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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
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The low down
Viewed from Westminster, the Northern Ireland Assembly and its executive is a young and fragile devolution project – the potential for instability hard-baked into a constitution that requires bitter political foes to work together or not at all. That perspective, though, hardly reflects the whole story. This year the country marks a century of devolution. And following the Good Friday Agreement, a generation has now grown up since the UK government’s secretary of state for Northern Ireland went from the holder of a political hotseat that carried serious personal risks, to a low-ranking cabinet role. The lawmakers of the assembly and executive have worked their way through the demands of the pandemic – and done so while juggling a Brexit agreement that presents a serious challenge to peace and stability on the island of Ireland.
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