Many Leading Scientists Call For An End To All COVID Restrictions

Leading scientists are calling on the Government to withdraw all coronavirus constraints and to allow people to take back control of their own lives when the roadmap to freedom ends in June.

With real-world data showing vaccines decrease the prospect of death by 98 per cent and hospitalisations by more than 80 per cent, the experts say COVID 19 is being transformed into a mild disease in Britain, akin to the flu.

In an open letter to a news outlet, they criticised confused and conflicting messages from Ministers and scientific advisers about the virus, which they say are distorting the true threat.

The twenty-two signatories include Professors Carl Heneghan and Sunetra Gupta from Oxford University, Emeritus Professor Hugh Pennington from the University of Aberdeen and Professor Robert Dingwall from Nottingham Trent University.

The scientists wrote that they were being told, simultaneously, that they have successful vaccines and that major restrictions on everyday life must continue indefinitely, and that both propositions couldn’t be true, and that they need to give more weight to the data on the actual success of the vaccines.

The letter came as official figures revealed that more than half of the United Kingdom’s population has received at least one vaccine dose, with twelve million also having their second jab.

There were thirty-two deaths in the last recorded 24 hour period, down 11 per cent week on week, with hospital admissions down 21 per cent to 132 and the number of positive tests falling by about 3 per cent to 2,061.

Britain now has the lowest rate of cases in Europe, aside from Iceland, according to the European COVID 19 Forecast Hub, and Government sources suggested mask-wearing could be dropped for the summer.

Britain has again outflanked the EU by securing a huge priority order of vaccines from French manufacturer Valneva, and AstraZeneca boss condemned critics of its vaccine as inaccurate, wrong and uneducated.

And it emerged a top aide to Boris Johnson caught COVID during a trip to India to secure vaccine supplies, sparking fears he exposed Ministers and civil servants to a mutant strain of the virus.

Time magazine featured ‘The Great Reset’ on its cover and Prince Charles announced the world had a golden opportunity to seize something good from the COVID crisis involving big visions of change.

And the World Economic Forum met in January in Davos, Switzerland to announce details of this rebalancing of the global economy, and critics have warned that the ‘Great Reset’ is the ‘Green New Deal’ on steroids and it’s intended to move the world economy towards socialism, using climate change and COVID as justifications.

But what they’ve done to people’s mental health for measures that have questionable results is horrifying because people aren’t supposed to be in isolation, and how can mask-wearing be any good for anyone especially developing youth breathing CO2 for hours upon a day? And it just inflicts misery.

And it seems that globalists want the measures to be part of what they tout as ‘the new normal’, and as representative John Kerry hilariously stated, we must get carbon to a net-zero – that’s the ‘Green New Deal Plan’, and what better way than to have humans breathe their own CO2.

Of course, John Kerry and other politicians will wear the mask only on camera, but he was filmed not wearing the mask on an aeroplane – well it seems that some animals are more equal than others!

And why would Government’s let their citizens live freely when they can manipulate and exercise their power?

Friends Pay Tribute To Kind And Caring Good Samaritan

Friends have paid tribute to a kind and loving Good Samaritan who died after jumping into the River Thames to save a woman who fell from London Bridge.

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, has been hailed a hero after it was discovered he was one of two people who jumped into the water just after midnight on April 24 to save the woman but sadly died in the process.

Emergency services were able to pull the woman and the other man who jumped in from the river alive but were unable to locate Mr Olubunmi-Adewole.

The body of the man, known as Jimi by his friends who recognised him on social media as being the person who died in the incident, was recovered six hours later after an extended search and rescue effort on The Thames.

Police marine units and the coastguard rescued Jimi’s body from the water at about 6 am on Saturday, and it emerged later that the Nigerian born Briton was a former pupil at the Harris Academy in Peckham, South East London, according to My London.

He was also connected to the charity Malcolm’s World Foundation, which was set up by the parents of Malcolm Mide-Madaiola, a student from the same school who was murdered at the age of 17 in 2018.

At about 3 pm on Saturday, the charity appeared to verify that Jimi was the man who died in the incident, tweeting a message along with a picture.

The tweet read that it was so sad that the family had lost another hero Folajimi Olubunmi- Adewole who died saving the woman in the River Thames, and added that he was a pure-hearted person, a great helper and a caring guy.

Officials are yet to establish how or why the woman fell into the River Thames, and one person wrote on the social media site that it was really sad to learn that he died while courageously trying to save another person.

A City of London Police spokesperson said that they were called at 12.12 am on Saturday, April 24 to reports of a woman in the River Thames close to London Bridge.

Two men, who’d witnessed the woman fall from the bridge, entered the river to try and save her.

The Coastguard and Metropolitan Police Marine Units were able to save the woman and one of the men, but sadly, following an extended search involving police helicopters, marine units, LFB, LAS and City Police officers, the missing man was not found.

But what a brave young man because there’s no greater love than this to lay down one’s life for a total stranger, and I’m not sure many people would have done the same, myself included – his friends and family will be so proud of him, and I hope this young man who lost his life attempting to save a woman is given an honour posthumously – forget your TV celebrities – here’s a real-life HERO!

Ambulance Worker Who Was Killed When An Object Smashed Through The Windscreen

An ambulance worker who died after an object pierced his windscreen as he was responding to a 999 emergency had returned to the front line after retiring last year.

Jeremy Daw, 66, who was also known as Jack, had been sitting in the passenger seat of the ambulance when the object shot through the windscreen on the A49 in Herefordshire at about 8 am on Saturday.

Despite the efforts of his emergency services co-workers, the grandfather, who’d returned to his job after retiring, died.

His colleague, who was driving the ambulance, was also injured but was later discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment.

Following his death, relatives and friends paid tribute to the front line worker who was a mentor to several people and a hero, and a source told a news outlet that the poor man was incredibly well respected and well-liked – that he was a mentor to several people and it was devastating.

Mr Daw’s granddaughter posted on Facebook that not all superheroes wear capes, love you, grandad.

Meanwhile, Mr Daw’s daughter described her father as her hero on social media. While another friend wrote that they were sad to hear the news and that he was a great man and always had time for everyone and had a huge heart – a real hero.

One tribute read that they were sorry for the family at this time and that he was a hero amongst his colleagues on station and would be greatly missed, and that he’d given his all in the service of others.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said that sadly despite everyone’s best efforts, nothing could be done to save their colleague, who was the front passenger, and that he was confirmed dead at the scene.

West Midlands Ambulance Service Chief Executive, Anthony Marsh said that it was awful news and that his thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and co-workers of those involved at this extremely difficult time.

He said that he was enormously proud of all the staff and the university students as part of their clinical placement that fought so hard and professionally to try to save their colleague.

West Mercia Police have begun an inquiry into the cause of the incident and have urged motorists who were in the region to provide dashcam footage.

This is beyond devastating and it seems that this world is so cruel and well done to the paramedics who are really undervalued, unsung heroes, and these are the sort of people that deserve recognition from the Queen!

Is life really such a drag?

Drawing heavily on a cigarette, a well-known person in casual attire strolls along a cobbled London street. But the solitary stroller was the former Chancellor George Osborne hiding beneath a baseball cap, and reports said that he appeared preoccupied as if carrying some weighty burden.

And what could have possibly clouded his spirit on such a glorious spring morning, when everything in his world seems so perfectly aligned? Certainly not money problems because since leaving frontline politics five years ago, he’s made pots of it – at one point being dubbed ‘Nine Jobs George’.

Perhaps, then, it’s the idea of turning 50 next month? But while some men might approach the milestone with a sense of tedium, George Osborne certainly has only blessings to anticipate.

Several weeks ago he became engaged to 39-year-old Thea Rogers, his charismatic ex Treasury chief of staff who helped metrosexualise his image while he was in 11 Downing Street.

The announcement closely followed the announcement that the couple are expecting their first child, a boy, in the summer, with a grand £1.6 million new home in Somerset which completes their domestic bliss.

Superficially, all is rosy, yet friends of the couple have told a news outlet that not everything is as perfect as it appears.

Excluding some of the more vulgar rumours circulating in Westminster, the friends concede that there have been problems in the relationship, which one called turbulent, and it was said to have hit a particularly rough patch just before Christmas.

Fortunately, everything appears to be back on track, however, the dramatic life changes are said to have strained relations with George Osborne’s son, Luke, 19.

Luke, and his 17-year-old sister Liberty, are the children from the former Chancellor’s marriage to bestselling author Frances Howell.

They divorced in 2019 after 21 years of marriage, and George Osborne and his son later holidayed in Ibiza, visiting one of the island’s superclubs together, and it wouldn’t be unexpected if Luke is unsettled, discovering in the space of a few weeks that he will shortly acquire not only a stepmother but also a half brother.

There’s also been discomfort, shared by Frances Howell, over George Osborne’s somewhat tactless announcement last year that he probably hadn’t been happier in his life, and he continued insouciantly that it was a huge plus after recent years.

Luke, who’s at university, has removed a photo of his father from his Instagram account. It showed them having a drink on the beach during another vacation in happier circumstances.

And what lovely friends this couple have – one photo of him taking a drag on his cigarette is supposed to tell us he’s troubled – what about the five seconds before and after the photo? And his older children might be unhappy but there’s no point in the parents staying unhappily married.

It won’t be the first bloke to leave his spouse for his secretary and it certainly won’t be the last, and the only sad sight I can see here is a white man in a baseball cap, especially an old man with a baseball cap, but it’s also a tad unfair to take an untimely photo of a man seemingly immersed in thought, and then writing an article surrounding that photo.

And it seems that if you’re a smoker, you’re now public enemy No 1, but what about all those other sickening things that go on in the world that seem to be socially acceptable?

Thousands Of Anti-Vaccine Passport Activists Parade Through Central London

Thousands of activists marched through central London in a ‘Unite for Freedom’ demonstration to demand an embargo on vaccine passports.

Demonstrations, including London Mayor hopefuls Piers Corbyn, made their way through the metropolis as they waved banners and placards plastered with a variety of catchwords including ‘no new normal’ and ‘no health passport’.

The crowds didn’t seem to be adhering to social distancing guidelines and were not wearing face masks, and the protests came amid discussions over COVID status certificates being viewed by ministers to help open up society, getting people back into work or away on holiday despite concerns from Boris Johnson’s own MPs that they would be intrusive, expensive and futile.

Earlier this month, Britain’s equalities watchdog warned the Government that vaccine passports could be unlawful, create a two-tier society, and discriminate against migrants, ethnic minorities and the poor.

The supporters of the movement were protesting against new COVID 19 measures including what they call coerced vaccinations.

The Metropolitan Police took to Twitter with a series of posts that read that they had a policing operation in central London as a consequence of several demonstrations and that anyone coming into London for a demonstration must make sure their gathering was lawful, with a risk assessment carried out by the organiser, and that officers were on-site and were engaging with those taking part.

The demonstration was in response to COVID status certificates being viewed by ministers to help open up society, get people back into work or away on holiday despite concerns from Boris Johnson’s own MPs that they will be intrusive, costly and futile.

Recent polling has found the majority of Britons back their use, especially for foreign holidays, but there are wider concerns that they could be used in every aspect of life including to get on public transport, into shops, pubs and restaurants.

Earlier this month, the Equality and Human Rights Commission piled pressure on the Prime Minister and told the Cabinet Office that while they’re a proportionate way of lifting restrictions, they could also prohibit people from daily life.

And they warned that a ‘no jab, no job’ policy could be illegal before the entire population is given a jab, while plans to force all care workers to be vaccinated could also be subject to legal reform.

In the meantime, Johnson & Johnson COVID 19 Vaccine, CDC and FDA have recommended a stay in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s J&J/Janssen COVID 19 Vaccine in the United States out of an abundance of caution, effective Tuesday, April 13.

The Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices (ACIP) held its second emergency meeting to address J&J/Janssen COVID 19 Vaccine on April 23, 2021, and people who got the J&J/Janssen COVID 19 Vaccine in the past three weeks have developed severe headache, abdominal distress, leg pain, or shortness of breath.

And these people that are protesting shouldn’t be called crazy against such draconian measures, and the beauty of our democratic society is that there must be checks and balances in society, and I praise all of those people who came out to protest. Their actions are needed so that we can remind government authorities that people still have a voice and a basic right of freedom of choice, which must be protected at all times.

Labour Demands Thorough Investigation Into The Refurbishment Of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street Flat

Labour wielded Dominic Cummings explosive blogpost to demand an investigation into Boris Johnson’s refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.

No 10’s former chief adviser claimed to have advised the Prime Minister that using Tory contributions to foot the costs of the renovation was probably illegal.

Sir Keir Starmer said to publish the details, have a thorough inquiry, and if there’s nothing to see, have a full inquiry, and that every day there’s more evidence of the sleaze and that frankly, it stank.

Shadow cabinet minister Rachel Reeves wrote to Boris Johnson with fourteen questions Labour wanted answering, including why he didn’t pay for the renovations himself from the outset.

A statement from the Cabinet Office unveiled Boris Johnson has repaid the £58,000 donated by Tory peer Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row.

It came before Dominic Cummings launched a devastating attack on his former boss that poured petrol on to the row over the No 11 flat decor scandal, and Dominic Cummings said that the Prime Minister quit talking to him about the matter in 2020 as he told him he believed his plans to have contributors surreptitiously finance the renovation were dishonest, absurd, probably illegal and almost certainly violated the rules on proper disclosure of political donations if conducted in the way he intended.

Downing Street said that the Government and ministers had acted under the proper codes of conduct and electoral law throughout, but Ms Reeves accused the Prime Minister of disregarding repeated questions on basic transparency.

The shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster added that during the last year the Government has been repeatedly evasive about who’s been paying for the refurbishment of the flat.

This month leaked emails revealed that Lord Brownlow had gifted the Tory party £58,000 that was earmarked for the renovation of the No 11 flat Boris Johnson shares with his fiancée Carrie Symonds and their son Wilfred.

Lord Brownlow wrote to the party’s head of fundraising, Mike Chattey that £58,000 to cover the payments the party has now made on behalf of the soon to be formed Downing Street Trust, of which he has been made chairman.

No such trust has yet been created and the Electoral Commission is in discussions with the party about the contributions.

A commission spokeswoman said that talks with the Conservative Party continue as they strive to ascertain whether any sums relating to the works at 11 Downing Street fall within the regime regulated by the commission and hence need to be reported and subsequently published and that the party was working with them on this.

So, rather than getting the taxpayer to foot the bill, Boris Johnson has got some rich people to finance it, which seems okay to me, but then politicians are a bit of a joke, they get all their expenses paid, right down to a Kit-Kat, and let’s hope his tower doesn’t come tumbling down.

And all this excitement over a bit of wallpaper and some cushions, which is all a little lame from Labour and I think they’ll find that nobody’s interested in this, and Sir Keir Starmer is going to have to work a tad harder at convincing everyone.

All the billions spent on COVID nonsense, all the billions given to Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, which has vanished without a trace, and all that Labour can worry about is the redecoration of the Prime Minister’s flat, and when will Labour come up with some policies rather than asking for a money-wasting investigation?

Columbus Cop Who Fatally Shot Ma’Khia Bryant

It’s been reported that the Columbus cop who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old black girl, is in the Air National Guard where he received his expert marksman badge.

Nicholas Reardon shot Ma’Khia Bryant at about 4.45 pm on Tuesday on the 3100 block of Legion Lane while responding to a 911 call about an attempted stabbing – Bryant was allegedly seen charging at another girl with a knife before she was shot.

The shooting came after a court in Minneapolis, Minnesota found ex-police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three charges including murder for the death of George Floyd.

Ma’Khia’s death sparked protests while others throughout the country celebrated the Derek Chauvin verdict.

A news outlet reported that Reardon, a graduate of Bishop Watterson Catholic school in Columbus, was a member of the school’s wrestling team and that while he attended Air Force basic combat training, the school posted updates on his progress.

The school indicated that Reardon graduated from basic combat training in August 2017 before attending the military’s Security Forces Tech School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

The Security Forces Academy teaches a 65-day course where students learn the basic functions of serving as military police, and a photo of Reardon in his uniform at the time indicated he completed training with a rank of Airman First Class.

His alma mater’s Twitter account said he earned the expert marksman badge for the M4A1 Carbine fully automatic assault rifle used by the military, and a news outlet also reported that Reardon appeared to be the son of a retired police Sergeant Edward Reardon.

According to the news outlet, Sergeant Edward Reardon worked with the Columbus Division of Police for 32 years and is also an Air Force veteran – he also served at the Columbus Police Academy’s basic training sergeant.

A Twitter account revealed in a post made in 2019 that Reardon’s father was honoured by an anchor during an Ohio State University football game.

The account tweeted that they were extremely proud of their friend Sergeant Ted Reardon who was recognised that day at the Ohio State Football game. Who they’d served with, in the USAF from 1984-1987 and @ColumbusPolice 1993 to the present.

The Columbus Police Department honoured Edward Reardon when he retired last year in a tweet noting that he trained more than 700 recruits, and the department tweeted that officers across Central Ohio would remember him for his love of Hallmark movies and his get in your face training.

But let’s get this clear, this is not the same as the George Floyd murder or most of the other cases we see come out from the US, on what seems like daily that the minorities are being disproportionately targeted, and the police are too quick to deploy deadly force.

This girl was lunging at another citizen with a knife and the police officer had to protect the life of that other girl. So, what was the alternative to deadly force in this situation?

There’s probably a story behind why the girl was being violent and it may have been out of character, but the police officer couldn’t stop and figure it all out within split seconds when lives are at risk in the moment.

But it does make me wonder why anyone would want to be a police officer now, and I couldn’t think of a more thankless job.

And if this cop was such a sharpshooter, why did he have to take a kill shot to stop her, why couldn’t he have shot to wound and incapacitate so that she could be apprehended and arrested.

So, is this a sane marksman who shot a girl completely dead, or was this an insane girl with a knife? Thankfully I live in a country that doesn’t kill its crazy kids, so it’s not a question I have to answer.

Her Loneliest Birthday

The Queen was observed riding through Windsor on her way to take her pooches for a walk as she marked her 95th birthday without her strength and stay for 73 years.

The monarch, who was recently gifted two new corgi puppies by Prince Andrew, was pictured leaving Windsor Castle in a green Jaguar Estate after the low key birthday festivities, thought to have included several family members and her most intimate aides.

In her first comments since Prince Philip’s passing, the monarch thanked well-wishers over the globe for the tributes given to her husband which have genuinely touched the royal household.

The Queen said she and her family were in a period of great sadness but were comforted by words of admiration for Philip, who died peacefully at Windsor aged 99, and the Queen said in a statement that she had on the occasion of her 95th birthday today, received numerous messages of good wishes, which she very much appreciated.

The Queen said that while as a family they were in a period of great sorrow, it’s been a comfort to them all to see and to hear the tributes paid to her husband, from those within the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and throughout the world.

She then continued that her family and herself would like to thank everyone for all their support and kindness shown and that they’d been genuinely touched, and continued to be reminded that Philip had such an amazing impact on countless people throughout his life.

Buckingham Palace shared a photo of the steadfast monarch at a royal appointment with a message wishing her a happy birthday, and rather than sharing their own posts, Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Instagram accounts reposted the radiant photo of Her Majesty.

Celebrations have been subdued this year with no traditional gun salutes while the Queen observes a two week grieving period following the passing of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99.

The Queen was supposed to be visited by family but grandson Prince Harry was not to be amongst them, as he returned home to California from London, only 24 hours before his grandmother’s birthday and two days after his grandfather’s funeral, and it’s such a shame that her grandson Harry couldn’t stay a few days longer to wish her a personal happy birthday.

But then on the other hand, perhaps he was told he wasn’t invited. After all, why would they keep him around – they’d have to watch everything they said, as it would probably be reported again.

Edward the VIII abdicating didn’t just change the Queen’s life, it altered world history, and considering the position was thrust into her path, she not only took it upon herself to fulfil her responsibilities but excelled in them.

The Duke of Edinburgh was constantly portrayed as the person who could throw shade like nobody’s business, and he always loved to make smart-aleck comments, but most often, he deployed that ridicule to relax people when they were around the Queen.

But he was always portrayed as that constantly smirking, constantly disgruntled man, but the real man was more of a well-liked gentleman, who completely embraced his role over his 70 years of marriage to the Queen.

Although there were always whispers that the Duke had liaisons with other women, which is quite spicy, but there’s never been any firm confirmation that this was true.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh clearly loved one another, either that, or they just put on a good show, although I would guess the latter was more likely, and even with all that money they have, it all boils down to a case of an older lady losing her husband to death, and now having to live without him for the first time in a very long time.

Cop Derek Chauvin Is Taken To Maximum Security Prison

Derek Chauvin was last night taken to a maximum-security prison and put on suicide watch after being found guilty on all three counts of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

As the verdict was read out Derek Chauvin looked on with no apparent emotion in the Hennepin County courtroom, where jurors spent three weeks listening to testimony about the day George Floyd died, under the weight of a 45-year-old officer’s knee, during an arrest on May 25, 2020.

The jury delivered its verdict after just ten and a half hours of deliberation to find Dereck Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Derek Chauvin was taken in handcuffs from the courtroom as Judge Peter Cahill promptly dismissed his bail pending sentencing. He was transferred to Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s only maximum-security prison.

Derek Chauvin faces a minimum sentence of 12.5 years and a maximum of 40 years if he serves terms for each charge concurrently. If served consecutively, he faces between 29 and 75 years.

No prisoner has ever escaped from Oak Park Heights which houses about 500 of the most dangerous prisoners in the country, 25 miles east of Minneapolis, on the border with Wisconsin.

Derek Chauvin is being closely watched by guards at the prison to ensure his safety, not only as a suicide risk but also from other prisoners with violent criminal histories.

Jim Bruton, former warden of Oak Park Heights, described in his 2004 book about the prison, how the hierarchy among prisoners was determined by the offence committed.

At the top of the scale are those who have killed a law enforcement officer. At the bottom are sex offenders, with child molesters deemed the lowest of the low.

The hierarchy, coupled with Derek Chauvin’s notoriety as a police officer, means he will undoubtedly need bolstered protection.

Applause rose from the crowds that had assembled outside the courthouse and down at the intersection of 38th and Chicago, now known as George Floyd Square.

Cup Foods, the store in which George Floyd was last seen alive, shuttered its doors ahead of the ruling, and Joe Biden told the nation that the verdict conveys the message that no one is above the law, as he demanded new action to honour George Floyd after a killing he called a stain on the nation’s soul.

There’s no way they’ll let him into general population because he’ll be killed in seconds. Instead, he’ll get off with a cushy cell, and watched over like he’s an ex-cop.

Of course, George Floyd was no angel either, but that doesn’t mean he should have died, and it certainly doesn’t give a keeper of the law the power to kill him in broad daylight.

The thing is, most people out there aren’t angels by any stretch of the imagination but do they all deserve to die slowly in the street? And does it mean that every police officer has the right to go and be the judge, jury and executioner of someone’s life?

And the issue isn’t if George Floyd was an angel or not, and perhaps he did have a bit of a shady past, but in no way does that justify him being killed by a police officer.

George Floyd was in handcuffs, face on the ground with many other police officers with tasers and guns in attendance. I mean, where was this man going? What risk did he pose? Had he been discharging a gun or was he even endangering anyone with a knife?

No, George Floyd was pleading for his life, saying that he couldn’t breathe, as Chauvin took his power pleasure out on him, showing his peers and the people present just what a tough guy he could be, as all in attendance over nine long minutes watched him beg for his life, pleading not to die, and it’s far time people realised that the tone of your skin does not dictate criminality, just because you’re a different colour, or even a different race or religion.

Chauvin’s career was not squeaky clean and he should have been fired a long time ago, and it’s a disgrace that he wasn’t, because George Floyd would have been alive today, and all because he was attempting to pass a fake twenty-dollar bill.

And why are we getting all this dramatisation over Chauvin? When this is standard procedure for new prisoners at a maximum-security prison in the US.

Get Out Of My Pub!

Sir Keir Starmer was forced out of a pub after being faced by a Labour-supporting landlord enraged that he supported the lockdown which had closed his business for months, and in surprising scenes in Bath, Rod Humphris, the lockdown sceptic proprietor of the Raven, had to be held back by the Opposition Leader’s security guards as he demanded he leave, yelling ‘that man isn’t allowed in my pub’ and ‘get out of my pub’.

The event was caught on camera by anchors amid a visit to the city to support West of England metro mayoral candidate Dan Norris ahead of the impending polls.

The bust-up comes as the Labour leader’s notoriety amongst electors has fallen to its most profound level and Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour grapples in the polls, amid a swell in support for Boris Johnson’s Conservatives, boosted by the vaccine rollout, with the Tories enjoying a 14 point poll lead.

Mr Humphris clashed with Sir Keir Starmer outside the Raven, blaming him for having failed to be the opposition by supporting the lockdown and backing plans to make schoolchildren wear masks.

And as the politician paused the landlord waved a piece of paper at him, saying: ‘Do you know what the average age of death with Covid is?

‘According to the Office for National Statistics, it’s 82 years and three months. The average age of death normally? Eighty-one years.

‘Do you understand we have f***ed our economy because old people are dying?’

As Sir Keir Starmer tried to walk away he continued: ‘ No, no I came here to speak to this man, not your security.

‘You have failed me. I have been a Labour voter my entire life. You have failed to be the opposition.

‘You have failed to ask whether lockdown was functioning. Do you understand? Thousands of people have died because you have failed to do your job and ask the real questions.’

Finally, Sir Keir Starmer stopped and confronted him, pointing out the work done by the NHS in the pandemic, including his wife Victoria, who’s a nurse.

He said that they’d been overwhelmed with cases, adding that they’ve been on the front line keeping people alive and that he didn’t need lectures from him about the pandemic, and he thanked him and asked if they should go inside.

This prompted the scenes in which Mr Humphris demanded the Labour leader leave the pub, but he really shouldn’t have wasted his breath because like the vast preponderance of Labour politicians and Conservatives alike, they couldn’t care less about the impact the last year has had on people and their businesses, but at least this landlord showed his opposition, more than Sir Keir Starmer ever did.

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