Jon Steel

Politics, journalism and other assorted nonsense.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

UK to have worst economic decline in Europe next year -and by some margin...

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

Some men can’t help overcompensating. #ukraine

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Remove the “payroll” vote - and look at the free vote from backbenchers. Almost 75% of all Tory MPs not dependent on his patronage voted against him. This is the end for Boris Johnson. The only question is how long the agony is prolonged.
@RestIsPolitics

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Anti-vaxxers protest BBC coverage of pandemic by storming a building in White City. A building the BBC vacated in 2013 and is now luxury flats. Is there a link between stupidity and anti-vax? Opinions vary but evidence is growing …

[Quentin Letts @thequentinletts]

A friend's son, 10, plays in a Herefordshire boys' football league. If anyone shouts 'man on!' the ref blows his whistle and gives a free kick. They are told they must say 'person on'.

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

Grenfell Tower was a disaster and the blight on thousands of flats adds shame and disgrace on gov - the industry should foot the bill for cladding replacement not residents. #GrenfellInquiry #GrenfellTower https://t.co/ctbIQ6kDct

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

@WBA @premierleague What a lovely and fitting tribute to Linda...somewhere out there I’m sure she is smiling still.

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

Thank you @PA for this chart which shows the full #covid trend line since spring. The left hand side so often seems to be missing from gov graphics for some reason. #context

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Ferrier called for Cummings to resign after he travelled half the distance symptomless.

Guido expects the MPs resignation by the morning. https://t.co/LQ2N5kRCDB

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

In England, there are now 305 Coronavirus patients in hospital with 33 patients on ventilation. At the peak those numbers were around 17,000 and 2,800.

No sign of any increase in hospital admissions too.

It's so important to look at the whole picture, not just reported cases.

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

Ah...that’s all clear then @GavinWilliamson @BBCNews @SkyNews

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

Note to subs: yes it doesy.

[Media Guido @MediaGuido]

Finally... how hard was that?

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Lincoln's statue defaced with graffiti. President Lincoln, who fought a Civil War because he believed Black Lives Mattered. The ignorance is beyond parody.

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

The sooner we accept we all have to take responsibility for our actions and that nothing can be risk free, the sooner absurdities like this will stop ...and coppers can get back to doing their proper jobs.

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Panorama’s PPE Investigation Was Party Political Broadcast https://t.co/FTelXt9mg5

[Andrew Cotter @MrAndrewCotter]

Some sports are slower. More about the strategy.

[Kate Bulkley @katecomments]

Brilliant!

[Jon Steel @Jon_Steel_]

From the @thetimes -if the 150k suspected #coronavirus cases is anywhere near accurate, the ‘confirmed’ figure looks increasingly misleading and risks complacency - the last thing we need and runs counter to other gov messages.