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Nadhim Zahawi - who has been charged by Boris Johnson with overseeing the rollout of the UK’s mass vaccination scheme - was quickly blamed for starting the meeting on his personal Zoom account, which has a 100 person limit.

Ambassadors told to be available for Christmas Eve meeting in case of agreement in next few hours.

The latest YouGov/Times voting intention figures give Sir Keir Starmer’s party a four point lead, on 41 per cent of the vote.

A photograph published in the Scottish Sun showed the First Minister chatting to three women in a bar - standing at a distance, but without wearing a mask.

"It’s a tragedy what’s happening in Britain, and this Brexit is a tragedy, we see it more and more every day,” French commissioner Thierry Breton said.

The prime minister nominated CMC Markets boss Peter Cruddas for a seat in the House of Lords on Tuesday - despite past accusations that the businessman offered access to David Cameron in exchange for party donations.

In the Brexit vote, 96 per cent of Gibraltarians voted for Britain to remain in the EU.

It comes after the president allegedly approached far-right conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell to investigate election fraud.

If you want French fruit and veg you'll have to become a pirate, apparently.