"So instead of this one-size-fits-all testing regime, we should have a more reactive strategy — one that uses the benefits of specificity and sensitivity in certain scenarios while mitigating their downsides in others."
"The proposal is to have three tiers of testing each appropriate to the level of disease in the regional population." Dr Clare Craig
It does not serve the interests of citizens, for the response to COVID-19, to be politicised.
"Johnson said during his visit: “The Union is a fantastically strong institution. It’s helped our country through thick and thin, it’s very, very valuable in terms of the support we’ve been able to give to everybody throughout all corners of the UK.”"
"Asked if he was politicising the crisis, Johnson said: “Of course not."
“It’s very, very important to look at the way the whole of the UK can bounce back stronger together.”
#LiarJohnson overlooks imminent damage from Brexit with/without a deal with EU - HIS political choice!
"Sturgeon said Treasury cash was “not some kind of favour” to Scots."
“Let’s be clear, this is borrowed money and the reason it is coming to the Scottish Government from the UK Government is the UK Government holds the borrowing powers that Scotland doesn’t hold,” she said.
“Scottish taxpayers will pay the cost of that borrowing in the same way as taxpayers across the UK will, so it is not some kind of favour that is being done for Scotland."
“And if the Scottish Government held the borrowing powers we would be able to provide that support directly, and perhaps we would be able to have greater flexibility in how we design these schemes.”
Perhaps, UK Government is failing to focus on the day job!!
Allocation of multiple government contracts without tendering or scrutiny, to companies with little or no proven expertise to fulfil the contracts, diverts resources from response to COVID-19!
@ArgyleBecky I think the starting point for EVERYONE before they embarrass themselves by spouting ill-informed opinions that highlight their ignorance is a simple question:
WHAT IS A GENDER IDENTITY?
@ArgyleBecky I confess, before the prefabricated uproar surrounding @scotgov Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, I was confident I knew the answer based on my assumptions and insights gleaned from media reporting.
@ArgyleBecky @scotgov Of course, like most people, my assumptions are based on lived experience and what is reported of other's experiences.
However, this provided little or no insight into the actual lived experiences of others and how their views differed from mine and most others.
@weegingerdug The future outcome of #COVID19 pandemic was pre-determined by the actions of politicians in the years preceding #COVID19.
Little could have been done that would have saved the lives of all that have been lost. ❤️
@weegingerdug Yet, reports of successes around the world - in containment, testing and tracing - could have been taken onboard if not, simply copied in order to lessen the economic and human losses.
So, our politicians complained of their perceived loss of freedoms and of government control!
@weegingerdug Let us not forget how it was reported that #Johnson sought to prioritise PPE supplies for England before Scotland, Wales and NI.
#GE2024 is but one election albeit an important one.
This is NOT the end of a 'tale' BUT merely, the beginning of a new chapter in a neverending journey ... made in Scotland, by the people of Scotland, for Scotland!
Come ONE, Come ALL!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - One For All and All For One!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - It's Coming Yet, WHEN Scots are Ready!
#GE2024 is but one election albeit an important one.
This is NOT the end of a 'tale' BUT merely, the beginning of a new chapter in a neverending journey ... made in Scotland, by the people of Scotland, for Scotland!
Come ONE, Come ALL!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - One For All and All For One!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - It's Coming Yet, WHEN Scot's are Ready!
@UnrollHelper "Liz Truss’s and Kwasi Kwarteng’s 2012 free-market treatise Britannia Unchained has shot up the sales charts, hitting the top spot on Amazon rankings for books on “economic conditions”. It costs £19.55 for the paperback."
@UnrollHelper Ought to come with a health warning for the nation's economy!
@UnrollHelper “The key is to make sure that failure is survivable,” is one of the book’s insights. “In the early stages of a project, failure need not be a disaster.”
"This is likely to provide scant consolation to Tory MPs facing the threat of losing their seats at the next election."