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The MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West will be banished from parliament for 30 days with a by-election now expected to be called in the constituency.

Lawyer says not providing complete set of messages on platform would be ‘wrong in principle’

Former Reagan advisor Steve Hanke co-authored a paper that found the average lockdown reduced COVID-19 mortality rates by 3.2%.

People who lean left politically reported an increase in trust in scientists during the COVID-19 pandemic, while those who lean right politically reported much lower levels of trust in scientists. This polarization around scientific issues – from COVID-19 to climate change to evolution – is at its peak since surveys…

Former Scottish National Party MP Margaret Ferrier has been suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for breaching coronavirus rules.

The Commons voted 185 to 40, majority 145, to approve the motion to suspend the independent MP.

Margaret Ferrier was kicked out of the SNP when it emerged that she had breached lockdown rules in 2020, and the following year pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless conduct

A by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West will be called if 10 per cent of Ferrier's constituents now sign a petition for her removal.

Side-stepping the Cabinet Office, the Covid Inquiry's legal team said it would take ex-PM Boris Johnson up on his offer to examine documents requested by the probe