Thread by @DMinghella

Does the ordinary British bloke in the street know that they have Covid "passports" in Europe, and they are freer because of them?
I don't think he does.
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Does the ordinary British woman in the street know that there are no empty shelves in European supermarkets, and that the shortage of HGV drivers only exists in the UK, because of Brexit?
I don't think she does.
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Does the ordinary bloke in the street know that in the USA and in Europe, they've been vaccinating kids for months without drama?
I don't think he does.
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Does the ordinary woman in the street know that, while for now many (but not all) imports are getting through, we can't sell our stuff into Europe, and business is well and truly f*cked? Even M&S have said it's "near impossible" and are giving up?
I don't think she does.
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Does the ordinary bloke in the street know that the UK is alone in throwing away all protections against covid, and other countries look on aghast at our folly, appalled by our case rates and hospitalisations?
I don't think he does.
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Does the ordinary woman in the street know that dark money funded the Brexit campaign and our ongoing lurch to the right is driven by a few very wealthy individuals who absolutely hate our key values of community and compassion?
I don't think she does.
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Does the ordinary bloke in the street know that, far from "trying his best," tens of thousands of our covid deaths are a direct result of Johnson and his government's refusal to act, time and again, to protect British citizens?
I don't think he does.
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Does the ordinary woman in the street have a full understanding of the truly epic scale of waste £37bn on failed Test and Trace represents?
I don't think she does.
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Does the ordinary bloke in the street know that over a thousand kids a month are being hospitalised with covid? That covid deaths are currently running at the rate of 80,000 a year?
I don't think he does.
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Does the ordinary woman in the street truly comprehend the wholesale raiding of the public purse to award contracts to the friends, families and donors of the Tory party? And the stunning failures that these contracts turned out to be?
I don't think she does.
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If the people of the UK don't know these things, it is because gaslighting works; it is because the media has failed; it is because the media is owned or cowed; it is because the political opposition is not galvanised; it is because people like me and you need to do more.
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