NEWS
Quarantine won’t work, Home Office concedes
A leaked Home Office document has raised further doubts over the practicality of the government’s quarantine plans, stating it is ‘very hard to imagine how it would work in practice’. The plans, which have faced heavy criticism, would see those travelling into Britain having to isolate for two weeks, with threat of fines – Telegraph
Demonstrator ‘tries to set fire’ to Union flag on Cenotaph as missiles and fireworks are thrown at police officers in London – after Bristol Black Lives Matter marchers tear down statue of slave trader, while protestors on M6 shut motorway – Mail
Charities raise alarm as thousands face poverty following lockdown – Guardian
No-fault divorce could be passed in days – Times
Outsourcers to manage two new prisons in England – Financial Times
UK’s ‘preoccupation’ with ‘one-size fits all’ university education risks causing a ‘skills crisis’ says Tony Blair’s son Euan – a generation after his father’s famous bid to get HALF of youngsters to become students – Mail
COMMENT
Pain, anarchy and destruction that dishonour the memory of George Floyd – Stephen Glover, Mail
Why Edward Colston’s statue should have stayed up – Will Heaven, Spectator
