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POLL EXCLUSIVE: A new poll carried out for POLITICO by Redfield and Wilton Strategies shows Britons remain highly cautious of the coronavirus and are continuing to take significant personal precautions following “freedom day” possibly helping to explain the recent fall in COVID cases. In a sign that the public is still very wary of the virus, 46 percent of the 1,500 Brits polled on Thursday think Boris Johnson lifted restrictions too soon on July 19, while only 33 percent think it was the right time to open up.
Following the rules: The poll suggests compliance with isolation rules remains high despite the so-called pingdemic, which has seen millions stuck at home. Some 78 percent of Britons said they would fully isolate if pinged because they’d come into contact with a COVID case. Just 10 percent said they wouldn’t isolate if asked. These numbers could provide some evidence that, as some in government suspect, the large number of peopl
Winner in 2016: Alex Cole-Hamilton (Liberal Democrats) EDINBURGH Western is another part of the capital where the Conservatives should be in the mix, but where they’ve instead been left stranded by anti-SNP tactical voting. The equivalent Westminster constituency of Edinburgh West was continuously held by the Tories from 1931 until 1997, but in retrospect the crucial turning-point was 1983, when it suddenly became a Tory-Liberal marginal in 1983 due to the rise of the Liberal-SDP Alliance. The Liberals and then the newly-merged Liberal Democrats had a succession of near-misses in 1983, 1987 and 1992, with the Tories’ margins of victory ranging from just 1.1% to 2.5%. The constituency then became the scene of a mini-crisis for the Tories in 1994, when the incumbent MP James Douglas-Hamilton inherited a peerage.
Toasting the Lassies from afar at virtual Burns Night By Contributor Published: 14:55, 27 January 2021
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Robert Burns
It was while I was mashing the tatties that I suddenly remembered. I turned to my better half to confess as she took the haggis out of the oven. This Burns Night was going to be bigger than she had expected. What I had forgotten was I was now shortly due to Toast the Lassies at a virtual event in Edinburgh.
Luckily, she took my announcement in her stride: âOh well, perhaps youâve got some new jokes this yearâ¦â