Months the UK "hesitated"
January 2020
February 2020
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February 2021
[thread]
On the UK "will not hesitate" to tighten border
Months the UK "hesitated"
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
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Is eager to divulge internal debate held in cabinet to bolster her reputation & get a boost for Tory leadership post Boris
“On ‘should we have closed our borders earlier?’ the answer is yes, I was an advocate [of] closing them last March.”
https://t.co/A9hjkH5Wc4
I have a larger thread on Priti Patel
Which we will come to at the last
But I want to focus on
“On ‘should we have closed our borders earlier?’ the answer is yes, I was an advocate [of] closing them last March.”
What evidence did you have that informed your advocacy?
Did you have (to borrow a phrase) an "absolute burden of proof"?
Was it just a hunch or belief?
Were you trying to "do-good" so to speak?
https://t.co/poqt44gLOU
Ian Hislop explains to Priti Patel why she's wrong about supporting capital punishment, but she disagrees claiming "absolute burden of proof" means innocent people will never be wrongly executed.#c4news @LBC #r4today #bbcqt #PoliticsLive #Newsnight #bbcaq #marr #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/dsQ98AzHQH
— I Am Incorrigible FCA (@ImIncorrigible) September 15, 2019
In March 2020
As a pandemic was raging out of control and resulting in a panicked delayed and late lock down
I would be marshalling and arguing
All my skills
All the evidence or views I held
To persuade my colleagues of my case
That I am the British Home Secretary
One of the senior offices of state in Her Majesty's Government
And the weight of that office behind marshalled behind that argument
In a room full of people who wanted to "take back control" of our borders
IF I had managed to fluff up persuading them that in the midst of a public health emergency they had allowed to "ramp up" out of control
I would take a lesson from that
On the evidence I brought
On the hunch I brought
And on how I marshalled my arguments and persuade people
I would be eternally vigilant
As the UK death toll went from ..... well you know the numbers there through Spring of 2020
To where we are now
And how they fared with those
Of course - its no simple direct analogy - every country has a panoply of measures they choose to follow in containing coronavirus
I would take notes
Boris Johnson 17/4/2020
"I’ve been comparing notes & talking to leaders around the 🌍, & I can tell you that 🇬🇧 is leading a growing global campaign amongst friends & allies"
I would be revisiting that decision back in March 2020
And reminding my cabinet colleagues of the growing strength of concern and basis for travel restrictions
So that should that day come when I do win the argument
The Home Office is ready to go
It has a plan
It is oven ready (again to borrow a phrase)
https://t.co/ncVb1JKNQx
Yes the one who cut police funding for a decade
Denied the consequences
Blocked their local police federation
And now want your gratitude
https://t.co/lXPhNLn3zv
[thread] on the "great news"
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) October 29, 2020
and "listening to the people's priorities" https://t.co/oqK08291fe
A reminder: they told the police to shut up and stop crying wolf
https://t.co/Vro5bFrQNw
.@pritipatel is either making up sentencing laws, or has hopelessly misunderstood how the existing law works.
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) June 8, 2020
As Danny says, there is no minimum sentence for the offence of assaulting an emergency worker. #FakeLaw https://t.co/tCN2dAU4Cd
it is the headline
gets it "wrong for second time in three days"
https://t.co/Z6Hq9RKO9k
One on Priti Patel
https://t.co/P0ZGYvj9vj
[thread]
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) November 23, 2020
The most difficult thing I find is writing the hook into a thread
There is a simple word
It is called Imagine
But first I want to focus on a different topic
Nigeriahttps://t.co/bF4zaDguzh
Priti Patel said Boris Johnson was "ahead of the curve"
Ask her to explain
1. What absolute burden of proof does she have for that claim?
2. What would the UK had looked like if we were "behind the curve"?
https://t.co/7Hew6TrEgL
Any time a Tory says
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) February 11, 2021
\u201cbuild back better\u201d
or
\u201cLevel up\u201d
Ask them a simple question
WHOM and WHAT are they building back better / levelling up FROM ?
A thread that starts on a number and goes on a long journey over the past decade https://t.co/WOheFsftnu pic.twitter.com/fFzuLFsPOZ
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[thread]
Can I be the first to congratulate Boris Johnson
On getting a "British shaped deal"
On a "gold standard" trade deal
On making the UK "mightily prosper"
/joking
He won't
But he will sell it as such
And that is all that matters
Can I be the first to congratulate Boris Johnson
On getting a "British shaped deal"
On a "gold standard" trade deal
On making the UK "mightily prosper"
/joking
He won't
But he will sell it as such
And that is all that matters
British PM Boris Johnson will visit India in January to boost trade ties, his first major bilateral trip since taking office https://t.co/EjfCeYAaNK via @bpolitics
— Joe Mayes (@Joe_Mayes) December 15, 2020
[thread] on the utter state of this
So really simple questions
And there are so so many
Why are concerns over race, gender and sexuality put into air quotes e.g. "fashionable"?
Is "fashionable" meant as a derogatory?
Who are you selling this shite to when you write it this way?
When did the government become "too focused" on race, gender and sexuality issues?
Define "too focused" ?
Will now "pivot" - what you mean from today 17th December 2020?
Why could you not focus on "poverty and levelling up" at the same time as equality issues since some of these issues go hand in in hand after all?
Who and what are you "levelling up" from?
Equalities Minister \u2066@trussliz\u2069 says the government has been too focused on \u201cfashionable\u201d race, gender and sexuality issues and will now pivot towards focusing on poverty and levelling up. https://t.co/UOrxSapG7Z
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) December 17, 2020
So really simple questions
And there are so so many
Why are concerns over race, gender and sexuality put into air quotes e.g. "fashionable"?
Is "fashionable" meant as a derogatory?
Who are you selling this shite to when you write it this way?
When did the government become "too focused" on race, gender and sexuality issues?
Define "too focused" ?
Will now "pivot" - what you mean from today 17th December 2020?
Why could you not focus on "poverty and levelling up" at the same time as equality issues since some of these issues go hand in in hand after all?
Who and what are you "levelling up" from?
Why there was even talk of starving the Irish
But that's ok
Priti only meant it unintentionally
And she was frustrated when she said it
So that's
It's not like the UK talked of invading Spain or Calais
Or was busy trying to incite Irexit, Itexit or the AfD or so other discord in the EU
After all that 50 pence piece
Talks of friendship
So surely we were good friends?
Those liars who had nothing
And knew they had nothing
Well they passed their withdrawal agreement
Knowing they never had any intention of honouring
Oh yes and a reminder
How many Tory MPs are unashamed they passed legislation without forming an opinion on it
But that's ok
Priti only meant it unintentionally
And she was frustrated when she said it
So that's
[thread]
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) November 23, 2020
The most difficult thing I find is writing the hook into a thread
There is a simple word
It is called Imagine
But first I want to focus on a different topic
Nigeriahttps://t.co/bF4zaDguzh
It's not like the UK talked of invading Spain or Calais
Or was busy trying to incite Irexit, Itexit or the AfD or so other discord in the EU
After all that 50 pence piece
Talks of friendship
So surely we were good friends?
Those liars who had nothing
And knew they had nothing
Well they passed their withdrawal agreement
Knowing they never had any intention of honouring
[thread] a simple question
— ScottishPanda (@PandaScottish) October 17, 2019
What are you prepared to sacrifice for brexit ?
Boris Johnson and his historic wordshttps://t.co/nFkevENjqB
Oh yes and a reminder
How many Tory MPs are unashamed they passed legislation without forming an opinion on it
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This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
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This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
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The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
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