For a brief moment today, I felt as if we were back in the EU, with Starmer and Macron together in Paris for Armistice Day 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇺 Given the re election of Trump, should the UK forge closer ties with the EU, pursue better trade with the US, or focus on trade with CPTPP?

Shame on Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson, who refused to provide 10,000 extra NHS beds to help manage covid and to bring down waiting lists. Instead, they wanted more use of the private sector. Absolutely disgraceful and disgusting decision making at the start of the pandemic #CovidInquiry Jacqueline Carey, "In July 2020 NHS England sought 10,000 non temporary beds, to deal with recovery and future surges" "You go on to say the request for the funding was not approved by Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson" "Why did you need 10,000 extra beds in the NHS?" Amanda Pritchard, CEO NHS England, "We wanted to do both covid and non-covid work" Jacqueline Carey, "And the Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office was involved in the decision to refuse, they wanted more use of Nightingales and the independent sector" "What were the consequences of Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson refusing those 10,000 beds?" Amanda Pritchard, "It was disappointing.. We could have been in a different position.. We could have treated thousands of more patients as well as being more resilient going into the second wave.. We would be in a very different position now"