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French blockade of British border over mutant Covid strain that left thousands of HGV drivers stranded and sparked chaos at ports cost Kent Police £1.2m, figures reveal Emmanuel Macron ordered closure of the border with the UK on December 20 Thousands of HGV drivers spent Christmas parked in laybys near Port of Dover Freedom of … Read more
A top scientist with Oxford’s vaccine team has accused Emmanuel Macron of demand management’ after casting doubt on the AstraZeneca jab’s efficacy. Professor Sir John Bell today shot down the French President’s baseless claims that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘quasi-ineffective’ for the over-65s. He said: ‘I suspect this is a bit of demand management from Mr … Read more
A top scientist with Oxford’s vaccine team has accused Emmanuel Macron of demand management’ after casting doubt on the AstraZeneca jab’s efficacy. Professor Sir John Bell today shot down the French President’s baseless claims that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘quasi-ineffective’ for the over-65s. He said: ‘I suspect this is a bit of demand management from Mr … Read more
France’s president Emmanuel Macron has astonishingly claimed the AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘almost ineffective’ on people who are over 65 years of age. Macron made the explosive comments despite the EU giving the AstraZeneca vaccine full approval to be rolled out to its member states on Friday. His comments came as the EU’s vaccine war entered a … Read more
France shuts its borders to non-EU countries including Britain for all but essential travel – while ruling out a third national lockdown By Chris Jewers For Mailonline and Afp Published: 21:15 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 21:16 GMT, 29 January 2021 France will shut its borders to all non-EU countries, including Britain, for all … Read more
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen today proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. The hijab policy, which would be contested in court and would almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional, saw the 53-year-old return to a … Read more
Poll puts Marine Le Pen almost level with Emmanuel Macron if they make the final round of next year’s French elections as far-right gains on the president The Harris Interactive saw Macron receive 52 percent of the vote to Le Pen’s 48 percent, according to Le Parisien Le Pen has confirmed she will run in … Read more
The NHS’s ambitions vaccination targets are on track as a record-breaking 493,013 get their jabs in just one day. Matt Hancock today revealed that three quarters of over-80s have received doses of the jab – with a total of 6.4 million Britons vaccinated since the roll out began. Saturday alone saw 491,970 people get their first … Read more
Matt Hancock hailed ‘brilliant progress’ on vaccinations today as he revealed three quarters of over-80s have now received doses. The Health Secretary gave an updated figure for the UK in interviews this morning, saying the proportion was similar in care homes. And he added to Emmanuel Macron’s embarrassment by pointing out that more Britons had … Read more
Boris Johnson launched a blistering attack on China, blaming its ‘demented’ traditional medical practices for the coronavirus pandemic. In a speech to world leaders yesterday he attacked people who ‘grind up the scales of a pangolin’ in a bid to become more ‘potent’. He made the remarks, which risk a furious diplomatic row – in … Read more