A Witness
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Active until | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Origin | Metropolitan Borough Of Stockport |
| United Kingdom | |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Indie Rock | |
| Record labels | Ron Johnson Records |
| Strange Fruit Records | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2431747 |
About A Witness
A Witness are an English post-punk/indie rock band, who were originally active in the mid-1980s alternative music scene. Their first EP Loudhailer Songs and début album I am John's Pancreas brought them to the attention of BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel, for whom they recorded four sessions.
Donald Trump gag order reinstated in New York civil fraud trial
... This week A Witness for Deutsche Bank, which the former president is accused of defrauding, testified that his over-valuations of property did not affect their loan terms and he never missed a payment...
Ruth Perry: Inquest hears head felt humiliated after Ofsted inspection
... Earlier in the inquest, A Witness statement said that Alan Derry had a " mocking and unpleasant tone" and " sniggered loudly" in a meeting...
Bix crash: Men died in crash after driving at 'insane' speeds
... The inquest was told A Witness described the speed of the vehicle was " insane"...
Senior Stephen Lawrence officer Ray Adams was corrupt, says secret Met report
... The report says the informant must have been " coached" by Mr Adams or another officer, with the informant s lying account discrediting A Witness against Mr Adams...
Battles rage near Gaza City hospitals as thousands more flee
... A Witness said he had also seen tanks opening fire near Al-Quds Hospital...
Ivanka Trump testifies to New York fraud trial she cannot recall loan details
... But a New York judge and appeals court ruled she must take the stand as A Witness...
Donald Trump Jr testifies in New York civil fraud trial
... Ivanka Trump was initially listed as a co-defendant in the case, before she was removed from the docket and compelled to testify as A Witness...
Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson's 'impossible flip-flopping'
... The Guardian newspaper had reported that he had written in A Witness statement that he did not have access to the messages because he did not back them up...
Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson's 'impossible flip-flopping'
By Jim ReedHealth reporter
The government's former chief scientific adviser criticised Boris Johnson 's " impossible flip-flopping" and " bipolar decision-making" in diary entries released to the Covid inquiry.
Sir Patrick Vallance also wrote of " chaos as usual" in Downing Street after a meeting on social-distancing.
The entries were read out at the start of stage two of The Inquiry , which will examine the political decision-making.
The government has said it acted to save lives and protect The Nation .
Mr Johnson will give evidence In Person to The Inquiry later this year, along with other ministers, advisers, civil servants and health officials.
Sir Patrick served as the government's chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023 and was a familiar face at The Podium for Covid news conferences.
Extracts of daily diaries he wrote during the pandemic were read out by The Inquiry 's lead counsel, Hugo Keith KC, as part of his opening statement on Tuesday.
In one note Sir Patrick wrote: " Number 10 chaos as usual.
" On Friday, the two-metre rule meeting made it abundantly clear that no-one in Number 10 or the Cabinet Office had really read or taken time to understand the science advice on two metres. Quite extraordinary. "
In other entries Sir Patrick described how he felt scientists were " used as human shields" by ministers.
On 19 September 2020, around The Time a possible " circuit-breaker" lockdown was being discussed, he wrote: " [Johnson] is all over The Place and so completely inconsistent. You can see why it was so difficult to get agreement to lock down First Time . "
'Toxic atmosphere'Mr Keith also said WhatsApp exchanges between senior officials in Downing Street painted a " depressing picture" of factional infighting and a " toxic atmosphere" during the pandemic.
He Said messages showed " disharmony" between Number 10 and The Department of Health and Social Care, and contained repeated references to Mr Johnson's loss of confidence in former Health Secretary Matt Hancock .
" It appears to be the case that the Prime Minister and A Number of officials and advisers held him in low regard, " said Mr Keith.
" In particular, on account of his apparent tendency to get over-excited And Then make stuff up. "
The Inquiry has now received messages from More Than 250 different WhatsApp groups in addition to thousands of pages of one-to-one chat conversations, Mr Keith confirmed.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told The Bbc in an interview that " of course" he was helping The Inquiry after it was claimed he was unable to provide some of his messages after swapping his phone A Number of times.
The Guardian newspaper had reported that he had written in A Witness statement that he did not have access to the messages because he did not back them up.
At the Conservative Party conference, Mr Sunak said: " This is the legal inquiry, there's a full process. I submit a lot of different evidence and documentation. I will be interviewed. All of that will be transparent and public.
" And of course I'm helping with all of that, as people would expect. We want to learn the lessons from Covid. "
The Guardian also reported that Mr Johnson had been unable to access messages sent earlier than 7 June 2020 because of an unspecified technical issue.
Mr Keith told the hearing that although it was right to say The Inquiry had not received all the messages asked for, " we have a very good picture of what happened".
" There are unlikely to be any hidden corners which have escaped The Inquiry 's attention, " he added.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
