Get well soon @sajidjavid
And please use this time to reflect that - if serious about “protecting others” - Monday’s planned bonfire of protection measures must *not* go ahead. Govt’s own scientists warn of dangers - herd immunity by infection means many become ill & some die
If you are pro-lockdown and against ending legal restrictions just say so John. Personally, the vaccine is working and we case numbers are noting to scared of. More damage to society from lockdown is not acceptable
Infections are surging, Covid admissions rising, waiting lists at record levels & vital operations cancelled (including liver transplants at a trust).
Yet response of ministers is a top down NHS reorganisation and abandoning Covid safeguards on Monday.
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The vaccine is protecting the elderly. Younger people are not taking the vaccine and are getting ill from Covid. Your anti-vax message is profoundly irresponsible.
@devilyouNo These are not vaccines by the very definition of vaccine. They are experimental. Not used in humans before last year, no long term data, short term data producing alarming numbers of side effects, more deaths than all other vaccines combined in the last 30+ years. And failing…
Vaccines protect everyone. They are far from experimental. Taking a vaccine is like paying taxes or hurt service - just do it and be grateful we have civilisation
@devilyouNo Why? Vaccinations have one purpose, to protect yourself. These vaxes are experimental and have caused serious side effects in over 1 million people and death in over 1400 people in the UK alone. It’s a personal choice, based on risk, not anyone else’s choice.
You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.
Mandating the vax for care workers is the Govts ‘toe in the water’ to gauge your response. If we do nothing, Govt will continue until they mandate the vax for the whole population. This is happening in France and other countries around the world. It must be stopped. Do you agree?
@David__Osland I went to Ireland for a holiday years ago. I realised I knew little about it & bought a history book that I read on the journey. I was horrified. Deeply shocked. I didn't know any of it. Yet only last year I heard about the burning of Cork in 1920. Yes, teach it in schools.
The history of British involvement in Ireland - from the Anglo-Norman invasion through Cromwell, partition and the Good Friday Agreement - should be taught in British secondary schools
No, it is a government treating the public as adults able to make their own assessment of risk for their own circumstances - why is that objectionable.
Public health should not be left to *personal responsibility*
There are rules over road safety or smoking indoors in the interests of public health & safety. Covid should be no different
This is the Govt washing its hands of its own responsibility
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Yuu wanted to keep schools closed and keep kids in masks. How dare you lecture others on education. Why don’t you fight the anti-vaxxers and fear mongers holding us back rather than using personal insults.
The Delta variant is the 'Johnson variant' & it beggars belief the PM looked angry when this was pointed out at #PMQs -he might show some humility instead as it's not he who has the right to be angry, it's all of us impacted by the Delta wave, not least 640k kids not in school
The projection from @sajidjavid that infections could surge to a record 100,000 a day in a few weeks, as all social distancing and mask-wearing regulations are removed, is especially terrifying for those whose immune systems are impaired or are clinically vulnerable in…
Trolley Fri: Argh, accept apology I consider the matter closed
Media/MP babble, 89 Carrie texts p/hour
Trolley Sat, SMASH: Arghhh Matt go now you'll be back better stronger shortly matey forward to victory!
Trolley Mon, CRASH: when I saw the story on Fri we had a new SoS on Sat
The more ethnic identity is emphasised the weaker national identity becomes. This is a dangerous trend for our multi-racial society where we need to lean on what we have in common not emphasise difference.
My telegraph article (outside the paywall) 👇
https://t.co/lsqufL8eKk
Excruciating to watch Brandon Lewis trying to defend #Hancock, arguing he knew he had to go, when he clearly spent the last 24 hours desperately trying to hang on. And to suggest he was concerned about his children - well he might just have thought about that before #Marr
Today's divisive select committee report into white working-class pupils has diverted attention from the unavoidable truth that Conservative government policy is responsible for holding 𝒂𝒍𝒍 working class communities back
Our statement in full 👇
https://t.co/68UMrXHsJn