I hope ALL opposition parties will parade the faces of all the Tory MPs who voted down restrictions (that are generally popular with the public) over and over again.

So their constituents KNOW they are not focussed on public health.
I see @DerekThomasUK is on #Newsnight demonstrating a poor grasp of public health.

And I also see that @wesstreeting is so clear & so passionate

If these Tory MPs think that their Tory voting elderly people want to be treated & cared for by unvaccinated HCW and CW they are nuts
I also see that 11 @LibDems MPs voted it down and so did @CarolineLucas

I think they are misreading the mood of the nation…and most people who would ordinarily vote for them.

Foolish.

theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…
Sorry 10 Lib Dem MPs, Caroline Lucas for Greens, 9 Labour MPs, plus DUP an assortment of DUP MPs and 2 PCs.

Not impressed at all.

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More from @fascinatorfun

15 Dec
Utterly utterly brilliant.

Chief Superintendent Ted Hastings (aka Adrian Dunbar), from the Line of Duty speak

Is this a @ByDonkeys brainwave or have they very very stiff competition ?
It is @ByDonkeys

Blinking inspired.
Just tried to make a donation @ByDonkeys but could not enter my details.

Have just made a different donation online and no problems there, so don’t think it is this end.
Read 4 tweets
15 Dec
🦠🦠🦠 78,610 new cases by report date

In fact, by result date we were at 67,349 new cases by swab date on Monday already &, as they are still adding cases to last Friday & beyond, expect that to ⬆️

And what restrictions are being added?

None.

Hospital admissions rising. ImageImage
That’s the highest cases by REPORT date ever. 🚀 🚀 🚀

This day last year we were on 18,450 cases by report date

We did reach 81,475 cases by SWAB date on 29-12-20

Let’s keep checking back to see what Monday ends up with.

⚰️⚰️ 218 (60 day) deaths

⚰️ 165 (28 day) deaths.
I expect you are all very grateful that we spent the summer and autumn building up all that herd immunity only to get infected with an even more infectious variant for Christmas 2021.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like 🎄 2020.
Read 10 tweets
14 Dec
Last Thursday a London hedge fund followed Johnson’s advice to go ahead with Xmas Parties
By Monday, the 15-strong team had all tested positive for Covid. To make matters worse, 1 team member had visited his elderly parents days earlier unaware that he was carrying the virus
Small airless room in a restaurant in Soho. (How are the staff?)

The company’s boss tested positive on arrival in the Maldives and had to quarantine.

The rest have headaches, “roaring” sore throats and trying to keep the company afloat working remotely.

London was rammed.
Another Xmas Party on Friday
This time a small IT company.

By Mon half the people who attended tested positive
Now 11 cases
The rest of the company self isolating.

They went in part because Johnson said so. And not to lose their deposit. But the net loss to business ⬆️⬆️⬆️
Read 6 tweets
14 Dec
Yesterday @trvrb @TWenseleers raised the possibility of a double epidemic : Omicron & Delta

“the more immune escape Omicron has from Delta-specific immunity the more the 2 variants have distinct ecological niches, so are able to co-exist without stepping on each other's toes.”
Bit early to tell yet given the sheer speed of increase of Omicron and that it is dispersed unevenly.

May be easier to see by the end of the week/ next week.

All we need now is a poor immune compromised soul to catch both at the same time and breed a new super strength one.

That is the trouble with taking the brakes of and creating multiple opportunities with people with multiple states of immunity for the virus to practise on.
Read 6 tweets
14 Dec
Brexit-voting areas of UK have highest COVID-19 death rate

Joint Oxford and Glasgow Uni study claimed to have found a direct correlation between Brexit-voting districts of the UK and those that have the highest rate of fatalities from COVID-19.

Well
euronews.com/2021/12/14/bre…
For example the boroughs of Boston, Great Yarmouth, South Holland, & Hartlepool, have the 4th highest fatalities from the virus in the UK & the biggest share of the vote for Brexit, with all 4 districts voting more than 75% for leave in 2016.

Wait for it….
Yes. You guessed it.

By contrast, the 20 boroughs with the lowest death rates all voted heavily for Remain.

This has been replicated in the USA where strong Trump/ Republican States have markedly higher fatality rate than Democrats.
Read 6 tweets
14 Dec
Shrewd businessmen these Tories.

This is a much better way to make the story relatable to ordinary people than talking of £ multi million procurements.

Every £1k the tax payer paid resulted in a £995 loss and also the loss of essential fit for purpose PPE to doctors/nurses
It isn’t just the loss of £995 per box. The process of storing it and selling it also costs money.

The other loss is PPE fit for purpose for doctors/ nurses/ ambulance staff/ healthcare workers.

The lost protection.
Of course. A lot of the PPE purchased, if at way above market prices at the time, is usable.

But 10% is not according to the OBR.

So these losses will be repeated over and over again.
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