Also seen online… other stories in today’s news
I haven’t had time to write about these but they are of interest:
Ending free transport 'will hit disadvantaged children returning to school'
Teachers and pupils say suspending free transport will force some students to stay at home because they can't afford the cost https://t.co/ODVUquqbYR
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) July 12, 2020
Revealed: Dominic Cummings firm paid Vote Leave's AI firm £260,000 https://t.co/geauhV0rJu
— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) July 12, 2020
This one should come with a health warning: Matt Hancock promised a “world-beating” track-and-trace app for mobile phones, didn’t he? Also 100,000 tests carried out per day. And we were told there would be no shortage of ventilators. Or PPE. So don’t expect anything to come of this:
Matt Hancock promises ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’ this winter https://t.co/QfnPGsXBiS
— The Independent (@Independent) July 13, 2020
Woman infects 71 people with coronavirus after one lift trip https://t.co/g7si7AWTWz
— The Independent (@Independent) July 13, 2020
83 millionaires sign a letter begging the government to tax them more to help fix inequality.
This weekend Labour refused to back wealth taxes.
Keir Starmer is moving Labour to the right of the oligarch class.https://t.co/dTAG2jeMUI
— Howard Beckett (@BeckettUnite) July 13, 2020
» Poll shows most of UK public support the wealth tax Labour is running away from – SKWAWKBOX https://t.co/I7Z1qJPpYK
— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) July 13, 2020
Unsurprisingly, the responses to this ("why don't they make voluntary donations" or some variant of this dumb argument) illustrate how badly (if at all) we teach basic economics in the UK…. https://t.co/n1nPzPBmyb
— Jonathan Portes (@jdportes) July 13, 2020
Whenever you think Boris Johnson couldn’t possibly come up with an idea more incomprehensibly stupid, dumb, dim witted, inept & cretinous than the last he somehow always manages to rise to the challenge https://t.co/FpFOvv3heu
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) July 13, 2020
All of these supermarkets have told Boris Johnson they'll never stock Trump’s chlorinated chicken https://t.co/vYvBWerrAR
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) July 13, 2020
The problem with this one is that the BBC isn’t the problem. It’s the Conservative government that took away the funding that made it possible to subsidise licence fees for people aged over 75:
BBC: BBC – Cancel Plan To Charge Over 75s a TV Licence Fee – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/MIvQkcXseH via @UKChange
— paula peters (@paulapeters2) July 13, 2020
The rise of outdoor socialising has exposed a previously hidden problem: the UK has privatised its toilets, writes @JonnElledge. https://t.co/L0X3xzIDCV
— The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) July 13, 2020
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