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18 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The #CheshamAndAmersham result is more than just a mid-term protest vote or one simply about local issues (HS2, planning). It’s a clear rejection of the insular nationalist policies & corrupt incompetence of the Tory Govt. Similar results are possible across the south of England
This great result for @SarahGreenLD is part of a trend we detected in Wokingham in the 2019 GE. The scale of yesterday’s by-election win indicates the ‘fear of Corbyn’ factor was significant. It also confirms that to change the Govt at the next GE we’ll need an electoral alliance
A large number of former Tory voters still have no one to vote for. Yesterday’s result was more a vote against the Tories than a vote for an alternative. The @LibDems must now deliver policies to keep these politically-homeless voters. Such delivery is key to winning big in 2024
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In advance of Cummings select ctte appearance today it’s worth considering the following: 1) his protracted Twitter thread appears to be a “not me guv” defence. If he’s not partly responsible for the inept and deadly initial UK Govt response to the #COVID19 response, then who is?
2) A pandemic is classified as a Tier 1 national security risk. National security is a Cabinet Office area of responsibility. Hence Gove is the responsible senior minister. This may explain his current ‘submarine approach’ to media appearances on #COVID19. He needs questioning
3) The last pandemic exercise (‘Cygnus’) in 2016 was co-chaired by Cab Office and Dept of Health ministers, so Hancock is also a senior minister with responsibility in a pandemic. When did he first read the Cygnus report and what were his conclusions? What actions did he take?
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12 Apr
Thanks for getting back to me. That is a big question and I don’t have all the answers, but I’ll have a go at explaining a bit about where I stand....
The first thing to say is that I think our governance system is fundamentally unfit for the 21st century and needs a major reset
This isn’t an issue for which there are quick fixes because that system (including politics, government, the Civil Service and the unwritten contract with the people) grows out of our society. That’s the beauty of our democracy and means it ought to self-correct. In theory.
Our problem though is that our governance system has become chronically detached from society over recent years. People talk about the ‘Westminster bubble’ but it’s much more serious than that and until we correct this fundamental flaw, we’re just rearranging deck chairs
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A year on, it is so good to hear of global action to be more prepared for the next pandemic. International collaboration is key. I want Far East governments in the lead (Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc). They have shown us how it’s done....
A year on we have lost over 129,000 of our loved ones to #COVID19. Most of these deaths could have been avoided if we’d had competent Government. Japan (whose population is around double ours) lost around 9000 and Taiwan *just 10 people* TEN PEOPLE
A year on we have done relatively well on vaccine rollout, thanks to remarkable international science and the structure and culture of our NHS - THANK YOU to NHS staff and scientists
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7 Feb
How long will it take for the anger directed at those who warned of the impact of a hard Brexit to be directed instead at those who conned people into voting for it in the first place?
No amount of “believing more in Britain” is going to change the future economic reality. What will change that reality is for those of us who once argued for a rethink on Brexit now to provide an actual option people can vote for.
That option needs to be clear, inspirational and ultimately lead to Britain rejoining the EU. #RejoinEU
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27 Dec 20
This is a bad #Brexit deal done by bad people in a bad way. It doesn’t have the public’s explicit informed consent. It bears little relation to Vote Leave’s promises in 2016. I couldn’t vote for it
Of course we must now move forward as a country and, like many, I am fed up with the Brexit process. But that makes it all the more important to call out what has happened: Britons have been misled by bad people into making the greatest strategic error in our modern history
We must learn. The public was had and elected people whose mismanagement of #COVID19 led to the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands; who screwed our country for a generation; & cornered us with lies, manipulation, bullying & brinkmanship. Such people shouldn’t be in power
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6 Dec 20
This is pure revisionism, untrue and a dangerous, divisive reinvention of recent history that will stop our country from recovering. I was intimately involved in these events and will try to explain....
Let’s put aside for a moment the rights and wrongs of a ‘soft’ Brexit. (Wrong mainly because no one voted for it in the 2016 referendum; it literally wasn’t on the ballot paper.)
There was a fleeting opportunity for a soft Brexit in 2016 *if* the-then PM had chosen to make delivering Brexit a cross-party endeavour. This is what she should have done on an issue of such strategic national importance, and I told her so at the time.
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