A thread on #Trussonomics, from @paulwaugh's excellent piece below. Will extract some "highlights" (ie horrifying facts) in this thread. Please read and RT, so people understand what we're facing. (1) link.news.inews.co.uk/view/61b4e3a63… If there was any doubt about the human cost of the “cost of living crisis”, Dr Karim Brohi had a reminder of just what it looked like. At the weekend, the trauma surgeon tweeted: “Multiple admissions for attempted suicide overnight, again. ‘Jumped because can’t afford to eat’.

I have a story to tell, of remarkable resourcefulness and ingenuity and it could save tens of thousands of lives. Please read this thread and RT, copying to @MattHancock and @cabinetofficeuk. It starts with my school friend's husband a week ago, desperately wanting to help. 1 My friend's husband is Andrew Farmery. He's a Professor of Anaesthetics at the University of Oxford and today he has been all over @SkyNews. It started with a chat last Monday, with a friend who's an engineer. They were both deeply worried about lack of ventilators and 2