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Coronavirus press conference - 24/9/2020 - Rishi Sunak takes questions from the press -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Chancellor reveals emergency coronavirus jobs plan as end of furlough looms - 24/9/2020 - The chancellor of the exchequer presents new government support for workers for the next six months of coronavirus restrictions, later the foreign minister Dominic Raab outlines the UK's stance on protests in Belarus after an election that has been considered rigged -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Keir Starmer is addresses the nation on the new coronavirus restrictions - 23/9/2020 - Keir Starmer's address to the nation on the new coronavirus restrictions -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Prime Minister's Questions - 23/9/2020 - Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister. In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance. The Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Coronavirus message from the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster - 22/9/2020 - An update from the First Minister on the changes to coronavirus restrictions in Northern Ireland -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Coronavirus message from the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon - 22.09.20 - An update from the First Minister on the changes to coronavirus restrictions in Scotland -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Boris Johnson addresses the nation as stricter Covid-19 rules announced across the UK - 22/9/2020 - Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the nation after announcing stricter coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England on Tuesday afternoon. Johnson's announcement comes as cases in the UK are on the rise. First Ministers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have all announced stricter measures, many of which go further than those in England -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Coronavirus message from the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford - 22/9/2020 - An update from the First Minister on the changes to coronavirus restrictions in Wales. -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Boris Johnson announces second Covid-19 shutdown in the Commons - 22/9/2020 - Boris Johnson announced national Covid-19 restrictions including early pub closing and a return to working from home as he starts to reverse the freedoms of recent months. The Prime Minister ordered all hospitality venues in England to close by 10pm from this Thursday after the coronavirus alert status was raised to the second-highest level for the first time since June -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Boris Johnson discusses fresh COVID-19 restrictions at Commons - 22/9/2020 - Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses parliament on new coronavirus measures. The limited measures will aim to tackle the coronavirus spike and stop short of immediately banning households in England from socialising — as he faces a backlash from several Cabinet ministers, MPs, devolved leaders and the mayor of London over whether his latest restrictions go far enough. After two days locked in meetings with senior ministers and his top scientists, the prime minister has sided more with the “hawks” in his Cabinet, including Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who wanted to protect the economy and the hospitality industry from a wider crackdown, over the “doves” who had sought a two week lockdown-style “circuit-breaker” to rapidly reduce spread. In another notable change of position, the PM will also row back from his back-to-work rhetoric and instead encourage people to once again work from home if they can -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Trump the moron, contradicting the CDC - Watch Pres. Trump contradict his own CDC director on masks and vaccines, and suggest that COVID-19 deaths in blue states shouldn't count -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Keir Starmer's speech at the Labour Party Conference - 22/9/2020 - Keir Starmer appealed directly to 'red wall' voters who abandoned the party last year to 'take another look at Labour', telling them his party loves Britain and is under new leadership -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Watch these Republican senators backtrack on their Supreme Court nomination views - Watch these Republican senators backtrack on their Supreme Court nomination views -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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World Health Organisation press conference - 21/9/2020 - COVID-19 SURGES AROUND THE WORLD AS FLU SEASON STARTS: Officials from the World Health Organization are holding a briefing on the latest developments of the global coronavirus outbreak. The virus has infected over 31.1 million people around the world and killed over 960,000, and at least 73 countries are reporting an increased rate of transmission. India is now recording up to 90,000 new cases per day with a total number of infections soaring past 5 million, and Israel became the most recent country to impose a second lockdown— an idea that is being discussed as the virus continues to surge across Europe once again. On Friday, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program Dr. Mike Ryan warned that COVID-19 is ‘not going away.’ He noted that it is killing about 50,000 people per week, saying ‘that is not where we want to be,’ specifically as the weather is getting colder and the standard flu season is starting. -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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House report finds ICE facilities do not meet ‘basic care’ standards - 21/9/2020 - HOUSE REPORT FINDS ICE FACILITIES DO NOT MEET ‘BASIC CARE’ STANDARDS: Members of the House Homeland Security Committee hold a forum to discuss the failure of DHS to meet basic standards of care within ICE detention facilities. The committee recently released a report which found that ICE ‘fails to conduct proper oversight of migrant detention facilities, leaving deficiencies unidentified and uncorrected, and that ICE facilities frequently fail to meet basic standards of care.’ This discussion comes after the jarring report that immigrants held at an ICE detention center in Georgia are being subjected to ‘jarring medical neglect’ and appalling treatment, including forced hysterectomies, according to a nurse’s whistleblower complaint. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), and Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) will be joined by representatives from the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund and Physicians for Human Rights and former DHS officials. -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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McConnell & Schumer address the Supreme Court - 21/9/2020 - MCCONNELL, SCHUMER ADDRESS SUPREME COURT: Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer are taking the Senate floor and are expected to deliver remarks on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Hours after her death was made public, McConnell released a statement vowing to hold a vote to replace her with a nominee named by Pres. Trump. McConnell famously blocked hearings on Pres. Obama’s SCOTUS pick, Merrick Garland, for 10 months in 2016. On Sunday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi wouldn't rule out reports that Democrats could initiate the impeachment of Attorney General William Barr or Pres. Trump and, in doing so, gum up the Senate process and force a delay on the Supreme Court vote. 'We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now,' she told ABC News. -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe

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Moral Monday to stop McConnell - 21/9/2020 - MORAL MONDAY TO STOP MCCONNELL: The Poor People's Campaign is holding another #MoralMonday to demand Sen. Mitch McConnell to put a stop to the 'misery, meanness, and mayhem' he is causing the nation. This Moral Monday is specifically highlighting his urgency to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated from the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, despite his 10-month blocking of Pres. Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland in 2016. Activists are participating in today’s march both digitally by calling into his office, but also on the ground through organized caravans outside his home in Washington, D.C. and office in Kentucky. Join Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis in calling out Sen. McConnell to demand change. (via Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival) -- from Mock the Right on Facebook - bit.ly/2TKLJMe