Sue Gray Report – PM uses Jimmy Savile to defend himself
Month: January 2022
Sue Gray report – Lots of questions about that flat party
Sue Gray report – PM won’t commit to publishing full report
The Commons is heating up as the leader of the SNP has been kicked out and breaking news as the Met Police confirm over 300 pictures were handed over to them.
BBC says Former Prime Minister Theresa May says the Covid regulations imposed restrictions on the freedoms of public.
Labour’s Keir Starmer thanked Sue Gray’s professionalism and notes it’s not her fault for not being able to publish her full report.
PM Boris Johnson says “it’s no use saying this or that was within the rules” or that people were working hard.
Boris Johnson begins by apologising “for the things we simply didn’t get right” and “the way this matter has been handled”.
Sue Gray investigated 16 events in Downing Street and other government offices over a 20-month period.
Sue Gray report – Junior staff felt unable to raise concerns
Since the release of the report’s finding – a 12-page summary of her findings – Twitter has exploded!
BBC says in the report, Sue Gray refers to the Met Police’s request that she only make “minimal reference” to the events they are investigating.
Read Sue Gray’s conclusion – the report into the No 10 parties has not yet been published but instead a 15-page conslusion.
The initial findings of Sue Gray’s report into parties at Downing Street has just dropped, saying there were “failures of leadership and judgment” in No 10 and the Cabinet Office.
Sue Gray’s report says there was a “serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government.”
After weeks of anticipation, a report outlining the initial findings of Sue Gray’s inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street has been published.
PM Boris Johnson has been given an update from Sue Gray’s inquiry into parrots held at Downing Street – ahead of its public release later.
The government will meet later today to decide on whether to do a major U-turn and scrap mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for NHS workers in England.
Christian Eriksen will be returning to the Premier League after signing a contract with Brentford, following his shock collapse at a Euro 2020 match.
In Canada, the truck drivers’ protests on the border have got the whole nation talking. Truck drivers turned up at the border in big rigs to protest vaccine mandates and Covid-19 measures.
Organisers, some of which have a history of white nationalism and racism, inisited the protests would be peaceful, but reports coming out suggest it’s anything but.
The protests – dubbed the Freedom Convoy – were sparked by a vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the US-Canada border, implemented by PM Trudeau. The rule means unvaccinated Canadian truckers crossing the two nations’ boundary would have to quarantine once they’re returned home.
The protests have spurred interesting headlines and reports. There have been images of protesters turning up with Nazi symbol flags, racial slurs and defacing a statue of Terry Fox.
But celebrities such as Trump, Elon Musk and Russell Brand have thrown their support behind the protesters.
The Telegraph says Justin Trudeau has been forced to flee from his home after thousands of lorry drivers descended on Ottawa to protest his government’s Covid crackdown.
The Independent says a soup kitchen in Ottawa has reported that members of the trucking convoy have been harassing its staff for meals, and using “racial slurs.”
Observer says If you wanted to alienate the largest number of Canadians in the shortest amount of time, you couldn’t do much better than defacing a Terry Fox statue.
Daily Mail says Donald Trump proclaimed his support for Canadian truck drivers protesting against vaccine mandates, telling a rally in Texas that he was with the drivers ‘all the way’.
Daily Express – Boris vows to unleash benefits of Brexit