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UK Company director, scientist & humanist. Opinions are my own, but are based on facts. If they upset you, don't take them seriously - but check your sources!

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Bryan Smith #RejoinEU
4 years
Giving up smoking - how to do it without distressing yourself (it depletes your vitamin levels that are vtal for a strong immune system)
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@harriepw Here's how I did it: Most cigarettes are "habit" (you have them at set times or stuations), ~10% are "addiction" (you need the nicotine). Start by cutting out "habit" cigs, 1 or 2 each day, over about 3wks. So, dont smoke at every tea break, or when you get to the lights etc. 1/2
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It's my Mum's 97th birthday today. If anyone wants to send good wishes, I'll show her as they arrive. She is fit as a fiddle, totally self sufficient & no medical issues or medicines. She cooks for herself every day & lives alone, enjoying her gardening. Still touches her toes!
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We make #CoVID_19 test its in Belfast - but the NHS hasnt ordered any, so they are all exported. We have a company in Surrey (Novacyt) who can make3.5million kits with materials they have now... No NHS orders yet... #NotGoodEnough
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Im a microbiologist. American chicken is chlorine-washed to kill bacteria from bad handling & farming practices (it doesnt work, it just hides the infection). Its more like putting bleach in your toilet than the tiny amount of chlorine which keeps water bacteria-free in pipes.
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Errmmm... We have chlorinated TAP WATER in this country. Worth thinking about before kicking off about chlorinated chicken.
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In case anyone missed it (it wasnt reported on BBC News...) Raab has sent the Vietnamese families bills of £2,000 each to get the bodies back of those who died in the lorry...
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@SarahLudford @patel4witham @DominicRaab I'd like it to be known that *this* is normal life in the part of Vietnam that the Vietnamese who died in the lorry came from (Nov 2016 my pic from when I was there). 1) How can they possibly pay £2K each for repatriation of bodies? 2) What sort of regime would demand this fee?
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As a microbiologist, I can tell you for sure that washing chicken carcasses in bleach doesnt *kill* all salmonella... It forces the bacteria to form cysts, which can "hatch" later. Its *much harder to detect* in this form, so it "hides the problem".
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Mel Stride (DWP Secretary) having his feet held to the fire by @KrishGM on #C4News ... MS: "Govt is committed to halving inflation..." KG-M: "How?" MS: "Errr... by watching Bank of England raise Interest rates..." KG-M: "That's them & its not working - what are *you* doing?" 1/2
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99 Tory MPs have now called for Cummings to resign, or otherwise condemned his actions. #NotMovingOn
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Almost lost in today's news is this - *very important* snippet. The Supreme Court under Lady Hale has *unanimously* instructed Tory Govt to *stop applying* #BedroomTax to disabled people, & in doing so has strengthened the Human Rights Act. #DontVoteTory
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"We do not currently expect Energy bills to return to pre-2020 levels before the *end of the decade* at the earliest" Any particular reason for that, given that gas prices are now lower than pre-crisis levels? I think we deserve to know.
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Nicola Sturgeon's travel bill of *£10,000 over 3 years* looks pretty modest in comparison with this, doesn't it? Yet it made plenty of headlines - almost like there's a political bias in the news...
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Liz Truss racked up £1.8 million bill for travel on private government jets last year
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Deaths yesterday across Europe: Spain 2 Italy 87 Germany 24 France 52 Turkey 28 Belgium 42 Sweden 84 Portugal 14 Ireland 6 Poland 13 Romania 13 Hungary 8 Netherlands 28 UK ... 324 There's no way we are ready to ease lockdown & open schools
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Derek James #Ukraine #Palestine #KamalaHarris 💙
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Spain has only had four #Covid19 deaths in the last three days. The UK has had well over 1,000 #Covid19 deaths in the last three days. Spain's children won't be returning to school until September. #BorisJohnson wants UK children to return to school on Monday. Madness!!!
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It isn't reported much, but the Govt are paying a fortune (up to £25million a day) to Rail Companies while the strikes are ongoing to "compensate them for lost earnings", which translates as "pay them to keep the strikes going & not settle the pay demands"... So far £340million.
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Marina Purkiss
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This Govt has spent… More dealing with the rail strikes than it would have cost to settle them More dealing with the doctors strikes than it would have cost to restore their pay This isn’t about cost This is about keeping people in their lanes and collapsing the NHS.
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Im a professional microbiologist. Let me tell you the problem with "R is 0.7" they dont tell you: R<1 just means 10 people will only infect 7 others so the outbreak wont double. But if 60million *go outside*, 10,000 current new cases *every day* will become 17,000, then 29,000
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#C4News exposing that from the 28 top names in the Vote Leave team, 22 of them currently either work in No10 Downing Street (16) or advise it from outside (6). That should tell us all we need to know about who is running the country, & why so many of us are dying... #ToryBritain
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Lots sharing the "Starmer says Labour is now Conservative, so no choice at the next Election" lie. Here's what he *actually said*, & meant. Labour will *Conserve* rivers, sea, NHS, BBC, family & nation, as the Tories no longer do. *Always go to source*
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Wow... On #C4News , Jacob Rees Mogg just told every Tory MP (including himself) that they didn't get elected because of their own strengths or qualities, but *totally due to Boris Johnson being leader*. That sort of insult won't be taken well by any MP still sitting on the fence
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Note: There were *16 more parties* at Downing St & Chequers mentioned in Boris Johnson's diaries that the #MetPolice have now declined to investigate... They are only looking at the one at Conservative HQ because of the video they were given.
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#BreakingNews The civil disobedience has begun... Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Tory MP & treasurer of 1922 committee) arrested by armed response police at the Tory Conference after a scuffle with another Tory.. Just before Priti Patel speaks demanding tougher penalties... 😂😂😂
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Look at all these Police Officers tasked with flagging down a coachfull of NHS supporters... Apparently there aren't any shoplifting gangs in Manchester that need arresting... Its a political choice being made by Police Chiefs: "Protect the Public"? or "Protect the Government"?
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Keep Our NHS Public
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Great Manchester Police thought it was acceptable to pull over our coach as we travelled from London to Manchester to protest the Conservative Party Conference Heavy handed police presence to try and intimidate peaceful protesters We must all oppose this 👇
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Postal votes don't get "shoved in a drawer & forgotten about", envelopes, once received via the post, are kept in a strict chain of custody, kept together before all being opened under supervision, signatures checked, & then counted. This was no accident.
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Steve Barclay sneaks out an admission that the pledge to reduce NHS backlog hasn't been met. Just think - if he'd talked to NHS nurses & Drs instead of ignoring them for 6 months, he might still have met it!
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*Hell no!*🤬 Companies shouldn't be allowed to take "holidays" from their contributions. Companies shouldn't be allowed to have "black holes" in pension funds. And Companies should *never* be allowed to take & use pension funds as capital or collateral
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(2/2 It went on) MS: "Errr...we're holding pay rises down" (But only in Public Sector, which isn't inflationary - the un-named elephant in the room) KG-M: "So you're taking money out of the public's pockets to reduce inflation that's taking money out of their pockets?" MS: "...."
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Maybe its just me, but I'm starting to believe the #MetPolice didn't take their investigations into lockdown breaches seriously when Tories were involved...
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Tories face new Partygate police probe as previously unseen footage shows staff boozing, dancing and mocking lockdown laws at height of Covid. At least 24 revellers include two named on Johnson’s controversial resignation honours list. From @DailyMirror
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Rishi Sunak: "Small businesses are booming" Caller: "4 SMEs in your constituency just announced closure" Insolvency Service: "2457 businesses went bust in March 2023, up 55% from pre-pandemic levels" Who to believe?🤔
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This excuse is obviously nonsense... Why would a *wedding planner* be invited to Chequers *overnight, for one night* to provide "childcare"? If Carrie needed help with childcare, she'd have a nanny there full-time (she was living there alone for weeks).
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#C4News interviews Andrew Bailey, Governor of Bank of England, who thinks "Inflation being lower next year" will mean workers will forget all about *last year's 10% Inflation that devalued their wages*, & so will ask for a lower pay rise (or another cut). He's clearly an idiot.
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Can I just say, again, the decision to allow Cheltenham to hold a 4-day race meeting at this point where 250,000 people from *all over UK, & with lots of rich people from the rest of the world) sharing toilet & catering facilities & packing very close together is *very stupid*
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So... here's what happened. Uk had to decide how to collect VAT on things people bought online from other countries...UK Govt decided *every company in the world* must sign up for a VAT number, charge VAT & send it to HMRC. The world said "Nope"🤦‍♂️
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Really? Or did *only* 36 deaths get *reported* due to the weekend? Last week you said the same about "only" 55 deaths. That was followed by 286, 245, 151, 202, & 181 deaths *reported* Using the weekend to excuse your weak policies. Despicable #BloodOnYourHands #HancockMustResign
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Yesterday, across the UK, only 36 deaths were recorded with coronavirus - the lowest since 21 March. We are winning the battle against this horrible disease
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ID checks to be introduced on Postal votes without Parliamentary scrutiny, as the Tory Government use a rarely-used statutory instrument to change the rules, & sneak the announcement out in a written statement...
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Sir David King is a good man, a good scientist, & has high-reaching connections in Government circles going back decades. When he says the current Tory Government is corrupt, & using the pandemic as cover to privatise the NHS, we'd do well to listen.
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Yesterday, Dominic Cummings said he was going to publish details of Downing St parties & photos today. I haven't seen any sign of it so far. I can only imagine there's a 'bidding war' going on, with Boris Johnson trying to prevent it...
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By visiting within 14 days of +ve test, he left a plume of active virus particles behind him wherever he went, & the entire hospital has now been seeded to infect all staff about to familiarise themselves with working there before patients arrive. What damn idiot allowed this?🤦‍♂️
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#C4News Myanmar has "bailed us out" in the UK by sending us 140,000 gowns. Thats one days supply. From *Myanmar*. Myanmar is one of the 3rd world's poorer countries. Let that sink in.
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Japan has warned, quietly, privately & repeatedly, that 1000 Japanese companies willleave the UK if we Brexit with NoDeal. Now the Japanese Foreign Minister has said it out loud, clearly & publicaly. The Japanese dont do this. Its *serious*.
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Who would like to wish my mother a Happy 96th Birthday for 28th October? She is fit and active, takes no medication & has no "pre-existing conditions". She can & does still touch her toes & kick her legs head-high! She was thrilled with 1000 wishes last year. Can we do better? 🥳
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I suspect the only reason senior Tories are considering a 'Covid coalition' Government is to make sure they dont carry the blame alone for the fiasco that is now unfolding...
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It seems clear to me that both Rishi Sunak & Boris Johnson are 100% guilty of "failing to maintain a record of Government business", as outlined here in the Standard by not securing their Whatsapp messages, & therefore wide open to criminal sanctions...
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Ministers could face criminal sanctions for deleting WhatsApp messages, says the Information Commissioner
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Peterborough Result: Labour 10,484 Brexit Party 9,801 Tory 7,243 LibDem 4,159 Green 1,035 Turnout 48.3% This is one of UKs strongest Leave areas. If Brexit Party can't win a by-election there 2wks after EU elections - they're finished.👏👏
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#BBCNews So now we discover that *the UK's entire meat supply* depends utterly on *2 fertiliser plants working*, to provide Carbon dioxide gas *as a by-product*??? WTF sort of mickey-mouse country has this become???
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Q: Brexit Party got 5.25million votes, from 17.2million cast - so 12million voted against them. They got 31.6% of the votes cast. They lost 68.4%. They won 29 seats, of 73. Thats 40% of the seats. They lost 60%. Its only 5 more than UKIP got. How did they "dominate", BBC?🤔
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Hands up how many people knew UK Govt was consulting publically on the future Trade Agreement with the USA? Now hands up everyone who knew it closes tomorrow? Fill in their online survey here & have YOUR say on chlorinated chicken,
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UK company owner called @ShelaghFogarty on @LBC - he makes a machine that can test a blood spot (like diabetics) in 8min on a machine that can download results to national database. Put in pharmacies etc, could test every person in UK every month. Hancock has ignored him & his MP
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Beth Rigby says on #SkyNews "I have Tory MPs on my phone saying they are worried Liz Truss is out of her depth..." Seriously? Liz Truss would be out of her depth on a damp flannel!! 🙄
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Just a theory of mine, but could the Tory Govt (which owns 40% of NatWest) possibly be deliberately supporting Farage to undermine the share price & artificially lower it preparatory to selling off their (our) share "in disgust" so their mates can make a quick, huge profit?
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Mikey Smith
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NatWest shareholders are clearly delighted with how this is all going. I dunno, might be something to do with a Tory government stepping in and removing the right of private firms to decide who they do business with. Can't say for sure.
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SAGE now saying the "R" in England is above 1 in some regions (specially the North, but others too) & higher in hotspots, & that R is now 0.7-1 overall... In other words, there was no justification for the Govt decision to ease lockdown this week & that choice will increase cases
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This is madness - just employ more staff to process the claims, & stop trying to keep people out of the country! 80% are valid claims, treat them that way!
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Quite apart from not reporting that the company UK has bought a stake in is bankrupt, has the wrong type of satellite for satnav, & that they are in the wrong orbit around Earth, the BBC seems to think a 20% stake in an American company amounts to "buying our own system"..🤦‍♂️
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UK starts work on buying own sat-nav system to rival Galileo
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UK average wage is now £33,000 a year. UK "living wage" is now £22,000 a year. UK minimum wage at 18 is now £15,600 (40hr week) a year But we only give our pensioners £10,600 *maximum* - & many are on less than that as they don't have enough National Insurance years.
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The British state pension is the worst in the developed world.
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So - Donald Tusk says it happened. Emmanuel Macron says it happened. Theresa May's lawyer says *she knew* it happened, in court... Yet nobody will set the EU Referendum result aside as unsafe - even though it clearly was - preferring instead to wreck EU & UK economy. Why?
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Daniel Boffey
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. @donaldtusk says UK was a victim of meddling during Brexit referendum: "There are external anti-European forces, which are seeking – openly or secretly – to influence the democratic choices of Europeans, as was the case with Brexit".
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Norton Motorcycles, an iconic British marque that employs 150 or so emplyees, has gone broke owing £300,000 in unpaid taxes. Is this what the Brexiters had in mind when they wanted to "turn back the clock"?
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Oh *please*... spare us from this utter bullsh*t. THere was also a 50-50 chance he would turn into a moth. He was in Intensive Care *for observation*, he was never sick, thats why he left hospital after a week. We're not 3yr olds. Grow the f*ck up!
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File this under "Lets NOT forget this" - Hammond borrowed £122billion extra due to Brexit, on top of the £170billion put in by the Bank of England to prevent immediate Brexit recession & job losses followng the EU Ref result...
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Meanwhile, #JustStopOil protesters are being given 6 month jail sentences for "walking slowly"...
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Sorry, let me get this right. @PennyMordaunt 's brother gets 6 months suspended sentence for trying to meet a 14 year old girl for sex. 6 months. Suspended. He intended to rape a child (statutory). SIX MONTHS. SUSPENDED. One rule for them. As always.
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#SkyNews is reporting that Thames Water may collapse "due to the £billions of debt it is carrying". Its carrying "£billions in debt" despite paying "£billions in dividends to shareholders", & because it keeps sending all its money abroad then borrowing it back at high interest...
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BREAKING: Ministers weigh contingency plan for collapse of Thames Water
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Icelandic geneticist on #C4News saying they have sequenced every case of virus in Iceland, & tied it back to source - at the start, most of the cases in Iceland came from the Alps, but after that, most came in from UK, showing infection here was widespread early on. Tell Whitty!
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In his speech to schoolkids today, Boris Johson said "Your school has been closed for 159 days, which is 159 days of lessons you have missed". Except - thats not true. Because it includes 2wks Easter holiday, 6wks Summer holiday & 2 half-terms (1wk each), plus weekends (96 days)
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Tory MP Craig MacKinlay (Thanet) on #C4News thinks that 100 asylum seekers arriving per day, wanting to work, is *an unacceptably huge number*, but also believes that 200 UK citizens dying every day due to Government policy is *too insignficant to worry about*. #ToryLiesCostLives
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I find it astonishing how much money could be found so easily for something we didn't need to do, & which will bring the UK no benefits, while the NHS, Social care sector, Police, Ambulance service, Councils, Flood victims, Homeless & others couldn't be helped by our Government
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National Audit Office
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By 31 Jan, government departments had spent at least £4.4 billion, while £6.3 billion had been made available for #Brexit preparations. Read our latest report to find out how this money was spent:
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It's my mother's 95th birthday today. After much soul-searching, I have come to spend a few days with her (she has been successfully shielding all year). If you'd like to send her "Happy Birthday" wishes, please just add a "like" to this & I will show her at the end of today 🥳
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Harry Cole is basically confirming there are more photos & videos of other parties not yet prosecuted that he's been aware of long-term here. Let's ask the 118,000 people who have already been fined up to £10,000 for Covid breaches what they think about an "amnesty for others".
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The Spectator's Katy Balls says she does not think pursuing COVID breaches is the best use of police time, with The Sun's Harry Cole suggesting "some form of amnesty" and leave some pandemic legislations behind. 📺 Sky 501
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JCVI say they won't recommend vaccinating 12-15yr olds. Q: Is there an overall benefit? A: Yes - but its small. Q: Will it save lives of vulnerable family members? A: Yes Q: Will it stop schools closing? A: Yes Q: Has any other country agreed with you? A: No They've been "got at"
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#LBCNews : "Spain's Prime Minister has called an early General Election following poor results in Local Elections last month" UK Prime Minister: "I think the May Local Election results show the UK public want me to continue as we are" One of those 2 PMs is deluded, & terrified.
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Reminder that 509 asylum seekers crossed the Channel yesterday, so even if #BibbyStockholm had been safe to use, it would have been filled in a day. Far cheaper to process them faster to save money on accommodation, & cheaper still (& less risky) to process them in France...
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Couldn't make it up, could you? Legionella is only found when cooling water isn't properly maintained & serviced. Cost cutting to maximise profits can kill.
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Its going to need a lot of "dead cats" to bounce this story out of the news... Even Laura K thinks its a big story.
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Chris Grayling on #BBCQT - "After Brexit we will not check ANY lorries going through the port of Dover. Its NOT possible to do it & we WONT do it." That seems quite extraordinary to me... Im sure the people traffickers & drug smugglers will be delighted though... #StopBrexit .
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If Rishi Sunak wasn't profiting from Moderna Covid vaccines, he'd say so *instantly*. The only reason he "won't say" is because he does, & doesn't want to admit it. (Context: UK will allow public to buy Covid vaccines this year, after restricting those allowed to get one on NHS)
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Refuses to say? He’s a f**ing public servant!
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Hold on a second...Whats this??? 'Government Ministers are planning to give UK police the power to arrest people with coronavirus who are not self-isolating, Matt Hancock confirmed.' How will police *know* someone has #CoVID_19 ? Are they intending to force people to be tested?😳
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Nice to see Dominic Grieve saying out loud what I have been saying for a year... A Vote of No Confidence allows MPOs to build a Government of National Unity (cross party coaltion) - without both Front benches. The idea Johnson could prevent it is foolish
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As Boris claims enviable success on the steps of No10, Nurses in Yorkshire are refusing to work after one of them dies from #CoVID_19 , as they have insufficient PPE... I didnt notice this being covered on mainstream media over the weekend.
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Im very concerned at how easily Public Health England changes safety advice. Its like insisting window cleaners *need* scaffolding, then saying "OK, use a ladder carefully", then suggesting "Since ladders & scaffolding poles cant be sourced, its OK to stand on a chair on a table"
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Its come out (via Ben Kentish on LBC) that Starmer was correct in #PMQs , & despite Harries claiming at the Press Briefing today they had no evidence of community transmission, SAGE minutes show they felt there *was* - on Feb 10 (a month before Govt advice to Care Homes changed)
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If extremists apply covertly & conceal their true nature, I can understand the programme producers failing to pick it up & bar them, during background checks. But when they are *invited* to appear, from London, to a travelling programme hosted 133 miles away in Weymouth... 🤔
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Question Time Ranter IDENTIFIED: Ex-NF candidate "invited on show" - ER, HELLO BBC
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Im a little confused... Farage is holding a rally at Olympia tonight - reportedly at Olympia Conference Centre. But its reported as "more than 3,000 supporters crowding the Olympia Conference Centre" Well - Conference centre holds only 600🤔 Olympia West 1800🤔 National? 2,000🤥
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Nobody tells the virus "you can only infect 0.7 people from each new case, your R reduced". The virus is *still the same virus* & *just as infectious as ever*. Its only the *apparent* value of R that has been suppressed by keeping us all isolated. The second we go outside, R=5.7
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Archbishop Tutu's funeral on #SkyNews impressed me... Everyone in the church, *including the choir* wearing masks. The choir sung hymns *while wearing their masks*... South Africa leading the way, for once. England, take note.
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Following European Cup Final held in Portugal last week, so many returning fans have tested positive for #CoVID_19 that *6 planeloads* of fans have now been contacted & told to self isolate... Others are still stuck in Portugal after *failing tests before flying*... Slow handclap
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#C4News Its just started - & its already *wrong*!!! Please Note: The Government *isn't* freezing Energy Prices. In 9 days time the Government's action will *increase* Electricity unit price by 25% & Gas unit price by 43%. *That's not a freeze* Honestly - this is basic stuff.
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Yvette Cooper continues to bring truth to power & hold their feet to the fire.
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“Why have you allowed this to happen?” MP Yvette Cooper asks the prime minister why people have been arriving from South Africa into the UK without mandatory testing - despite the risks of importing the #coronavirus variant. More on this story here:
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What new madness is *this*??? The despicable, disgraced Priti Patel, temporary Home Secretary, is now pushing an idea for *regional visas* for any wanting to come & work in the UK after Brexit (Brexit wont happen, of course)... What's she going to do? Make them all live in camps?
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6 years
The Home Office has clearly jumped the gun here - other twitter users say all reference to EU is removed from inside pages too... Its unacceptable for them to do this before we actually leave - because we *wont*. #DontVoteTory #StopBrexit
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Here is the 3rd letter - which as you will see, bears Boris Johnson's signature. I think he'll regret signing this one, as the penultimate paragraph *clearly breaches* the Scottish High Court Order in attempting to undermine the Benn Act, & places him firmly in Contempt of Court
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Johnson has written a second letter to Tusk asking him to ignore the first, unsigned one
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More British manufacturers came forward today saying they have the ability & proper material to make gowns, offered their services to Government & *haven't heard back*... Others sent in samples weeks ago which are still held up in testing. Unforgiveable Govenment incompetence🤬
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Interesting thing in #PMQs today - in a swipe at Boris Johnson's vastly-diminished authority, the 21 Tory rebel MPs took their usual seats on Government benches & refused to cross the House - a fact noted by Theresa May, who *sat next to Ken Clarke*.. Johnson's days are numbered
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Thomas Cooks HQ is in Peterborough, & more than 1000 staff work(ed) there who will now lose their jobs. Thats 1/200 of the population of the city. Peterborough voted Leave. Thomas Cook say Brexit price-rises caused their collapse.
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What Raab isn't telling us: EU have said *officially, to MEPs* that if UK leaves with NoDeal, the EU "red-line pre-requisite to open Trade talks" is for UK to agree to Citizens Rights, pay whats owed & to NI backstop...& we'll have *no leverage* to refuse
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For the 4th day on Govt Covid dashboard, "today's Covid data will be delayed due to technical difficulties"... 1 day is "unforeseen". 2 days is "a major problem" 4 days is *a failure of management* It coincides with unexplained drop in cases. Massaging data isnt easy, it seems.
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4 years
Once again, Reuters does the groundwork for the UK media & hits the jackpot... Boris Johnson *didn't* order Care Homes to lockdown earlier than 23 March - another lie to Parliament. #ToryBritain
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Personal Update: If anyone's interested, I'm fine now. My 2nd brush with CoVID is now over. This one lasted 8 days, with 3 short bouts of fever, "dry bleeds" from nose throughout 1st 5 days, dry cough & tight chest & ending with blocked sinus (relieved by steam over 3 days)
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@Sebmeister Problems: - Chlorine is used to clean up dirty meat made with bad farming practices. - It hides bacteria from safety tests - but they grow back & poison people. USA food poisoning is 10x EU. - This chicken will be used in pies & catering. *You cant choose*
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As a microbiologist, I can tell you for sure that washing chicken carcasses in bleach doesnt *kill* all salmonella... It forces the bacteria to form cysts, which can "hatch" later. Its *much harder to detect* in this form, so it "hides the problem".
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Press Briefing: Hancock says 121,000 PPE gowns have been delivered *this week*. That is one gown for every 5 NHS frontline workers, who need a dozen per day *each*. Does he really think thats sufficient? Or something to boast about? #TooLittleTooLate
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Today the Queen asked for "compromise". So - let me explain something very basic. Remain believes something true, & can *prove* its true - & Leave believe something untrue, & it can be *proved* to be untrue. We cant meet halfway. Brexit is based on lies. Dont compromise - Remain!
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Press Conference: Vallance just confirmed UK death figures are not credible... they are from 1-2 weeks ago, & they are removing any cases of positive CoVID if they die from "other causes"... And he says ONS figures "wont be very big" so community deaths will be censored too
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A Reading hotel used for RedList quarantine has an outbreak of Delta variant 44 cases among guests, staff & security - proving UK Govt quarantine is a joke, not being taken seriously. Its *in the centre of Reading* which is now in surge testing. Does this surprise anyone at all?
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#C4News had a whistleblower who works in death registration from SE England tonight confirming many deaths are not properly recorded by doctors, & that suspected COVID patients dying in Care homes without being seen by doctors are just being put down as "old age" or Alzheimers"
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I've been warning for weeks its unlikely a vaccine will work against #CoVID_19 ... I just turned BBC News24 on, & saw Mike Ryan from WHO in a Press Conference saying latest data shows "a very low proportion of people are developing antibodies & its unlikely a vaccine is feasible"
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Press Briefing: Vallance is now pretending it took a whole month to run models to decide how & when to lock down... In actual fact, it less than a day for all the scenarios. So - why is he lying about this? Reuters blows him out of the water - they know he didnt model until March
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