Boris Johnson has declared ‘war on woke’ and is taking on battles over historical statues and race to shore up the Tory base, it was claimed today. Downing Street advisers are said to be keen for the PM to take high-profile stands on cultural issues, focusing on improving life chances rather than bowing to pressure from … Read more
Boris Johnson faces claims he has declared ‘war on woke’ today after choosing a No10 policy adviser who once branded the idea of institutional racism as a ‘myth’ to set up a commission on racial inequality. The choice of Munira Mirza, the head of the Prime Minister’s policy unit and a former deputy mayor from his … Read more
Britain’s plan to exempt France from 14-day travel quarantine must be applied to EVERY EU member state, the European Commission warns On Sunday the UK agreed that French travellers to UK would not face quarantine Every other member of the EU must quarantine for two weeks upon arrival in UK European Commission says UK must … Read more
‘DON’T book summer holidays hoping coronavirus crisis will be over’: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns against making travel plans France urges fellow EU countries to keep non-Schengen travel restrictions European Commission President also warns people not to make holiday plans It comes after the UK government warned against all non-essential global travel … Read more
RIBA president takes ‘time out’ over undisclosed ‘serious incident’ in his personal life as organisation faces claims of a cover up Alan Jones emailed members of the RIBA Council on Thursday to say a matter had arisen in his personal life Details of the incident involving the Northern Irish architect however have not been disclosed … Read more