On Monday it was alleged a government department or contractor created then deleted 128 twitter accounts. A story strongly denied.
Yesterday a government adviser implied coronavirus was not really so serious. Which feels way more serious. No official rebuttal.
Yesterday a government adviser implied coronavirus was not really so serious. Which feels way more serious. No official rebuttal.
Politics is it is true a dirty game. But any hope this government would stop playing during the coronavirus crisis has long since been extinguished. And that I think is what generates the most anger, and deserves to do so.
Update: I'm told he may not be a government adviser any more, hence the blank twitter bio. Broader point still holds, is gov cracking down on everything they consider false news, or just everything that's inconvenient and they consider false news?
Fortunately in 1940 we blamed the ultimate decision maker not the messengers. And then Churchill laid out the problems starkly. Oh, and there was also censorship. Unconvincing rewrite of history.
