Japan: 193 new covid cases yesterday.
UK: 93,045 new covid cases yesterday.
Japan has nearly twice the UK's population, and a higher population density.
Massive covid outbreaks aren't a given - they're a policy choice.
Edwin Hayward
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Edwin Hayward
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Busy AI coding. Author and commentator. Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Book: 'Slaying Brexit Unicorns'. Tools: superuseful.com
- It seems Rebecca English (Royal Editor of the Daily Mail) deleted her tweet as her lie couldn't stand up to the irresistible force of reality.
- I've summarised the facts about Harry and Meghan below. There's frankly very little to say about them. Despite this, The Express managed to publish over 100 articles about the couple over the last 72H, more than 90% negative. Some articles were brutally aggressive and insulting.
- Things the BBC News website hasn't reported... 1. The UK's largest tomato producer (650m/year) said part of the supply issue is definitely down to Brexit. 2. The UK's largest turnip grower has given up on growing turnips. Can't get the staff, because of Brexit.
- The Daily Mail's industrial levels of hate-mongering aimed at Meghan Markle barely slowed as the nation mourned. Run your eye down these 15 headlines from the last 48 hours, then consider they only ran one negative piece about Prince Andrew... It's a sickness. A deep sickness.
- The Daily Mail published 65 articles about Harry and Meghan in the last 24H. For a rag that constantly accuses them of being attention-seeking, it's giving them an unbelievable amount of attention. By coincidence, it published 0 articles about Michelle Mone during that time.
- "Don't forget" 14 years of Tory pain summed up in 41 seconds of pure fire. This is like watching Bruce Banner become the Hulk for the first time.
- Here's the truth about Brexit, the "punishment" some people claim the EU wants to inflict on us, the full horrific consequences of no deal, and the dangers lurking behind any deal we reach. Buckle in, it's pretty long. Better to be thorough than to leave anything out. 1/47
- THREAD: The BBC have been having an absolute shocker the last couple of days. Let's concentrate on 3 specific examples. Example 1: Laura Kuenssberg's diabolic introduction to her interview with Ed Davey. No spoilers. Wait until the end. It's worth it.
- Two futures: Labour in Government. Tories in Opposition. 5 years of endless culture wars & immigrant-bashing. Labour in Government, LibDems in Opposition. Tories powerless & voiceless on back benches. If the Tories come third, it changes everything. Here's why: 1/12
- More people died of covid in the last 6 hours in the UK than have died since the beginning of the pandemic in New Zealand. You can come up with a thousand excuses, from population to population density, and it will still show the UK in an abominably poor light.
- British P&O workers sacked. French P&O workers kept their jobs. Dutch P&O workers kept their jobs. Why? Different employment laws, probably. Certainly, the French have very strict rules on dismissals. We had a chance to outlaw fire and rehire last year, but Tories vetoed law.
- It is extraordinary that the USA gets treated to a dismantling of the Tory party orders of magnitude better than the tame efforts anyone dares attempt here. (And no, it's not the swearing that makes the difference - it's the accuracy of the attacks.)
