1/. Extraordinary!
Sir Patrick Vallance yet again washes his hands entirely of any responsibility
Here, @PippaCrerar asks why the whole country isn't in lockdown
“The Tier decisions are not for me,” he says. Really?!
It’s a system designed to ensure the buck stops with no one
Sir Patrick Vallance yet again washes his hands entirely of any responsibility
Here, @PippaCrerar asks why the whole country isn't in lockdown
“The Tier decisions are not for me,” he says. Really?!
It’s a system designed to ensure the buck stops with no one
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1340430737531670531
2/. I’m not a body language expert, but @uksciencechief’s habit of adjusting his glasses, looking away & um-Ing & ah-ing whenever he’s asked a penetrating question is getting wearily familiar.
Here is Vallance being questioned by @Jeremy_Hunt in May.
Here is Vallance being questioned by @Jeremy_Hunt in May.
3/. In July, Vallance claimed he couldn't remember which date SAGE called for lockdown!
"The 18th or the 16th, I don't remember” he said
SAGE’s @JeremyFarrar says it was 13th
If these people’s memories are so bad now, imagine what they will be like in 2022 at a Public Inquiry!
"The 18th or the 16th, I don't remember” he said
SAGE’s @JeremyFarrar says it was 13th
If these people’s memories are so bad now, imagine what they will be like in 2022 at a Public Inquiry!
4/. “Did SAGE advise at an earlier stage that care home workers should be routinely tested?”
“I can’t remember exactly what we recommended on individual measures. I don’t know if we recommended that.”
More memory loss by Vallance, asked about #CareHomes.
“I can’t remember exactly what we recommended on individual measures. I don’t know if we recommended that.”
More memory loss by Vallance, asked about #CareHomes.
5/. “I'm not sure I can tell you.”
When asked why one of the central planks of govt messaging was quietly changed from “preventing a second peak” to “overwhelming the NHS”, Vallance again couldn’t remember
This change fits with a #HerdImmunity strategy.
When asked why one of the central planks of govt messaging was quietly changed from “preventing a second peak” to “overwhelming the NHS”, Vallance again couldn’t remember
This change fits with a #HerdImmunity strategy.
6/. When questioned, Valance also claimed that he couldn’t remember where the crucial - & entirely unscientific - concept of ‘lockdown fatigue’ had come from
Neither could the govt’s top behavioural scientist, #DavidHalpern
This seems to be a pattern across govt on #COVID19.
Neither could the govt’s top behavioural scientist, #DavidHalpern
This seems to be a pattern across govt on #COVID19.
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1290052100215300097
7/. Since #JointBiosecurityCentre who make UK #COVID decisions, doesn't release minutes or even reveal its make up, it is unlikely that the buck will stop with them
The #JBC are intelligence-led, run first by Tom Hurd (MI6) & now by Claire Gardner (GCHQ)
The #JBC are intelligence-led, run first by Tom Hurd (MI6) & now by Claire Gardner (GCHQ)
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1341128853306130432
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