Thread by @coreluminous

@JolyonMaugham @mrjamesob Goldsmith is gaslighting, a bully tactic
1. Lockdowns only happen when spread of virus is so out of control that health services might collapse - in other words a lockdown is a failure to stop the spread.
2. The reason this is a problem for the government is because it threatens

@JolyonMaugham @mrjamesob their position, their status, their power. The reaction of the population IF the NHS collapsed under the strain is the problem they fear, not the actual harms caused to people.
3. Govt. allowing uncontrolled spread as we tweet, on the basis that Vaccines protect their position

@JolyonMaugham @mrjamesob The reality is they do not care one whit for our health or well being unless and only when it threatens their power.
4. c.150,000 deaths, 1 million long covid, more cases every day, 3 million business people excluded from economic support, poverty increased - they don't care

@JolyonMaugham @mrjamesob 5. They have an 80 seat majority and are exploiting it to the hilt.
6. Starmer is worse than useless, he urged children back into school, no ifs, no buts, and ejected the strongest opposition MPs from the front bench, removed the Whip.

@JolyonMaugham @mrjamesob 7. Without you, Byline Times, Double Down News, Open Democracy, Independent SAGE etc and thousands of ordinary folk writing, tweeting we'd be utterly lost.
8. THANK YOU.
9.politicsandinsights.org/2015/01/22/how…
Superb blog on bullying in politics. Worthy reference piece.