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Why gaffes – and an unhealthy, ageing nation – are to blame: BEN SPENCER analyses why Britain’s Covid-19 death toll is so high By Analysis By Ben Spencer For The Daily Mail Published: 23:03 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 23:19 GMT, 26 January 2021 Britain has the world’s highest death rate per person – … Read more
This is, without a doubt, the bleakest moment on Britain’s high streets since the Second World War. Only the demise of Woolworths, in the financial crisis of 2008, comes anywhere near to the tragedy this week as two of the biggest names in British retail have been brought to their knees. Once the grande dame … Read more
This isn’t what the Square Mile was promised: ALEX BRUMMER analyses how financial services and the City have been left on the sidelines during the Brexit talks By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 23:12 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 22 October 2020 Boris Johnson’s cancelled trade talks with the EU … Read more
Lily James looked ‘about as comfortable as a trainee tightrope walker’ during her first TV appearance since the photos of her and Dominic West came to light, a body language expert has revealed. The actress, 31, spoke to US late night host Jimmy Fallon in a virtual interview yesterday – her first since she was … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wanted to paint themselves as ‘deep thinkers’ and were deliberately enigmatic when talking about holding political office during a virtual round-table discussion, a body language expert has claimed. Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan Markle, 39, hosted a special edition of TIME100 Talks about the ‘state of our digital experience’ yesterday, … Read more
What can we learn from nations that got it right? VICTORIA ALLEN analyses the UK’s coronavirus testing farce By Victoria Allen for the Daily Mail Published: 00:01 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 October 2020 Why has Test and Trace fallen apart in England while other countries have managed to make the … Read more
Four times yesterday we were told that Covid numbers are going in the wrong direction. Cases are up, hospital admissions are up and deaths are up, the grim press conference informed the nation. Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government’s chief scientific adviser, warned: ‘This is headed in the wrong direction. There’s no cause for complacency here … Read more
Boris Johnson will unveil a major crackdown on normal life today in a bid to halt a second wave of coronavirus. He will drop his ‘back to work’ drive, announce restrictions on socialising and impose a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants from Thursday. Pubs and other venues will be allowed to serve seated customers … Read more
Six months on from the coronavirus outbreak… and the Government is still clueless: BEN SPENCER analyses half a year of pandemic blunders By Ben Spencer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:47 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 16 September 2020 Doctors having to stay off work because they can’t get a test. Pleas … Read more
It was an admission that stunned MPs, enraged Brussels and left Boris Johnson facing the biggest Tory rebellion since the election. Brandon Lewis was making a workmanlike defence of the new Internal Market Bill following reports that it would clash with obligations made by the Prime Minister in last year’s Brexit deal. But, asked whether … Read more