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Hancock discussed blocking funds to get MPs to back Covid plan, leak shows
WhatsApp messages show then health secretary agreeing with idea of threatening to withhold funds for local projects UK politics live – latest news updates Matt Hancock and a senior aide…
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Matt Hancock’s messages: how scientifically literate should our politicians be?
Ian Sample speaks to mathematical biologist Kit Yates about what Matt Hancock’s leaked WhatsApp messages reveal about scientific understanding at the heart of government during the pandemic, and what should…
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What have we learned from Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages? – podcast
More than 100,000 of the former health secretary’s phone messages have been leaked. What do they tell us about the way the government handled the pandemic? The revelations have come…
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Simon Case’s WhatsApps with Hancock unprofessional, say ex-civil servants
Whitehall chief called travellers being confined to Covid hotels ‘hilarious’, according to leak of chats with former health secretary Former senior civil servants have expressed surprise and concern at the…
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Tim Robbins backs Woody Harrelson’s call to end Covid protocols on set
Shawshank Redemption actor tweeted in support of a recent interview in which Harrelson called on-set Covid protocols ‘nonsense’ Tim Robbins has backed Woody Harrelson’s call for Hollywood to end Covid…
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A (partial) defence of Matt Hancock: leaders must be free to discuss policy in private | Simon Jenkins
His WhatsApp messages look embarrassing and chaotic, but such leaks could do genuine harm to political debate Matt Hancock may be a complete idiot, but even idiots have rights. As…
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GB News broke Ofcom rules with presenter’s Covid vaccine claims
Regulator says Mark Steyn’s use of data to draw misleading conclusions breached impartiality guidelines GB News breached impartiality rules when the presenter Mark Steyn used official health data to draw…
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No 10 declines to say when Sunak hopes to meet small boats target but says it will not require UK to leave ECHR – UK politics live
Downing Street says it wants to ‘obviously’ stop the boats quickly and says it can bring in legislation within the European convention on human rights Q: What do you think…
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It’s the oldest rule in British politics: don’t threaten to mass murder voters’ cats during a pandemic | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
A former minister says that in 2020, the government considered plans to cull our furry friends. For a nation of animal lovers, it would have been the final straw Cast…
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‘We are struggling’: doctors faced with vacuum of information on long Covid
Three years into the pandemic, unanswered questions about the condition limit physicians’ ability to treat patients More than three years into the Covid pandemic, there are a host of important…