#Cummings

In non-C*mmings news:People are still dying in care homes, it’s increasingly looking like councils may run out of money for rough sleepers, the drug Remdisivir might be a game changer
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The secret blog of Dom Cummings, aged 13 3/4Nov 11thNow I know I'm an intellectual. I saw Malcolm Muggeridge on the TV last night and I understood nearly every word.
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A bank holiday thread on the Scottish Govt track and protect system. With a caveat that this experience is now over 2 years old.Question: how much money does Scotland get
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#notmovingonHere’s the lockdown-flouting SpAD who smugly walked out of the rose garden of No 10 on 25/05/2020 after trying, but failing miserably, to pull the wool over our eyes. Here’s
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And just like that. British farming is ended. By Dominic Cummings and his wrecking ball. Chickens so diseased they have to be drenched in chlorine, pigs rammed with ractopamine, dairy
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Writing my memoir, I've been reading a lot of creative nonfiction in essay form, and am struck by how much of it comes from the US and how little there
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Fwiw, current hypothesis1 Cummings statement was reverse-engineered to explain away actual/potential adverse evidence and stay within law/guidance2 That statement was latest in sequence of improvisations3 Trip to Durham and/or Barnard
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I’m probably going to regret this but here are a few things about lobby reporting/‘no 10 sources’ it might be useful to know (small thread follows, RIP my mentions) 1.
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The government fundamentally doesn't want to govern. It just wants to campaign.When you campaign, you don't ever deliver a policy: you just create a conflict that lets you paint your
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Uncomfortable truths - do not read if you are easily offended We are on DAY 13 of "full #lockdown" and we would now have expected the benefits of this strategy
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@change I signed a very UK based petition and donated a small sum and see from the bank statement that the money is going to CHANGE ORG SAN FRANCISCOUS. This
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In this chilling 2013 interview, @BorisJohnson admits he’s not really bumbling“I’m hard as nails” he saysHe also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”That you can “make
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An open tweet to @CMO_England and @uksciencechief Thread:This is your moment. Right now. You need to ask yourself this question, and reflect. Then you need to answer openly and honestly.
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THREAD: How we actually beat CummingsStop fact-checking with the belief that establishing holes in his Swiss cheese story is a gotcha. He doesn’t care. It keeps us occupied while he
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The secret blog of Dominic Cummings, aged 13¾ Nov 25th I got up at 6 a.m. today to start my new paper round. I’m delivering on Tufton Street. The papers
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My word but a whole hour listening to sane, funny & well-informed people is a tonic I heartily recommend: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/01/restrictions-overreaction-serious-covid-19-cases-floor-claims/The Telegraph’ podcast
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