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3 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Curious discourse at the moment on Northern Ireland. The problems were predicted and are intrinsic to divergence and the Protocol. And here's the thing- the more GB diverges (ie the point of Brexit), the more potential there is for friction for NI north/south and east/west.
There is a great deal of talk at the moment (we heard from the PM yday) about protecting and securing NI's place in the Union. Sometimes it doesn't seem to have quite sunk in that NI's place in the Union has quite fundamentally changed- and that was at the PM's own hand.
Reported this on Dec 10th when Protocol was signed. Doesn't contain unique insight that many others didn't express. It was clear that tension had potential going to exist permanently as a result of these much changed economic and political structures. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…
My colleague @BBCRosAtkins clearly laying these themes out in a crisp 4:45. Brexit and the particular form of Brexit the Prime Minister chose has (predictable) consequences. Northern Ireland is at their centre.

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4 Feb
NEW: UK reports another 915 Covid deaths.

Takes the total to over 110,00 to 110,250.

7 day average is down by 16.6%- which is substantial. But they're coming from such a high base after a really terrible month or so, that the overall numbers remain extremely high. Image
Better news- first dose administrations have gone up by about 470,000 or so to nearly 10.5 million. Going on for 17% of total population, higher still of the adult population.
Depending on how you count it, around 30k deaths came in the month of January alone between a quarter and a third of the total so far.
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On Brexit, James Buchan, Chief Exec of Scottish Seafood Association tells the Scottish Affairs Select Committee: “I’m not going to say it any other way: for our members it has not been the best deal- it’s a sad state of affairs.”
James Withers, Chief Exec, Scottish Food and Drink Federation adds: “There have been catastrophic decisions taken to create enormous non-tariff barriers. We have ended up with a trading regime which is complex, costly, slow, prone to break down at its best.”
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3 Feb
NEW: The UK records another 1322 Covid deaths.

That takes the total to 109,335.

Roughly one in 608 of the population has died of this disease.
Nearly 50,000 of those deaths (49,077) have been recorded since the 1st December alone.

33,117 of the deaths have been recorded since January 1st.

That's roughly 30% of all Covid deaths in the UK since the start of the year.
Have to be a bit careful because date of death is different to when the data comes in. But still the point is this "wave" has been catastrophically lethal. The immediate pre and post Christmas period has made up a huge % of our total death toll.
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This...isn’t right.
There’s an argument the UK got unlucky with the Kent variant. But the idea that no-one predicted it could happen is nonsense. It was widely speculated about from the pandemic’s earliest days.
Though even with this, scientists were also warning that high prevalence=more chance of a mutation.
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Spent the day at a special school in south London.

The difficulties parents are facing are significant everywhere. None more so than in special schools.

All special schools are supposed to be open for all their children. But in practice it often isn't working that way.
Under government rules, all children with Education, Health and Care Plans (or EHCPs) are considered vulnerable and entitled to school places full time.

But in special schools, every child has an EHCP. They're all entitled to a place.
Yet recent DfE figures suggested only a third of special school pupils are in attendance.

Why? Because schools simply can’t offer every child a place in a way which is safe for them or the staff.

Staff to pupil ratios are high (perhaps as many as seven or eight for a class...)
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To anyone covering this tonight I will give you a pizza if your cue line is “Will he do whatever it takes to form a government?”
The parties of government in Italy wanted to do everything they could to avoid another election, an election which if it were held today looks likely to put Salvini as PM. Medium term, Draghi could be a foil Salvini feels pretty comfortable with. Playbook is obvious.
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