26th June 2020

The Week in Toryland 22nd June 2020

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 3. And then actual Health Minister was filmed breaking social distancing rules in Parliament 4. And then the actual Care Minis- ter said student nurses didn't need financial aid as they volunteered to fight Covid 19 as they "are not deemed to be providing a service" 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 5. And then the actual Culture Secretary said theatres could reopen if we had musicals in which nobody was allowed to sing 6. Sub-thread of quotes from anonymous Tory MPs and Ministers this week: 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire e. "There's a feeling the basic level of competence isn't there in No 10" f. "Cummings is the only thing they've actually dug in over. Everyone and everything else is expendable" g. "Boris and Cummings are great at campaigning but rubbish at governing" 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 10. Apple and Google said the UK's approach was impossible 11. 300 app and technology experts condemned the UK plans 12. But the govt ignored that, put the wife of a Tory MP in charge and gave her £1 1m, almost 3x the average budget for any Track and Trace app worldwide 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 13. The UK app planned to collect your data, which could be sold to any private business for 20 years 14. The govt promised the App by mid-April 15. Then the govt promised it by Jun 1 16. Then the govt promised it by Sept 17. Then the govt promised it "for the winter" 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 18. Then it was revealed the govt had asked Apple for access to their proprietary code, to which Apple said no, because the app breached international privacy laws 19. Then the WHO said lock-down measures should not be relaxed until Track and Trace were in place 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 20. But the UK govt replied that manual track and trace would work fine 21. And then it was revealed the UK's manual track and trace service missed between 30% and 80% of contacts 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 22. After a trial of the App, a report showed it worked just 4% of the time on Apple devices and missed 25% of connections on Android 23. And then, finally, the govt announced it was abandoning its "world beating system" 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 24. Matt Hancock said he had long been aware of "technical blocks" in the UK app 25. Then Matt Hancock said we had long been working on both Apps, but didn't explain why we only tested the one he "knew wouldn't work" on the Isle of White 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 26. Matt Hancock said he would now create a "hybrid system", and had spoken to Apple about it 27 Apple and Google said nobody had spoken to them, and it was still impossible 28. It was reported the UK app developers had tried to block rival apps, and called them "the enemy" 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 32. The Welsh govt released a report saying systemic racism is amongst the reasons BAME people have a higher Covid death-toll 33. The UK govt continues to refuse to release its own report, or implement more than 600 recommendations from previous reports into systemic racism 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 36. MPs condemned an "utterly reprehensible" delay in releasing the Russia Electoral Interference Report 37. Dominic Raab said he hadn't read it, but he knew it exonerated the govt 38. Nobody had formally accused the govt of anything that needed exoneration 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'මම Russ @RussInCheshire 39. A report showed 26,000 patients were released from hospital into care homes without testing, leading to at least 16,000 deaths from Covid19 40. The govt defended this by say- ing it "wasn't illegal" to negligently spread a pandemic in care homes 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 45. After one of last week's best u-turns, free school meal vouchers are to be distributed for poor children 46. But they can't be spent at Aldi, Lidl or Co-Op, the 3 cheapest supermarkets, so they don't offer good benefits to poorer families 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 49. So Boris Johnson announced a great new trade deal with New Zealand 50. Immediately afterwards the govt issued a statement saying it will have "close to zero" benefit to the UK 51. Michael Gove said border controls Boris Johnson agreed "should not be implemented" 17:36 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 54. The next day Boris Johnson said there was "No sense" dragging trade talks on beyond the summer 55. Boris Johnson claimed in Parliament that child poverty had fallen and "400,000 fewer families living in poverty now than there were in 2010" 17:37 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 56. In fact there are at least 800,000 more families in poverty, a rise of 38% 57 Boris Johnson's car was in an actual car-crash in in Downing Street. Metaphor. 58. And that's edited highlights. I genuinely had to remove half a dozen things cos reached the thread limit. 17:38 22 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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