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Feb 9 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
On Gillian Keegan a few people have asked me whether she breached guidance or the law - the answer as far as I can tell is she breached guidance.

Assuming she means by LFD a lateral flow positive test this does not trigger a legal obligation 1/2
Under the self-isolation regulations trigger a legal obligation is triggered when you are notified by a "relevant person" which is generally the NHS and will happen after a positive PCR test. A lateral flow test does not have that effect 2/3
However, the relevant guidance is very clear that you should self-isolate as soon as you have a positive test, and it doesn't matter whether that is a lateral flow or PCR test 3/3 nhs.uk/conditions/cor…
Sorry should have linked to the self-isolation regulations legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1045…
The law has not changed though the government have fiddled with the guidance. It is still only a legal obligation if you are notified by the NHS
Also, why did she take the test? If because she had symptoms then she should not have entered the meeting (per the guidance not the law)
There is a possibility - I suppose - she broke non-Covid criminal laws. Margaret Ferrier, Scottish MP was charged in Scotland with (I think) reckless endangerment for taking train knowing she had Covid. But I don't know enough about English equivalent telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/0…
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Just recorded a *great* @BHumanPodcast and had occasion to pull out this classic
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I have commented on this. Essentially it's a wider view of the photo we had already seen of the PM compering a Christmas quiz - but we can now see the food and alcohol and an extra person. I think there is no longer any justification for the police not to investigate this event.
I imagine the reason decided not to investigate this gathering is because the image was ambiguous - the PM may have dialled in but not have been himself participating in an illegal gathering. But now seems obvious from the photo he himself is participating in a social gathering
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Jimmy Carr here saying there were positives about the Holocaust - that "gypsies" (itself a pejorative term for Roma) were murdered. This is grotesque. Netflix should not have broadcast it.
I was just about to say that I hope that the Holocaust memorial organisations come out strongly against this then I saw this excellent statement
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The EHRC plays key role in the UK's human rights framework. The allegations about how it is operating are serious and need to be resolved for the good of human rights in the UK - perhaps a useful time for the @HumanRightsCtte to investigate? @HarrietHarman
As I said in relation to the volte face on the EHRC's policy on trans rights, any significant change in position needs to be explained and at the moment all there is are allegations in the press and (non-detailed) denials from the EHRC's Twitter account.
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The PM is now reported as being at 6 parties:
🥳20.5.20 BYOB
🥳19.6.20 PM birthday
🥳13.11.20 Lee Cain leaving
🥳13.11.20 No.10 flat
🥳17.12.20 Capt Steve Higham leaving
🥳14.1.21 Private secs leaving
What possible enforcement could the police use?
Throughout the pandemic the police have followed the "4Es" policy (met.police.uk/advice/advice-…)

Engage, Explain, Encourage and Enforce

But generally that applies when they come across breaches, as Cressida Dick says it is unusual for them to enforce retrospectively. Image
I understand from @kirkkorner that there are some examples, especially early in the pandemic, of police going straight to charging with a criminal offence. But in most cases they try a Fixed Penalty Notice first.
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Just to pause there: there is a reasonably possibility a criminal investigation is taking place into an event which took place in the Prime Minister's flat.
The 2nd point (b) which sets my lawyer's senses tingling is that Gray is keeping her investigation's documents securely *away from the government". This is a constitutional mess and a half and shows problem of using an internal report to do job of an independent investigation
Actually, I have reread this para and it is not as ambiguous as I thought it was "the events on the date set out above*. Obvious enough that the gathering in the Prime Minister's flat is being investigated by the police.
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