By Press Association 2021
Home Secretary Priti Patel
The Home Secretary has defended the decision to leave London for a meet and greet with police officers, saying it was part of her “statutory duties”.
Priti Patel said it was wrong to compare her journey to Hertfordshire and the Prime Minister’s trip to Scotland during the pandemic with foreign travel made by so-called influencers.
The Home Secretary has repeatedly criticised those who appeared to be using their fame for creating content on social media as an excuse simply to go on holiday.
She spent just over an hour in Bishop’s Stortford on Thursday afternoon, where she met six new recruits, a chief constable, neighbourhood beat officers and local Tory MP Julie Marson.
By Press Association 2021
Home Secretary Priti Patel
The Home Secretary has defended the decision to leave London for a meet and greet with police officers, saying it was part of her “statutory duties”.
Priti Patel said it was wrong to compare her journey to Hertfordshire and the Prime Minister’s trip to Scotland during the pandemic with foreign travel made by so-called influencers.
The Home Secretary has repeatedly criticised those who appeared to be using their fame for creating content on social media as an excuse simply to go on holiday.
She spent just over an hour in Bishop’s Stortford on Thursday afternoon, where she met six new recruits, a chief constable, neighbourhood beat officers and local Tory MP Julie Marson.
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Although he laments that young people like him can no longer pursue a dream of freely living and working anywhere within the 27-nation EU, he also regards the policies of Johnson’s Conservative government as so far removed from Scotland’s social democratic leanings that secession is the only solution.
“I’m no longer convinced that staying in the U.K. is what the democratic will of Scotland is or the best way to achieve the kind of society we want,” he said. “Independence is the way we can get that.”
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Crackdown on foreign holiday travel for minority who flout covid rules
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A covid crackdown on foreign holidays has been declared by the UK government compelling anyone leaving the UK to declare they have a valid reason for travel or risk being fined or sent home from an airport. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the new restrictions as she hit out at the minority of people who are continuing to go on holiday during lockdown.
She said there will be more police at ports and airports and people will have to declare their reasons for travel in advance to the airline they book with.
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