Government considers using post-Brexit freedoms to allow use of traditional imperial measures

The return of pints, pounds and inches? Government considers using post-Brexit freedoms to allow greater use of traditional imperial measures Government has said it will consider reverting back to imperial system  The UK reverted to the metric system in the 1960s before it was adopted by EU  Changes will not mean complete scrapping of metric … Read more

Covid lockdown England: Students brawl in Nottingham park on first day of Rule of Six freedoms

Shocking footage shows the moment students brawled in a sunny park and used bushes as toilets in a flagrant breach of lockdown restrictions.      Large crowds gathered at the Arboretum in Nottingham city centre, where revellers enjoyed packs of beer in the warm weather on Monday afternoon.   But a fight broke out among a group of … Read more

Moment booze-fuelled students brawl as they enjoy first day of freedoms in Nottingham park 

Punch drunk! Moment booze-fuelled students brawl as thousands enjoy first day of Rule of Six freedoms in Nottingham park Shocking footage shows the moment a brawl breaks out in a Nottingham park Crowds can be seen gathering around as the students throw punches at centre Many people were seen filming the drink-fuelled fight on their … Read more

Tory MPs warn ministers can no longer ‘curtail freedoms by decree’

Boris Johnson is ‘preparing to face down Tory rebels who are demanding Parliament be granted the right to vote on future coronavirus restrictions’ Downing Street is facing a growing Tory rebellion over imposition of Covid rules Some 60 Tory rebels now supporting bid to give MPs votes on future restrictions They want Parliament to be … Read more

Britain urged to stand up to China in latest threat to democratic freedoms

Britain is urged to stand up to China as Beijing flexes its muscles in Hong Kong in latest threat to democratic freedoms Campaigners warned  new security law would see the former British territory’s citizens put at risk Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement called on Downing Street to stand up to Beijing over the sweeping changes Critics … Read more