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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire This episode of #TheWeekInTory is just stuff since Friday 1. Ineptitude alert: due to Brexit the UK is leaving the EU's Galileo satellite scheme, which is vital for satnav 2. Independent experts said developing our own satellite system would cost around £4bn 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 6. Democracy news: it was reported "PM wants Brexiteer to head Civil Service" 7. But the Code of Conduct says Civil Servants "must not act in a way that is determined by party political considerations" 8. Then Michael Gove gave a major speech about the need to decentralise govt 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 9. And the next day the Cabinet Secretary was sacked, so that Dominic Cummings could centralise more power 10. A replacement David Frost, a Brexiteer was appointed, and will now be Cabinet Secretary, National Security Advisor and simultaneously lead Brexit negotiations 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 11. The former Cabinet Secretary Lord O'Donnell said "I'm worried about the appointment" as it was "made without any due process", and Frost "doesn't have much background in security" He said "it shows an erosion of civil service impartiality" 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 12. Public safety news: 3 years from Grenfell, the National Audit Office found only 14% of dangerous buildings have had their cladding removed 13. The UN warned the UK may breach international law over its failure to remove combustible cladding from high-rise buildings 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 14. Days after corruption allegations against Robert Jenrick & Matt Hancock, it was revealed developers backed by Johnson as London Mayor donated almost £1m to the Tory Party 15. If you take away some of the letters and add different ones, "donation" is an anagram of "bribe" 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 16. And now, onto Covid. On 1 June the govt said "we will work around the clock to ensure that nobody goes hungry as a result of this crisis [Covid19]" 17. This week govt data revealed 7 7m adults missed meals, and 3.7 used food banks during the crisis 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 18. Senior police officers warned govt that lifting the lockdown was "total madness" 19. The next day the govt lifted the lockdown 20. The day after that, a major incident was declared as 500,000 people crowded beaches, and illegal street parties broke out across the country 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 24. The Home Secretary said the public "shouldn't take liberties" with the rules and "the full weight of govt powers" could be called upon to ensure guidelines are followed 25. I've looked into this, and Dominic Cummings is still in his job. So, remarkably, is Robert Jenrick 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 26. Matt Hancock said "a protective ring had been thrown around care homes" by the govt 27. A report this week showed the risk of Covid-related deaths in UK's care homes is 13-times higher than in German care homes 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 28. The govt told parliament there are sufficient supplies of PPE 29. The next day govt confirmed that the phrase "200 pieces of PPE equipment" refers to 100 pairs of gloves 30. UK Statistics Authority issued a 2nd official rebuke about the trustworthiness of govt data 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 34. A SAGE scientific report said fully reopening schools without substantial improvements in the performance of the test-and-trace system could risk a new surge in cases of Covid-19 35. So the govt announced it would fine parents who didn't send their children to school 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 36. Boris Johnson compared himself to Roosevelt and promised a £5bn "New Deal" to boost the economy, and said "this is what the times demand" 37 Roosevelt's New Deal expenditure was up to 40% of US GDP at the time 38. Johnson's £5bn is slightly less: about 0.2% of UK GDP 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 42. The govt refused to rule out tax rises to pay for the coming crash 43. Then Boris Johnson explicitly ruled out tax rises for the rich, say- ing we should "clap for bankers who make the NHS possible" 44. So if the rich aren't being taxed, that means... oh, it's you and me again 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 45. On 24 June, Jeremy Hunt wrote an article in the Telegraph urging the govt to do mass testing of NHS and Care staff to prevent a second wave 46. On 24 June (the same day) Jeremy Hunt (the same Jeremy Hunt) voted in parliament against mass testing of NHS and Care staff 16:48 30 Jun 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 52. And, to end on a cheery note, researchers in China discovered a new type of swine flu capable of triggering a pandemic. 53. So far, there's no confirmation that Chris Grayling is involved in Chinese pig-farming 54. This is just 4 days. My previous #TheWeekInTory was worse'

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