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I am going to do a thread on several numbers
1
2,996
4,494
43,730
106,158
I am going to do a thread on several numbers
1
2,996
4,494
43,730
106,158
Now
We go back into the dim and distant past in British politics
We go back over 2 decades
A lesson from the past
Now I am going to focus on the words of two politicians
Two politicians who have held high offices in this land
And I am going to agree with their words
We go back into the dim and distant past in British politics
We go back over 2 decades
A lesson from the past
Now I am going to focus on the words of two politicians
Two politicians who have held high offices in this land
And I am going to agree with their words
So those with a long memory
May have already figured out perhaps what I am going to do based on the first two numbers
And you'd be right
So let me get going on the journey
In my first post
I deliberately anonymised those numbers
Let me now give them context
May have already figured out perhaps what I am going to do based on the first two numbers
And you'd be right
So let me get going on the journey
In my first post
I deliberately anonymised those numbers
Let me now give them context
1 Princess Diana or Margaret
2,996 9/11
The final 3 are UK coronavirus death tolls:
4,494 (5th April 2020)
43,730 (30th June 2020)
106,158 (1st February 2021)
2,996 9/11
The final 3 are UK coronavirus death tolls:
4,494 (5th April 2020)
43,730 (30th June 2020)
106,158 (1st February 2021)
27th April 2020
“I know that there will be many people looking now at our apparent success, and beginning to wonder whether now is the time to go easy on those social-distancing measures.”
independent.co.uk/voices/boris-j…
“I know that there will be many people looking now at our apparent success, and beginning to wonder whether now is the time to go easy on those social-distancing measures.”
independent.co.uk/voices/boris-j…
30th July 2020
"Clearly this country has had a massive success now in reducing the numbers of those tragic deaths,"
standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-…
"Clearly this country has had a massive success now in reducing the numbers of those tragic deaths,"
standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-…
15th July 2020
Now this exchange from "Captain Hindsight" and "Lion King" Boris Johnson (as one of his MP's calls him)
Imagine normalising this from a PM
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Now this exchange from "Captain Hindsight" and "Lion King" Boris Johnson (as one of his MP's calls him)
Imagine normalising this from a PM
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Don't worry
I am not going to do a Boris and talk about hysteria or contagion
“There is, among a section of the population, a kind of hysteria, a contagious mourning of the kind that I remember in 1997 after the death of the Princess of Wales,”
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
I am not going to do a Boris and talk about hysteria or contagion
“There is, among a section of the population, a kind of hysteria, a contagious mourning of the kind that I remember in 1997 after the death of the Princess of Wales,”
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Instead I am going to focus on the words of two other politicians
Now I could have anonymised those quotes for bit longer
So that you could read the rest of the thread for longer before knowing the identity of who said the words
My question to you would be
Why does it matter who said them
You can agree or disagree with the words
So that you could read the rest of the thread for longer before knowing the identity of who said the words
My question to you would be
Why does it matter who said them
You can agree or disagree with the words
To give the proper historical context
This is about when is a good time to "bury bad news"
And stories from when Labour were last in power
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/182390…
This is about when is a good time to "bury bad news"
And stories from when Labour were last in power
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/182390…
So that's the historical back drop
Now the reason why I picked this
Is because I have already done a thread
On the death toll of coronavirus
I did this back in august of 2020
And it was to try and put a context around *at that point* the number of deaths & roundup of so far
Now the reason why I picked this
Is because I have already done a thread
On the death toll of coronavirus
I did this back in august of 2020
And it was to try and put a context around *at that point* the number of deaths & roundup of so far
This thread I am actually focusing on a different topic
I want to know
If exploiting the death of a Princess was bad
And exploiting the deaths of 9/11 was bad
How bad is exploiting coronavirus?
I want to know
If exploiting the death of a Princess was bad
And exploiting the deaths of 9/11 was bad
How bad is exploiting coronavirus?
So I am going to use the quote from the article above and counterpoint it with the quote from Theresa May
Now I have questions and they are really simple questions:
1) Which MPs
2) Which minister?
3) What evidence did they have for the damage of brexit?
4) What evidence do they have for the damage of covid?
5) How low can you stoop to exploit the dead?
1) Which MPs
2) Which minister?
3) What evidence did they have for the damage of brexit?
4) What evidence do they have for the damage of covid?
5) How low can you stoop to exploit the dead?
Those are broader questions
So I am only going to focus on question 5 there
Imagine exploiting the dead of covid to bury the bad news of brexit
So I am only going to focus on question 5 there
Imagine exploiting the dead of covid to bury the bad news of brexit
Imagine exploiting the dead of covid
The socioeconomic disaster of covid to bury the bad news of brexit
The socioeconomic disaster of covid to bury the bad news of brexit
I don't know how as a person
You actually get to a point where you justify that decision
You actually get to a point where you justify that decision
Now given that the UK had left the EU on 31st January 2020
There was always the choice to have an extension during 2020 to the transition period
You want to know you are transitioning to a decent state
And that you focus on a pandemic doesn't suffer from two major crisis'
There was always the choice to have an extension during 2020 to the transition period
You want to know you are transitioning to a decent state
And that you focus on a pandemic doesn't suffer from two major crisis'
And a reminder
Conservative politicians wanted to exploit the coronavirus crisis to heap more pressure on the EU during negotiations
express.co.uk/news/uk/131763…
Conservative politicians wanted to exploit the coronavirus crisis to heap more pressure on the EU during negotiations
express.co.uk/news/uk/131763…
I would ask Michael Portillo how that went for him?
Exploiting the coronavirus crisis
But I don't think he could ever answer honestly so there would be no point
Exploiting the coronavirus crisis
But I don't think he could ever answer honestly so there would be no point
So having posed the basic simple question on what you are prepared to exploit
It's now a pivot
I am instead going to focus on Theresa May and Chris Grayling
And their behaviour whilst in office
It's now a pivot
I am instead going to focus on Theresa May and Chris Grayling
And their behaviour whilst in office
On suppressing reports
Imagine being a victim of 9/11
Imagine a Home Secretary doing this
Perhaps she was ordered to by a PM and was just following orders
Maybe she wasn't
Who knows
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
Imagine being a victim of 9/11
Imagine a Home Secretary doing this
Perhaps she was ordered to by a PM and was just following orders
Maybe she wasn't
Who knows
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
Imagine suppressing reports
Why if you can suppress a report on a terrorist attack
Then suppressing reports on the positives of immigration
That's childs play
The question is why do you fear those reports Theresa?
civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar…
Why if you can suppress a report on a terrorist attack
Then suppressing reports on the positives of immigration
That's childs play
The question is why do you fear those reports Theresa?
civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar…
And to wrap up how to bury bad news
Here is Theresa May and her office
On how to deal with a whistleblower on electoral cheating
Imagine normalising this
pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/26/he-…
Here is Theresa May and her office
On how to deal with a whistleblower on electoral cheating
Imagine normalising this
pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/26/he-…
I have selected the examples above as they compare with Theresa and Chris who I used the quotes from
There are a range of other parties who also choose their scheduling for bad news
express.co.uk/news/uk/786048…
There are a range of other parties who also choose their scheduling for bad news
express.co.uk/news/uk/786048…
So to round up and move back to covid
Yes there will always be those that seek to exploit covid
See autocrats
economist.com/leaders/2020/0…
Yes there will always be those that seek to exploit covid
See autocrats
economist.com/leaders/2020/0…
Why Dominic Raab even warned us of other countries that might exploit coronavirus
Shame he couldn't focus on himself, his government and his party
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Shame he couldn't focus on himself, his government and his party
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Just a reminder of Boris Johnson
Not only did he
Try and suppress the report
He interfered with it
Sadly his ethics advisor stood up to his interference
Again how do you normalise this?
Not only did he
Try and suppress the report
He interfered with it
Sadly his ethics advisor stood up to his interference
Again how do you normalise this?
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1330838685605093377
So to round up
If you think exploiting one death was bad
If you think exploiting 2,996 deaths was bad
Then do you think exploiting those who have died in the UK is good or bad?
It's a simple question.
If you think exploiting one death was bad
If you think exploiting 2,996 deaths was bad
Then do you think exploiting those who have died in the UK is good or bad?
It's a simple question.
So vaccine purchases , vaccine investments and vaccine approval is something the UK has got right
It did not need to leave the EU to get any of these right
Trying to print the Union Jack on vaccine medicines is abhorrent
But that's where a cult are
Desperate
Shameless
It did not need to leave the EU to get any of these right
Trying to print the Union Jack on vaccine medicines is abhorrent
But that's where a cult are
Desperate
Shameless
I wrote a thread on covid
It started with the theme of unity and a song
it touched on two main sub-threads
1. What could have been done differently (rather than just blaming fat old people like Therese Coffey)
2. how do we process the death toll
It started with the theme of unity and a song
it touched on two main sub-threads
1. What could have been done differently (rather than just blaming fat old people like Therese Coffey)
2. how do we process the death toll
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1341706376394010625
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