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15 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Marcus Rashford Launches Commons Petition For Free School Meals In England Over October Half-Term And Christmas

Wales has today decided to provide free meals over half-term
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/marcus-r…
.@MarcusRashford said: “The school holidays used to be a highlight of the year for children. Today, it is met with anxiety from those as young as 7-years old.”
.@MarcusRashford looks like he's going to hit the 100k signatures (required for a Commons debate) within A SINGLE DAY.
It's already on 37k after just a few hours.
It's currently going up by 140 signatures every minute, so at this rate it will hit 100k by around 5.30pm tonight (if my maths are correct!)

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15 Oct
BREAKING NEWS.
Latest score just in:

Rashford 100,000, Johnson Nil

@MarcusRashford has smashed the 100k petition signature threshold required for a Commons debate *in a single day*.

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/marcus-r… Image
Full details:
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/marcus-r…
If you count from the time @MarcusRashford first tweeted a link to his petition around 7am, this is the 2nd fastest ever 100k petition of parliament.

The fastest of all time was a petition in March to close schools and colleges cos of Covid.
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15 Oct
So, Boris Johnson has flatly rejected @MarcusRashford call for free school meal help to be given to poor kids over Christmas and other holidays.

No.10 spokesman: “It’s not for schools to regularly provide food to pupils during the school holidays..."
Full story:
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/marcus-r…
Meanwhile, the public are backing @MarcusRashford and his petition. Looks like it will easily hit the 100k signatures needed *within a single day*. Image
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14 Oct
Tories 'Showed Contempt' For Public By Deserting Commons During Covid Debate, Says Labour

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/empty-to…
Here's the Tory benches during #PMQs, (max capacity given soc distancing)
Here are the Tory benches during the Covid debate. A sea of green.
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14 Oct
MI5 Chief Warns Of Growing Far-Right Terror Threat And Praises Black Lives Matter Impact

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mi5-ken-…
Fascinating to chat to Ken McCallum today. Main lines in his briefing
* MI5 wants a really diverse workforce and admits it has been 'outright racist' to staff in past, more frequently shown 'inadvertent' bias
* Far-right growth driven by young people, with online US + other links
* terrorists are searching different targets because of empty streets caused by coronavirus; spies finding new ways of tracking them
* “whenever my phone rings late in the evening, my stomach lurches” in case it is a terror attack
* backs longer prison/licence time for terrorists
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12 Oct
Here's the latest Sage minutes data dump re Covid

gov.uk/government/col…
Includes this key Sage recommendation "for immediate introduction".
Of these, the only one that @BorisJohnson went with was reversing his 'go to the office' advice.
Of course, it's possible the economists said these measures wd do more economic harm than needed.
But note the lines about: national changes needed; acting now (September) will reduce the time needed for the measures overall
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12 Oct
Full list of Tier 2 and Tier 3 areas just issued by No.10

Tier 3:
Tier 2:
More Tier 2:
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