A measure of how shockingly bad Twitter's emotion-driven chatter is for giving you a clear picture of events. My bubble is broad left & detests its government. Resulting chatter suggests every Covid-19 metric is worse for Britain than other European countries

I've also been forming an impression that other governments are taking anti-Covid measures more seriously than the Johnson administration.
Reality is always more nuanced than feelings about it.

Of course, under Twitter rules, I will now receive a number of metrics revealing how poor the UK government's performance has been. But that's not the point.

The point is that emotional contagion isn't great for shining light on complex things.

Also, under Twitter rules, some will interpret this little thread as a defence of the UK government's performance.

But, in advance of the Twitsplaining that Britain has had the highest excess mortality etc, thank you for respecting the rules of Twitter

I forgot one of the most important Twitter rules.

If something doesn't fit one's templated narrative simply pass by without engaging.

Ps it's possible to be left wing while also interested in information that doesn't confirm one's biases about a reprehensible & corrupt government that is objectively unfit for office

I forgot another Twitter rule, exemplified by someone who quote-tweeted this thread to say that it actually proves how bad 'journalism' is. Because ... consults notes ... the story was published to distract from the A-levels debacle.

I muted that person.