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23 Jun, 8 tweets, 3 min read
2016 Tories set up OBON campaign registered to a pizzeria alongside 50k other companies
Receive media praise from Tory MP in a visit to a school run by a campaign founder
Get endorsed by DfE
OBON block educators who questions this

So when does purging the "unpatriotic" begin?
Reminded of the Invictus academy, their founder in the Mail engaged it bashing "lazy" state education workers, @halfon4harlowMP and other Tories massively promoted this attack.
Turns put Invictus was set up with Tory backing with future profit motive
OBON is just another Tory astroturfing initiative
Next question is, who funds the group and are they going to get their hands on public money?
So patriotic they didn't suspend campaigning when an MP was murdered by a far right extremist
10k of public funds

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21 Jun
1/🧵Politics is all about controlling the narrative.

Machiavelli said democracies are the most stable government because you can trust a well informed populous to make the right decision.

Flip side of a democracy is anarchy,usually result of corruption and misinformed public...
2/Its why we currently face an onslaught of disinformation from foreign governments and the far right,creating confusion, undermining trust in institutions furthers their agendas.

The media should be vital for keeping the public informed.
3/Politicians have always deceived and mislead to one extent or another, however the hubris with which out current cabinet engages in outright dishonesty is astounding for its brazenness.

Johnsons speech to G7, you could hear the smirch in his voice, its a game to them
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19 Jun
🧵DfE has released a new contingency framework for dealing with outbreaks and hotspots in education.
The last one was never used.

Link here
2/Whole principle seems that measures to cut transmission occur after the outbreak.

A reactionary rather than proactive approach to infection.
Takes a minimalist approach
3/To prioritise education they want the minimum number of measures for the minimum amount of time.

"Lift as soon as evidence supports"
What evidence? Whose evidence?

The evidence is saying we should already have these measures in place!
Read 14 tweets
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18 Jun
Who else is proposing no masks, social distancing or vaccination for students?

GBD are the only ones I can think of
So this is the UKs schools policy ⬇️
GBD vs Semple UK
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15 Jun
Herd Immunity 2.0
Fully vaccinate over 40s then let it rip through the rest to reach herd immunity.

Why do you think they won't even allow masks in classrooms?

#edutwitter
#ReleaseTheDataOnSchools
vip.politicsmeanspolitics.com/2021/06/15/sys…
SAGE modelling released after the briefing shows gov have factored in large scale infection of the under 40s and lots of school disruption, so all that concern about loss of learning?
Where has that gone now thousands of students are being isolated?
The plan to wait until school hols before Step 4 shows they recognise the role schools are playing in transmission, and yet they do nothing,

They think its acceptable infection, I think its preventable.

Its going to be "bumpy"
Read 10 tweets
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13 Jun
🧵Several @lbc callers today have been quoting disinformation they read in the @Telegraph

The narrative in the article here is wait 4 weeks then let it rip because that will be the sweet spot.

So the idea is to get the over 50s double dosed and then away a Delta wave to spread
2/ Why will we reach a sweet spot in 4 weeks?

I assume that's when the over 50s have been double dosed.

It also means schools will be about to break up, and although the gov pretends otherwise they know schools are acting as Delta hubs.
3/ Been saying for a while I think the government believes the quickest route to herd immunity with what they consider an acceptable death and health toll is
2 jab over 50s
1 jab 18-50s
Natural infection for under 18s

Its a gamble based on impatience and pandering to lobbyists
Read 25 tweets
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12 Jun
1🧵A Mad Plan, is this the only way?

If we had an adequate media then everytime a minister was interviewed they'd be asked about when the government will finally invest in ventilation.

All the evidence says this is one of the most important measures.
2.Even skeptics are going to struggle to portray clean air as an attack on our freedoms, if anything we have a right to clean air.The impact of pollution on health and in particular on children is clear

Can anyone remember the last time a minister was asked about ventilation?
3. Can anyone ever remember a minister being asked about investing ventilation in the whole pandemic?

UK government's total failure to address this is stark

So is the failure of the media to hold the gov to account for this glaring hole in their Covid strategy.
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