I wrote this tweet in November 2020, looking forward to what I imagined would be a world post Covid: Three things will bring businesses down
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Covid is still a mass killer – but the government is pretending otherwise
There is a popular narrative that Covid has gone away. Except it has not: 25,700 excess deaths in the UK in half a yr (on
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David Cameron revealed his ignorance yesterday
As the BBC noted yesterday, former Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Covid inquiry yesterday. As they noted: Mr Cameron …. defended the austerity
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Will the Tories vote on the basis of principles or cowardice?
This tweet highlights an interview with Rishi Sunak, recorded late last night and broadcast this morning: Once again just the same non-answer again and again
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Who will trust Boris Johnson now?
The report into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament is still 90 minutes away as I write, but we know that it will be damning. It
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Why the Lords has to go
There are many reasons why the House of Lords should be removed. Boris Johnson ably (for once), albeit inadvertently, aided the case with his resignation
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Democracy requires that those calling the Priviliges Committee a kangaroo court be brought to account
That was some weekend. I doubt the turmoil has ended yet. But there as fallouts, and those are what I am interested in. One such
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Johnson has gone, but the legacy of his lies remains
I posted this Twitter thread this morning: Johnson has gone, protesting his innocence to the end. To understand what has happened it it vital to
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The Tories are wholly out of touch with reality
Tories really are deluded. Listen to this video: “Wokeness is causing a lack of hope and anxiety in our young people.” Conservative MP Miriam Cates
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