10 of the most prominent protest campaigns that defined 2021
It has been a year of major protests and unrest, illustrative of the staying power of many movements and the increasing grievances about those in power.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Messier and messier: Boris Johnson’s biggest blunders of 2021
As rumour about the embattled PM’s future fizzes, we look back on Johnson’s second full year of office – 12 months beset with epic gaffes, U-turns, rebellions and clangers.
‘Borders on insulting’: Sunak’s Covid £1bn bailout falls short on furlough
Excluding furlough and being a long time coming, the Chancellor’s support package for the hospitality sector announcement brings adverse reaction.
‘At last, some good news’: UK left reacts to Gabriel Boric’s victory in Chile
In what has been hailed as a “victory for the left”, the young socialist’s win has enthused progressives around the world, including in the UK.
Over half of 2019 Tory voters think Boris Johnson is dishonest – poll
‘I no longer trust the Conservative party and have only ever voted for them.’
New Brexit minister said exiting EU would be an economic disaster
Liz Truss is a former Remainer who announced a series of dismal warnings about the consequences of Brexit during the 2016 referendum campaign.
Warning issued about using the NHS as a vaccination service every few months
The head of the Covid vaccination programme has issued caution about reorienting the NHS to vaccination every three to six months.
Government faces legal action over Home Office’s treatment of EU citizens in UK
A statutory body created to protect the rights of EU citizens living in Britain post-Brexit has launched a legal challenge against the Home Office.
‘Economically illiterate and morally wrong’: Calls for the government to bailout beleaguered hospitality sector
A far cry from the ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ mantra of the summer 2020, the people of Britain are being urged to limit trips to the pub, as omicron variant cases soar.
Leave voters turn their back on Johnson’s Brexit deal – report finds
After living with the UK-EU trade deal for almost a year, opinion among Brexiteers on the merits of the deal negotiated by Prime Minister is leaning from approval to disproval.