Andrew Levi

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[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

Incitement to riot is a serious criminal offence (Public Order Act 1986).

So are encouraging/assisting offending, causing fear/provoking immediate violence, stirring up racial hatred, & terrorism (under POA 1986, Serious Crime Act 2007, Terrorism Act 2006 etc).

Enforce the law.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

Excellent, entirely appropriate tribute from @David_Cameron to Sir Alex Younger, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (aka MI6), who has just died - far, far too young.

He was one of the best.

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

This terrible news has really knocked me for six. Alex Younger was a truly outstanding Head of MI6 during my time as PM and an exemplary public servant. He has been taken from us far too soon.

Due to the nature of their work, few fully understand the service and sacrifice made by those working in our intelligence and security services - but be in no doubt, Alex made our country a safer place and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude for that.

I had the privilege to continue working with Alex and to remain good friends after we both left office; I will miss him dreadfully. He was a remarkable man - tremendously knowledgable and insightful, but also such fantastic company and fun to be with. Kind, thoughtful; a good man in every sense.

At a time when our world is more confrontational, volatile and, frankly, dangerous, his expertise and great wisdom will be deeply missed. My thoughts and prayers are with Sarah and his family at this sad time.

https://t.co/jbGkmTjfUr

[Mark Sedwill @marksedwill]

So very sad to have learnt of the untimely death of a great friend and colleague, Sir Alex Younger. We were at St Andrews University together, had parallel careers and retired together in autumn 2020. He was an outstanding national security leader. I will miss him terribly. Love and condolences to Sarah and the family.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@marksedwill That’s extremely sad to hear. I’m so very sorry.

One of the best.

Condolences to all family and friends. RIP.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

What level of proof is required to convict someone of incitement to riot (or other serious crimes)?

Very brief 🧵 for info ⬇️

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@xxxxFernxxxx They will claim that they had no intent to cause crime (riot etc.).

Proof of intent is required for successful prosecution.

They have, it seems evident, carefully framed their public statements, with expert legal input, to avoid passing the legal threshold of intent. /1.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@xxxxFernxxxx That doesn’t mean that they’ve succeeded in that effort.

Nor that their private statements and actions, which may come to investigating authorities’ attention, will have avoided passing that threshold. /2. End

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

Incitement to riot is a serious criminal offence (Public Order Act 1986).

So are encouraging/assisting offending, causing fear/provoking immediate violence, stirring up racial hatred, & terrorism (under POA 1986, Serious Crime Act 2007, Terrorism Act 2006 etc).

Enforce the law.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@xxxxFernxxxx They will claim that they had no intent to cause crime (riot etc.).

Proof of intent is required for successful prosecution.

They have, it seems evident, carefully framed their public statements, with expert legal input, to avoid passing the legal threshold of intent. /1.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@ClingClams Those are quotes from Lord Frost. And?

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@Tentoads4truth The quote was from Robert Peston …

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

“Journalism is about giving people the information and then they make up their minds”.

Really?

A mini 🧵

I thought (good) journalism was about establishing what’s (a) true, false, uncertain, (b) important, unimportant, of questionable importance, …/1.

https://t.co/OabcvYSvTS

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

… then (d) present the result to the world.

Again, and again, and again, without bias, with the highest ethics and expertise, and without fail.

All else is at best unreliable gossip, at worst dangerous, propagandistic trash.

But perhaps it’s just me. /3. End

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

… and using the extensive and high quality resources of your news organisation to (c) place all that in a reliable analytical framework and context not otherwise easily, or at all, available to your readers/ listeners/ viewers, … /2.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@ayatollah_n You’re an anonymous ignoramus.

Goodbye 🙂

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

Nigel Farage says of the NHS, “I do not want it funded through general taxation. It doesn’t work”.

It does work.

And it’s cheap.

The “funding model” isn’t the problem.

Using the NHS as a political football, and stripping it for parts to enrich cronies, is.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@PhilipDilley The funding model works and is cheap.

Your understanding of the NHS and health systems in “every other developed country” is … lacking.

Trashing a system over a decade and a half causes severe damage. Putting that right is hard work.

Farage won’t fix it. Quite the opposite.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@RichardBentall @ArchieHall And intuitions.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

Nigel Farage says of the NHS, “I do not want it funded through general taxation. It doesn’t work”.

It does work.

And it’s cheap.

The “funding model” isn’t the problem.

Using the NHS as a political football, and stripping it for parts to enrich cronies, is.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@LordCharles111 No one is allowed to be “not covered”.

That’s the meaning of “compulsory”.

It’s also foundational to a civilised society that all, regardless of ability to pay, receive the healthcare they need.

That’s what eg the German system does, despite all the fakery about “insurance”.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@t_k9 You do, as your last sentence makes clear. That the funding has to be appropriately targeted, & the systems & processes it pays for have to be subject to constant scrutiny & improvement, is of course true. But you can’t just “tighten up first” then spend: you’d wreck the service.

[Andrew Levi @AndrewPRLevi]

@andoniAmu The 🇩🇪 system uses so-called “insurance”, in fact a compulsory levy. The “competition” is inefficient & creates overheads.

🇩🇪 is struggling with similar problems to 🇬🇧, plus some. But in the past they invested (expensively) in more capacity & are still benefitting from that.