Harry Lineker

[Alan @A1an_M]

I like to observe the media and look for patterns.
Patterns I've noticed about coverage of the "climate":
- Weather used to be a two minute affair at the end of the news.
- There are more news stories about the weather than ever before.
- There are more stories about the weather when it's hot than when it's not
- When it's not hot in the UK, especially when it's not hot in summer, there are lots of stories about other places where it's hot
- When it's not hot in the UK, especially when it's not hot in summer, there are frequently forecasts of very hot weather to come, even though it often doesn't materalise.
- When it's been unusually cold somewhere, like at the moment when it's snowing in Johannesburg for the first time in decades, there is little coverage or if it; or if there is it's described as freak weather
- whereas a single hot weather event is nearly always attributed to climate change
- Weather maps have changed colour over the years; in the past the land was generally coloured green; now even on typical summer days the land ranges from orange to scarlet. For a given temperature, the colouring is much more alarmist.
- Storms in the UK (even relatively minor ones) are now named, drawing yet more attention to the weather being "unusual"
- There is regular reference to "unprecedented" records without giving any context about the period over which the record is "unprecedented"
- Weather forecasts now often use hyperbole: we have "heat plumes" and "weather bombs" and "beasts from the East"
- The above patterns apply to every news provider in the UK, and seem to apply to all Western countries as well judging by the weather coverage I've seen.

I expect this pattern of behaviour leading very strongly in one particular direction with no balance or context is just yet another coincidence. 👍

Scorchio!
Oh no, I've fallen under the spell now too. 🙄

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Rishi Sunak, who held a green card requiring him to declare himself a permanent US resident, and who also benefited from his wife's non-dom tax status, while being listed as a beneficiary of her Cayman Island trust, says his patriotism to the UK is "non-negotiable".

[WST @WeAreWST]

🎟 RETWEET COMP! 🎟

We're giving away tickets to the final of the @CazooUK Players Championship in Wolverhampton next Sunday!

Just retweet this by midday, Monday 7th February #CazooSeries

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

📈 Daily reported Covid death figures are too high because people are dying from conditions unrelated to the virus after testing positive, Sajid Javid has admitted https://t.co/uZQl8lDTIc

[Fr Calvin Robinson ©️®️ @calvinrobinson]

Government: “Follow the science”

Doctor: "The science isn't strong enough"

[Joel @JNJD42]

@PoliticsForAlI A negative test is a much, much better indicator that someone isn’t infectious than the jab, which does NOT prevent transmission. This isn’t science. It’s not about health, it’s about control.

[just me @LianTaylor]

@itvnews Doesn’t look sick, can talk really well considering he supposed to be hard to breathe & he is on oxygen, crisis actor right here!! Funny how a film crew are allowed in a covid ward, but a father still has problems joining their partners for a baby scan!!!

[whiz @frankwhiz1]

Genuinely seen better acting on brazzers

[Sky News @SkyNews]

COVID-19: Face masks will be a 'personal choice' under 'much more permissive regime' of measures https://t.co/eJX53eFrkc

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

To be crystal clear, this picture was taken with 2m social distancing rules still in place at workplaces.

The issue here is not Matt Hancock’s infidelity - it’s his world-beating hypocrisy.

Write the rules. Tell the little people to obey. Then break them with impunity.

[Harry Lineker @harrylineker1]

@AlexSherwin_ @BeanSoyle99 Hope you tweeted this with your mask on…just incase

[Lewis @LewisWainwrigh8]

@SkyNews Are you serious? All you see is the media pushing for an extension but now it’s happened you try and get the people back on your side for your own gain, the media are to blame for a lot of decisions in this pandemic as well not just the government

[MesutFarke 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇦🇷🇩🇪 @MesutFarkeson]

@SkyNews Furlough has been holiday enough for lots of people. Back to work please.

[TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) @TechnicallyRon]

Remember a few months ago when the government sued a school to force them to stay open because they said the opposite of this was true.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Matt Hancock accused of 'cronyism' after it emerges he has shares in family firm used by the NHS https://t.co/xRDDjLnPhj

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Stephen Day: Former NHS executive jailed after swindling more than £1m from several companies https://t.co/fhwDupHPqM

[Sacha Lord @Sacha_Lord]

Who on earth is making this up within Government?

A third who have been preparing for Monday. Newly stocked, newly staffed, ready to go. Just thrown under the bus.

Another ill thought out decision. You can go to the toilet inside. What's the difference?

A disgrace.

[Mad Gas @MadGas1]

@PoliticsForAlI @ONS Not good enough, another 88 months in Lockdown IMO, can never be too sure. We want at least 100% below the average. Until then I’m hiding under my bed and not moving.