Downing Street gatherings ‘represent a serious failure’ to observe even the general standards expected from the British public during lockdowns, Sue Gray has concluded Senior civil servant Sue Gray has published a 12-page report following her inquiry into allegations government offices, including 10 Downing Street, held lockdown-breaching parties and events on several occasions during the […]
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Teachers strike over govt’s ‘impossible’ Covid strategy
Tens of thousands of staff in French schools launched nationwide protests against the government’s Covid policy Teachers, administrators, and school employees in France refused to show up for work on Thursday, demanding the government review its Covid pandemic policy, which they claim is incoherent and fails to protect students and staff. The government has drawn […]
UK govt’s lockdown-breaching party sparks ‘WTF?’ reaction
Around 100 people were invited to a “bring your own booze” event in Downing Street’s garden during the first Covid lockdown Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has blasted the UK government for holding a drinks event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown, declaring, “what tf were any of these people thinking?” […]
Govts tell their citizens to leave war-torn country immediately
A growing number of Western governments are urging any of their citizens currently in Ethiopia to leave the war-torn country as soon as possible, as the UN confirmed it will relocate the families of international staff. Amid fears of a rebel advance on the Ethiopian capital, Germany’s foreign ministry and the French embassy in Addis […]
Western govts ditch resolution to slam Iran at IAEA despite Tehran failing to give ‘promise’ on certain questions
Western states have ditched a planned resolution criticizing Iran at the UN’s nuclear watchdog, after Tehran allowed some monitoring of its atomic dealings but did not commit to answering key questions on its nuclear operations. On Monday, the chief of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, shared that he had failed to […]