Critics have condemned a recording showing the prime minister’s staff joking about breaches of coronavirus restrictions last year, when Britain was in lockdown.
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Britain Joins U.S. in Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympic Games
“There will be effectively a diplomatic boycott,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said of the decision to join the United States and others in registering discontent over human rights abuses in China.
Britain Introduces ‘Plan B’ Covid Measures to Tackle Omicron
People in England will be urged to work from home and have to show proof of vaccination. Critics say the prime minister is trying to deflect attention from a growing outcry over reports his staff flouted Covid rules.
Video About Christmas Party Drops Boris Johnson Into Another Mess
Critics have condemned a recording showing the prime minister’s staff joking about breaches of coronavirus restrictions last year, when Britain was in lockdown.
Amid Variant Fears, U.K. Discovers Limits to Its Virus Strategy
Britain’s approach to coronavirus-related restrictions has been looser than other European countries, but the Omicron variant has spurred swift action on mitigation measures.
Amid Variant Fears, U.K. Discovers Limits to Its Virus Strategy
Britain’s approach to coronavirus-related restrictions has been looser than other European countries, but the Omicron variant has spurred swift action on mitigation measures.
France-U.K. Acrimony Impedes Progress on Channel Crossings
Rather than working together to curb hazardous sea crossings, leaders of the two countries almost immediately fell into a familiar pattern of squabbling.
A Claim of Herd Immunity Reignites Debate Over U.K. Covid Policy
Neil Ferguson, a leading epidemiologist, said the country had almost reached a state of herd immunity as it settled into a new normal of about 40,000 cases a day. Other experts disagreed.
Boris Johnson Battered in Parliament as Scandal Puts Him on Defense
Reversals and broken promises have eroded his party’s lead in the polls, and the prime minister faces a low-grade mutiny from Conservatives angry over a proposal to limit their options for extra income.
Europe Toughens Rules for Unvaccinated as Fourth Covid Wave Swells
Austria took the hardest line yet on Monday, beginning a lockdown aimed exclusively at those who are not inoculated, part of a pattern to make life harder for resisters.