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19 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The Great Man ... Image
... the Evil One ... Image
... the deaths:

🇬🇧 126,000 pop. 67M

🇪🇺 577,000 pop. 515M *

🇬🇧 deaths per capita 168% of 🇪🇺*

*EU27 & other EEA
Sources:

Photo of Boris Johnson from @thetimes front page, 20 March 2021

Photo of Ursula von der Leyen from @Telegraph front page, 18 March 2021

EU/EEA death figures: @ECDC_EU

UK death figures: @GOVUK (within 28 days of positive test)
P.S. And there’s this. Happy anniversary. Image

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19 Mar
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Fair enough.

But ... /1.
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14 Mar
Statement [not] issued by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick

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I feel deeply ashamed at the unacceptable scenes of policing we all witnessed, in widely shared images, from the vigil for Sarah Everard, .../1.
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No police force can command the confidence of the public, or the country’s democratic representatives, in the face of such appalling events. As the leader of the force in question, I fully accept that my position is untenable. /2.
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The Deputy Commissioner will take over my duties on an acting basis until a successor is found. /3.
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14 Mar
Statement not issued by the Prime Minister, @BorisJohnson:

Resignation of Home Secretary

As soon as I saw the shocking images from Clapham Common yesterday evening I called the Home Secretary for an overnight report on what had occurred. /1.
I reviewed the material this morning. There is no excuse for the police actions captured in the photos & videos I have seen.

Everyone will understand that I must not prejudge potential cases against individual officers directly involved. /2.
However, the failure of leadership revealed by the evidence presented to me is so profound & disturbing that the Home Secretary has asked for the resignation of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

And I have asked the Home Secretary to resign. /3.
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... accepting that this right must be achieved and exercised with and subject to the agreement and consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland”. /3. End
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