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There’s some dismay in Labour ranks about polls like this, showing Lab several points behind the Tories. So here’s a thread about Covid and the natural advantages of incumbency. In
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THREAD: Why the Tories don’t want a national lockdown.Here’s a graph showing English constituencies arranged in deciles ranging from the areas which currently have the lowest Covid rates to the
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Grateful to the @EveningStandard for encapsulating the right-wing case against further Covid restrictions in one neat paragraph.But oh deary, deary me. What a paragraph.The right seem to think of Covid
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The dangerous thing about this so-called "Barrington Declaration" advocating discredited "herd immunity", is not that the government will go along with it, but that this supposed "split" in scientific opinion
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THREAD: The UK is not the only place seeing a recent sharp rise in Covid cases. Difference is *just like last time* our government had advance warning by looking at
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THREAD: attempt at a balanced view on working from home.The Telegraph/the government is *not* providing a balanced view. WFH is benefiting employers who could see their businesses devastated if there
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THREAD: Chatting with @chrischirp about why the UK hasn’t seen Covid cases rise on the same scale as many other countries.Has the government actually got something right? Probably not. Instead
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THREAD: @independentsage and @chrischrip present a compelling case for the UK government to adopt a zero Covid policy. Why isn’t it doing this?Obvious answer: economics. The report recommends restricting re-opening
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THREAD: On why the Cummings affair is so politically dangerous for the Tories.TLDR: People really think fairness is important, many key Tory voters think laws should always be obeyed and
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THREAD: Why is public approval of the government’s handling of coronavirus so strong?Despite facing substantial criticism about testing and PPE, the government is now even more popular than it was
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THREAD: Why Keir is right about the second referendum policy *with data*TLDR: Most leavers who defected from Lab would have done so anyway. But failing to back a PV would
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From a Labour perspective one of the big problems with “we won the argument” (on economics) is that just because people are left-wing, it doesn’t necessarily mean they vote Labour.
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