So far, close to 300,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 with no end in sight. The way things are going, we may likely have more than one million deaths in the next year. And those who are dying feel cut off from others, since family members cannot be with their loved ones at the moment of death because Covid-19 is such a debilitating force and lethal covert enemy.
Itâs likely that numerous individuals wonât want to be tested, just as millions refuse to wear a mask, practice self-distancing, and remain at home as much as possible. And the vaccine wonât bring an instantaneous stop to our suffering and severe discomfort. It could take years before everyone in the world will be treated with the vaccine.
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Highland MP speaks out after being suspended from House of Commons for grabbing the mace as Scottish Tory MSP suggests behaviour was potentially dangerous By Scott Maclennan
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Updated: 12:36, 17 December 2020
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MP Drew Hendry making off with the Mace in the Houses of Parliament.
Highland MP Drew has vowed to always stand up for my constituents after being suspended from the House of Commons for grabbing the mace in protest at the UK Internal Market Bill.
The mace sits on the dispatch box and is the traditional symbol of the monarchâs authority and without it laws cannot be passed nor can the House of Commons meet.
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Highland MP speaks out after being suspended from the House of Commons for grabbing the Mace as Scottish Tory MSP suggests the behaviour was potentially dangerous By Scott Maclennan
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Updated: 16:14, 17 December 2020
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Highland MP Drew has vowed to always stand up for my constituents after being suspended from the House of Commons for grabbing the mace in protest at the UK Internal Market Bill.
The mace sits on the dispatch box and is the traditional symbol of the monarchâs authority and without it laws cannot be passed nor can the House of Commons meet.
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By Leila Nathoo and Gavin Stamp
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A report into racial inequality in the UK, ordered by Boris Johnson, will not now be completed until early in 2021.
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was due to report to the prime minister by the end of the year but has requested an extra two months.
It blamed Covid restrictions for the delay as well as the large number of responses received from the public.
Labour said the delay added to concerns the government was not taking the issue seriously.
The commission, led by education consultant and ex-charity boss Tony Sewell, was established in June in the wake of anti-racism protests across the country triggered by the killing of George Floyd in the United States.
PM to visit India in January in bid to bolster economic ties
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will try to strengthen the UK s links to the Indo-Pacific region
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will fly to India in January 2021 in an effort to strengthen economic and political relations between the two countries.
It will be Johnson’s first major bilateral visit since becoming PM, and will come soon after the UK leaves the EU single market at the end of the post-Brexit transition period on 31 December.
The announcement of the visit by Number 10 comes after the two countries earlier this year agreed to explore opportunities for expanding and deepening their trade relationship.