Leading Hartlepool councillor joins Reform UK to become party s first in UK
Cllr John Tennant has joined the group after previously representing the Independent Union.
19:41, 1 FEB 2021
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A leading Hartlepool councillor has announced he has joined the Reform UK party.
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Richard Tice said Brussels eurocrats have shown their true colours and have revealed themselves to be protectionist bullies over the coronavirus vaccine row. The Brexiteer took to the radio to slam the European Union s incompetence with dealing with supplier AstraZeneca. The chairman of the Reform UK party said the bloc was totally at fault for the slow rollout of vaccine doses to member states and argued that Brussels was now trying to pass the buck for their bungled approach onto the vaccine manufacturer.
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The UK gave out 312,770 Covid-19 vaccines on Tuesday, official figures show, which marks the third consecutive day that it has missed the 400,000-a-day target needed to reach 15 million people by mid-February.
The Department of Health figures showed that 312,770 vaccines were administered across the UK on January 26 - of which 311,060 were given to people receiving their first dose.
Figures published today by NHS England revealed of the 260,307 jabs administered across the country yesterday, 259,306 were given to people receiving their first dose. A further 24,698 were given out in Scotland.
The UK needs to be vaccinating at least 400,000 people every day for the next three weeks to fulfil Number 10 s promise of immunising all 15million of the most vulnerable Brits by February 15. For each day that passes without the target being hit it becomes slightly higher.
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Mr Tice blasted SNP-backing media and political figures who have attacked Reform UK’s support for the Union. The political group, previously known as The Brexit Party, has been a staunch supporter of maintaining the unity of the UK and hopes to gain seats in the upcoming Scottish Parliamentary elections on May 6. The party will be led by former Tory MSP Michelle Ballantyne in Scotland.