of enthusiasm, that america was back at the table and fully, fully engaged. back in westminster, a good old fashioned tabloid scoop by the sun was about to bring the career of one of the government s most prominent cabinet ministers to a swift end. the health secretary matt hancock was pictured kissing his aide, gina coladangelo in his office, breaking social distancing rules. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them. and that s why i ve got to resign. he was replaced by sajid javid the next day. five, four, three, two, one. by the end ofjuly, england had lifted all remaining covid restrictions, and the vaccination programme had offered a jab to all adults in the uk. in scotland, northern ireland and wales, some measures stayed in place.
it was complete nonsense. quite the opposite, we sent people with covid back to the care homes. did you hear him say, let the bodies pile high in their thousands or it s only killing 80 year olds ? i heard that in the prime minister s study. downing street denied that he had said let the bodies pile high and said that they tried to minimise a loss of life. injune, a chance to cool off. the prime minister hosted leaders of the g7 nations at a summit in cornwall. meeting the new us president in person for the first time. i felt it wasn t about me, it was about america. i felt a genuine sense of enthusiasm, that america was back at the table and fully engaged. back in westminster, a good old fashioned tabloid scoop by the sun was about to bring the career of one of the government s most prominent cabinet ministers to a swift end. the health secretary matt hancock was pictured kissing his aide, gina coladangelo in his office, breaking social distancing rules.