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Gemma Abbott

Apr 27 • 4 tweets • 3 min read

Disappointed to read that the Supreme Court has dismissed the Coughlan appeal over the lawfulness of Voter ID pilots run in 2019 local elections

supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…

Voter ID is a “solution” for a problem that doesn’t exist - and it will lead to disenfranchisement of people from ethnic minority and working class communities

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

@CommonsPACAC

The anti-democratic #ElectionsBill (which includes Voter ID) is back before the Lords this week

I’d urge you to read this @CommonsPACAC report which called for the Bill to be paused due to its “lack evidence base, consultation, and transparency’

committees.parliament.uk/committee/327/…

@BestForBritain

We need to push back against the #ElectionsBill - not just in relation to Voter ID but also its planned hobbling of the Electoral Commission

Do follow @BestForBritain & @pimlicat for practical ideas for the fight to preserve free & fair elections👇

https://twitter.com/pimlicat/status/1519034429041164295?s=21&t=fyI_NvWN_6qE-o8hVqbdVA

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Matt Hancock is trying hard to convince us all that he wasn’t responsible for unlawful policies that led to thousands of care home residents dying - he blames PHE

As well as being morally reprehensible, his “defence” is untenable

Let’s look at some documents from the case… 🧵

Matt Hancock claims the High Court judgment says that he did not receive advice from PHE on the risks associated with asymptomatic transmission

But that isn’t what the judgment says…

What the High Court says is that no evidence was provided *to the Court* to show that Hancock or his advisers addressed the risk of asymptomatic transmission when drafting the second of the policies under challenge in early April

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Gemma Abbott

@gem_abbott

Apr 27

https://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1519301096077996033

Once again, Johnson has misled the House

He says Govt didn’t know about asymptomatic transmission when it allowed hospital patients with Covid to be transferred to care homes without proper mitigations

This is untrue - as the High Court found today 🧵

https://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1519301096077996033

The High Court said “it is apparent that the changing evidential picture was recognised within Government” and cites Lord Bethell’s remark in the HoL on 9 March & Sir Patrick Vallance’s comments on the Today programme on 13 March re asymptomatic transmission