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Feb 16 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The key legal question is whether he “participated” in an unlawful gathering. There is no definition of participate in the regulations so it just means what you would think it means
For example, being photographed with a bottle of beer at a birthday gathering which was arranged for you very strongly suggests “participation”.
I mean, please. None of the gatherings is colleagues having a glass of wine at the end of the day - they are all pre arranged social gatherings such as leaving parties and a birthday party Image
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I am getting increasingly panicked and abusive tweets from Tory parliamentarians in recent days.
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Feb 11
It would have been more shocking if he hadn’t - one of the 6 gatherings he is supposed to have attended was his own birthday party, another was in his flat
The PM is alleged to have attended 7 illegal gatherings, 6 of which are being investigated and another (the Christmas quiz) which the Met are considering investigating following a new photo emerging
Let’s be real here though - a questionnaire to be filled with a week with your lawyer is not the most thorough investigative technique available. This is not Line of Duty stuff
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Feb 10
🕑 Today is the 2nd anniversary of the first set of emergency coronavirus regulations made under the Public Health Act (Control of Disease) Act 1984

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/129/…
The regulations allowed for the screening, isolation and of detention of individuals who the Secretary of State or public health consultant had reasonable grounds to believe that P is, or may be, infected or contaminated with Coronavirus
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Feb 9
Just recorded a *great* @BHumanPodcast and had occasion to pull out this classic
The episode is an interview with David Maxwell-Fyfe's grandson Tom Blackmore and is the first episode to have music!
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Feb 9
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
Important to remember that the police are investigating an almost identical event which allegedly took place two days later in Simon Case's (Cabinet Secretary's) office where 6 people had a Christmas quiz politics.co.uk/news/2021/12/1…
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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…
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