Some - such as Tony Blair - called for new digital ID cards to prove their 'disease status' as the world relaxed lockdown measures. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Get Britain out of this Covid coma NOW! People will get an online identity that can be used for daily activities such as proving ones age, registering with a GP and buying properties from a different location.
Only if you want a LONGER lockdownPETER HITCHENS: Sack Dom Cummings? Barristers for Sonia Khan successfully argued that Mr Cummings' behaviour is pivotal to her claim.YouGov research put the Conservatives up one point on last week at 45 per cent, when the furore over the maverick No10 chief's trip to Durham during lockdown was at its height.ANDREW PIERCE: After refusing to sack Dominic Cummings for allegedly breaking lockdown rules, Boris Johnson appears to have lost the support of a number of disgruntled Tory MPs.Backing for the Tories has plunged to 43 per cent over the past week, while Keir Starmer's party has climbed to 39 per cent.
If he is dismissed, then he won't suffer.
This means that talks with Brussels over a free trade deal will have to be completed by the end of August at the latest.A new report by the Civitas think tank today attacks a 'scientific clique' within the system that ministers were too afraid to question in the early days of the crisis.Boris Johnson's most senior aide is said to have told colleagues the Cabinet Office must be stripped of powers, swiping: 'A hard rain is coming.
He'll walk into a better paid job in the private sector.
The government did not have any details on half of the 2.6million who applied for support at the start of the crisis. But as newly unearthed pictures show the Tory aide differently.Even the Prime Minister's chief adviser took advantage of the scorching weather today as he was seen leaving his home wearing a straw hat and clutching a wooden stick.HARRY COLE: Given his habit of quoting Lenin in his rambling blog posts, Dominic Cummings surprised colleagues on Friday night by, instead, parroting Lenin's arch rival, Leon Trotsky.Mr Cummings made clear his determination to crack down on leaks in a meeting with Government advisers, when he referred to 'the snakes and reptiles of the media crawling all over Government'.Dominic Cummings is said to have warned privately that a 'hard rain' is coming for Whitehall, with a slew of senior figures already having been ousted.Britain's top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill will get £248,189 when he steps down later this year from his dual role as Cabinet Secretary and national security adviser.Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill has warned his successor that senior civil servants are now viewed as 'fair game' and anonymous briefings against them in the press 'go with the territory'.Maverick No10 chief Dominic Cummings has visited MI5 and MI6 twice, and will be going to a series of other sensitive sites soon.The Labour leader was seen posing with a can of Brewdog's 'Barnard Castle Eye Test' ale- a reference to Dominic Cummings driving 30 minutes from Durham to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight.Lawyers for Nazir Afzal have written letters to Met commissioner Cressida Dick, Durham Police chief constable Jo Farrell and director of public prosecutions Max Hill QC.Dominic Cummings, pictured, wants to spend £100 million to develop technology to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it underground.In a clear signal of the drive to revolutionise Whitehall, these experts will be parachuted in to government departments to provide a different perspective on how the country should be run.Sir Mark quit following a power struggle with Dominic Cummings, who is said to have seen the outgoing cabinet secretary as a 'roadblock' to a Whitehall shake-up.Boris Johnson has praised the 'incredible service' of Sir Mark (pictured) but he dodged questions over whether he was forced out in a power struggle with senior adviser Dominic Cummings.David Frost will move to his new role in September.