‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response pred 6 urami in 14 minutami Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under ToriesDominic Cummings ‘poisoned the atmosphere’ of Boris Johnson’s No 10, Covid inquiry findsThe UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Golden crime scene’: Elizabeth Warren calls for inquiry into Trump’s ballroom funding pred 6 urami in 25 minutami Top Democrat on Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concernsUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of the new White House ballroom.Warren – who is the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee – told the Guardian in a statement that the ballroom could be “a golden crime scene” and urged the next administration to “follow the money” to uncover “whether any crimes were committed” in its financing. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Biafran separatist leader sentenced to life on terrorism charges by Nigerian court pred 6 urami in 29 minutami Judge says Nnamdi Kanu used his Indigenous People of Biafra group to incite attacks on security officials and civiliansThe Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been sentenced to life in prison on terrorism-related charges by a court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (Ipob) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria and during anti-police protests in Lagos. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Dominic Cummings ‘poisoned the atmosphere’ of Boris Johnson’s No 10, Covid inquiry finds pred 6 urami in 32 minutami Report from inquiry’s second module also says Johnson as PM ‘at times actively encouraged’ chaotic culture‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under ToriesDominic Cummings “poisoned the atmosphere” of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street during the Covid crisis, the official inquiry into the pandemic has found, saying he helped create a toxic and macho culture with the full connivance of the then prime minister.Johnson’s chief aide “strayed far from the proper role of a special adviser”, the report found, making “key decisions in 10 Downing Street which were for the prime minister to make”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
