“There were two clear drop points. One of them was in May when we had the announcement of early easing of lockdown & the other one was when the news broke about #DominicCummings’ trip to Durham. And confidence never recovered.” (H/T @theonlypeterkay)
Also, reports today suggest that the Cummings scandal has made the British public more divided
ONS figures found the proportion of people who believed the nation would be united after the pandemic halved in three months
“Still boiling!” #BarnardCastle
“Before you judge a man, you should drive 60 miles in his Range Rover Discovery.”
#MichaelGove defends #DominicCummings decision to find out whether his eyesight was good enough to drive by driving to Barnard Castle with his wife & children.
The victory of Cummings against those who felt he should go (pretty much all of us!) was a turning point for the UK.
The BBC made a public apology for @maitlis’ blistering monologue about Cummings.
Journalism was softened.
Satire all but disappeared.
Here’s a thread about that @BBCNewsnight episode (from May) & how the aftermath that quickly followed triggered a shift within the British media when reporting the #COVID19 pandemic.
https://t.co/xmuWCNsqI2
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