[THREAD] On Matt Hancock
No not his lies:
on a protective ring
on PPE
on ventilators
on when lockdown started
insults to NHS staff or care hoe staff
No not his tone
But the state of:
"Build Back Better"
you couldn't even build a functioning test and trace app
No not his lies:
on a protective ring
on PPE
on ventilators
on when lockdown started
insults to NHS staff or care hoe staff
No not his tone
But the state of:
"Build Back Better"
you couldn't even build a functioning test and trace app
Matt goes to the dim and distant past 
Shame London
If only they all had had Jacob Rees Mogg's common sense
politicshome.com/news/article/j…
If only they all had had Jacob Rees Mogg's common sense
politicshome.com/news/article/j…
And here
"Sir Christopher Wren planned the new city and the rebuilding of London took over 30 years. The site where the fire first started is now marked by a 202-foot monument, which was built between 1671 and 1677."
london-fire.gov.uk/great-fire-of-…
"Sir Christopher Wren planned the new city and the rebuilding of London took over 30 years. The site where the fire first started is now marked by a 202-foot monument, which was built between 1671 and 1677."
london-fire.gov.uk/great-fire-of-…
"This is the story of a city on knife's edge, riven by religious and political tensions, made vulnerable to disaster by its own neglect and avarice."
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
"It is a story of official blunders which turned a minor, commonplace accident into an all-consuming conflagration. It's a story of chaos, mass hysteria, profiteering and racist violence "
On the positive though
Good times for opinion polling companies
theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/pu…
Good times for opinion polling companies
theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/pu…
Not to worry though - cabinet ministers eventually got around to reading that Operation Cygnus report
theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/mi…
theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/mi…
3rd February 2020
"The UK is extremely well prepared for any potential outbreak of an infectious disease – we are one of the first countries in the world to have developed a test for the new virus."
england.nhs.uk/london/2020/02…
"The UK is extremely well prepared for any potential outbreak of an infectious disease – we are one of the first countries in the world to have developed a test for the new virus."
england.nhs.uk/london/2020/02…
On to Matt's final point there
"And the cost of rebuilding the city has been calculated in today’s money at 37 billion pounds.
But that same devastating shock can force people to find new and better ways of doing things."
"And the cost of rebuilding the city has been calculated in today’s money at 37 billion pounds.
But that same devastating shock can force people to find new and better ways of doing things."
No one tell Matt about the cost of brexit *so far*
>£4.4 brexit prep cost
£170bn BOE stimulus cost
>£130bn lost growth (so far)
£39bn liabilities
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£343 billion
>£4.4 brexit prep cost
£170bn BOE stimulus cost
>£130bn lost growth (so far)
£39bn liabilities
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£343 billion
Or remind Matt on his words on proroguing Parliament
(it) would go against “everything that those men who waded on to those beaches fought and died for”, adding: “And I will not have it.”
(it) would go against “everything that those men who waded on to those beaches fought and died for”, adding: “And I will not have it.”
Anyway back to his speech
"And in that there is a lesson for us."
Oh we are back to having lessons again?
"And in that there is a lesson for us."
Oh we are back to having lessons again?
Perhaps there is a simple lesson for Matt
Don't lie
Don't lie
Key point in his speech
Blame Europe for the second wave
Blame anyone for the second wave
"We can see a second wave emerging in Europe and we will do everything in our power to stop it reaching our shores."
Blame Europe for the second wave
Blame anyone for the second wave
"We can see a second wave emerging in Europe and we will do everything in our power to stop it reaching our shores."
"We’ve discovered things about our system that we could not have learned in normal times:"
No you already knew this
That is what Operation Cygnus simulated
What you have is a real life verification of Operation Cygnus
thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-fa…
No you already knew this
That is what Operation Cygnus simulated
What you have is a real life verification of Operation Cygnus
thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-fa…
What Operation Cygnus did not account for
Well is a government in thrall to a rabble cult of cheating lying racist incompetent self serving charlatans who would be so absent, so disastrous at leading a nation
Even they couldn't factor that into their model
Well is a government in thrall to a rabble cult of cheating lying racist incompetent self serving charlatans who would be so absent, so disastrous at leading a nation
Even they couldn't factor that into their model
"We achieved things that people never thought possible"
What like being so shameless you would try selling >65,000 dead as a great success?
What like being so shameless you would try selling >65,000 dead as a great success?
"At the same time, our brilliant scientists drove forward the first robust clinical trial to find an effective treatment for coronavirus."
Like the "OUR" possessive
Exploit them for your political benefit
Never mind the international partnerships working across the globe
Like the "OUR" possessive
Exploit them for your political benefit
Never mind the international partnerships working across the globe
"Coronavirus has catalysed deep structural shifts in healthcare that were already underway"
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
"So for instance, before coronavirus, there were plenty of theories about how to transform health and social care.""
Weird
Theories you say
Your boss said he had a plan
"I am announcing now – on the steps of Downing Street – that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve."
Theories you say
Your boss said he had a plan
"I am announcing now – on the steps of Downing Street – that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve."
He does like saying he has plans
14th June 2016 Daily Telegraph
"To that end, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the two leading figures in the Leave campaign, have drawn up a blueprint for implementing a Brexit. Sensibly, it calls for flexibility and a period of reflection."
14th June 2016 Daily Telegraph
"To that end, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the two leading figures in the Leave campaign, have drawn up a blueprint for implementing a Brexit. Sensibly, it calls for flexibility and a period of reflection."
"And to do this, I’d like to draw on 7 major, cultural lessons that I think we’ve all learnt over the past few months."
"Lesson 1: value our people
The first is that we must value our people and trust them as professionals."
Ah value
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The first is that we must value our people and trust them as professionals."
Ah value
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Let's move onto the next lesson
Because lesson 1 is bullshit
Because lesson 1 is bullshit
"Lesson 2: bust bureaucracy"
Ah that old trope
The mythical if we just cut this layer of bureacracy bullshit
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Ah that old trope
The mythical if we just cut this layer of bureacracy bullshit
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"Lesson 3: better tech means better healthcare"
No
Really
You went there
You have to be f**king kidding
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hancock-…
No
Really
You went there
You have to be f**king kidding
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hancock-…
"The fourth lesson is about open borders"
Note the use of "finally"
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
Note the use of "finally"
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
"Lesson 5: no trust is an island"
I can tell you exactly who in your party I don't trust
Actually scrub that easier to tell you whom I do trust in your cult.
Not one of you.
I can tell you exactly who in your party I don't trust
Actually scrub that easier to tell you whom I do trust in your cult.
Not one of you.
"Lesson 7: the nation’s health is bigger than just the NHS"
You are concerned about inequalities - thats strange given a decade of Tory rule exacerbated those inequalities
You are concerned about inequalities - thats strange given a decade of Tory rule exacerbated those inequalities
I couldn't be bothered reading your concluding bullshit
Because to be honest
It was as tiresome and hollow as the precluding text
Your legacy of a "great success" is something your party will desperately defend and peddle to aid you and them in avoiding their guilt
Because to be honest
It was as tiresome and hollow as the precluding text
Your legacy of a "great success" is something your party will desperately defend and peddle to aid you and them in avoiding their guilt
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