";s:4:"text";s:5633:" The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updatesThe Prime Minister has thanked NHS staff at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London for saving his life while he underwent treatment in intensive care for coronavirus.Issuing a short statement as he continues his recovery, Boris Johnson said: “I can’t thank them enough. "So let me try to lay this debate to rest. Boris Johnson has thanked the NHS for saving his life as he left hospital to recuperate at Chequers, after a week of treatment for Covid-19.. But half of that we never see again. 50 It makes no sense whatsoever. "Johnson: "What you can do is make sure the money that comes back to this country is spent on our priorities.
The Prime Minister has thanked NHS staff at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London for saving his life while he underwent treatment in intensive care for coronavirus. "Me: "But you need to spend it on the NHS, because that's what the bus says.
Boris Johnson's (almost) defensible fib of £350m for NHS "It also assumes that payments currently made to the UK by the EU, including for example support for agriculture and scientific research, would not continue to be paid by the UK government when we leave. The potent "£350m/NHS" claim caused huge controversy during the EU referendum campaign and it was What's all the fuss about? So then they just needed an amount.The latest figures show the gross contribution to the EU as a weekly payment is £326m. Then if you include subsidies and other contributions that flow back from the EU, the actual net figure is £165m a week - about half of the amount on the Vote Leave bus. It was just a slogan, right? {{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}} Some have also created special time slots for the elderly and other shoppers vulnerable to the new coronavirus.People on a busy tube train in London at rush hour Mia, aged 8 and her brother Jack, aged 5 from Essex, continue their school work at home, after being sent home due to the coronavirusChildren are painting 'Chase the rainbows' artwork and springing up in windows across the countryA general view of a locked gate at Anfield, Liverpool as The Premier League has been suspended An empty escalator at Charing Coss London Underground tube stationA piece of art by the artist, known as the Rebel Bear has appeared on a wall on Bank Street in Glasgow. Some have also created special time slots for the elderly and other shoppers vulnerable to the new coronavirus.People on a busy tube train in London at rush hour Mia, aged 8 and her brother Jack, aged 5 from Essex, continue their school work at home, after being sent home due to the coronavirusChildren are painting 'Chase the rainbows' artwork and springing up in windows across the countryA general view of a locked gate at Anfield, Liverpool as The Premier League has been suspended An empty escalator at Charing Coss London Underground tube stationA piece of art by the artist, known as the Rebel Bear has appeared on a wall on Bank Street in Glasgow. "While you could argue the case about subsidies, it's harder when it comes to the rebate. A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask today in Victoria A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads "Diseases are in the City" in EdinburghStaff from The Lyric Theatre, London inform patrons, as it shuts its doorsA racegoer attends Cheltenham in a fashionable face maskA commuter wears a face mask at London Bridge StationA empty restaurant in the Bull Ring Shopping Centre Passengers determined to avoid the coronavirus before leaving the UK arrive at Gatwick Airport Boris Johnson campaigning for Vote Leave in Stafford during the Brexit battle bus tourSec of State: Johnson should not be sacked over Brexit article "However, Johnson wrote back that this was a "wilful distortion" of his article. After spates of "panic buying" cleared supermarket shelves of items like toilet paper and cleaning products, stores across the UK have introduced limits on purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Johnson: "It's a big bus but there's a limit the size of the slogan we can write on it. One interview on the bus goes:Johnson: "A proportion of that does come back to the UK - but it is spent at the whim, the dictate of EU officials.
"Me: "But the other half - you can't spend on the NHS - shouldn't it say £170m? He won the AV referendum. It would be a fine thing, as many of us have pointed out, if a lot of that money went on the NHS. That makes the slogan seem like a rather big fib.Elliott says he will defend the £350m figure until his dying day.