We are gradually becoming a totalitarian state. Ministers are encouraging people to spy on their neighbours, the police are urged to abandon their normal duties to disturb us in the privacy of our homes, and pub and restaurant owners are required to use Gestapo-like tactics with their customers. Millions are again prevented from meeting friends … Read more
Droopy-eyed, theatrical hams are forever grumbling about the relentless grind. Six shows a week, plus matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays. Non-stop, dears! Still, there’s always the adulation to look forward to. The applause, the whistles, the occasional late night supper at The Ivy, courtesy of a star-struck dowager. The Health Secretary’s now near-daily performances at … Read more
Matt Hancock breezed in, loving life at the forefront of this new authoritarian regime: HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary on presumptuous form in Parliament By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 13 October 2020 What a cocky figure Matt Hancock cut as he entered … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Matt Hancock’s failures are no laughing matter By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 07:56 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 07:57 BST, 11 October 2020 Once again a leading supporter of imposing stringent rules on the rest of us has been caught not taking his own position … Read more
The new coronavirus tracing app was hit by another fiasco last night after it blocked tens of thousands of users from logging their test results. The app asks users to input a special pin code when they receive their results. But humiliatingly for the Government, only those tested privately for Covid actually received the code. … Read more
Britain is not entering a second wave of coronavirus infections and rising numbers of cases are a result of increased, more accurate testing picking up infections among younger people, experts say. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday warned that the UK ‘must do everything in our power’ to stop a second surge of people going into … Read more
Ministers were today asked to prove that two new rapid coronavirus tests bought to bolster Britain’s war on coronavirus even work. The tests – which give results in 90 minutes – will start being rolled out from next week. One is so simple it could soon be deployed in airports, offices, schools, pubs and restaurants … Read more
The Government performed a dramatic U-turn over its heavily-delayed coronavirus tracking app today and agreed to use an existing system developed by tech giants instead of building its own. Ministers are expected to set out this afternoon that they are scrapping custom-made software for the NHSX app and use a system already developed by Apple … Read more
Coronavirus tests could be carried out at work with results within two hours by the autumn, officials claim. The Health Secretary has said officials are in talks with businesses about how they could run their own testing programmes as they re-open. An NHS chief said it includes using ‘on the spot’ tests, which are those … Read more
Matt Hancock has been involved in a series of ill-tempered live TV and radio interviews today where he appeared frustrated when repeatedly asked for ‘clarity’ on how Britain would be eased out of the coronavirus lockdown. The Health Secretary was grilled on whether the Government‘s ‘road map’ was confusing and even appeared to roll his eyes … Read more