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Michael Gove just claimed on #Marr that the UK is doing more testing than any other country.

This is an easily disprovable lie of Trumpian proportions.

This was the situation yesterday.

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And this is the situation that Michael Gove's shameless lie about testing was intended to disguise.

The UK is nowhere near having sufficient reliable data to be in a position to safely move out of lockdown.

#Marr #MichaelGove #Gove
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Michael Gove: "Any tips, Mr President?"

Donald Trump: "Sure, Mikey - when you tell a lie, make it a big one. Then tell some more."

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THREAD: Boris Johnson favours military & crime metaphors when talking about the coronavirus ("war against the virus", "the invisible assailant", "mugger", etc.).

They're stupid & misleading, but let's just take them at face value for a moment... 1/
2/ Let’s suppose that Britain had fallen victim to a series of terrorist attacks & that, before mounting these attacks in the UK, the group responsible had carried out similar attacks in other countries & announced its intention to murder as many UK citizens as it could…
3/ … and that intelligence agencies in these other countries had implored the UK to take these threats seriously and take urgent steps against this group, & had shared key intelligence about measures that had proved effective…
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THREAD: Could a track & trace app be useful in helping to control future waves of #Covid_19?

Yes, but it’s only a small part of what’s needed. What’s more, the govt’s approach to this runs counter to much expert advice & raises very serious concerns about data privacy… 1/
2/ Last week 177 cybersecurity & privacy experts, including many leaders in their fields, signed an open letter warning of the ways in which data gathered by the app could be used for surveillance by the state or private corporations.
businessinsider.nl/cybersecurity-…
3/ But surely the govt would not allow this to happen? Well, look at the corporations that are already involved in the NHSX coronavirus data project.

Palantir – owned by far-right US billionaire Peter Thiel & a contractor for the CIA and ICE in the US…
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Isaac Levido brought in to handle Covid19 comms for govt at end of March. Former right-hand man to Lynton "Dead Cat" Crosby.

Along with Stephenson & de Zoete, who ran comms for notoriously dishonest Vote Leave campaign.

Fake NHS accounts set up in April.
campaignlive.co.uk/article/downin…
NB: At the same time as Levido, Stephenson and de Zoete were brought in to handle coronavirus comms, so too was Ben Guerin, from an agency previously exposed for "astroturfing campaigns on behalf of major polluters."

Fake NHS accounts set up in April.
theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
I have no idea if Ben Guerin was involved in the fake NHS staff accounts. But this article on his "creative" use of social media to help get Boris Johnson elected makes interesting reading. Note he defends passing off Tory Press Office as Fact Check UK.
smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
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