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Ofcom accused of stifling ‘criticism’ of Government’s Covid response
Regulator said ‘a lower number of cases in reality than is being reported’ was a ‘common piece of misinformation’
5 June 2021 • 6:00pm
The broadcasting regulator has been accused of stifling “rational criticism” of the response to Covid by labelling scepticism about Britain s approach to the pandemic as “misinformation”.
Amid major controversy over whether official statistics were overstating the prevalence of coronavirus, Ofcom described the idea that there were “a lower number of cases in reality than is being reported” as a “common piece of misinformation”.
It also emerged that the regulator warned broadcasters in the early days of the pandemic that it was prioritising investigations into programmes or news reports featuring advice which “discourages the audience from following official rules and guidance”.
Michelle Ballantyne was unveiled as the leader of Nigel Farage s Reform Party in Scotland earlier this week THE new leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party in Scotland, Michelle Ballantyne, has been promoting “profoundly dangerous” misinformation around the Covid pandemic and the effects of lockdown restrictions. The former Tory and sitting MSP posted on both her Twitter and Facebook accounts to promote the website InformScotland.uk, which she said was for “all those out there who want to understand more about the data on Covid”. Ballantyne said the site would “inform the debate that we really need to have” and offered a “huge thank you” to its publishers.
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As Kent expected to remain in Tier 4 for months MP Craig Mackinlay joins voices calling for debate on measures
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Updated: 15:37, 21 December 2020
Kent is expected to remain in Tier 4 until late February at the earliest after a new strain of coronavirus was discovered in the county.
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Health secretary Matt Hancock has revealed the mutation - named VUI â 202012/0 - could be 70% more contagious and out of control , but a Kent MP has joined the voices calling for more information to be revealed and a debate on the new restrictions.
The announcement that the new strain had been found by Mr Hancock last Monday eventually led to Boris Johnson calling off Christmas relaxation plans on Saturday, with the news it may be out of control resulting in France and several other nations shutting their borders on yesterday, leading to thousands of lorries being stranded.