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The week in Toryland 9th July 2020

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire #TheWeekInTory 1. Boris Johnson nominated Chris Grayling to chair the Intelligence Committee 2. Yes. Chris Grayling. 3. Matt Hancock said "I'm really pleased that the Domestic Abuse Bill has been passed" 12 hours after he voted against it, so maybe it's catching 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 4. A Sage official govt scientific report said test and trace must be improved before schools were re-opened 5. The following day the Education Minister said he would fine parents who didn't send kids to schools. Test and Trace is still not working. 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 11. Boris Johnson attempted to explain this by saying nobody knew about asymptomatic infections 12. But on 11th March (before govt advice about discharging to care homes) Matt Hancock said scientific evidence showed the amount of asymptomatic infection was "very significant" 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 13. So they knew. And they did it anyway. 14. And now they've moved onto pubs 15. Senior police officers warned govt lifting the lockdown was "total madness" 16. The chairman of the Police Federation said "it is crystal clear that drunk people won't socially distance" 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 19. Boris Johnson said "Anyone who flouts Covid rules isn't just putting us all at risk, but letting down the rest of us" 20. And then Boris Johnson's father broke the rules to go to his villa in Greece 21. And I'm sure I don't need to mention Dominic Cummings 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 22. But it's OK, Mark Francois mentioned Dominic Cummings for you, warning a giggling General that "Cummings is going to come down and sort you out" 23. That's the Dominic Cummings who is an unelected bureaucrat, and and ran a Brexit campaign against unelected bureaucrats 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 24. Brexit also promised an end to red tape, and Boris Johnson insisted "emphatically" that border checks in the Irish Sea would not happen 25. So imagine my surprise when, this week, the details of the additional red tape and Irish Sea border checks were revealed 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 29 Boris Johnson denied No Deal, but said we would have an "Australian-style" deal 30. The EU coughed and said "We do not have a deal with Australia" 31. ONS figures showed No Deal will cut UK economy by 9.3% 32. That's on top of the predicted 14% slump caused by Covid 19 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 33. Το save money the govt announced it would stop free parking for NHS staff, which annoyed NHS staff and saved almost nothing 34. Hours later the govt unannounced that particular idea, and denied it had ever said it. Reassuringly competent, isn't it? 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 35. More competence: the govt announced a new policy of sanc- tions against regimes engaged in Human Rights violations 36. Literally the following day, the govt announced it would resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite acknowledging Saudi war crimes in the Yemen 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 37. But at least they're on the ball about PPE we need to, yknow, stay alive 38. Except the govt is facing a string of legal challenges about why it awarded multimillion-pound PPE contracts to, let's say, strange choices, which I list below: 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

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Image may contain: 1 person, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 43. And in every case: no bidding process 44. And finally, having come into office promising 50,000 new nurses, this week it was revealed nursing recruitment is down 5%. There are already more than 40,000 UK vacancies for nurses, and WHO is warning Covid has "only just started" 21:04 09 Jul 20 Twitter Web App'

Image may contain: 2 people, text that says 'Russ @RussInCheshire 45. Don't be too downhearted. It's only Thursday. They could turn it all around in the next 24 hours. You wait and see, it'll be amazing. Use #TheWeekInTory to find previous reassuring installments'

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