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Angela Rayner's magical thinking on vaccine prioritisation is a disgrace The country cannot afford to have senior politicians misleading the public over the relative risks of the virus 28 January 2021 • 7:37pm The Labour Party has a deputy leader problem – she is clearly not right for the job. I say this as someone who thinks Labour has had a good pandemic. Under Sir Keir Starmer, the party has provided solid opposition. Had the caution it advocated in the autumn been heeded, the nation would almost certainly be in a stronger position today. Lives would have been saved, greater freedom ma...

CLAIMS the new variant of Covid-19 is 'more deadly' has sparked a row in the scientific community with one expert accusing the Government of waging a 'propaganda campaign to get the public very scared'.

Share Sir Desmond told Talk Radio's Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'As hospital admissions decline, with the progress of vaccination, the notion that ordinary people are going to be prepared to tolerate going on living like troglodytes, in this ridiculous way, is absurd. 'We were told - it's always been the case - that we were protecting the NHS and reducing hospital admissions.  'As they reduce, the burden of lockdown becomes intolerable. We are going to have to live with this as an endemic disease. 'There will have to be new strains put into the vaccine every year, and vulnerable groups will have t...

MP says Britons will not tolerate another 'absurd' lockdown Joe Davies For Mailonline A Conservative MP has said Britons will not tolerate another 'absurd' coronavirus lockdown. MP for New Forest West Sir Desmond Swayne said that the Government's focus should be on lowering hospital admissions so lockdown can be lifted. He described the current lockdown as 'madness' and suggested people are 'going to have to rise up and bring it down'.  It comes as Britain's daily coronavirus case total plunged by 18 per cent in a week today. © Provided by Daily Mail Sir Desmond told Talk ...

BBC News image copyrightGetty Images But with the most vulnerable to be offered vaccination by mid-February, what is standing in the way? The NHS will still be at risk Lockdown looks to be having an impact on infection levels with the number of new cases starting to fall. But there are only tentative signs this has filtered through to a slowing of new admissions to hospital. And even if they start coming down, the overall number of patients in hospital will remain high as patients are being discharged at a much slower rate than they are coming in. Chris Hopson of NHS Providers, which represen...