KB: How close are we to a national lockdown?
MH: #COVID19 is accelerating
KB: Yes, but how close are we to national lockdown?
MH: I want to avoid a lockdown
KB: Yes, but how close are we to national lockdown?
MH: Lockdown is the last line of defence
MH: #COVID19 is accelerating
KB: Yes, but how close are we to national lockdown?
MH: I want to avoid a lockdown
KB: Yes, but how close are we to national lockdown?
MH: Lockdown is the last line of defence
When, in June, @KayBurley asked @MattHancock why the contact tracing app won’t be operational before the easing of lockdown, he didn’t seem too concerned.
In fact, he could hardly stop laughing
At the time, tens of thousands of people had died. #COVID19
In fact, he could hardly stop laughing
At the time, tens of thousands of people had died. #COVID19
When @MattHancock says he realised in Feb COVID was “the single biggest issue that's about to hit us” @KayBurley is incredulous
He knew & didn’t DO anything!
“Did you tell the Prime Minister?” she asks
“Yes,” he replies. “I told him right at the start.”
He knew & didn’t DO anything!
“Did you tell the Prime Minister?” she asks
“Yes,” he replies. “I told him right at the start.”
The PM was told about #COVID19 at the beginning of January, presumably after he got back from Mustique
On 30/1, @WHO declared #COVID a global emergency
On 14/1 @BorisJohnson told BBC: “We’re working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong.”
On 30/1, @WHO declared #COVID a global emergency
On 14/1 @BorisJohnson told BBC: “We’re working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong.”
"We need to restore the clapper to bong Big Ben on Brexit night."
In this interview, @BorisJohnson’s main concern is raising £500,000 for a clapper
The first time the PM mentions #COVID19 publicly was in his now infamous #GreenwichSpeech on 3 February.
In this interview, @BorisJohnson’s main concern is raising £500,000 for a clapper
The first time the PM mentions #COVID19 publicly was in his now infamous #GreenwichSpeech on 3 February.
If you’ve not seen the #GreenwichSpeech, it’s not your fault
It had almost zero media coverage
In April, me & @peterjukes got a tip off about it
It not only helps explain the #HerdImmunityScandal, but offers clues as to the govt’s wider #COVID strategy.
It had almost zero media coverage
In April, me & @peterjukes got a tip off about it
It not only helps explain the #HerdImmunityScandal, but offers clues as to the govt’s wider #COVID strategy.
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1252354324136521736?s=21https://t.co/BCjHbCHFJr
On 6 May at #PMQs @BorisJohnson said there would go from:
2,000 tests/day in March;
to 120,000 tests/day at end of April;
to 200,000 tests/day by end of May;
“...& then go even higher”
That was more than 4 months ago
(via @Under_Covid)
#TestingScandal
2,000 tests/day in March;
to 120,000 tests/day at end of April;
to 200,000 tests/day by end of May;
“...& then go even higher”
That was more than 4 months ago
(via @Under_Covid)
#TestingScandal
The PM’s promised increase didn’t happen
Compare the increase in #COVID19 testing capacity (grey line) between:
* 1 April - 1 June (2 months): massive increase
* 1 June - mid-September (3.5 months): small increase then levelling off
NB: This is capacity NOT #COVID tests done
Compare the increase in #COVID19 testing capacity (grey line) between:
* 1 April - 1 June (2 months): massive increase
* 1 June - mid-September (3.5 months): small increase then levelling off
NB: This is capacity NOT #COVID tests done
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