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17 Jan, 24 tweets, 11 min read
Staff 'pressured to go back to work' in breach of UK Covid rules.

1 in 9 employees say they were ordered to return, while firms avoid HSE fines for breaking regulations.

Yet the Govt’s only narrative is to blame the public for not adhering to the rules. theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
2/ HSE inspectors have not issued any enforcement notices on companies for Covid safety breaches since the start of the latest lockdown, despite having been contacted 2,945 times between 6-14 January about safety issues.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
3/ The Govt narrative is to blame & threaten with heavy fines, those who fail to comply, but

Of 97,000 Covid safety cases the HSE has dealt with during the pandemic, only 0.1% appear to have resulted in the issuing of an improvement or prohibition notice
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
4/ @BorisJohnson Govt narrative is to blame, & threaten with heavy fines, those who fail to comply, but..

No company has been prosecuted by the HSE for a Covid-related breach.
@BorisJohnson Govt narrative is to blame, & threaten with heavy fines, those who fail to comply, but....

Covid outbreaks in workplaces rose by almost 70% in 1st week of national lockdown, with 175 Covid case clusters reported in English workplaces
theguardian.com/society/2020/j…
6/ @BorisJohnson Govt narrative is to blame those, & threaten with heavy fines, those who fail to comply. But..

There’s evidence that families on low incomes are avoiding the Covid testing system because they cannot afford to isolate if they test positive
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
@BorisJohnson Govt narrative is to blame those, & threaten with heavy fines, those who fail to comply. But...

The cost of isolating to those on low incomes is too high and;

Red tape is hampering access to the government’s £500 compensation payments..

theguardian.com/society/2021/j…
8/ @BorisJohnson Govt narrative is to blame, & threaten with heavy fines, those who fail to comply. But...

New polling carried out by the TUC shows that fewer than half of workers are in workplaces with Covid-secure risk assessments.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
9/ With thousands of staff pressured to return to work & many bosses escaping punishment, @BorisJohnson Govt continues its focus on the failure of some people to comply with the rules - with the release of a advert warning that “grabbing a coffee can kill”
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
10/ This comes as the latest Public Health England surveillance data suggests workplace infections surged as people returned to work in January.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
11/ Some non essential retailers are pressuring staff to come in to make sales calls under the guise of click & collect.

Yet @BorisJohnson Govt still continues its narrative, threatening the public & individuals with heavy fines.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…
12/ Scotland has banned customers collecting goods ordered online.

In England, businesses are allowed to provide click & collect services.

Govt covid guidelines state: “You must not leave, or be outside of your home except where necessary”
gov.uk/guidance/natio…
13/ Also, in Scotland, a legal obligation has been placed on employers to ensure people can work from home wherever possible.

In England, businesses only have to facilitate working from home.

@BorisJohnson Govt still focuses on threatening the public.
gov.scot/publications/c…
14/ Tradespeople in England are still allowed to carry out all types of work in people’s homes - with some businesses ordering their employees to do non-essential work - creating unnecessary risk & extra opportunity for virus transmission.
gov.uk/guidance/natio…
15/ Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary has accused the Govt of having a “phoney lockdown” & said:

“With intensive care beds filling up and the virus still at sky-high prevalence, breaking transmission chains is urgent...

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
16/ @JonAshworth lambasted @BorisJohnson Govt

“Employees who don’t need to be there shouldn’t be forced into work, & those ill with Covid should be provided with decent sick pay and financial support to isolate”....

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
16/ @JonAshworth slammed the Govt:

“For ministers to have still failed to put in place these fundamentals is unforgivable.”.

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “If the govt is upping enforcement, ministers should start with employers who break Covid safety rules”
17/ As @BorisJohnson Govt gets further out of touch with the public over Covid -
- in a new poll, a majority of voters now view the Govt as not responding fast or strongly enough to the virus.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
18/ HOC Monday - Opposition debate on stopping planned cut to Universal Credit & Working Tax Credit in April

Labour is seeking to embarrass the Govt further after Marcus Rashford intervened last week over free school meals for low income families.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
@BorisJohnson steps up pernicious attacks on the low paid - multimillion contracts for Tory cronies

The half-term free school meals & £5.22 food parcel fiascos, now Tory MPs told “vote to cut UC £20”.

No wonder the low paid can’t afford to isolate.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
theguardian.com/society/2021/j…
20/ Poor families' living costs have surged during pandemic, UK study finds.

Thinktank urges ministers to keep £20 Universal Credit top-up & increase other benefits

Boris Johnson has appeared to hint that he was minded to go ahead with the UC reduction.
resolutionfoundation.org
21/ @BorisJohnson Government’s view of people as rule-breaking chancers is being used as a distraction from the Conservatives’ failures. They must not get away with it.

The British public are careful & calm - the problem is Johnson’s Government isn’t.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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9 Jan
Another excellent @BylineTimes article highlighting the dangerous ideology of the Covid19 denialists -
- who it seems have now taken to pushing their dangerous propaganda via a leaflet (see article) now being posted through letterboxes in Southeast England
bylinetimes.com/2021/01/07/wer…
2/ In this leaflet titled “Back To Normal” 🤦‍♀️ the Covid denialists twist facts to support their dangerous “herd immunity” theory.

They quote Sweden as a success story - a Royal Society of Medicine article differs - @toadmeister take note.

rsm.ac.uk/media-releases…
3/ Royal Society of Medicine

Covid19: herd immunity in Sweden fails to materialise
12 Aug 2020

Sweden’s policy of allowing the controlled spread of Covid19 viral infection among the population has so far failed to deliver the country’s previously stated goal of herd immunity...
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5 Jan
@BorisJohnson gaslighting dither & delay Government helped create conditions for the new covid strain to emerge

1/ When it became clear that schoolchildren were likely contributing significantly to the spread of the virus, his Government denied & issued legal threats to schools
2/ Scientists issued repeated warnings that allowing households to mix during Xmas would lead to a surge in cases.

@BorisJohnson Government refused to heed that advice, U-turned predictably days before Xmas, causing chaos to people’s plans, with crowded scenes at train stations.
3/ Viruses mutate & adapt as they multiply and, if we continue to have high levels of transmission in the population i.e. more cases, this provides fertile ground for new mutations to arise.

Sadly, but very avoidably, this is exactly what @BorisJohnson Government has provided.
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21 Dec 20
MAJOR FAILURE OF COVID RELATED SERVICES AT UK BORDERS

Nearly 2 million passengers entered UK June to September 2020.

Launched by the Home Secretary, run by 2 private firms, the Isolation Assurance Service only made contact with 3.5% (66,800) to ensure they were isolating🤦‍♀️
2/ The Government’s half-hearted, privatised approach to critical COVID-related services also extending to virus control at Britain’s borders by the IAS appears to have failed to ensure self-isolation by international travellers.
Source: Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020
3/ When launching the IAS in June, Home Secretary Priti Patel said Public Health England (PHE) would “undertake checks and ensure that people understand and are following the rules”....
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18 Dec 20
DISABILITY BENEFITS
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020

1/ DWP continues its disgusting campaign of discrimination some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Govt is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of disabled people.
DISABILITY BENEFITS
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020

2/ The Government is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of severely disabled people, who have already been left £60 a month worse off after moving to universal credit (UC).
3/ Initially they (severely disabled) faced losing all of their old “severe disability premium” payments of around £180 under the previous system when they were switched to the much-criticised UC....
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17 Dec 20
@BorisJohnson fails to “take back control” for Britain’s fishing communities.

1/ With the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 Jan 2020 fast approaching, Britain’s fishermen face possible ruin as Johnson’s Govt fails to negotiate new fishing quotas with Norway.
2/ With much fanfare surrounding UK’s first fishing deal as an “independent coastal state” with Norway, there is currently no legal basis for UK Fisheries’ distant-waters vessels to fish cod from the end of this year.
3/ Meanwhile, the Norwegians, under their present fishing deal with the European Union, will continue to be able to fish for Arctic cod in the North Sea – bringing it ashore to the UK.
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16 Dec 20
Safety Secrets.
Private Eye 4-18 Dec 2020.

1/ With Covid-19 deaths in care homes rising disastrously, according to latest available figures, the Govt’s policy on discharging hospital patients is again under scrutiny.
2/ Virus-positive patients are meant to be sent to local authority “designated” homes or settings, rated by the CQC as “good” or “outstanding” & “Covid-19 assured”. This means they meet 8 criteria to prevent & control infection, to protect visitors, staff & patients.
3/ But neither CQC nor the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) will reveal which homes are on the designated list - despite a clear public interest to do so....
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