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28 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The usual dimwit band of Brexiteers will be as wrong on Brexit as they have been on CV19– but it will all be too late

A standard technique for torturers is to 1st show the victim the misery that is going to be inflicted upon them before actually doing it independent.co.uk/voices/coronav…
Not just Brexit as a torture regime but. CV19 too. Do you have a sense that having read and agreed with this our job is good enough?

Well I get that. Because, although I do not not agree I have no sense, given the political party disengagement WHAT THE HELL I CAN DO
“We have, for the most part, got used to our state of suspended animation, our permanent life in limbo, waiting & waiting for the miseries of Brexit to appear and them never quite arriving.“

How many of us wait but do not act because we do not know what act will have an effect
Have we got TOO used to that state of “suspended animation” waiting and waiting for the miseries of Brexit to appear”.

Great article but why does @tompeck pretend he MIGHT deliver

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29 Nov
“It was meant to be the meeting in which the Home Office’s top official reassured senior civil servants that, whether or not Priti Patel had bullied them, they were all still valued and listened to. Then he would draw a line under the matter.

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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 Profile picture
29 Nov
Over 16,500 people have been admitted to critical care with Covid since the start of the crisis. This report concentrates on the 5770 admitted since September.

There is a reporting lag.
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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 Profile picture
29 Nov
Exactly this. 1/ Any FTA vote is not binding due to the stunning stupidity of MPs giving away its powers under the GRAGS Act last October.

2/ And by being too scared to be anything other than passive on Brexit this last year a vote FOR the deal is a signal of its acceptability.
3/. Any FTA that would be remotely acceptable to Johnson will lead to a world of disruption and pain. Better than No Deal on tariffs and licences. Sure. But still terrible disruption, expense, businesses going under. All the more so without a long implementation period
4/. And Starmer have barely signalled any resistance. Let alone committed resistance. Not even to press for an extension. So - sure- a vote for the deal will come back to haunt them because the disruption, costs & losses will be bad - and they went along all the way.
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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 Profile picture
28 Nov
🦠🦠🦠 15,871 new cases. No information on tests processed for yesterday

⚰️⚰️⚰️ 479 (28 day deaths) v 341 a week ago, but under reported.

🏥 Admissions likely over 1500 a day looking at the most recent data from each country. Slowing slowly but not dropping like a stone. ImageImage
🛌 IN hospital. 15,712 on Thursday. Very gradual reduction.

The reductions in cases and hospitalisations are very welcome. But, given restrictions are being raised next week, Christmas is coming, they still seem far too high. Image
ENGLAND specific data from @JoePajak together with ENGLAND trend graphs.
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26 Nov
Dispelling Disinformation: If COVID-19 Doesn't Kill the Young and Fit, Why Can't We Just Ignore It? – Byline Times

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And how can they care for us, whatever our condition if they are laid low by Covid?
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Are they to be written off because they have diabetes (1 in 4 adults) or high blood pressure or obesity (1 in 4)
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26 Nov
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“ Few had a wider understanding of how the economy’s growth performance might affect them and thought GDP was “economic jargon and a turn-off”, according to Mr Runge.
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