Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, British people have been largely law abiding and civic minded. They followed the stay-at-home orders through three lengthy lockdowns, many losing their jobs, missing birthdays, weddings and even the funerals of their loved ones in the process.
So when evidence began to emerge in late November that the staff at 10 Downing Street, the prime minister’s residence and the central office of government, had held a Christmas party during lockdown, people were angry, to say the least. But then, after a steady stream of breaking news made clear it was not one or two but at least 16 parties, several of which Prime Minister Boris Johnson knew about and in some cases apparently attended, that anger transformed into fury. On Thursday, four members of his staff resigned, with one citing his reference to a debunked conspiracy theory while speaking to Parliament as a contributing factor.
To explain exactly why the British are so enraged with Mr. Johnson, who was already infamous for his troubled relationship with the truth, we produced a satirical Opinion Video with Jonathan Pie, a fictional broadcast reporter created and performed on YouTube by the comedian Tom Walker, whose acerbic, satirical monologues have gone viral.
The video contains strong language and adult humor you wouldn’t normally see in The Times, but after being taken for fools, the British public is through being polite.
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Dr. Amesh Adalja, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior
scholar, discusses how the winter Olympic games will impact China's
Covid zero policy and looks to the future management of Covid-19.
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In a blow to the Biden administration, the US Supreme Court has blocked its federal Covid-19 vaccine mandate for large businesses. The conservative-majority court ruled that the plan to require vaccines or weekly tests for employees at businesses with at least 100 staff was a ......
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Governments across Europe are struggling to control the huge increase in coronavirus cases due to the new Omicron variant. The Netherlands is the first country in Europe to reinstate a lockdown – which will last until at least mid-January. All non-essential shops, as well as restaurants, bars, .............
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The emergence of the Omicron variant in Southern Africa has refocused attention on global vaccine inequality as rich nations have been accused of hoarding vaccines for themselves. VICE News looks at the state of COVID-19 in South Africa and asks if the country is being penalized for ..........
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Russia is one of the countries with the lowest vaccination rates and highest Covid-19 death rates in the world. With just over 30 percent of the population vaccinated, the Russian authorities' vaccination campaign has been deemed a fiasco. And yet when Vladimir Putin announced the ...........
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Protests have erupted across European countries -- the Netherlands, Austria, Croatia, Belgium -- against governments' heightened Covid-19 restrictions as cases continue to rise in the continent.
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Austria will enter a nationwide lockdown from Monday as a record spike in coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm the country's health care system. Meanwhile, Germany's health minister said another lockdown in the country can't be ruled out. Maria Tadeo reports on "Bloomberg
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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla discusses the manufacturing and distribution plans for its Covid-19 pill, which the drugmaker says reduced hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients by 89%. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
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UK hospitals are on the brink amid warnings of 100,000 cases a day
The NHS said "things are only going to get worse" and that "the health service is right at the edge." Despite the gloomy outlook, Health Minister Sajid Javid has resisted calls for restrictions
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Spain has one of the highest COVID vaccination rates in the world. Nearly 80 percent of people there are fully vaccinated. And they've done this without mandates, health passes or government orders. Here's how Spain got to the top of the vaccination ladder and what others might learn from it.
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