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The simple truth is, Boris Johnson & Rishi Sunak, should not be making it up as they go along, they should have had a plan - especially after their outrage about what happened in 2008 (something they still bang on about to this day).
@lbc @mrjamesob #PMQs https://twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1240244593855168512
@lbc @mrjamesob #PMQs https://twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1240244593855168512
24th Jan Chinese told us:
- "deaths rising quickly"
- provision of personal protective equipment for health workers strongly recommended
- Test for the virus immediately a diagnosis is suspected
- mortality rate is high
- “pandemic potential”
What did Johnson do?
@LBC #bbcpm https://twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1240323841618071557
- "deaths rising quickly"
- provision of personal protective equipment for health workers strongly recommended
- Test for the virus immediately a diagnosis is suspected
- mortality rate is high
- “pandemic potential”
What did Johnson do?
@LBC #bbcpm https://twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1240323841618071557
You have to wonder why our govt is being so slow in finding a testing solution for #covid19UK
#NHS @lbc #c4news #newsnight https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1238779846076948480
#NHS @lbc #c4news #newsnight https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1238779846076948480
Boris Johnson's #Covid19 response is a study in "dither and delay".
"Britain was given a head start to tackle the coronavirus as it spread through other countries.
Much of that time has been wasted"
@lbc #c4news #bbcaq #Newsnight
"Britain was given a head start to tackle the coronavirus as it spread through other countries.
Much of that time has been wasted"
@lbc #c4news #bbcaq #Newsnight
All 'journalists' who repeatedly told us Boris Johnson was "following the science", even tho' his actions contradicted those of almost every other nation, & criticism of him was biased & insincere:
You were wrong, & 1000s will now likely die because of it https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1241319405528776704?s=19
You were wrong, & 1000s will now likely die because of it https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1241319405528776704?s=19
Boris Johnson's Corona Virus policy is "benign neglect"
@LBC #Covid19UK #CoronaCrisisuk #marr #ridge #r4oday #c4news https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1241477088558940166
@LBC #Covid19UK #CoronaCrisisuk #marr #ridge #r4oday #c4news https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1241477088558940166
At every single step of the way, Johnson has been days, & often weeks, behind the other major countries in responding to #Covid19
From his "let 250k old & vulnerable people die" approach (which was never "following the science") to refusing to enforce social distancing
#c4news
From his "let 250k old & vulnerable people die" approach (which was never "following the science") to refusing to enforce social distancing
#c4news
Thousands more old and vulnerable people than necessary will die because of Johnson's "dither and delay" over mass testing and enforced social distancing.
That blood will be on his hands.
#c4news @lbc #covid19UK #coronavirusuk #r4yoday
That blood will be on his hands.
#c4news @lbc #covid19UK #coronavirusuk #r4yoday
Dominic Cummings outlined the govt's strategy: "herd immunity, protect the economy and if that means some pensioners die, too bad"
#CoronaVirusUK #COVID19UK @LBC #r4today
#CoronaVirusUK #COVID19UK @LBC #r4today
"We don't feel like we are being supported from the highest levels"
NHS doctor Guddi Singh says there's a "huge amount of anxiety" around having to face a "tsunami" of #coronavirus patients with a lack of protective equipment
@lbc #bbcaq #bbcpm #Newsnight
NHS doctor Guddi Singh says there's a "huge amount of anxiety" around having to face a "tsunami" of #coronavirus patients with a lack of protective equipment
@lbc #bbcaq #bbcpm #Newsnight
'Ex Cygnus' was a secret UK govt exercise in 2016 to examine the govt's preparedness for a flu pandemic
"The then CMO said the UK “could not cope with the excess bodies” & had “inadequate ventilation” in its hospitals.
@lbc #r4today #c4news #Newsnight https://twitter.com/DrPhillipLee/status/1244726349471809538?s=19
"The then CMO said the UK “could not cope with the excess bodies” & had “inadequate ventilation” in its hospitals.
@lbc #r4today #c4news #Newsnight https://twitter.com/DrPhillipLee/status/1244726349471809538?s=19
"She explained that “in a moderate or severe influenza pandemic, demand [for critical care services] may outstrip supply, even when capacity is maximised.” Yet this doesn’t seem to have made any difference to our subsequent planning"
@lbc #C4News #bbcpm #Newsnight
@lbc #C4News #bbcpm #Newsnight
REMINDER: there are plenty on the hard right of the Conservative party who support letting your parents and grandparents, (plus many others in younger age groups) die in agony rather than spend taxpayers' money to protect them
Toby Young is not an outlier
@lbc #C4News #Newsnight
Toby Young is not an outlier
@lbc #C4News #Newsnight
Did I mention that the govt is lying to us?
@lbc #bbcpm #c4news #Newsnight https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1245252905407582208?s=19
@lbc #bbcpm #c4news #Newsnight https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1245252905407582208?s=19
Politico's @Jack_Blanchard_ on one month in British politics
#CoronaCrisisUK #COVID19
@lbc #bbcwato #wato #Newsnight #C4News
#CoronaCrisisUK #COVID19
@lbc #bbcwato #wato #Newsnight #C4News
. @PrivateEyeNews on Boris Johnson "following the science":
"What's most striking about Britain's idiosyncratic approach to tackling the #coronavirus pandemic is the lack of public support from senior scientists and public health experts outside the govt circle"
@lbc #C4News
"What's most striking about Britain's idiosyncratic approach to tackling the #coronavirus pandemic is the lack of public support from senior scientists and public health experts outside the govt circle"
@lbc #C4News
'We could have pushed the button on ventilator capacity in January'
Ex justice minister, Dr Phillip Lee says the govt knew from a report that the UK had a ventilator capacity problem.
#BorisLiesBritonsDie
#Coronavirusuk #covid19
@lbc #r4today #C4News
Ex justice minister, Dr Phillip Lee says the govt knew from a report that the UK had a ventilator capacity problem.
#BorisLiesBritonsDie
#Coronavirusuk #covid19
@lbc #r4today #C4News
Cambridge University research suggests if the UK locked down just one week earlier the epidemic would have been three times smaller - saving thousands of lives.
#BorisLiesBritonsDie
#Coronavirusuk #covid19 #Newsnight
@LBC #r4today #C4News #bbcaq https://twitter.com/imartincorena/status/1245696648040374272
#BorisLiesBritonsDie
#Coronavirusuk #covid19 #Newsnight
@LBC #r4today #C4News #bbcaq https://twitter.com/imartincorena/status/1245696648040374272
“This is guerrilla warfare.”
Professor Anthony Costello says a world expert on epidemic control told him that social distancing alone would not be enough to “suppress” the spread of the coronavirus.
@lbc #c4news #newsnight #r4today #HerdImmunity
Professor Anthony Costello says a world expert on epidemic control told him that social distancing alone would not be enough to “suppress” the spread of the coronavirus.
@lbc #c4news #newsnight #r4today #HerdImmunity
"An executive at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine... said he could have carried out up to 1,000 tests per day from February. But the call never came. “You would have thought that they would be bashing down the door”
via @Reuters https://reut.rs/3aTuIEl
via @Reuters https://reut.rs/3aTuIEl
Observer 19 January 2020:
"The risk to the country is described as very low..."
@lbc #r4today #c4news #Newsnight
"The risk to the country is described as very low..."
@lbc #r4today #c4news #Newsnight
Things you won't read in the Tory press: Ireland started from a similar position to the UK in terms of underfunded healthcare system & ICU beds, but because of Johnson's herd immunity policy & delayed lockdown we're dying at over twice the rate as the Irish.
@LBC #r4today https://twitter.com/laineydoyle/status/1249131143938613255
@LBC #r4today https://twitter.com/laineydoyle/status/1249131143938613255
Johnson's govt used NHS patient data to model ‘herd immunity’ a week after they supposedly dropped the policy acc. to @guardian
@lbc #r4today https://bit.ly/2xo83Bt
@lbc #r4today https://bit.ly/2xo83Bt
"Leading Oxford professor blasts the Government's failure to introduce a lockdown sooner and was 'completely out of step with almost all other European countries" (Daily Mail)
@LBC #bbcpm #c4news #newsnight http://dailym.ai/3eo6GDA
@LBC #bbcpm #c4news #newsnight http://dailym.ai/3eo6GDA
UK's fmr chief scientific adviser says Boris Johnson's slow response to coronavirus cost lives.
"Why we didn't respond so much sooner once this epidemic broke out in China, I simply don't know”
@lbc #r4today #C4News
#Newsnight #bbcqt https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-former-science-chief-slow-response-cost-lives-2020-4?r=US&IR=T
"Why we didn't respond so much sooner once this epidemic broke out in China, I simply don't know”
@lbc #r4today #C4News
#Newsnight #bbcqt https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-uk-former-science-chief-slow-response-cost-lives-2020-4?r=US&IR=T
Never ever forget that this govt has been lying every day about something important, from what action it is taking, & what science it is following to how many British citizens it is killing.
Every. Single. Day.
@lbc #bbcqt #r4today #C4News https://twitter.com/Laura_K_Hughes/status/1250469791946727425?s=19
Every. Single. Day.
@lbc #bbcqt #r4today #C4News https://twitter.com/Laura_K_Hughes/status/1250469791946727425?s=19
