Joe Biden Spoke To Mexican President

According to a phone call readout issued by the White House on Saturday, Joe Biden discussed his plans to reverse Donald Trump’s immigration policies with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday.

The new US President outlined his strategy to reduce migration by concentrating on addressing its root causes, the readout said, including efforts to increase, resettlement capacity and lawful alternative immigration pathways and to improve processing at the US-Mexico border.

The White House said that the two leaders agreed to work together towards reducing irregular migration, and López Obrador tweeted that Joe Biden had been courteous and polite.

He said that they addressed matters linked to migration, COVID 19 and cooperation for development and welfare, and that everything betokened that relations would be beneficial for the good of their people.

It was reported that López Obrador also embraced Joe Biden’s acceptance of the Mexican migrant community’s contributions to American life.

Joe Biden’s first steps on immigration policy, including an early push to open a pathway to citizenship for approximately 11 million people living in the US illegally, which even allies in Congress acknowledge may be a Herculean task, have provoked an immediate backlash from the right.

The new President’s candidate for secretary of homeland security, and this oversight of immigration policy, has been held up in the Senate.

Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, put a hold on Alejandro Mayorkas, who was both deputy homeland security secretary and director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under Barack Obama when Joe Biden was vice president.

Earlier this month, Josh Hawley showed support for pro-Trump rebels who invaded the US Capitol, and on the same day objected to electoral college results in the Senate in an endeavour to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

The senator, who faces calls for censure or expulsion about his actions on 6 January, cited concern about Joe Biden’s immigration policies.

Josh Hawley claimed that Mayorkas, the architect of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields from deportation undocumented migrants brought to the US as children, had refused to say he would enforce the laws Congress has already passed to secure the border wall system.

Joe Biden has ordered the end of construction on the wall, a flagship Trump project.

Mayorkas was last approved by the Senate in 2013, before the announcement of a Government report in which people throughout the rank of USCIS complained that he’d intervened to help rich foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas.

The US gives aid worth $320 million a year to Mexico. That money is supposed to be portioned out to education, housing, food, water and other Government expenses, but it would seem that US funding is not finding its way to where it’s supposed to go. Particularly when people are risking life and limb to get into a country to try to get the most menial jobs to earn enough to live on, and it should make one wonder what’s wrong with that country’s Government.

There’s no revolution going on in Mexico that I know of, but there does seem to be a serious problem when a country doesn’t care for its citizens and fails to ensure basic needs like food, clothing, shelter and a decent living wage.

However, if the Mexican Government were to clean up its act, their citizens would prosper and immigration wouldn’t be so much of a problem anymore, but this money that the US is giving to Mexico is absolutely nothing because it’s effectively feeding the drug cartels, and the US giving them a handout is a waste of time and not very effective because the money they give to them just causes more problems than they solve.

Doctor Warns Of Mental Health Pandemic

Dr Chris George said patient after patient was presenting with problems brought about by factors including job losses and relationship breakdowns.

The GP said that others are likely to be suffering in silence and that more work needs to take place to reach out to people in despair.

He gave a snapshot of the situation on the ground to a news outlet after charities raised concerns about the impact of the health emergency on people’s mental health.

According to the Mental Health Foundation, key signs of distress, including isolation and suicidality, have worsened throughout the pandemic.

Dr George said that on the ground there’s an enormous abundance of patients presenting with mental health problems and that you could call it a pandemic in mental health problems.

And that it’s been like that since the start of the pandemic when the country went into lockdown in March, and he said there’s been a tremendous amount of mental health in clinic, in particular, and that people who’ve had mental health problems in the past have found it has worsened.

For other people, it’s the first time they’ve had difficulties and they’re mainly experiencing depression and anxiety.

He said that he only sees the proportion of people who come forward and that there must be so many more people struggling by themselves and not knowing where to turn or how to ask for help.

Dr George, 33, lives in London and works in Surrey and has been on the frontline and attends calls at community settings including care homes.

His frontline duties also include working for the 111 services and he was a volunteer for the London Nightingale Hospital before it was stood down.

Outside of his professional brief, he serves as a spokesperson for the Healthcare Worker’s Foundation, which supports bereaved families of NHS workers.

Dr George said that it’s sad hearing the patient’s stories and you want to help as best you can.

And he said that some of the issues people encounter include the loss of their job and not having an income, stress on relationships with partners, marriage breakdowns and panic attacks and that people are having panic attacks at work and crying in the bathroom or crying on the way home after dropping the kids off at school, and that this has only increased as the pandemic has gone on.

Now even the mentally strong are beginning to suffer, let alone the ones who were struggling to begin with.

Being kept away from family and friends, losing jobs and businesses and delayed medical treatment – the Government needs to end this now and take us out of lockdown, open everything up and let us all get back to normal and live our lives.

It’s already been established that the vaccine probably won’t give us immunity. Masks don’t protect us fully and why are Subway and Costa permitted to be open but a pub or restaurant can’t, even though they both sell food and drinks, which is considered to be essential.

And it all seems like a sick joke and loads more people are likely to be presenting with poor mental health as a side effect of the pandemic and its restrictions, but nobody seems to be getting any help.

Many people are at breaking point, many of whom are feeling suicidal with a few self-harm attempts, with not being able to pull themselves out of that black hole, and it disgusts me that mental health is never given the funding it needs and never truly gets taken seriously.

Pressure On Priti Patel To Close Kent Asylum Barracks

Fears of a health crisis at a military barracks housing asylum seekers in Kent have escalated after 120 people are thought to have tested positive for COVID 19.

About 400 people are living at Napier Barracks in Folkestone where a virus outbreak has added to concerns over conditions.

Residents, many of whom have crossed the English Channel in small boats, have described it as unbearable and say that social distancing is difficult and there have been reports of suicide attempts.

Earlier this month, numerous residents went on hunger strike in protest at conditions which reportedly include 34 sharing one shower.

The controversial facility features barbed wire-topped barriers and hosted Canadian troops in the Second World War, and a petition to close down the site, along with a similar facility at a barracks in Wales, has accumulated more than 10,000 signatures.

The Home Office, which seized the site last year, insists the accommodation in Kent is safe, suitable and COVID compliant.

An open letter to all British subjects from an asylum seeker living at Napier Barracks and reportedly signed by more than 200 other residents has been shared by refugee charity Choose Love.

The letter calls out Home Secretary Priti Patel and immigration minister Chris Philp over conditions at the site, and it says: “We came to this country to save our lives. Lives which were mostly in danger because of war and prosecution.

“Yet we found ourselves in an army camp and we are surrounded by fences and security guards.”

The undated letter says that at least 120 cases of coronavirus have been identified at the barracks with more test results pending.

That figure was put to the Home Office, who have so far refused to comment.

A petition by Freedom from Torture to empty the barracks in Kent and Wales and close them down has racked up more than 10,000 signatures in fewer than two days, and Kolbassia Haoussou, a lead survivor advocate at the charity, said that a major crisis was unfolding in these unsanitary and unsafe places, with numerous people being confined there, who have low immune systems and mental health problems linked to the abuse they have escaped from.

Bella Sankey, director of charity Detention Action, echoed calls to close the barracks before they’re engulfed by tragedy and immigration minister Chris Philp said that they take the welfare of those in their care very seriously and asylum seekers could contact the 24/7 helpline run by Migrant help if they have any problems.

Use of Napier Barracks to house asylum seekers was originally approved for six months under emergency provision but the Home Office has said it’s considering prolonging its use past the current deadline in around March.

None of them should be permitted to leave the barracks if 120 people have tested positive for COVID, and the rest of them should be made to take a test and self isolate until the results come back.

Although it will be difficult, if not impossible to isolate the ones with COVID from the people that don’t have it, especially where there’s overcrowding.

I guess we could just send these asylum seekers back to their country, but legally we can’t because they have the legal right to claim for asylum until it’s decided what will happen to them, whether they can stay or whether they have to go back.

Although normally asylum would be in the first safe country they come to, and that would be France and not here, the United Kingdom.

Sadly, once they’re in the United Kingdom, legally we can’t just send them back if they make it here, and they then have the legal right to apply for asylum.

Horror As Neglected Dog Left To Starve

The dog called Rodney was left with bones protruding. He was emaciated and he had sores on his legs caused by laying down in a damp kennel.

The dog was neglected and left in a damp and filthy kennel and was so starved he’d tried to eat his tail.

The lurcher cross was found in the back garden of a house in Huyton, Merseyside after an estate agent went to the property to carry out an eviction.

The dog was discovered locked up and freezing in a soaking wet kennel and he was so neglected he’d chewed part of his tail and the estate agent reported the matter to the RSPCA.

RSPCA animal rescuer Inspector Pamela Bird was sent to investigate and took the dog to the RSPCA’s Greater Manchester Animal Hospital.

His bones were protruding and he was emaciated and his tail had also been left severely damaged as a result of him chewing it. He also had sores on his legs caused by laying down in the wet kennel.

It was discovered that Rodney had been left in the kennel alone for at least three weeks, with visits from his owner to feed him taking place only every few days.

The dogs tail was so damaged it had to be removed halfway, but despite all he’s been through he still has the capacity to wag it.

Now he does so at almost every opportunity while in the care of the RSPCA’s Warrington, Halton and St Helen’s branch where he’s been nursed back to full health.

Staff at the branch are now wanting to find a forever home for adorable Rodney, aged 3, who it’s believed has never lived in a home.

Alana Bibby, welfare team leader at the branch said that Rodney is such a jolly and happy chap and you wouldn’t know he’d had such a bad start in life.

She said that he’s come on great in their care and that he loves people and he leaps up as if to say ‘hug me’ at most opportunities and she said that he was so stressed with being left on his own for such long periods, without any interaction that he chewed his tail and had to have it amputated halfway up, so now he has half a tail but still enthusiastically wags it.

Words fail me because the law isn’t stringent enough for this and it needs to be reviewed with more effective punishments because no living creature deserves to be treated like this, and if they treated an animal in this way, God knows how they would treat their children.

And it says a lot about a person when they willingly abuse something that can’t speak or fight back, and hopefully, the RSPCA will pursue this, but as we all know, animal abusers in this country get punishment equivalent to ten minutes in the naughty corner.

BACK TO SQUARE ONE

Matt Hancock has warned COVID vaccines maybe 50 per cent less effective against the new mutant South African strain, putting us back to square one.

The Health Secretary said there was evidence in the public domain that the new variant is more resistant to jabs, but cautioned that scientists are still carrying out tests.

He made the remarks during a web chat with travel agents this week, in which he explained that tough border restrictions may be required for a long time to keep new variants of the virus out of the United Kingdom.

In a video of the webinar, leaked to a news outlet, he was questioned whether Brits will be able to go on holiday this summer. Matt Hancock said there was a chance.

But that tougher travel restrictions might be required as there was evidence in the public domain, although they were not sure of the data, so he wouldn’t say this was in public, that the South African variant reduces by about 50 per cent the vaccine effectiveness.

He continued that scientists are testing the mutant strain at the Porton Down laboratory and are carrying out a clinical trial in South Africa to see what impact it has on the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The Health Secretary added that if they’d vaccinated the population and then they got in a new variant that evaded the vaccine, then they’d be back to square one and that tougher international restrictions are the price that for example Australia has paid for stronger domestic protection, as in more life getting back to normal domestically.

He said that with the new variants that they’re seeing around the world, South Africa and Brazil are the two most worrying, but the third most worrying one is the one they don’t know about because they haven’t spotted it yet.

It came as Boris Johnson revealed the new strain sweeping the United Kingdom is more dangerous than the original, and the NHS was urged to add ‘COVID tongue’ to its menu of approved symptoms.

Ministers said Britain’s borders could be closed altogether to keep out new strains of the virus, and the Government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, also said there’s concern that both the South African and Brazilian strains may have some resistance to vaccines.

And he told a No 10 press conference that they were more concerned that they have certain features which suggest they might be less responsive to vaccines.

So, now they’re not certain if the vaccine will work and now it might be 50 per cent less effective. Perhaps we should just disregard the whole thing and get back to existing while we still have a life.

And it seems that they don’t know what they’re dealing with, and it’s all just a guessing game with people’s lives, and it makes you now question if they’ve locked us down with inaccurate testing and if they have, who will be held responsible?

Because people are going to want answers, especially if someone died of a heart attack and had COVID slapped on their death certificate, and people are going to want answers as to why the results that were given were deliberately incorrect.

Masses of people have done everything that’s been asked of them and it doesn’t appear to have done any good, especially during the lockdown, and lots of people are having their say, but that doesn’t mean that they’re all wrong.

Two people can have a difference of opinion, but it might be that neither of them is wrong – there are fors and against on both sides.

We should be protecting the vulnerable and let everyone else get on with their lives, and we should stop worrying about the ifs and buts and perhaps start trying to live our lives.

This seems like it’s going to be a failed vaccine, so where is this going? Not to mention how it will affect everybody later on because it’s not been tested properly, and now they’re saying the jab won’t stop you getting the virus, it won’t stop you from spreading it and now it’s half as effective as it was.

So, what’s the point? But they’ll still carry on jabbing you with it!

Joe Biden To Push For US-UK Deal

A political expert said that Joe Biden is likely to broker a deal between the United Kingdom and the US in a bid to boost Brexit Britain’s chances to keep France and Germany’s aspirations under control.

David Frum, an author and Republican speechwriter, explained the US always wanted the United Kingdom to have close ties to the rest of Europe so they could further US interests.

Despite US powers being generally opposed to Brexit, with the exception of Donald Trump, David Frum said it’s water under the bridge and said the US and Joe Biden care very deeply about the UK.

He also signalled Joe Biden may attempt to strike an agreement with the United Kingdom quickly to ensure the country maintains some levels of control over France and Germany being too influential on the continent.

Channel 4 News host Matt Frei questioned whether President Joe Biden may oppose Britain’s efforts to distance itself further from the bloc, saying that the new administration won’t like it if London distances itself unnecessarily more from Brussels.

The American commentator said that America since President Eisenhower wanted Britain to have a close relationship with the continent because it improves the British economy, and it stops the French and Germans from being too status because Britain raises a strong voice on behalf of free trade interest inside the EU.

And ultimately, Britain inside the EU always discourages the EU to try and compete with NATO over the defence business, but that’s water under the bridge, and the decision has been made, and that decision has to be made successful.

The Channel 4 presenter also asked: “Should Joe Biden care about the UK-US special relationship and should we the United Kingdom stop caring?”

Mr Frum responded: “Does he care about Britain? Of course, everyone in the American national security system cares a great deal about Britain”.

And he said that he didn’t believe that it was any secret and that Joe Biden liked just about everyone in a position of responsibility in the US, save for Donald Trump, who believed that Brexit was an unwise choice.

Mr Frum said that the choice having been made is going to be an important American economic and national security matter.

Boris Johnson had been hoping to thrash out a draft-free trade deal with the US during Donald Trump’s Administration, but the focus had to remain on discussions with the European Union, and Jim Harra, the chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), told MPs that the number of customs forms required to trade with the EU under the Brexit agreement was not very different from a no-deal situation – so not deserving of the paper it was written on.

Water in this country is over 70 per cent owned by the EU and other countries.

EU companies own many of the energy companies as are numerous UK train networks.

Many courier companies have EU investment and there are EU made lorries delivering goods here in England, plus even UK made cars have EU parts, and whether directly or indirectly we can’t boycott the EU profiting in the United Kingdom.

And I think that the first thing that Joe Biden will want to do is sort out America first before agreeing on any free trade deal with the United Kingdom, which will mean that Boris Johnson is going to be well and truly shafted, and if it wasn’t for the fact that this is going to be disastrous for us in the United Kingdom, I’d be bouncing about with glee.

Police Raid Wedding With 400 Guests

It comes as people attending illegal house parties will face £800 fines as police tighten their clampdown on coronavirus rule-breaking.

Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the heavy punishment for anyone attending gatherings of 15 or more people as she lashed out at revellers for spreading COVID.

The penalties will increase for each repeat offence, up to a maximum of £6,400, she said at a Downing Street press conference. Hosts of illegal parties can be fined £10,000.

Detective Chief Superintendent Marcus Barnett, central east BCU commander, said the party in Stamford Hill was unacceptable and a violation of the law, which is very clearly in place to protect lives and the NHS.

It was said that the NHS is under considerable pressure at a time when COVID has killed almost 100,000 people, and that this is a dangerous and extremely serious disease and that we must all act responsibly.

People across the country are making sacrifices by cancelling or delaying weddings and other celebrations and there’s no excuse for this kind of behaviour.

Detective Chief Superintendent Marcus Barnett said that his officers were working tirelessly with the community and will not hesitate to take enforcement action if that is needed to keep people protected.

Flanking Priti Patel at the press conference, NHS England chief for London Dr Vin Diwakar compared breaking the rules to turning on a light in the Blitz.

He said that this was the biggest health emergency to face this country since the Second World War.

He continued that it doesn’t just put you in danger in your home, it puts your whole street and the whole of your community at risk.

The science is clear and such reckless conduct poses a significant threat to public health. Not only to those in attendance but to the police officers who attend these events to shut them down.

Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chief’s Council, said police had to deal with several dangerous parties, including one with 150 people in Hertfordshire and another with 40 people in Brick Lane in London’s East End.

And he hoped that the possibility of increased penalties acts as a deterrent for those people who are thinking of attending or planning such events, and he said that when they see people putting themselves and others in danger, they won’t waste time trying to reason with them.

I am myself Jewish and their behaviour is a disgrace to the Jewish community and it needs to be condemned by other Jewish people as well, and although ultra-orthodox Jews play by a different set of rules and with a different mindset, this reflects on the Jewish community as a whole.

All people must all be compliant to beat this disease and there shouldn’t be any exceptions, race, creed or colour, we must all be obedient.

Culture is not relevant here, not during a pandemic. If you’re a UK national the laws apply to you, and even if you’re not a UK citizen, if you reside in this country, the rules apply as well.

It’s not human nature to be locked away every few months and it’s natural for humans to want to socialise and go outside and we can’t change the way humans are and people are realising their freedoms and liberties are being torn away, one by one to a disease with a recovery rate of over 99.7 per cent.

We’re being told to stay at home because the NHS is at capacity but hospitals are full every single year during the wintertime.

The virus is being used to implement the great reset, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, and it’s not a conspiracy theory when all the data is on the World Economic Forum website, but most people are ignorant, and people are being programmed by the mainstream media, all of which is controlled.

Psychological studies have in the past shown that if you bombard people with relentless fear and scaremongering you can brainwash them in as little as two months and people need to start fighting for their liberties and freedoms, otherwise we’ll never get them back.

The vaccine isn’t safe and hasn’t been tested for long term side effects and vaccine companies have been made immune from any lawsuits so they can’t be held accountable if anyone does suffer any unfavourable effects or even death.

There was a healthcare worker in the US who collapsed ten minutes after having the vaccine. The following day she was discovered dead. Now, this should ring some warning bells for everyone, but people are remarkably ignorant.

The Government Could Pay £500 To Everyone Who Tests Positive To Encourage Self-isolation

Everyone testing positive for COVID could be paid £500 by the Government to self isolate, under plans reportedly being considered by ministers.

The scheme, which would cost up to £450 million a week, aims to encourage more people to take a test and to persuade those who test positive to stay at home, regardless of their financial situation.

The proposal, which is likely to alarm the Treasury ahead of Rishi Sunak’s budget, is reportedly detailed in a policy paper at the Department of Health seen by a newspaper outlet.

Polling suggests many self-employed workers fear they will lose out financially if they comply with advice to self-isolate.

An existing scheme offers £500 but only to those already registered to receive a means-tested benefit.

Councils also have a discretionary fund, but stringent eligibility rules mean few COVID patients have got a payout.

Research by The Independent revealed that in Liverpool 76 per cent of applications for the £500 were denied and the Department of Health and Social refused to deny the report.

A spokesperson said that we are in one of the worst moments of this pandemic and it’s incumbent on all of us to better protect the NHS by staying at home and following the rules.

And that all local authorities costs for administering the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme is covered by the Government, and that each authority is authorised to make discretionary payments outside of the scheme.

Fifty million pounds was invested when the scheme started, and it was said that they were giving a further £20 million to better support people on low incomes who need to self-isolate.

So, approximately £50 a day, for a self-employed person who has to take the better part of two weeks off work and won’t get furlough money.

The better option would be to perhaps close borders properly, so not as many people are exposing themselves to COVID and is lockdown helping? Well, it seems to be to a certain degree, but as soon as the lockdown is lifted people are becoming sick again because we’re not getting any resistance from this pestilent virus.

And those people that aren’t working because of the virus should be getting furlough pay during isolation because it’s the fairest option and giving people £500 probably won’t dissuade them from going out – it’s an absurd notion.

At the moment there are probably people out there who are hiding their symptoms because they can’t take weeks off work unpaid, and if they can magic this money up, then they can magic some extra cash for our hard-working doctors and nurses.

And paying people seems a tad creepy to me.

Are they now going to ask you to provide all bank statements to prove that you’re isolating and your job details, and then they determine if they want to pay you, or not. They may as well be asking for the blood from your slit wrist. It’s just a joke.

And there doesn’t seem to be any logic in this because people who are tight for cash might be encouraged to go out to try and get it to have another source of income – what a brainless Government we have, and this is from a Government that still refuses to feed hungry children.

More bad ideas and ineffective solutions, with one stupid idea after another stupid idea.

Anything to keep case and data numbers up. The numbers have been dropping, but unfortunately, false positives have been prevalent in people who have no symptoms and no infection.

And it seems that the Government’s strategy is disintegrating, so now they’re trying to bribe people – what a wicked Government we have.

London Buses Transformed Into Ambulances To Ease COVID Strain

NHS staff are planning to transport patients using two London buses that have been transformed into temporary ambulances, in another sign of the pressure COVID is putting on the capital’s health services.

Most of the seats on the single-decker buses have been removed so that each can carry four patients, to relieve the intense pressure on hospitals and the London ambulance service.

Go-Ahead, the bus company which owns the vehicles, has loaned them to the NHS in the metropolis to help transfer patients, including to the reopened London Nightingale field hospital.

They will be staffed by doctors and nurses who serve in the NHS, particularly in intensive care, as well as volunteers from the St John’s Ambulance first aid charity.

Go-Ahead is also providing four drivers for the vehicles, which have been modified so that vital medical supplies, including infusion pumps and monitors, can be used to keep patients stable and observe their condition.

All have been vaccinated against coronavirus and Go-Ahead has been flooded with offers from its drivers to help.

The buses will also have oxygen on board and will be able to give it to patients who need it, including those with COVID, through a facemask and the electric vehicles will be able to charge the equipment from their batteries.

The first patients are expected to be moved into the buses and initially are expected to be patients from London hospitals who are being moved to the Nightingale at the ExCel arena to receive step down care before they’re discharged.

It reopened last week, but unlike in the first wave, is being used for less sick patients rather than those who are seriously ill with COVID.

It’s believed to be the first time any part of the NHS has had to use specially adapted buses like this to move patients around and staff on board will wear personal protective equipment.

The NHS staff on the buses will be doctors and nurses who work for the Specialist Retrieval and Intensive Care Transfer Service (SPRINT), an NHS service which was set up in March, as the COVID pandemic struck, to move sick people between intensive care units at hospitals in south London to ensure none became overwhelmed.

Dedicated stops have been created outside King’s College and Guy’s hospitals in south London to ensure the buses can park and collect patients and have priority.

The sides of the buses have large stickers saying: “NHS patient transport” and will display the health service’s logo.

But this is ridiculous and all I can picture is people waiting at a bus stop to be picked up for assistance. It’s like a ‘Carry On COVID’ movie, and if this is a serious consideration, why are the Government not enlisting the army to take people to the hospital, because the army has trained medics and transport.

And all the while they’re busy closing and dismantling some of the Nightingale hospitals they built for the first wave of COVID – something doesn’t make sense here.

These Nightingale hospitals were always pointless because we don’t have the extra medical staff to work in them.

They built all these Nightingale hospitals to make it seem like they were doing a great job, and now numerous people have cottoned on to the fact that they were a misuse of money because we don’t have enough personnel to staff them, and the Boris Johnson reign is about smoke and mirrors to make Boris Johnson look good.

Joe Biden Signals Return To Normality On His First Day As The President

Joe Biden attempted to project a return to normality at home and abroad on his first day as President as he secured the support of his top intelligence official and moved to bring the US back into the Paris climate accord.

After being sworn in just before midday and delivering his inaugural speech, Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions on Wednesday evening that marked a sharp break with Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, the environment and racial fairness.

Throughout his first few hours in the office, Joe Biden got Senate approval for Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, a crucial national security post for his fledgeling administration.

Avril Haines, the first female director of national intelligence, was approved with overwhelming support in an 84-10 vote in the upper chamber of Congress.

Joe Biden’s decision to re-enter the Paris climate accord in one of his first acts in the Oval Office marked a return to a multilateral approach to the global climate crisis from Washington.

The President was left a note by Donald Trump, which Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, later described as both generous and gracious.

Joe Biden did not disclose the contents of the letter, pending approval from his forerunner, who flew to Florida early on Wednesday morning without attending the inauguration ceremony.

Joe Biden subsequently addressed newly appointed administration staff with a demand for decency that also sought to represent a shift from Donald Trump’s grinding approach to governing.

Joe Biden said: “If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treating another colleague with disrespect, talking down to someone, I will fire you on the spot”.

Later in the evening, Joe Biden greeted the nation from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, delivering remarks that echoed his inauguration speech.

He said: “We have learned again that democracy is precious”. In reference to the deadly attack on the US Capitol by a mob of Trump followers two weeks ago.

He added: “Because of you, democracy has prevailed. We’re good people, and to overcome the challenges in front of us requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy – unity”.

Joe Biden added that there were moments in history when more is asked of them as Americans. Referencing the civil war and the achievements of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, and he said that they were in one of those moments now, the pandemic, the economic crisis, racial injustice, the climate crisis and threats to their very democracy.

This sounds like Joe Biden’s aim to restore law and order because no matter what your political viewpoints are, it’s wrong to assault the Capitol during a democratic process, and hopefully, Joe Biden and his new team will correct all mistakes made by those before him and he should be his own man.

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