Let's scruitinse the CRG
Who funds them?
Why are they meeting with antivaxxers and conspiracy theorists?

Opposition through disinformation and supporting opaquely funded groups isn't scrutiny

Certainly not a defence of democracy
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Why doesn't the CRG publish its full membership and list of meetings if they care so much about scrutiny?
Let's have some scrutiny
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4 Dec
🧵Clare "seeding the idea" boosters will be responsible for deaths and its all a cover up

Still cool with platforming this @JuliaHB1
and @talkRADIO ?
2/ The HART ghouls are out in force today, twisting statistics to fit their confirmation bias
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It's shocking the green book is still referring to Viners April 2020 study to justify lack of mitigations

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#edutwitter
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3/ Viner comments around schools has been questionable throughout the pandemic

He lied about there being masks and social distancing on #r4today in late Spring after arguing for masks to be removed (which they had been)
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@RachelSJohnson on @LBC has a guest saying that restrictions are slowly down Covid's evolution into a mild endemic illness...
"Its well on the way to doing this"
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There is no data for this, just some anecdotes, said same about Delta...
Ah the guest was hereditary Tory peer Matt Ridley, looking at his track record I think he's done enough damage to this country without taking Pandemic advice from him
Ridley is a great example of the damage the privileged aristocracy can do

Educated at Eton, Zoology degree, becomes a writer for Telegraph, then gets a place on the Northern Rock board where daddy was boss...
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@nadhimzahawi answer? attendence officers
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Undermine local PH with a statement about school shows inviting parents in
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Those quoted in headline below are Pollard and Semple
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Shes pro infection for children
#edutwitter
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The APPG is funded by the opaquely funded Collateral Global whose members are heavily involved in Koch linked organisations
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