Government says Patrick Vallance ‘does not attend every press conference’ after absence questioned

So where WAS Patrick Vallance? Government says he ‘does not attend every press conference’ after questions were raised over why he was missing from Downing Street briefing Chief Scientific Adviser’s absence from press conference did not go unnoticed Sir Patrick is usually a fixture alongside Prof Chris Whitty and Boris Johnson His department, the Government … Read more

Government says Patrick Vallance ‘does not attend every press conference’ after absence questioned

So where WAS Patrick Vallance? Government says he ‘does not attend every press conference’ after questions were raised over why he was missing from Downing Street briefing Chief Scientific Adviser’s absence from press conference did not go unnoticed Sir Patrick is usually a fixture alongside Prof Chris Whitty and Boris Johnson His department, the Government … Read more

Coronavirus: Brits should NOT hug each other yet, SAGE expert says

Sir Mark Walport, SAGE adviser and former chief scientific adviser to the Government Britons should not hug other people until Covid case numbers are ‘very, very low’ and the size of the outbreak is much smaller than it is now, one of Number 10’s scientific advisers warned today.  Sir Mark Walport, who used to do … Read more

Sombre Boris Johnson marks exactly a year since first lockdown

A humbled Boris Johnson tonight gave a painfully frank assessment of the early days of the government’s coronavirus response – admitting it had been like fighting ‘in the dark’. At a sombre Downing Street briefing to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown, the PM tried to strike an optimistic note about the prospects for getting back … Read more

Sombre Boris Johnson marks exactly a year since first lockdown

A humbled Boris Johnson tonight gave a painfully frank assessment of the early days of the government’s coronavirus response – admitting it had been like fighting ‘in the dark’. At a sombre Downing Street briefing to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown, the PM tried to strike an optimistic note about the prospects for getting back … Read more

A year ago today, experts predicted UK coronavirus death toll could be just 20,000

One year ago today, Britain’s coronavirus crisis engulfed the nation in fear – but experts predicted the total death toll would stand at just 20,000.  The potential figure was dubbed a ‘good outcome’ but still ‘horrible’ by the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance when he addressed the Health Select Committee on March 17, 2020. … Read more

Boris Johnson is accused of funding ‘expensive government propaganda’

Downing Street is under growing pressure to spell out how much taxpayers’ money was spent on the Government’s 30-minute documentary on the UK’s coronavirus vaccine roll-out.  Critics have labelled the video, entitled ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’, a piece of ‘expensive government propaganda’ after a trailer for the film was unveiled.     Number 10 … Read more

Boris Johnson is accused of funding ‘expensive government propaganda’

Boris Johnson was today accused of funding ‘expensive government propaganda’ after unveiling a dramatic trailer for a 30-minute film entitled ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’.  Slickly-produced and set to dramatic music, the 50-second preview clip features interviews with government scientific advisers including Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Critics accused Number … Read more

Labour slams No10’s ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out

Labour has slammed Downing Street for spending taxpayers’ money for a ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out.  No10 shared a dramatic trailer for the official documentary on Britain’s race for a Covid-19 jab, titled A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story.  Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Downing Street unveils dramatic trailer for vaccines documentary

The Government has unveiled a dramatic trailer for an official documentary about Britain’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, called: ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’. Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with leading UK scientists Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Professor Van-Tam describes Britain as having been … Read more