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01/06/2021 - 30/06/2021
05/06/21
Please forgive me for
the radio silence: I
have had a shit week.
Child with concussion
has made half term less fun than
it usually is!
When the pencil is
willing, but the brain won’t play
ball, you get nothing.
05/06/21
Hancock under fire
as he faces high-pressure
hearing with PMs.
Delta variant:
daily deaths rise as Johnson
pretends all is well.
Doubts over UK’s
road map, as lockdown easing
delays are advised.
Grand slam tennis pledge
to address concerns over
players’ mental health.
Osaka’s withdrawal
from French Open puts spotlight
on federation.
Cost of policing
G7 summit meeting:
70 million.
“Here are the big ships
Again”: protests in Venice
as banned ships return.
07/06/21
Concerns that third wave
could be more serious than
the UK’s first two.
Genuine progress
on the global taxing of
corporate giants.
G7 talks look
to close overseas loopholes
on tax evasion.
08/06/21
The mental health of
unsupported carers is
an unchecked crisis.
09/06/21
Harry and Meghan
name daughter Lilibet, for
Queen Elizabeth.
Johnson’s refusal
to answer questions renders
PMQ pointless.
French Open women’s
final four, first-time grand slam
semi-finalists.
The top seeds are out
as surprise underdogs have
their moment to shine.
Racoon dogs may be
Britain’s next non-native pest,
eco study finds.
12/06/21
Strength in numbers, as
union, students and staff
oppose sweeping cuts.
Partial victory,
as department removed from
redundancy risk.
The pressure of forced
redundancy has caused a
bad biscuit habit.
Eriksen survives
cardiac arrest, after
collapsing mid-game.
13/06/2021
Gin-o-clock is a
flexible thing, but the time
is always just right.
Threat to suspend the
Northern Ireland protocol:
EU unimpressed.
We have haemorrhaged
and squandered trust by failing
in our commitments.
‘Mistrusted’ Johnson
feels force of EU fury
as world leaders meet.
Johnson reneging
on details of Brexit deal
sours G7.
13/06/2021
G7 summit
dubbed an unforgivable
moral failure.
11 billion
vaccines needed globally;
1 billion offered.
16/06/2021
“Totally fucking
hopeless”: hypocrite Johnson’s
verdict on Hancock.
UK asks EU
to suspend ban on produce
to Northern Ireland.
Tories feign shock at
obvious repercussions
of bad Brexit deal.
20/06/2021
John Bercow defects
to Labour, with withering
attack on Johnson.
Party has become
xenophobic under its
current leadership.
Shock byelection
suggests gradual erosion
of Tory Heartland.
Liberal Democrats
take Chesham and Amersham
in byelection.
Third wave of Covid
‘definitely underway’ in
UK, says expert.
UK holidays
cost more than in Europe, as
demand escalates.
26/06/21
Dangerous blind spot
on integrity: PM
stands by Matt Hancock.
Not possible to
lead with credibility
and authority.
27/06/21
Hancock grudgingly
resigns, after breaking own
social distance rules.
Furtive office snogs
cannot be conducted from
a full two metres.
Cummings still Tweeting,
but nobody cares for his
venom anymore.
Mo Farah misses
qualification time for
the Olympic Games.
As Wimbledon starts
tomorrow, TV sports just
got interesting.
New Health Minister,
Javid, re-enters the fray
at the heart of things.
29/06/21
Ministers set to
end blanket isolation
for English pupils.
Mobile phone ban in
secondary schools, touted
by Secretary.
29/06/21
Teaching Union
accuses Williamson of
distraction techniques.
Tory failures
on education during
pandemic roll on.
To get your mistress
to be marking your homework:
not acceptable.
Job: high paid with perks;
catch: only friends and lovers
will be considered.
Olympic Games: surge
in Tokyo cases, with
only weeks to go.
France stunned by Euro
defeat, as confident Swiss
underdogs go through.
Drakeford calls for Wales
to control own policing
and legal system.
Written by Sally Jones