Carillion Collapse, Norway Brexit Intervention, Boris Bullish Brexit Millions for NHS

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President Trump takes a well earned break, playing golf on Martin Luther King day. Even Southern states have adopted the holiday. According to Wikipedia, George Washington and Christopher Columbus are the only two other figures which have US national holidays honoring them.

The UK government has yet another major crisis on its hands, after the major construction company, Carillion collapses. The Cabinet met and efforts are underway to try and protect vital public services affected by the failure of the constuction giant, which has been involved nationally in a range of major projects from hospitals, prisons and the plannd HS2 rail project. The government had only recently awarded £2 bn to the company and there are effects to square the circle, avoid public money bailing out the mess and yet supporting the tens of thousands of employees by keeping work going.

Brexit is still ticking along with Norway adding pressure to the EU, pointing out that if the UK gets special exemptions in any trade deal, Norway would be pushing for change in their deal with the EU. Currently, they pay more than the UK for their access to the market.

Boris Johnson is on the unofficial campaign trail for his Brexit stance and prospective prime ministerial position. He did not limit himself to repeating the now infamous £350 million a week promise for the NHS if the UK left the EU, made by brexiteers during the referendum campaign. In an interview with the Guardian, he claimed that the figure quoted at the time should have been even higher as the UK's contributions were already at £362 million per week at present and could be at £438m by 2020-21.

Spent most of the day identifying and renaming images in order of possible appearance for a manuscript nearing completion. Took a break to continue with the Histology OU FutureLearn online course.