The four key lessons of the first lockdown: 1) Going in late makes everything worse. 2) Coming out early makes everything worse. 3) Not using it to get proper Test, Track & Trace in place makes everything worse. 4) Unclear messaging makes everything worse. And yet here we are.

Exclusive: UK govt is paying management consultants the equivalent of million and a half pound salaries to work on Test & Trace. I’ve seen documents showing senior staff from Boston Consulting Group are being paid day rates of around £7k, equivalent to £1.5m on an annual basis.

The complete absence of clarity & leadership during the first wave created a vacuum into which anything can move: conspiracies, confusion, corruption etc. Incredibly, the early response to the second wave looks worse. And every single architect of the first mess is still in post.

"They found the money for Eat Out to Help Out, but they can't find the money for the poorest children in the country" James O'Brien accuses the Government of hypocrisy on feeding children. James O'Brien

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Here is a reminder of some of the failings in the past 12 months that have led to so many infections & deaths- 1.The PM missed 5 cobra meetings at start 2. The Government ignored warnings about pandemic preparations 3. They allowed ppe stockpiles to run down (1/10)

“he’s doing the best he can” is what you say about a child who’s shit at football, not a prime minister with a 100k death toll

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I’m still trying to get action on PM’s systematic lying in parliament The BBC asks whether people care about it Please RT if you do

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.

We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:

🚨"Who exactly does the @MetPoliceUK work for ma'am? Our citizens, or Boris Johnson?" 🚨 (Location: New Scotland Yard. Sound on)

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Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has just hopped from one UK news show to another telling viewers enough bull**** to fertilize an entire field If you think the country deserves better share this far and wide

Buried on page 199 of the Department of Health and Social Care’s annual report published yesterday is the shocking disclosure that it has incurred £8.7bn of losses - £8.7bn ! - on £12.1bn of PPE bought in 2020/21. Think about how that money could have been…

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