now on bbc news, it s time for dateline. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best known columnists on uk newspapers, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week, record breaking daily increases in covid infection hit the uk. pleas, not lockdown, are the order of the day, though the public are already voting with their feet. borisjohnson s pleas are ignored by 100 of his own mps, and by voters in a previously loyal part of england. is he now leader of the party and the country only in name? henry chu is long serving foreign correspondent and deputy news editor at the la times. polly toynbee is a veteran columnist on the left of centre guardian newspaper. and simonjack, the bbc s business editor, is here in the studio. good to see you, simon, and good to have you both joining us from parts around the uk while we maintain all our social distancing forjus
in the first election since china tightened its control, people in hong kong are voting in a poll where every candidate has been vetted for their loyalty to beijing hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk health secretary sajid javid has said that ministers are discussing the latest coronavirus data almost hourly with scientific advisers, and said the government will do what is necessary when asked about possible further measures. omicron continues to spread across the uk and is thought to now be the dominant variant in england and scotland, replacing delta. government advisors have been calling for further restrictions to be brought in to help curb the spread. sajid javid said that it is time to be cautious about social interactions and was asked on the andrew marr show if he could rule out further coronavirus restrictions in the coming days. it s a very sobering analysis, we take it s a very sobering analysis, we take it it s a ver
correspondent and deputy news editor at the la times. polly toynbee is a veteran columnist on the left of centre guardian newspaper. and simonjack, the bbc s business editor, is here in the studio. good to see you, simon, and good to have you bothjoining us from parts around the uk while we maintain all our social distancing forjust that little bit longer, as a result of what s happening at the moment. let s begin in downing street, who have been having a week they d rather forget. three things may explain why. a newspaper published a photo of a christmas party last year held in the basement of borisjohson s party headquarters, at a time when all such activities were against the law. the uk s leading civil servant, the cabinet secretary, was investigating gatherings inside downing street, one of them in the prime minister s own flat at least he was. it turns out his office organised what it called a christmas party, too. on tuesday, the imposition of covid vaccine certfic
now on bbc news it s time for dateline. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best known columnists on uk newspapers, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week, record breaking daily increases in covid infection hit the uk. pleas, not lockdown, are the order of the day, though the public are already voting with their feet. borisjohnson s pleas are ignored by 100 of his own mps, and by voters in a previously loyal part of england. is he now leader of the party and the country only in name? henry chu is long serving foreign correspondent and deputy news editor at the la times. polly toynbee is a veteran columnist on the left of centre guardian newspaper. and simonjack, the bbc s business editor, is here in the studio. good to see you, simon, and good to have you bothjoining us from parts around the uk while we maintain all our social distancing forjust
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