#Government

Jonathan Kay

jonkay

I wrote a book about conspiracy theories and I'm quite familiar with the damage that misinformation can do. Laws like this are counterproductive, as they only fuel distrust. And inevitably,

Adam McNicholas

adammcnicholas

Labour risks taking too much from the Cummings row. Yes, this will damage Johnson. And yes Keir Starmer and team have gotten off to a great start. But Labour must

Owen Barder

owenbarder

There is a government department that is head and shoulders above others in the skills and values that @michaelgove calls for in his Ditchley Lecture - such as statistical numeracy,

Ian Fraser

Ian_Fraser

David Hare, who has recovered from Covid-19, tells it like it is on @BBCr4today. At the very least, the playwright says, we need far greater honesty from the government. Excerpt:

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Weekly French vaccination thread.Another record week: 600,000 shots on each of the last 2 days and over 3,000,000 in 7 days.France might make its target of 20m 1st jabs by

Brian Swetland

dnaltews

Holy shit, the whiny children with the "I won't vote" or "maybe I'll vote for Trump." Yeah, Biden is depressing as hell, but compared to Trump picking more SCOTUS judges,

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

Mike Lee is talking about TRAP laws right now. These are "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers." They're designed to technically preserve a right to choose, but functionally prohibit access to

😷Anupam Chander

AnupamChander

I've now read Judge Nichols' opinion explaining the basis for his preliminary injunction last night against the TikTok Executive Order. Some comments. 1/https://twitter.com/kurtopsahl/status/1310616862867087360 First, Judge Nichols

Stonekettle

Stonekettle

She begins with, "Hello, Everyone. The first duty of government is to protect the safety of our citizens..."Protect the safety. Of our citizens. The safety of OUR citizens forsooth. 1/https://twitter.com/thehill/status/12867910158

T. Benjamin

1FreeInhabitant

Perspective:The entity in control of our War Machine has NOT been of the People since the Civil War, we were not able to pay our national debt to our creditors—by

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

ProfDFrancis

Sujay's comment made me think... It made me realise the impossible situation that Governments are in.1. Nobody knew exactly how the Coronavirus would pan out.2. Nobody knew exactly what preventative

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

Update: Following hospital figures today, a cautious estimate of the number of excess UK deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic up to 26 May is63,800Of these 59,359 have happened between

Help for Eros

MediocreDave

Huffington Post is reporting a soon to be announced government scheme to recruit furloughed workers and students to take up short term seasonal work picking fruit and veg to cover

Fight the war on the poor

VivetVeritate

Scientific and medical research should be funded by the government or the public for the benefit of all.Research projects should be based upon merit not what is the most profitable.Under

Jack Latter

JackJacklatter

Here I am, shouting into the void again.Matt Hancock, among others, has called for Premier League players to take a pay cut to support the effort against Covid. Good idea

Jesse Lee

JesseCharlesLee

Quotes from the 2016 RNC are a devastating indictment of Trump’s 2020 record.Trump, 2016 GOP Convention: “The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own