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David Lidington, the former de-facto deputy prime minister to Theresa May, claimed that an extension to the Brexit transition period was “inevitable” because of coronavirus.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said that Boris Johnson “needs to get a grip” on the UK’s management of the coronavirus crisis, starting by firing health secretary Matt Hancock.

Lancashire Police have suspended an officer who threatened to fabricate an offence in order to arrest a man during the coronavirus lockdown.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to return to work next week following his recovery from Chinese coronavirus.

More than four in five Britons want the government to pursue an international inquiry into communist China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a poll commissioned by a British think tank.

The government’s chief scientific advisor admitted that vaccines for new viruses are “long shots” and that “only some end up being successful”.

The British government reportedly spent £16 million on two million coronavirus home test kits from two separate Chinese companies, none of which work.

Boris Johnson would say “no” to an extension to the transition period if the European Union asks for one, the prime minister’s spokesman said after the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for a delay.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has criticised the government’s plans to proceed with the costly High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link despite the UK facing “the worst economic crisis for 300 years”, calling the decision “sheer madness”.

A British Border Force officer has begged for testing of airport arrivals over fears of incoming Chinese coronavirus cases, as criticism mounts that while Britons are in house lockdown the country’s external borders remain open.

British and EU negotiators have agreed to continue Brexit trade talks via videoconferencing due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

Tom Tugendhat has accused China of taking advantage of the Wuhan coronavirus crisis to take control of British companies, and Iain Duncan Smith has attacked Huawei for exploiting the pandemic to attempt to boost its role in the UK’s 5G development.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has predicted that all Britons will have to wear masks as the price to be paid for the easing of coronavirus lockdown measures.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has confirmed that Boris Johnson’s government is “committed” to the EU negotiations timeline, adding the reminder that “we’ve left the European Union”.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told Britons that they must not accept that leaving the European Union’s institutions at the end of 2020 should be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The family of an 11-year-old cancer sufferer and an autistic support group have been pressured to sign ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) forms during the coronavirus pandemic.

Senior minister Dominic Raab is expected to announce that the coronavirus lockdown will continue for another three weeks.

At least 45 environmental activists in the United Kingdom were referred to the government’s anti-extremism Prevent strategy between April 2016 and March 2019.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid tribute to the medics of the National Health Service (NHS) who “saved my life, no question” after he was admitted to intensive care with severe coronavirus.

A scientist on the British government’s committee that advises on coronavirus said the UK could be the worst-hit country out of any in Europe.

A vaccine for the deadly Chinese coronavirus could be at least five months away. Professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford Sarah Gilbert is hoping to start human trials within the next fortnight and said she is “80 per cent confident” it would work.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to be able to walk again for brief periods after he was moved out of the intensive care unit (ICU) at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, where he is being treated for Chinese coronavirus.

Negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a British government source speaking to The Telegraph.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has warned that Chinese interests are lining up to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis by buying “vast swathes of our strategic and manufacturing industries”.

Despite calls from leftists and Europhiles to extend the Brexit transition period because of coronavirus, the government has said that it is sticking by the legally mandated exit date of December 31st, 2020.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s admission to an intensive care unit with coronavirus has made the pandemic crisis “very real”, revealing that anyone of any rank can get the illness.

A Labour Party mayor has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson “completely deserves” to be admitted to intensive care after contracting the debilitating and deadly Chinese coronavirus.

President Donald J Trump has said the United States would ‘work out’ getting 200 ventilators to hospitals in the United Kingdom because “they need them desperately”.

Charities have condemned reports that doctors are pressuring senior citizens into signing do not resuscitate (DNR) forms.

Police need to be able to hood violent suspects on the streets who attempt to spit, bite, or cough at them while claiming to have coronavirus, a representative from the Police Federation told MPs.

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove is self-isolating after a family member had displayed signs of coronavirus.

Messages of support have come from around the world and across the political spectrum for Boris Johnson, after the prime minister was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of St Thomas’ Hospital, London, on Monday night.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has warned that having Huawei involved in Britain’s 5G network may be the price to be paid for accepting medical equipment from China.

The British government has ordered millions of coronavirus tests made in China that do not work, Public Health England’s Professor John Newton has admitted.

A British think tank has said that Western nations where tens of thousands have died and whose economies have been damaged by Chinese coronavirus should sue the Communist country for compensation.

Austria’s Europe minister has said that the EU’s forced migrant redistribution scheme “has failed”, and that member-states should be able to choose whether to accept migrants or not.