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So, as Dominic Cummings helps mastermind the British government’s response to COVID-19 - most deaths in Europe & counting - the Met police drops investigation into offences that put him there. To those talking about ‘inevitable public inquiry’. You sure?

theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/me…
Met police says it took preliminary advice from CPS & decided ‘no further action will be taken’. Meanwhile, I’m sure it will be no surprise to anyone that the chief executive of Vote Leave is deliberately distorting facts. Vote Leave *admitted* it broke the law in July 2018.
Vote Leave broke the law. It appealed. It failed. It finally admitted it & paid fine. A file was passed to Met Police. But of course it wasn’t Dominic Cummings in the frame. Or even Matt Elliott. No, it was David ‘signed his name on the form’ Halsall
bbc.com/news/uk-politi…
Who he? Well exactly. But you’ve heard of Darren Grimes. The idea that either of them was mastermind behind plan was ridiculous. But theirs were the names on the forms so only they were referred to police, as @_EmmaGH pointed out here
theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
In any other election, we have legal framework that ensures illegality on scale of Vote Leave would see result set aside & election re-run. Instead 61k fine, 2 scapegoats referred to police (now dropped). Those responsible never held to account. Instead they run the country
So, here's why scrutiny & accountability in real time matters. It's not just about holding those responsible to account. It's about learning the lessons. And we haven't. Cummings got away with it. That's the lesson he learned.
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On March 19, multiple people tweeted this at me. The status of COVID-19 had been downgraded. It was no longer a 'high consequence infectious disease'. I didn't retweet it. There has to be some explanation, I thought.

And there was...
From the @bmj: 'On 19 March, the status of covid-19 was downgraded from level 4, the highest threat level, to level 3...

This enabled the required standard of PPE to be lowered for staff in hospitals and to nurse patients in non-infectious settings'
The threat level was downgraded because of 'information available about mortality rates (low overall)'

The guidance hasn't been updated since March 21.

55,000 deaths later it still doesn't fit the category of a 'high consequence infectious disease'. Definition below
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I can’t sleep so here’s a story in 4 screenshots. We first learned of new ‘Joint Biosecurity Centre’ on Sun. On Tues, that 4 friends of Gove/Cummings appointed to key roles in Cabinet Office. Today we learn ‘Biosecurity’ = counterterror/health mash-up. Based in Cabinet Office
Here’s the report by @dansabbagh & @iansample. Friend of Boris Johnson, son of Douglas Hurd counter terror chief in charge

‘Speaking at the launch of the Independent SAGE report, @AllysonPollock said ‘Even the term biosecurity is really worrying’

theguardian.com/world/2020/may…
A major surveillance apparatus has literally been set up overnight in the Cabinet Office. At *exactly* same time Gove & Cummings made 4 political appointees - friends - to senior oversight roles in the Cabinet Office. This cannot be ok. @Keir_Starmer needs to be all over this
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Um. Did anyone know that the cabinet office has ‘non-exec directors’? 4 new ones, all friends of Cummings: 1) ex commissioner of force that dropped investigation into Vote Leave. 2) Chair of Vote Leave. 3) Digital director of Vote Leave 4) someone else
spectator.co.uk/article/boris-…
So to recap, new ‘non-executive director’ of Cabinet Office was chair of organisation found to have committed electoral fraud. And Cabinet Office which last time I checked was part of the Civil Service now has political appointees. Is anyone keeping track of this stuff?
STOP PRESS! The 4th non-exec director appointed to cabinet office? The one who isn’t the ex-chair of Vote Leave, the ex-digital director of Vote Leave, or the ex-head of the police force that dropped its investigation into Vote Leave? Turns out she’s Michael Gove’s ex-girlfriend
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