#LockDown

We're NOT on lockdown. You might be.. but non essential workers being forced to go to work piled onto public transport. Airports open no quarantine no testing rambling straight onto
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@narendramodi Narendra Modi is dealing with an exceptional crisis. No PM has had to face such a situation that has impacted every part of India and every aspect of life.
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[Thread]Let's take a look at the evidence underpinning the @fmwales decision to ban travel from Covid hotspots other parts of the UK.Mark Drakeford has pointed to three pieces of evidence
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[thread] 1 of 10How much will the economic-induced death toll be for the sustained lockdown suicide pact into which we've been involuntarily entered?Scaled for today's population, each 1% increase in
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Update on Cyclone Amphan:- The most powerful storm to threaten India & Bangladesh in 20 years- 10,000,000 affected – just in Bangladesh- 500,000 families now homeless – just in Bangladesh-
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The other day a reader wrote in saying our reporters should get off their backside and talk to local people. I can assure you that they do. Today our #Newport
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Rearranging books is a very soothing lockdown activity To the people asking: yes, of course I've got Harry Potter books! These aren't my only bookshelves, they're simply the ones
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The billionaires must be shitting themselves: a few more weeks of lockdown & a critical mass of us are going to realise most work is pointless, most of the shit
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Tonight I watched The Mummy from 1932 with Boris Karloff. As in, he’s in the film. I didn’t have him round for a movie. Not during the lockdown. ANYWAY for
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Comparing Norwegian friluftsliv to Love Island, and suggesting it’s “almost too broad to commodify” plus a mention of ‘gorpcore’ (no, I haven’t a clue either) Always a delight to read
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One will never be able to comprehend the emotions associated with heartbreak until it becomes reality... I used to believe that people would over exaggerate the pain. All I’m saying
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Good morning! Want to read a mega thread about what people in Haringey think of #LockdownCyclingFreedom, their hopes for the future and why we must #StopTheTrafficTide? Then read on! (with
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Even when this lockdown ends, I think a country-wide staggered/split movement structure may be needed. E.g. - Mondays and Wednesdays certain LGAs can move/go to the office - Tuesdays and
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Dear Modi ji!I have been one of your biggest supporter all these years,and I would love to support you all the way!Having said this I want to make a humble
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My brother lives in Spain, with his wife/my SIL (who is a GP) and their 4 young kids, in a 3 bedroom apartment. They have been on lockdown for nearly
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1)Sweden, with statistically the same death rate due to Covid 19 as the U.S.,with no forced lockdown policies,was the least harmed economy in Europe.”Sweden was the only major economy to
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