Boris Johnson has mapped out a blueprint to loosen the lockdown which will reopen rubbish tips this weekend followed by garden centres within a fortnight, sources claimed last night. Council recycling centres could be allowed to open in a matter of days if the police give the green light they can cope with the expected … Read more
Boris Johnson was on top form as he stormed back into Downing Street and chaired a ‘full’ cabinet coronavirus meeting in person to the wry smiles of ministers, sources said yesterday. The Prime Minister, 55, ditched Zoom despite appeals from advisers to avoid appearing in person and walked confidently into a packed cabinet room for … Read more
Many people will have been uplifted by Boris Johnson’s stirring speech yesterday outside No 10. He provided the leadership that has inevitably been lacking in recent weeks. But it was not exactly the same old Boris. He looked a little pasty and drawn, which is hardly surprising. He also seemed, if not exactly short of … Read more
Lifting the coronavirus lockdown too soon would risk a devastating second wave of death and disease, American history has proven. San Francisco made that exact error in its battle with the Spanish Flu in 1918-19 and saw the virus surge after calling off a ban on public gatherings after just a month. British Prime Minister … Read more
Boris Johnson came out fighting today ‘after taking a pasting’ from coronavirus – but cannot possibly be feeling 100 per cent so soon after leaving intensive care, experts told MailOnline today. Mail Online’s body language expert said the Prime Minister showed ‘flashes of the old Boris’ in his speech from the steps of Number 10 … Read more
A prisoner who stunned Boris Johnson by trying to smuggle drugs into his jail in a Kinder Egg inside him has had more time added to his sentence. When the PM was shown body scan images of packages hidden up inmates’ bottoms last summer he grimaced and said: ‘You’re joking.’ One of the images was … Read more
Boris Johnson was today told to ‘get a grip’ by police chiefs over nonsensical lockdown rules that saw lone sunbathers scolded but hundreds allowed to gather outside B&Qs across Britain this weekend. With no exit plan in sight, large numbers of Britons went out to shop and enjoy the weather over the weekend amid fears the lockdown appears … Read more
Boris Johnson announced his comeback with a plea for Britons to stick to coronavirus lockdown rules today – amid mounting signs the public is starting to take matters into its own hands by getting back to work. In a statement in Downing Street, the PM assured the country he is back in charge after weeks … Read more
Dominic Raab has braced Britain to prepare for a ‘new normal’ with social distancing curbs in place for the long-haul. The Foreign Secretary, who has been deputising in Boris Johnson’s absence, said elements of the current lockdown would remain for ‘some time’. He dampened hopes of an imminent loosening of restrictions by refusing to be … Read more
Boris Johnson has arrived back at Number 10 to resume charge of Britain’s fight against coronavirus today. The Prime Minister will chair the daily 9.15 pandemic ‘war cabinet’ before hosting a second strategy meeting in the evening to sketch out the next phases of lockdown. Allies last night claimed he is keen to ‘modify’ certain … Read more