#GOVERNMENT

Da’Shaun | they/them

DaShaunLH

no words for how wildly disrespectful this is.https://twitter.com/notyanwi/status/1313907172057772036 the BPP was much more than mutual aid, and their mutual aid efforts were rooted in political education intended to bring Black

Luke Bailey

imbadatlife

DHSC are pushing back hard on those claims they're running a network of fake NHS staff accounts to support the government's strategy.https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1252344051216420865 The fake accounts do seem to exist, but

Shelley Zhang

shelzhang

When I get worried that CCP propaganda is winning everywhere, this type of ham-handed soft power overreach is reassuring.https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/12/beijing-tried-to-make-german-officials-praise-china-over-coronavirus-outbreak-report/ Speaking

Crystal moth

Prolapsarian

THREAD: The numbers of cases are so high and are steadily rising so lockdown is now inevitable. It didn't need to come to this, but government inaction, compromise, and risk

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Bye bye afternoon plans...https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-approach-to-the-future-relationship-with-the-eu Any kind soul in the EU want to send me the notes that the Commission will inevitably have sent to Member States pointi

Aankhi

AankhiGM

The Delhi High Court has now denied making any request for a special 100 bed Covid facility in Ashoka hotel. Good of the court to give admonish the Delhi govt

Ryan Batchelor

ryanbatchelor

The pandemic incumbency advantage: what does it really mean?Every government in Australia that has sought re-election in the last year has been comprehensively returned: ACT, NT - clear winsQld -

Matt Kibbe

mkibbe

What is the goal of the lockdown? It was flattening the curve, to make sure hospitals could handle critical patients without being overwhelmed. Honest modelers acknowledged a flattened curve would

Tim Watts MP

TimWattsMP

Australians who make their living working in the arts have been flooding social media all week with images of their work to try to get the government’s attention and force

Luke McGee

lukemcgee

More and more Tories and former government figures are worried that Boris Johnson's personal skillset and his teams campaigning, combative style of government is ill-suited to the age of covid.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/10/uk/brexi

jillian c. york

jilliancyork

Wait ok I have more to say about the Harper's letter, sorry.As a free speech advocate, what gets me the most about these folks is that not one of them

Joel Schafer

joelschafer

.@karaforcongress I just got an odd text message that I’d love to hear your thoughts on/explanation for. It purports to support Libertarian candidate Tyler Schaeffer, but something seems more than

During The War!

Uncle_Albert_

Why did I write my #PPE thread? Because I found myself screaming at the tv everytime some smug journalist came on it, pontificating & criticising about a subject, not just

graceyswer

graceyswer

The government not helping sex workers only reinforces the cycle of poverty and prostitution. Now more than ever, we feel we have to work despite it being unsafe to do

Stephen Leary

MeashamHS2Actio

1/2 Don't worry Peter, the new #HS2 Business Case will only add another £63.5bn (2015 prices) to the #NationalDebt if the full network is built. Peanuts really. See Table 2.1:

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/10I agree, Adam, that what happened in Japan is a very important story, but I would add that your graph shows Japanese government debt, which is only half the debt