HAPPENING NOW: I'm on the call now where Derrek Evans is having an initial appearance before Magistrate Eifert. They are reading the allegations out loud.

For some non-Covid news, and as a bit of recent political history, I’ve been released more than 100 pages of internal press office communications relating to the Home Office’s fried chicken box saga.

You may remember back in heady 2019 that there was an uproar after the government provided takeaway boxes with anti-knife crime messages to chicken shops around the country.

The campaign faced an immediate backlash, with critics questioning why fried chicken shops — stereotypically associated with young black communities — were being targeted by the Home Office for this campaign against knife crime.

The emails I’ve been released show that privately, officials admitted that the outcry risked angering the communities the campaign was trying to reach out to.

A briefing prepared by a Home Office official highlighted that they were “unsure what could be done publicly” to rebuff the criticism, and that the campaign’s focus on chicken boxes had created a perception that the campaign had “publicised racist stereotypes”.

@TheNewEuropean Sorry @TheNewEuropean You are doing exactly what you accuse the BBC News etc of - you have allowed May Freedom to continue Lying with out challange

She knew there had been illegalities in the Referendum

when she wrote and signed her Article 50 Letter

2/ @TheNewEuropean Court Case High Court Wilson v May Feb 2019 Sir James Eadie QC for May - the Prime Minister was aware of illegalities but decided to ignore them and proceed -

He also made it clear that the Referendum was "unlawful"

3/ @TheNewEuropean please if you are to go over Brexit 5 years and you should then at least involve people who watched with intelligence the Lies and misinformation by the MPs

4/ @TheNewEuropean July 2018 just after May in the above Article 50 episode where she knew of illegalities - she rushed to beat the Electoral Commission Report to Parliament - she had been informed by the E-C.
she knew of illegalities and decided to ignore

What does that say

5/ @TheNewEuropean The Electoral Commission Report found Vote Leave had Broken the Law -- reported that there were Serious offences committed that they referred to the Met Police - passed to Crown Prosecution 12 months ago

6/

Not sure who needs to hear this, but if you're continuing to baselessly argue that there was widespread fraud and/or that the election was somehow "stolen" from Trump, you're encouraging people to attack again.

It's time to stop lying to your audiences, to your constituents.

Fox News host Mark Levin on January 3:

"Our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are being destroyed by the Democrat Party and the media. ... We're standing at the precipice and we're looking into the abyss."

Seriously, watch this.

BREAKING: Bangko Sentral maintains key interest rate at 2%. | @meltlopez

BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno: The inflation environment remains benign. Latest trends show an increase in food prices, but this is transitory.

BSP: A resurgence of COVID-19 cases globally tempered economic activity. Optimism on vaccines has lifted market confidence, improved prospects for global growth.

BSP: further easing of quarantine measures should facilitate economic recovery in PH in the next few months.

BSP: Accommodative policy rates together with fiscal support will quicken PH recovery.

Resignations in the news 12/21/2020 thru 12/25/2020

From Anon

Longtime executive at Maine Public retiring after 40

Rehoboth Beach Patrol Captain Submits

SEC Chief of Staff Sean Memon Announces Plans to Conclude

WVa Governor's Chief of Staff Mike Hall

The political chief at Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy is stepping