Jack Garratt takes aim at Boris Johnson on new charity single ‘Eton Mess (A Gaslight Anthem)’

Boris Johnson has announced a shock plan to end all covid self-isolation laws in England in just two weeks time.

coronavirus restrictions may end in just two weeks time.Opening Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson said: “It is my intention to return on the first day after the half-term recess to present our strategy for living with Covid.“Provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions – including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive – a full month early.”Mr Johnson indicated that as long as the data remained positive, the legal duty to self-isolate would be lifted a whole month earlier than planned.The plan was for self-isolation regulations to expire on March 24., but the announcement means the law could axed on around as early as Thursday 24 February.Mr Johnson's announcement comes as a leading expert believes the UK is “past the point” where vaccinating young, healthy children against Covid-19 will do any good.Paul Hunter, professor of medicine from the University of East Anglia, said most children have already had coronavirus, with the vast majority not falling seriously ill.Prof Hunter told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme infection rates in children are “falling really quickly at the moment”, adding: “So I think in many ways we’re past the point where vaccines are actually going to make much difference.”This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest updates. Reporters working on dailystar.co.uk will be working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.

A billionaire Tory donor has declared Boris Johnson has “passed the point of no return” and suspend his support of the party.

Mo Gilligan made a hilarious dig at Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he hosted the BRIT Awards on Tuesday evening. The comedian is presenting the awards show for the first time this year, taking over from previous host of several years Jack Whitehall. Some of the biggest names from the music world including Adele, Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie, were all packed into London’s O2 Arena for the ceremony when Mo made a jab at the PM and his recent ‘partygate’ scandal.

Nicola Sturgeon contemplated quitting last year over an investigation into her actions during a Government probe into Alex Salmond.

Boris Johnson has been accused of “shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic” as he moved around Tory Ministers in a bid to persuade his pary that he has a grip on his scandal-ridden government.

Jimmy Carr's 'racist' joke removed from his Netflix special His Dark Material.The stand-up show dropped to the streaming service in December but last week, Jimmy faced strong backlash when a clip from the special went viral for all the wrong reasons.A clip shared by Facebook user Alfie Best sees the 49-year-old comedian make light of the 'thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis', jokingly referring to the deaths as "the positives" of the Holocaust.Jimmy said: "When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine."But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis."No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives."The 8 Out of 10 Cats presenter has since been condemned by anti-hate groups including the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the Auschwitz Memorial and Hope Not Hate.His words have been additionally criticised by British prime minister Boris Johnson, health secretary Sajid Javid, comedian David Baddiel and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding's Paddy Doherty.Pleas for Netflix to take down the special or edit out the joke have also gone unanswered, leading The Traveller Movement to create an online petition.The ActionStorm petition, titled 'Jimmy Carr: The Genocide of Roma is Not a Laughing Matter', pleads with the streamer to remove the offending His Dark Material clip.Arguing that Jimmy's joke was "nothing short of a celebration of genocide", the petition has already been signed by over 16,000 people - with an overall target of 25,000 signatures.A description reads: "We appreciate that comedy is subjective but in our view when punchlines are indistinguishable from

Boris Johnson will not apologise for accusing Sir Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile, No 10 has said.

ABBA have responded to reports that their music was played during one of the alleged lockdown-flouting parties that was held at 10 Downing Street in 2020.One of the 12 alleged gatherings which were the subject of senior civil servant Sue Gray’s recent report – and are now under police investigation – reportedly took place on November 13, 2020 following the departure of Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s controversial aide Dominic Cummings.Sky News reports that a “victory party” was allegedly held in Johnson’s flat on that date by friends of his now-wife Carrie Johnson, during which a number of ABBA tracks, including the 1980 single ‘The Winner Takes It All’, were played. Cummings also claimed last week that there would be “witnesses who say ‘we could all hear a party with ABBA playing’”.Both Boris and Carrie Johnson have denied the claims, while Downing Street said in a statement last week that the PM would “ask Sue Gray to update her work in light of what is found” by the Metropolitan Police when they have concluded their inquiries.In a new interview with PA (via i News), ABBA’s Benny Andersson has now given his reaction to the reports that his band’s music was apparently played at the alleged party.“You can’t call it an ABBA party,” he said.

Boris Johnson will not apologise for his Jimmy Savile slur against Keir Starmer despite protesters harassing the Labour leader outside parliament on Monday.

Nobody was more shocked at Boris Johnson’s alleged Downing Street parties playing Abba’s music than Abba themselves. It was recently claimed that Mr Johnson’s wife Carrie Johnson hosted a Winner Takes It All party at their Downing Street flat after Dominic Cummings resigned on November 13, 2020. Sources claimed Abba’s iconic hits were heard blasting from the gathering by aides. Benny Andersson has now addressed the reports and told PA: ‘You can’t call it an Abba party. It is a Johnson party where they happened to play some Abba music.

BORIS Johnson today branded Jimmy Carr’s bad-taste Holocaust joke "deeply disturbing" but stopped short of calling for his show to be axed. The under-fire funny man, 49 has been blasted for a sick joke about the genocide, with Downing Street wading in to condemn the gag.

Boris Johnson's wife Carrie believes the Prime Minister's enemies are targeting her in a "brutal briefing campaign".

The Queen has declared that Camilla will become Queen when Prince Charles takes the throne.

Angela Rayner has hit out at the Prime Minister's new staffing appointments - describing the move as 'frantically rearranging deckchairs'.

Boris Johnson has announced new staffing appointments at Number 10 following a turbulent week for the under-fire Prime Minister.

Kate Garraway, 54, was left taken aback when Good Morning Britain’s Senior News Correspondent Jonathan Swain, 49, took the opportunity to aim a witty jibe at Boris Johnson while reporting from just outside Number 10 Downing Street yesterday. Jonathan filmed his view of the Prime Minister’s home being pelted by rain while underneath a storm cloud.It comes just after it was announced that Elena Narozanski had become the fifth No 10 adviser to quit her role, following the departure of policy chief Munira Mirza and three others last week.The resignations have been coming in thick and fast in the wake of the Sue Gray report over allegations about parties being thrown at Downing Street during the coronavirus lockdown, when such gatherings were banned.The journalist could be heard saying in view of his 25,000 followers: “Morning, it never rains but it pours here at Downing Street, quite literally!“We have the rain pouring and we have people pouring out of that door.“Another policy advisor has quit today as well.”Alongside his video, Jonathan tagged Kate and her GMB co-star Ben Shephard in a caption, which read: “Is this Storm Boris?! “Have a look @benshephard @kategarraway @GMB #GMB #BorisJohnson.”Kate retweeted Jonathan’s cheeky post in view of her own 485,000 followers to reveal her reaction. The ITV star simply exclaimed: “Crikey!”It wasn’t long before Kate’s fans took to the comments section to share their own thoughts on the drama unfolding at Downing Street.Michael Brown agreed: “As they say "It never rains but..." etcetera. Bet someone is feeling it.”Barry Lewis quipped: “It’s Boris to blame for the weather.

BBC Breakfast made for uncomfortable viewing on Saturday morning after presenter Charlie Stayt asked MP Nadine Dorries if she had spoken to Boris Johnson in the last 24 hours. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport appeared on the show via video link but refused to answer Charlie's questions on communication with the Prime Minister which became akward to watch.Journalist Charlie asked the MP: "Have you spoken to the Prime Minister recently in the last 24 hours?"Looking uncomfortable, Nadine replied: "Why, why are you asking me that question?"Charlie replied sternly: "I'd like to know."Nadine responded: "We've communicated."But Charlie pressed for a more precise answer and said: "I'm really confused is that a difficult question, I'm just asking if you've spoken to the Prime Minister in the last 24 hours?"However Nadine refused to expand on her previous comment and again told the broadcaster that she has "communicated" with the PM.Not letting the matter go, Charlie questioned: "What has he communicated with you?"Again, Nadine refused to back down to the presenter's probing and told him she won't go into what they previously conversed on.Seeing the awkward exchange unfold, BBC Breakfast viewers couldn't wait to express their thoughts regarding the pair's conversation on Twitter.One viewer penned: "This is EXCRUCIATING.

A photograph of Boris Johnson holding a can of beer at his birthday bash in June 2020 has been handed over to police.

Liam Gallagher discussed his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’ in an interview on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X this morning.In the interview, Moyles described the singer’s new single ‘Everything’s Electric’ as “a great tune”, to which Gallagher replied: “It keeps the doors open to what’s next, know what I mean?”. ‘Everything’s Electric’ was co-written by Dave Grohl, who also plays drums on the track, and its producer Greg Kurstin.Commenting on the album, Gallagher added: “Some of it’s odd, man.

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie welcomed their second child, a daughter named Romy, in December last year.Their son Wilfred was born at the height of the pandemic in April 2020, and after keeping her second pregnancy mostly out of the spotlight, Boris and Carrie announced the news of their daughter's birth on Thursday, December 9. It is understood that the 57-year-old was there throughout both of his wife's labours, and on each occasion was later spotted returning to the London hospital to visit his wife and their newborn. While these are 33-year-old Carrie's only children, the Prime Minister has fathered a number of grown-up children who are step-siblings to Wilfred and his baby sister.The PM also has four other children, who tend to stay out of the spotlight.