its coverage of Downing Street's latest scandal.
Watch: Mash-up of Ant & Dec trolling PM & they end series with one final dig
"Ant and Dec rinsing Boris Johnson on I'm a Celeb has become an unexpected highlight of this whole sorry affair."
Bezos bashed for ignoring Amazon warehouse disaster and celebrating space tourists
Six Amazon workers died when a deadly tornado devastated a warehouse in Illinois on Friday.
Shipbuilders protest backed by John Lennon against Tory govt inspires musical – half a century later
Thousands of workers thwarted a bid by the Conservative government to shut down its yards by staging a ‘work in’.
Watch: Brexit ‘hardman’ Steve Baker slammed for lockdown comments
"Imagine looking at the state of Brexit & thinking ‘I’m going to trust Brexit hard man Steve Baker’s understanding of viruses over virologists’." wrote James O'Brien.
First UK patient dies after catching Omicron variant as lateral flow tests run out
Lateral flow home test kits are unavailable on the Government website, as people wait to book a coronavirus vaccine.
UK runs out of lateral flow test kits – as testing rules change
One person said on Twitter: “Tried to order a lateral flow test kit and the NHS site says they have no more! What’s going on!”
‘Significant gaps’ becomes 2021 Brexit buzzword, what phrase sums it up for you?
With unanswered questions on the protocol, fishing and also cross-Channel migration controls, one thing that does appear certain is that Brexit will continue to spark contention long into 2022 and beyond...