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N. Ireland won’t use UK’s contact-tracing app, will use own version to ‘interact’ with Republic of Ireland’s one, minister says

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The health minister for Northern Ireland has said the NHS Covid-19 tracing app is “not compulsory” to download, urging people to wait for a separate app being developed to work in conjunction with the Republic of Ireland’s one. … Read More >N. Ireland won’t use UK’s contact-tracing app, will use own version to ‘interact’ with Republic of Ireland’s one, minister says

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UK Police Bracing for Anti-Lockdown Protests, Ready to Respond ‘if Required’

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Late last week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted that the lockdown measures had taken a major toll on the British “way of life”, but urged for a cautious lifting of the quarantine limitations in order to avoid a second spike in coronavirus cases. … Read More >UK Police Bracing for Anti-Lockdown Protests, Ready to Respond ‘if Required’

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Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals

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New research suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the class divide in the UK with almost two-thirds of British working class households unable to do their jobs from home, compared to under 30 percent of middle classes. … Read More >Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals

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UK-funded propaganda campaign in Syria was bloated, inefficient & possibly illegal, a ‘scathing’ internal review reveals

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British state-funded propagandists created “a constellation of media outlets” in Syria and produced so much content that people “no longer knew who or what to believe,” an internal review into the failed operation has revealed. … Read More >UK-funded propaganda campaign in Syria was bloated, inefficient & possibly illegal, a ‘scathing’ internal review reveals

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UN rapporteur on torture ‘scared to find out more about our democracies’ after delving into Assange case

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Discovering that the cruelty visited on Julian Assange by Western democracies had been premeditated has heightened the fear of learning more about how those democracies operate, the UN’s rapporteur on torture has admitted. … Read More >UN rapporteur on torture ‘scared to find out more about our democracies’ after delving into Assange case

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Britain’s ex-spy chiefs got rich off ‘Russian threat’ warnings, but IGNORED alarm bells on pandemic risk – report

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What do Britain’s former spy chiefs get up to after they leave their posts? They make “millions” scaremongering about the “Russian threat” and lobbying the government on behalf of private interests, a new investigation confirms. … Read More >Britain’s ex-spy chiefs got rich off ‘Russian threat’ warnings, but IGNORED alarm bells on pandemic risk – report

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Poorest in England MORE THAN TWICE as likely to die from Covid-19 as richest, new stats reveal

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New UK figures show that the deadly coronavirus does indeed discriminate in unequal societies, and badly, revealing that Covid-19 deaths in the most deprived areas of England are over double the amount in the least deprived areas. … Read More >Poorest in England MORE THAN TWICE as likely to die from Covid-19 as richest, new stats reveal