Update: Following hospital figures today, a cautious estimate of the number of excess UK deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic up to 26 May is
63,800
Of these 59,359 have happened between mid March and Mid May, the rest are estimates
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After the disease, the debt from @TheEconomist “....Better to raise taxes on land, inheritance, carbon emissions and, in America, consumption—and at least try to trim spending on the elderly.” Daily Mail Tories will go apeshit at this? https://t.co/FC64pJeEs6
After the disease, the debt “....Better to raise taxes on land, inheritance, carbon emissions and, in America, consumption—and at least try to trim spending on the elderly.” This from @TheEconomist !!! Daily Mail Tories will go apeshit at this? https://t.co/FC64pJeEs6
“....Better to raise taxes on land, inheritance, carbon emissions and, in America, consumption—and at least try to trim spending on the elderly.” This on dealing with national debt. @TheEconomist !! @DailyMailUK Tories would shiver at that?
The sense of the government being forced on to the defensive was reinforced by two hugely detailed rebuttals it published on Sunday. One said the Sunday Times article contained “a series of falsehoods and errors”, while another condemned a Financial Times. https://t.co/k0vgmuHPhX
Tories on defensive as criticism grows of early handling of coronavirus. Michael Gove was forced to admit that the prime minister had missed five key emergency meetings when the crisis first hit. https://t.co/k0vgmuHPhX
“It turns out that we can function without celebrities or star athletes, but we really cannot function without nurses, doctors, care workers, delivery drivers, the stackers of supermarket shelves or, perhaps unexpectedly, good neighbours.” #covidsocialism
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