Patrick Down

Retired’ish. #vegan #vibrams and #thriving. #ptsd it’s not who l am. #running #walking #mindfulness #nature and #amazingwife all part of the therapy 👣🏃🏼‍♂️🥦

[Nigella Lawson @Nigella_Lawson]

They didn’t fall. They were pushed. Heartbreaking https://t.co/1VzvdOIr6H

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Bloody hell i’m agreeing with @piersmorgan

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

A tenth of the world's #coronavirus deaths have been in the UK & people are still trying to defend our Govt's strategy to combat it?
It's been a catastrophically complacent shambles from start to finish.

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Not good ...

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

'A National Scandal': A Timeline of the UK Government’s Woeful Response to the Coronavirus Crisis.

This is a very handy timeline. Do take a look. https://t.co/xLwmA30CMK

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Things are tough - don’t pass the blame to those who are on the front line - not good @MattHancock

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Dear @MattHancock,

NHS staff are dying because you have not provided enough personal protective equipment.

To insinuate staff have misused the limited equipment they have been given is an utter disgrace - they deserve so much better right now.

https://t.co/k1mAX9gh6e

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Ditto

[annie mitchell 💙💚 🌈 @annieingarden]

I keep thinking I’ve reached peak anger with this gvment then it gets worse. How dare the health secretary tell health professionals how to use PPE, insinuating they are responsible for the shortage. Trauma is bad enough. Exacerbating it with wilful victim blaming is criminal.

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Thanks Sam so true

[Sam Down @SamDown93]

Once again this is appalling fear-mongering/clickbait from the Mirror. A read through the article tells you that they actually pose no more risk to human health than a bee. Ridiculous implication. Also doesn’t this story come out every year?

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Tonight we clap for Dr Adil El Tayar, Dr Alfa Sa'adu, Dr Habib Zaidi, Dr Amged el-Hawrani and for all those who've lost their lives protecting us. #ClapForCarers
(Location: Manchester)

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Yep @TUIUK we won’t meet again ...@SimonCalder @mrjamesob

[Which? @WhichUK]

TUI is acting disgracefully by telling customers 'don't call us, we'll call you' and then failing to provide any information about their rights to a refund for cancelled holidays, sometimes costing thousands of pounds. Many of these people may desperately need their money back.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

I'd like to congratulate countless foreign-born workers everywhere from the NHS to the buses on silently graduating from 'unskilled & welcome' to 'intrinsic & invaluable'. I expect Priti Patel to join me any minute now.

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

No you’re not

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Why wld the UK order 17 million antibody tests without knowing if they work? I feel like I’m missing something (and no doubt am). How much are they going to cost?

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Please have a word with peston

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Excellent question from BBC’s Hugh Pym. Health editor.

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

We were wondering that as our son went into isolation at the same time

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Here’s a question: why is Matt Hancock out of isolation after 6 days?

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Agree

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Hadn't thought of this before but it's now very hard to escape the conclusion that the length of these pressers is determined by the politician chairing them. Hancock quite rightly bringing in the regionals as well. Top marks.

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Common sense - listen

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

If we make the right decisions now—informed by science, data and the experience of medical professionals—we can save lives and get the country back to work. You can read more about my thoughts on #COVID19 on my blog. https://t.co/KN58B8Hs11

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Remember the date yesterday?

[MichaelWhite @michaelwhite]

Didn’t take Harry long to land in deep doo-doo in LA. Nor the snappers long to find him.

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

@Peston ? What the hell - one question

[emily m @maitlis]

See what has happened here ? Hugh pym asks a simple question of why not enough testing for nhs staff and he gets a long winded reply from Health chief about why testing is important. Which ends with the words “ramp up” . Hugh knows all this. We all know all this.

[Carl Eve @CarlEveCrime]

Another way of undermining public consent is by cutting 20,000 officers, tell them to stop crying wolf then shit biscuits when violent crime & mental health incidents rise & you rely on remaining cops to implement half-arsed ill-prepared rushed laws
Ah... did I say that out loud?

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

Yes

[Julia Faulconbridge @JPFaulconbridge]

Is factory farming to blame for coronavirus? https://t.co/4IkhFYxafk

[St Luke's Hospice Plymouth @StLukesPlymouth]

Unsung #heroes, every one of them!

We want to say huge #thankyou to the special folk who work behind the scenes to keep the wheels of our vital service turning.

They’re doing us #proud in these turbulent #coronavirus times.

#gratitude #teamwork #charity @hospiceuk

[Patrick Down @PatrickHopeDown]

So so true

[Professor Kishan Devani BEM @Kishan_Devani]

**Let us not forget**

A month ago #PritiPatel said anyone earning less than £25k is an "unskilled worker" & can’t enter the UK!

NHS starting salaries:

Nurse £24.2k
Paramedic £24.2k
Midwife £24.2k
Radiographer £24.2k
Care assistant £17.6k

And now the #Govt are clapping them!