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Trade Unionist ✊🏽 • Labour Co-Op Cllr + Cabinet Member for Public Realm @MKCouncil 🌹 • Socialist • @LabGND Spokesperson 🌱 • Work: @CWUnews
Apr 28, 2020 13 tweets 3 min read
Just caught up on last nights damning Panorama, I’m heartbroken and I’m furious.

For those who are still insisting on regurgitating the ‘totally unprecedented event’ messaging being pushed by the Government, please do some research. A pandemic is NOT an unexpected event.

1/13 For the last decade it’s been designated as the greatest threat to Britain + Government pandemic guidance from 2009 made it clear what should be stockpiled to prepare for an outbreak like Covid-19. Yet last year, advisors were raising concerns over inadequate stockpiling.

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