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Minggu, 11 April 2021

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2021-04-11 08:45:01Z
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Jeremy Corbyn snubbed Queen with 'deeply insulting' refusal: 'Don't expect to kneel!' - Express

Jeremy Corbyn says ‘the right to protest is precious’

The 71-year-old came under fire on Friday after posting an “insensitive” tweet just 40 minutes after the tragic passing of Prince Philip was confirmed. In the now-deleted message, the Islington North MP posted a link to an event inviting people to "support the Bolivian people". Mr Corbyn later paid tribute to the Duke, writing: "Losing a loved one, as so many families have this past year, is always heartbreaking. My thoughts are with Prince Philip’s family and all who loved him.”

The former leader of the opposition is a well-known republican but has previously said that given the Royal Family's popularity, "it's not a battle that I am fighting".

Despite this, he has previously slammed the royal ceremony for the State Opening of Parliament, saying in 1998 that “it’s absolutely ridiculous, this 18th-century performance, the horses and the knights and everybody else turning up for the Queen to read a speech she's never even read before, let alone written".

And, in 2015, Mr Corbyn created quite the stir after he was invited to join the Privy Council – the formal body that advises the Monarch on the exercise of royal prerogative.

As part of the ceremony, politicians kneel before the Queen and kiss her hand, a tradition that Mr Corbyn stated he “didn’t know” was involved when questioned in the lead-up.

Jeremy Corbyn is said to have snubbed the Queen

Jeremy Corbyn is said to have snubbed the Queen (Image: GETTY)

Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire recently

Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire recently (Image: GETTY)

But speaking to ITV News before the ceremony in 2015, Mr Corbyn said he would not be kneeling.

He said: “I don’t expect to be kneeling at all, no.

“I expect to be nominated to the Privy Council and that’s it.”

And, according to the Guardian, he did not kneel before the Queen as he was sworn in.

Labour said after the event that he complied with the process, but it is understood Buckingham Palace does not force Privy Council members to do things they are not comfortable with and so Mr Corbyn did not have to kneel.

The Queen is said to have not expected Mr Corbyn to kneel

The Queen is said to have not expected Mr Corbyn to kneel (Image: GETTY)

At the time, a Westminster source said the Queen “did not want a constitutional crisis” by insisting on him kneeling, adding that the Queen accepts that “Jeremy’s republicanism is well known”.

A royal source said: “The Queen is not someone who stands on ceremony, she wants people to feel comfortable but the Privy Council is an important mechanism and that is why it is important that he is there.”

It came after Mr Corbyn turned down the chance to attend a meeting of the council because of "private engagements”.

And, according to the Telegraph, Mr Corbyn may have toyed with the possibility of using a loophole to allow the Privy Council to appoint a new member without them being present.

An unnamed member of the Council is quoted as saying at the time: “Firstly it is deeply insulting and secondly it is not grown up – not to go to see the Monarch is just extraordinary.”

While MPs have to swear or affirm allegiance to the Queen, the oath required of privy council members is more extensive.

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Theresa May was seen bowing her head to the Queen in 2017

Theresa May was seen bowing her head to the Queen in 2017 (Image: GETTY)

The current wording, which has been around since Tudor times, states: “You will not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted, done or spoken against Her Majesty’s person, honour, crown or dignity royal, but you will let and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power, and either cause it to be revealed to Her Majesty herself, or to such of her Privy Council as shall advertise Her Majesty of the same.

“You will in all things to be moved, treated and debated in Council, faithfully and truly declare your mind and opinion, according to your heart and conscience; and will keep secret all matters committed and revealed unto you, or that shall be treated of secretly in council.”

But it was not the last time he was involved in such an ordeal.

He appeared to once again refuse to join his peers in paying his respects to the Crown as Her Majesty prepared to give her speech to the House of Commons and House of Lords in 2017.

While Theresa May was seen bowing her head to the Queen moments before giving her address, the Labour Party leader stood defiantly.

Twitter users were quick to criticise Mr Corbyn.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to have also not bowed

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to have also not bowed (Image: GETTY)

One said: “#Corbyn no respect. He is like a more stupid version of Rick from the young ones.”

Another added: “Hearing that #Corbyn did not bow to the #Queen. How could he have any respect if he became #PrimeMinister?"

While a third person wrote: “#corbyn is a classical t****r and HM is above such idiots.”

But Corbyn's aides responded after backlash on social media, insisting that he had followed the correct protocol, which is for former Speaker John Bercow and Commons officials to bow to the Queen on behalf of MPs.

It was the Prime Minister who got it wrong, they stated.

Their explanation appeared borne out by the fact that other senior Tories also did not bow, including then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and then-First Secretary of State Damian Green who arrived in the upper chamber behind Mr Corbyn.

Damian McBride, an aide to then-Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, followed up with his own analysis of footage from state openings dating back to 2010 which he said showed neither main party leader bowing, except in 2013 when David Cameron and Mr Corbyn's predecessor, Ed Miliband, slightly nodded.

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2021-04-11 07:36:00Z
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Third wave fears explode as top scientists issue warning ahead of reopening - Express

The scientists criticised the Government over its decision to press on with plans to reopen retail and hospitality on April 12. They accused ministers of failing their duty to “follow the data, not dates” when it comes to getting the economy started.

The experts said a safer alternative would be to wait until more people have had the coronavirus vaccine.

They pointed out that some areas in the country were still seeing significant rises in Covid-19 cases.

Dr Stephen Griffin, Professor at Leeds University School of Medicine, told the Observer: “There are areas in West Yorkshire, the Black Country and other regions that still have high infection rates.

“However, many people there cannot afford to self-isolate.

“We need to tackle that issue urgently or the virus will come back again.”

Dr Griffin hit out at the Government over its apparent breach of the promise to base its decisions on data.

He said: “It’s worrying. They are saying one thing and doing another – again.

“There are far too many virus hotspots and not enough attention being paid to controlling infections that might spread from them.”

Professor Lawrence Young of Warwick Medical School voiced concerns that the current measures in place to avoid the transmission from infected patients may not be sufficient.

He told the news outlet: “The test, trace and isolate system that is supposed to contain outbreaks has not worked well, and even when people test positive, they are not isolating.

“We need a properly funded system for quarantining infected people.

“We don’t have that and that raises the risk we could head back into trouble again quite quickly.”

Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave the green-light to move the UK out of lockdown, with pubs, hairdressers and shops set to open.

Addressing a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said: "The net result of your efforts and of course the vaccine rollout is that I can today confirm that from Monday April 12, we will move to step two of our road map.”

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Sabtu, 10 April 2021

Sir Richard Sutton: Man charged with murder over death of one of Britain's wealthiest men - Sky News

A 34-year-old man has been charged with the murder of one of Britain's wealthiest men, police have said.

Millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton, 83, died on Wednesday during an incident at a property near Gillingham, Dorset.

A woman in her 60s - named in reports as Sir Richard's wife - was seriously injured in the incident and airlifted to hospital in Bristol where she remains in a critical condition.

It is believed both victims were stabbed, Dorset Police said.

Thomas Schreiber, from Gillingham, has been charged with murder, attempted murder and dangerous driving.

According to reports, he was known to the victims.

He is due before magistrates in Poole on Monday.

Detective Inspector Simon Huxter, of Dorset Police's Major Crime Investigation Team, said: "Our thoughts remain with the victims' family and all of those affected by this terrible incident.

"Following a detailed investigation, we have consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service.

"As a result, Dorset Police have been authorised to formally charge Thomas Schreiber with the murder of Sir Richard, attempted murder of the injured woman and dangerous driving."

Sir Richard was listed as the UK's 435th wealthiest person in The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020 with an estimated family fortune of £301m - a rise of £83m on the previous year.

He owned the five-star Sheraton Grand and Athenaeum hotels on London's Park Lane.

The entrepreneur had an extensive property and farming portfolio, including the 6,500-acre Benham Estate in West Berkshire and the Stainton Estate in Lincolnshire.

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2021-04-11 00:52:28Z
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Schoolgirl, 15, pinned down and raped by three boys in park - Metro.co.uk

Pepys Park in Deptford, south London. A schoolgirl, 15, was pinned and raped by three boys in Pepys Park in Deptford, south London. — The schoolgirl was in Pepys Park in Deptford, south London, when the boys allegedly approached her (Picture: Getty Images)

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a group of boys in a park in broad daylight.

The schoolgirl got off a bus at around 4.30pm on March 22 and walked towards Pepys Park in Deptford, south London. She then sat down on a bench close to some football cages.

A boy thought to be about 16 or 17, approached her and was joined by two others, of a similar age, who are accused of stealing her phone and running away.

The victim is said to have followed the pair with the boy who first approached her.

All three boys pinned her down and raped her in another part of the park, it is alleged.

The first boy is described as black with no facial hair and silver caps on two of his teeth.

He was wearing a blue beanie, a black ‘Kings Will Dream’ coat with fur around the hood and black and grey trainers, a statement from the Metropolitan Police said.

The second male is a lighter skinned black boy with two earrings, one stud in each ear lobe.

He had a high-top hairstyle with slight stubble and was wearing a black Zavetti, knee-length coat with a yellow and red brand mark on the sleeve.

The last teenager is described as a lighter skinned black boy. He wore a durag, a black coat and black tracksuit bottoms.

Officers have launched an investigation. There have been no arrests.

Detective Constable Daniel Weeks, who is leading the probe, said: ‘We are doing our utmost to provide the victim with support from specially trained officers following this horrific incident.

‘I am asking members of the public who were in the park that day to think carefully about whether you saw the males described.

‘Did you see anyone acting suspiciously? What were they doing and where did they go?

‘No matter how small or insignificant you think your information might be, it could be hugely significant for our investigation.’

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

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2021-04-10 21:14:00Z
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What the reaction to Prince Philip's death says about us - BBC News

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Writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth reflects on the public reaction to the Duke of Edinburgh's death, and how next weekend's low-key funeral will be a poignant moment in the life of the Royal Family and the nation.

I think the Duke of Edinburgh would have been pleasantly surprised by the reaction to his death.

He was very much somebody who didn't really think about himself very much. In fact, he made it a policy not to talk about himself, and he was quite dismissive of how he was seen, and I don't think he gave it much thought. I think he couldn't have failed to be touched by it, particularly by the extraordinary international response.

It's been striking that leaders from across the world have responded in the way they have. In a sense it's a reward for the fact that he travelled to more countries than any other member of the Royal Family ever. Although he didn't take compliments well and he was always wanting no fuss, saying let's keep this low key, I think he would have been gratified.

I think the public reaction to the Duke's death reflects a couple of things. One is the people's affection for the Queen. In a sense what has struck people is the sudden realisation that the Queen is alone. She met Prince Philip in the 1930s, they fell in love in the 1940s, and were married in 1947, which is longer than most people have been alive, and now she is alone. So it's partly a sense of affection for the Queen and her loss.

But this is also someone who has lived 100 years - he has been there all our lives, so people can pause and reflect on a whole century that has gone by. This is the phenomenon of someone who has always been there, and people have stopped to think that he always did what he was asked to do. He was asked to support the Queen and he did, and he turned up in the right uniform on the right day at the right time without fail, for more than 70 years.

Duke of Edinburgh attending the Presentation Reception for The Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award holders in the gardens at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh - 2017

It reflects the success of the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards Scheme too. My grandson, when he heard the news yesterday, happened to be working for a charity in order to get his Duke of Edinburgh's Gold award. So the Duke of Edinburgh meant something to him, even though he's only 16. And the award scheme means that children and young people understand what he was about even though they could only see him as a very old man.

I think it's surprised people seeing all the tributes, because he's been retired for three years. But people have also seen the news footage, and discovered a) how dynamic he was b) how good-looking and c) how active he was in so many areas over so many years, and that will have surprised many younger people.

Another trait that has come to light is his wicked sense of humour. Some of his jokes would probably now seem politically incorrect, but of course it was the humour of somebody of his generation. My favourite joke of his - and I heard him say this - was: Whenever you see a man opening a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

He could also be quite disconcerting to be with. I remember being at the last fundraising event I did with him at Buckingham Palace nearly 10 years ago when he was already in his 90s. I was speaking and he kept interrupting me, saying this is boring, heard that story before.

But he did like to make people laugh and he succeeded on the whole. He knew he ran risks, that if he told too many jokes, once in a while one was bound to go wrong. But he was himself, and he'd say - there's not a lot I can do about it.

A public man, but not a public occasion

As regards the funeral, in normal times we would have expected something a lot more elaborate. But he was really not looking forward to the fuss there would have been on his 100th birthday. So the pandemic has in a way come to his rescue, and it will be a much quieter, small-scale affair.

Wellwishers gather at the entrance to Windsor Castle

It's still going to be televised, there will be the moment's silence before it begins. It'll be more poignant, though, because it will remind us that although he was a public man it won't be a public occasion.

There would have been 800 people there, representing many of the charities with which he was involved. But that won't happen now - there will be 30 people, principally members of his family.

He said to me more than once: "We are a family." That's what it is, it's just a group of people when all's said and done, so I think it will very poignant, of course, to see the Queen alone and to see her children and grandchildren mourning the loss of a father and grandfather. In a way it makes it more powerful, as something people can relate to because it's a family gathering just like any other.

There's a realisation that if we regard the Queen's reign as a success, and most people do, he is the joint author of it. People were interested in what Barack Obama was saying about the value of the monarchy - in a world where presidents and prime ministers come and go, to have had this couple there for all our lives is a phenomenon, and it's unsettling when it changes.

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2021-04-10 20:15:01Z
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Prince Philip: Boris Johnson will not attend Duke of Edinburgh's funeral and will give up seat for a family member - Sky News

Boris Johnson will not go to Prince Philip's funeral, and will instead give up his seat to allow another family member to attend.

It comes after Buckingham Palace revealed that only 30 people would be attending the duke's funeral, in an effort to follow COVID-compliant protocols.

A statement from a Downing Street spokesman said: "As a result of the coronavirus regulations, only 30 people can attend the funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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"The prime minister has throughout wanted to act in accordance with what is best for the royal household, and so to allow for as many family members as possible will not be attending the funeral on Saturday."

The Conservative Party has also announced that it will suspend national campaigning ahead of next month's local elections until Tuesday, and again on Saturday.

Prince Philip's funeral will take place next Saturday at 3pm, with the public encouraged to watch on television and stay away from the area.

The proceedings will be kept within the confines of Windsor Castle and the Duke of Edinburgh's body will be carried to the West Steps in a Land Rover, which was specially designed by Philip himself.

Prince Harry will be travelling from his home in the United States to attend, although his pregnant wife Meghan has been advised not to travel. It is understood she made every effort to join her husband but was not given clearance to travel by her doctor.

A full guest list for the funeral will be released next week, as plans are finalised.

On Friday, Boris Johnson praised Prince Philip's lifelong "ethic of service" as he led political tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh.

Mr Johnson spoke of the duke's service during the Second World War, his environmentalism, his work with young people and his "steadfast support" for the Queen during their 73-year marriage.

"He was the longest serving consort in history, one of the last surviving people in this country to have served in the Second World War at Cape Matapan, where he was mentioned in despatches for bravery," the prime minister said.

"And in the invasion of Sicily, where he saved his ship by his quick-thinking and from that conflict he took an ethic of service that he applied throughout the unprecedented changes of the post war era.

"Like the expert carriage driver that he was, he helped to steer the Royal Family and the monarchy so that it remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life.

"He was an environmentalist, and a champion of the natural world long before it was fashionable.

"With his Duke of Edinburgh awards scheme he shaped and inspired the lives of countless young people and at literally tens of thousands of events he fostered their hopes and encouraged their ambitions.

"We remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for Her Majesty the Queen."

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2021-04-10 18:49:57Z
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