‘She could have become a female Philby’. A blog at https://t.co/vdLBLn7wsS on my research with @f2first about Jenifer Hart which is the basis of the Sunday Times story.
Appointing Sue Gray is, off the top of my head, the first thing Starmer has very deliberately done which was absolutely guaranteed to provoke an avalanche of Daily Mail-infused bullshit. And that is both significant and highly encouraging. No wonder all their piss is boiling!
NEWS: Everybody going from hospital into social care will be tested for #coronavirus & isolated whilst the result comes through to protect those most in need.
@PhilbyWrites @Telegraph There is also Peter Jungk's book and film about Edith, in the French edition, https://t.co/C33Xnl6y6A
And his film, Tracking Edith, https://t.co/VpW4guGHNr
This was a test of the Prime Minister and he has failed it.
It is an insult to sacrifices made by the British people that Boris Johnson has chosen to take no action against Dominic Cummings.
This is badly misjudged. People should maintain social distancing, which is what these people are doing. We need to maintain public support for fundamental behaviour change which requires the authorities to focus on genuinely bad behaviour.