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One thing the Cummings row does is distract from this crushing Sunday Times review into @BorisJohnson failure to get on top of #coronavirus in March. And the lives that cost. It’s long and behind paywalls, but some key nuggets../1

thetimes.co.uk/article/three-…
Nugget one: weird case of edited vid message in which @BorisJohnson says on March 2 it’s “business as usual” as far as possible. When world is locking down. /2
Nugget 2: the whole @BorisJohnson handshaking debacle - the message it sent, the lives it maybe cost. /3
Nugget 4 - the scientists who were clear that U.K. was lagging behind. This is not all “with the benefit of hindsight” /5
And finally. The government statement...the same weary mantra that doesn’t engage with the facts. ENDS
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NEW/EXC. Back in real world. The UK is nowhere close to meeting the target for 50,000 customs agents it needs for #Brexit, and the govt. "misleading" about it - haulage, customs chiefs tell me. Stay with me briefly. It's mad. /1Thread

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The need for 50,000 officers is an industry estimate, but one recognised repeatedly by @michaelgove in Parliament. Here is @hilarybennmp asking Gove about it at Select Commitee on April 27 - he doesn't dispute the figure. /2

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@michaelgove @hilarybennmp Why do we need so many? Well exact volumes are had to predict (because no data since we've not been doing customs with EU) but @NAOorguk estimate is an additional 200m declarations, with 140,000+ companies doing it for first time. /3 nao.org.uk/report/the-cus…
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So. About that #coronavirus Ventilator Challenge? National Audit office @NAOorguk report says the bill is set come to £454m...of which £200m is already spent...for 2,000 ventilators so-far delivered @Tabby_Kinder reports with me and @Michael_Pooler/1

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@NAOorguk @Tabby_Kinder @Michael_Pooler The report is here...this is the line. But there is lots of detail we dont know...like how much was 'wasted' on the cancelled projects? Or how much was paid to @PA_Consulting to run the project? /2

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@NAOorguk @Tabby_Kinder @Michael_Pooler @PA_Consulting We do know that James Dyson said last month that his company had spent £20m on its CoVent ventilators after officials cancelled a provisional order for 10,000. He said he would foot the bill himself. /3
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So. The UK @michaelgove has set out their broad approach to the Irish Protocol - more detail later - but quick take is that it does at least recognise UK obligations in Protocol - even if it interprets them very differently. Also lots is left unclear. /1

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
@michaelgove This is the legal/fundamental core of the UK argument and why it wants to apply the Protocol in this way - NO infrastructure for GB-NI (even tho it accepts need for checks/docs) and NO export summary decs NI-GB, which is an 'ask'. /2
@michaelgove So this sections covers a LOT of ground. If no infrastructure, then checks on the boat, presumably, that means a LOT of work to do to operationalise this by Jan 1 2021.

Biz is more worried about this stuff btw, than tariffs. Little detail also on VAT system - which is complex /3
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