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London and the south east cut off from rest of the country
UK outward freight to Calais cut off
UK travel prohibited for a swathe of countries
More cases reported in last 24 hours than ever before
5 days til Christmas
11 days til the transition ends
London and the south east cut off from rest of the country
UK outward freight to Calais cut off
UK travel prohibited for a swathe of countries
More cases reported in last 24 hours than ever before
5 days til Christmas
11 days til the transition ends
on the transition point- the argument always was that a pandemic was so unpredictable that a Brexit extension was necessary. If things go very wrong over the next few weeks, expect that to become a very live political issue.
We've heard so much for decades, especially from the Conservatives about the dangers of "returning to the 1970s". Ironically it could be this moment which has most parallels- with equivalent levels of political peril for the government of the day.
