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It’s not just @borisjohnson - all members of his Cabinet are responsible for the mistakes that have been made. A (non-exhaustive) list of times they’ve broken the law⬇️
🏛️Proroguing Parliament - back in September 2019, the Supreme Court ruled the decision to shut down Parliament for five weeks was unlawful
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
📝…and in 2021, Ministers were found to have acted unlawfully again, by not publishing the details of contracts handed out during the pandemic within 30 days
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-561254…
🤑In January this year, the High Court ruled the Government’s use of a “VIP Lane” for awarding PPE contracts, often to those political connections, during the pandemic was unlawful theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
🦠Just a month later, the appointment of Conservative Peer Dido Harding and Mike Coupe to senior roles during the pandemic were also found to be unlawful
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
💔In April 2022, the Government was found to have also broken the law when they sent patients into care homes without Covid testing early in the pandemic
news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
🥳 Partygate, when the Prime Minister and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak were both fined for breaking Covid restrictions
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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5 times Boris Johnson’s Government has broken the law 😬⬇️
❌Proroguing Parliament - back in September 2019, the Supreme Court ruled Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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Whew! Another big week. Here’s what we’ve been up to (1/8)
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Explosive emails revealed at the High Court today show the shambolic nature of the Government's testing programme... 🧵(1/10)
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This week we’re in Court - here’s why 🧵
On Tuesday, our challenge over the Government’s shambolic award of lucrative public health contracts to Abingdon Health reaches the High Court for a three day hearing ⚖️
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