This is the Guardian.

Welcome to Politics Weekly.

I'm Jessica Algots, Chief Political Correspondent for the Guardian,

and this is our Christmas special.

With most of the country already under extreme measures,

it's clear that we need to do more together.

To bring this new variant under control while our vaccines are rolled out.

This time last year, things were looking pretty bleak.

Many of us were apart from family and another long lockdown was on the horizon.

But there was some hope.

The long-awaited news that COVID-19 vaccines were being given to the old and vulnerable,

with us all hoping for a return to normal after the second wave subsided.

We thought we had gotten over the worst of it, but as we now know,

the Omicom variant had other ideas.

No one should be in any doubt.

There is a tidal wave of Omicom coming.

But could the latest twist in the pandemic bring about the end of Boris Johnson?

All the while, scandals were rampant through the halls of Parliament

with Sleeves.

Mr Patterson announced he would leave Parliament in the cruel world of politics at once.

Affairs.

I've been to see the Prime Minister to resign as

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