Journalist. Politics and sometimes food, but only for geopolitical point-scoring
Oct 30, 2020 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Some thoughts on the EHRC report into the Labour party, with the qualifier that I’m dosed up on pain meds….
The EHRC produced a strong, solid document. It shows that the issues Jewish people and others were highlighting as problems within the Labour party were, in fact, problems. Please read it.
Jun 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
It was manifestly clear that Boris Johnson was unfit to be prime minister. His many failings were known. Yet during last year’s election, much of our press rallied to declare him perfect for the job.
Let's look back at some election 2019 editorials shall we?
The Daily Mail on Boris Johnson: This man is a liberal, outward-looking, One-Nation Tory
Apr 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
So much of the Sunday Times piece is utterly damning. This, among many lines: a source said preparations for no-deal Brexit "sucked all the blood out of pandemic planning". (But this crisis is not about politics, apparently)
A senior department of health insider:
“I had watched Wuhan but I assumed we must have not been worried because we did nothing.... We could have been Germany but instead we were doomed by our incompetence, our hubris and our austerity.”
