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She clashed with Simon Williams, a behavioural expert from Swansea University, who claimed there is “no such thing as common sense in unprecedented times”. On Wednesday Boris Johnson called on Britons to have “short” and “small” Christmas celebrations to defend against coronavirus.
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The Home Secretary told Sky News Niall Paterson that Britain will always be a safe country. She added that Britain s security tools are world-class and intelligence operations will not be affected by a no deal Brexit.
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The former Home Secretary told the BBC s Politics Live programme that fishing has an important place in trade negotiations with the European Union but it will not stop both parties agreeing on a deal. She added that a compromise where the EU has access to British waters for a number of years after Brexit will mostly be agreed upon as the UK is not ready to scale up its fishing industry.
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Airlines have asked EU countries to exempt Britain from the coronavirus travel ban set to kick in on January 1.
Firms such as EasyJet and Airlines UK were joined by the World Travel and Tourism Council in calling for clarity.
The UK and EU are negotiating a trade deal for after January but on Wednesday Boris Johnson returned from Brussels with significant differences remaining.
But a deal may not include Covid travel rules, which allow non-essential trips into the EU from countries where cases are low, such as Australia and New Zealand.
Despite Britain having lower infection rates than 18 of the 27 EU member states, officials say there are currently no plans to add it to the safe list.