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3 Jan, 7 tweets, 3 min read
NEW: @BorisJohnson on schools:

-Parents should ‘absolutely’ send kids to primary schools tomorrow, in the areas that they are open.
-‘Schools are safe’. The risk to kids and staff is ‘small’.

#Marr
PM avoids question of whether he will consider govt legal action against councils who close schools.

‘I don’t think that’s the case’ that local authorities have taken things into their own hands.

#Marr
PM says ‘the priority has got to be children’s education’.

Sounds like (understandably) PM cannot guarantee all schools will open on Jan 18th. ‘We’ve got to be realistic’ about pace and impact of new variant.

#Marr
Ooft. PM on the possibility of a Tier 5 or tougher restrictions:

‘It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I’m fully reconciled to that.’

#Marr
PM doesn’t seem to be across numbers of Pfizer and AZ vaccines be distributed.

But he says it is ‘absurd’ retired doctors are being asked to go through ‘pointless bureaucracy’ to sign up as vaccine volunteers.

#Marr
A vaccine rollout commitment from the PM:

‘We will be able to do tens of millions in the course of the next three months.’

#Marr
PM again: COVID restrictions are ‘probably about to get tougher’.

Key question: Why wait?

#Marr

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More from @joepike

4 Jan
BREAKING: @BorisJohnson confirms National Lockdown in England until mid Feb.

-Key message: Stay At Home.
ONLY leave home for:

A) Work (if WFH impossible)

B) Shopping for necessities

C) Exercise with 1 other person (either your household or 1 person, not both)

D) Care/ helping vulnerable person

E) Medical care or threat of harm/violence
NEW: Clinically extremely vulnerable should begin shielding.
Read 11 tweets
30 Oct 20
BREAK: Serious warning from scientists in new dump of SAGE docs.

From 14 Oct:
-In England, infection & hospital admission levels breaching Reasonable Worst Case planning scenario.
-Daily deaths now at Reasonable Worst Case levels & 'highly likely' to exceed them within 2 weeks
More from SAGE:

-Evidence that individuals haven't changed behaviour and are meeting same number of contacts as in past 2 months.
-US studies suggest restaurants and bars are particularly risky environments.
-Current outlook is 'concerning', if no 'decisive interventions'.

/2
Significant warning from govt scientific advisers on household mixing:

-'The frequency of interhousehold contacts needs to be reduced to curtail transmission, whereas limiting group size alone has only a marginal effect'.

/3
Read 4 tweets
30 Oct 20
This seems significant.

‘I cannot agree with [Jeremy Corbyn’s] statement following the publication of the EHRC report’.

Clear split in opinion in the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs:
NEW: Unite’s @LenMcCluskey:

-Decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn was ‘wrong’ and ‘unjust’.
-‘We’ve been knocked off the rails’ by his suspension.
-Hope we can resolve this and move on.
-Message to members: ‘stay in the party’.
NEW: 'It seems we are drifting towards a hell of a row'.

Statement from @johnmcdonnellMP:
Read 11 tweets
29 Oct 20
BREAK: @jeremycorbyn suspended from Labour Party:

“In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation. He has also had the whip removed from the Parliamentary Labour Party.”
NEW: I understand @JeremyCorbyn’s reaction to being suspended from Labour was complete shock: ‘What?!’
NEW: I have just interviewed @jeremycorbyn (again). This time in response to his suspension from Labour.

Full broadcast pool interview on BBC/ITV soon. And on @skynews here:

Read 5 tweets
20 Sep 20
Labour leader @Keir_Starmer is now live on @RidgeOnSunday. Tell @SophyRidgeSky:

-Supports fines for people breaking self-isolation rules.
-COVID testing 'is barely serviceable' and 'a major problem'.
-Reporting neighbours to police 'depends on the circumstances'.

#Ridge
.@Keir_Starmer to @SophyRidgeSky:

-Govt has 'lost control of testing' so unsure where the virus is.
-PM should apologise.
-PM should restart daily briefings.
-Children should be prioritised for tests.

#Ridge
.@Keir_Starmer to @SophyRidgeSky:

-'I cannot believe we did not scenario plan' for kids returning to school and getting ill.
-Big difference between him at Corbyn: need to listen to those who didn't vote Labour or never have.

#Ridge
Read 17 tweets
30 Jul 20
BREAK: I understand @Jackson_Carlaw has resigned as leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

More soon.
One source tells me Mr Carlaw has been a 'lifelong servant of the Scottish Conservatives but it just hasn't worked out'.

Focus now on a successor. I understand Ruth Davidson may play a role but will NOT come back as leader.

Some suggestion that MP @Douglas4Moray may run.
Full resignation statement from Jackson Carlaw:
Read 11 tweets

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