Digest: June 10 – all the news the Establishment won’t want you to read
As ever, the social media is boiling over with useful information that the Great and the Good don’t want you to know.
Consider:
The Government’s policy on Covid-19 continues to be a fiasco:
Introducing lockdown a week earlier would have reduced the UK’s coronavirus death toll by at least half, according to Professor Neil Ferguson https://t.co/JhaLismThf
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) June 10, 2020
Former scientific adviser to the government Neil Ferguson has said lives could have been saved by locking down earlier. https://t.co/tbWnbEU751
— Arj Singh (@singharj) June 10, 2020
And how are those death figures looking…?
Next slide, please.
NO, NOT THAT ONE!!!!#dailybriefing #dailybriefinguk #dailybriefings pic.twitter.com/hr9ezCzjw9— Dr Daniel Martin (@DanielM62051882) June 9, 2020
Did Boris's advisors just say that the R rate is at a safer level across the whole country? pic.twitter.com/4cRTs5ARGL
— Tektological Serendipity (@CyberneticSere1) June 10, 2020
» Boris Johnson boasts he's helped hungry children while ending their free meal vouchers – Mirror Online https://t.co/fPrhgODYzK
— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) June 10, 2020
» Coronavirus: Single people can stay the night with loved ones, PM says – BBC News https://t.co/K3TLITXRo7
— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) June 10, 2020
» PMQs: Johnson promises regular testing for 'high contact' professions – BBC News https://t.co/xixjxCNNjg
— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) June 10, 2020
(Does anybody believe a word he says any more?)
ANALYSIS: The road map out of lockdown was very clearly signposted. But weeks into this journey, the route is changing and the public are losing confidence in the govt’s ability to navigate this crisis https://t.co/5bPqsoyxnK
— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) June 10, 2020
UK government's approval rating over coronavirus 'is even worse than the US' https://t.co/g7D8RqDVhC
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) June 9, 2020
Perhaps his advisors could help him out?
Just watching an episode of “The Thick of It” from 15 years ago.
Tucker’s advice to the minister:
make sure you ask the expert who is going to give you the opinion you want. When asked which one that is, he replies “I don’t know, but I can get one by this afternoon”.— Dr John (@HonestDrJohn) June 9, 2020
Not this one, we should suspect:
Chief medic admits testing was too slow – and warns of fresh winter lockdownshttps://t.co/whnnOChkDO pic.twitter.com/fkWlOPaiUZ
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) June 10, 2020
Maybe the Independent SAGE will help Mr Johnson’s credibility?
BREAKING: Britain is at ‘critical’ moment in COVID-19 crisis as new report from Independent SAGE says test, track & trace system is ‘not fit for purpose’
1/ pic.twitter.com/L8YorWclwh— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) June 9, 2020
… Maybe not. And the criticism seems valid:
Coronavirus: Contact tracer 'not phoned single person' since the system launched nearly two weeks ago https://t.co/wZXhmXXqaq
— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) June 9, 2020
Coronavirus live news: claim that asymptomatic transmission 'very rare' was 'misleading', says WHO official https://t.co/tCvCPkgBSn
— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) June 9, 2020
I can honestly say in all of my decades treating cancer I have never been as worried as I am now.
The figures are staggering. Patients have been delayed by 11 weeks – cancer spread is inevitable.
We're moving from one crisis to another. More needs to be done.
— Professor Karol Sikora (@ProfKarolSikora) June 10, 2020
(But it won’t be done by a Tory:)
This #BBCBreakfast interview with Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi was shocking
As NHS leaders warn today hospital waiting lists could be 10 million by end of year he brushes it off with “40 new hospitals will be built” (NOT TRUE) & how will that help waiting lists right NOW! pic.twitter.com/u7NqZYz7h8
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) June 10, 2020
The government have lost all control of this. Gavin Williamson is way out of his depth.
Schools look to turn hotels into classrooms as ministers accused of having 'no plan' to restart classes #PMQs https://t.co/X7OJf0rF0o
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) June 10, 2020
Thousands of pubs cannot reopen next month without government help to pay rent https://t.co/BSuVPH9p1Q
— The Independent (@Independent) June 10, 2020
It seems Tory Housing Minister Robert Jenrick netted a £12,000 bung for his party by corruptly approving a development in London:
EXC: Richard Desmond gave Tories £12,000 two weeks after Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick unlawfully approved his £1bn property development https://t.co/xYDamCOyGd
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) June 10, 2020
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick must explain dealings with billionaire property developer who gave Tories £12,000 donation. https://t.co/d7RDuWvqZu
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) June 10, 2020
Other Tory policies are rubbish, too:
MPs sadly voted 260 to 123 votes to weaken vital protections for children in care during a global pandemic when they should be doing more, not less. Thanks to all MPs who spoke out to protect children's rights. We will keep fighting to #ScrapSI445 pic.twitter.com/213heXCqSB
— Just for Kids Law (@Justforkidslaw) June 10, 2020
Boris Johnson is now a subject for ridicule, not reverence:
Peter Brooks in today's Times is simply perfect. #buyapaper pic.twitter.com/KaigSj9Wbx
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) June 10, 2020
Starmer now ahead of Johnson not only on net score but also in absolute terms. https://t.co/gJ5yidxVOU
— JWExTheSpa (@SpaJw) June 10, 2020
(Fans of Keir Starmer should not be encouraged by this; anybody would look good in contrast with Boris Johnson.)
Dominic Cummings might think he’s in the clear but he isn’t:
UK's top prosecutor threatened with legal action if Dominic Cummings not investigated https://t.co/Yif9hsAvIR
— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) June 10, 2020
Nothing says 'anti-elite' like holing up in an unlawful dwelling on your dad's estate. https://t.co/I4bEMAVAef
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) June 10, 2020
Tory racism isn’t going away:
Outraged Tory councillor says slave trader Edward Colston was a 'hero' – Mirror Online https://t.co/DX3ZSmB0Ex
— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) June 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/simonmaginn/status/1270668466996084736
https://twitter.com/BillyJWells/status/1270487546221527042
(These may not be Tories but they’re certainly racists:)
Words fail me.
Angry folically-challenged red-faced locals from a Derbyshire town have removed a racist bust of a black man for 'safekeeping' after the town council said they would remove the 18th-century piece following a petition. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/9TIy1BA7iM
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) June 10, 2020
The Labour Party still hasn’t got its act together regarding its attitude to racism:
https://twitter.com/TheMendozaWoman/status/1270647447904292866
— Jackie Walker – HRH, MP, MBE, ABC (@Jackiew80333500) June 10, 2020
When companies like @YorkshireTea can make a stand against 'anti-racism critics' as the BBC might call them – racists to the rest of us – yet Sir Keir again fails to pick a side, instead leaving it up to the likes of @DawnButlerBrent to show leadership, we have issues. #teagate pic.twitter.com/7P9gSq9QuI
— Damien Willey 🟢 🔴 (@KernowDamo) June 9, 2020
Meanwhile, racists are targeting black female MPs for supporting the Black Lives Matter protests:
Black female MPs receiving racist abuse and death threats for supporting protests https://t.co/j8YhaADzO9
— Indy Politics (@IndyPolitics) June 10, 2020
And former Labour leader Tony Blair is getting flak – after he criticised Jeremy Corbyn for campaigning for free broadband for everyone, he’s now demanding it himself:
Today’s just saying. pic.twitter.com/7PXNZcCHwM
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) June 10, 2020
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the protesters prove the lockdown wasnt needed in the first place.
How do you figure that?
Untill the great unwashed that’s how they see us are cut culled then they feel safer has to many rioting they now they can’t handle but when will the peasants wake up