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Scrolling through Twitter just makes me depressed about the state of journalism - you see the collapse in norms of behaviour - the tossing aside of any pretence of impartiality

Please ignore the media who are shouting about the -20% contraction. This was fully expected due to the shape of the British economy. Also we also turned off the economy

The major media outlets are universally hostile to Brexit and 52% of the population. They've spent months politically attacking the government instead of asking hard questions over Covid19. They are

Watching Hong Kong I think we may need to do something very generous - allow those trying to escape Chinese repression to become British citizens - it will be a

1/ The problem with these breathless articles about government is they don't actually move things forward or inform the public about the situation.They come across as more gotcha journalism -

We're all locked down - now what?Not just here but in every country? All the arm chair experts can't tell me what they would do.1/ They point to the Far

UK has not breached our ICU capacity once so the higher death rate vs Germany is due to: Higher infection rate Different demographics Environmental factors Existing health issues like obesityI

The idea that the EU is going to reform is ridiculous because there is no evidence to support that it's capable of it.It's been navel gazing over the euro for